Healthcare-associated viral respiratory infections at a Canadian tertiary pediatric hospital: a seven-year retrospective analysis.

Healthcare-associated viral respiratory infections (HA-VRIs) in a pediatric hospital decreased from 1.44 per 1000 patient days in 2019-0.43 and 0.

Prolonged Fever After the Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis in an Adolescent.

A 17-year-old female was diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease and started on infliximab. A few weeks after starting infliximab, she developed a recurrence of daily fevers associated with an intermittent dry cough, which worsened over the course of a month. A chest radiograph, abdominal ultrasound, and computed tomography scan of the chest and abdomen revealed a heterogeneous spleen with multiple hyperechoic areas, tiny splenic micronodules, and diffuse micronodularity throughout the lungs.

Canadian critical care nurses experiences on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative descriptive study.

Background: Recent pandemics have provided important lessons to inform planning for public health emergencies. Despite these lessons, gaps in implementation during the COVID-19 pandemic are evident. Additionally, research to inform interventions to support the needs of front-line nurses during a prolonged pandemic are lacking.

Do Early Infant Feeding Practices and Modifiable Household Behaviors Contribute to Age-Specific Interindividual Variations in Infant Linear Growth? Evidence from a Birth Cohort in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Background: Causes of infant linear growth faltering in low-income settings remain poorly understood. Identifying age-specific risk factors in observational studies might be influenced by statistical model selection.

Objectives: To estimate associations of selected household factors and infant feeding behaviors within discrete age intervals with interval-specific changes in length-for-age -scores (LAZs) or attained LAZ, using 5 statistical approaches.

COVID-19 infection prevention and control procedures and institutional trust: Perceptions of Canadian intensive care and emergency department nurses.

Purpose: Healthcare workers must ensure effective infection prevention and control (IPC) to prevent nosocomial spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. This questionnaire study aims to evaluate Canadian critical care and emergency department nurses' readiness to follow IPC guidelines in their workplace, and to understand their perceptions of trust in organizational preparedness, communication, and infection risk.

Methods: We adapted an internationally distributed survey for the Canadian context.

Clinician-researcher's perspectives on clinical research during the COVID19 pandemic.

Objectives: The outcome of well-performed clinical research is essential for evidence-based patient management during pandemics. However, conducting clinical research amidst a pandemic requires researchers to balance clinical and research demands. We seek to understand the values, experiences, and beliefs of physicians working at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in order to inform clinical research planning.

Proportion of female recipients of resident-selected awards across Canada from 2000 to 2018: a retrospective observational study.

Background: Female physicians have been shown to receive fewer awards from medical societies than their male colleagues. We examined the sex distribution of recipients of Canadian residency association awards.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective observational study of the sex of staff and resident physician recipients of resident-selected awards from provincial and national residency associations using data from 2000-2018.

The Who, What, Why and When of Gynaecological Referrals for Refugee Women.

Refugees have health needs relating to unstable living situations and poor access to care. We examined the nature of health problems requiring gynaecological referrals for refugee women in Toronto. A retrospective cohort design was used to examine gynaecologic referrals of women at a refugee clinic between December, 2011 and June, 2016.

Delays in Global Disease Outbreak Responses: Lessons from H1N1, Ebola, and Zika.

In global disease outbreaks, there are significant time delays between the source of an outbreak and collective action. Some delay is necessary, but recent delays have been extended by insufficient surveillance capacity and time-consuming efforts to mobilize action. Three public health emergencies of international concern (PHEICs)-H1N1, Ebola, and Zika-allow us to identify and compare sources of delays and consider seven hypotheses about what influences the length of delays.

A review of antimicrobial stewardship training in medical education.

Objectives: We reviewed the published literature on antimicrobial stewardship training in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education to determine which interventions have been implemented, the extent to which they have been evaluated, and to understand which are most effective.

Methods: We searched Ovid MEDLINE and EMBASE from inception to December 2016. Four thousand three hundred eighty-five (4385) articles were identified and underwent title and abstract review.

Training the next generation of global health advocates through experiential education: A mixed-methods case study evaluation.

Objectives: This case study evaluates a global health education experience aimed at training the next generation of global health advocates. Demand and interest in global health among Canadian students is well documented, despite the difficulty in integrating meaningful experiences into curricula.

Methods: Global health advocacy was taught to 19 undergraduate students at McMaster University through an experiential education course, during which they developed a national advocacy campaign on global access to medicines.

Trends in North American newspaper reporting of brain injury in ice hockey.

The frequency and potential long-term effects of sport-related traumatic brain injuries (TBI) make it a major public health concern. The culture within contact sports, such as ice hockey, encourages aggression that puts youth at risk of TBI such as concussion. Newspaper reports play an important role in conveying and shaping the culture around health-related behaviors.