Publications by authors named "Steven M Wilson"
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- Two species of black widow spider (Latrodectus hesperus and Latrodectus variolus) are found in Canada and can cause harmful bites that require medical treatment.
- A study examined records from the Health Canada Special Access Program and found five cases of black widow spider envenomation occurring in British Columbia from 2009 to 2015, with an average patient age of 41 years.
- Although facilities in other provinces like Alberta, Ontario, and Nova Scotia acquired antivenom, it was not used there, indicating a need for more research on the incidence of envenomations and the necessity of antivenom treatment in Canada.
The prevalence of home hemodialysis (HHD) in the United States is growing, driven in part by improvements in dialysis machines for home use. We assessed clinical parameters and outcomes in HHD patients using either Fresenius 2008K@home or NxStage System One over 1 year. Patients were 18 years or older and received HHD for ≥30 days between January 1, 2009, and June 30, 2010.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHemodialysis patients using central venous catheters (CVCs) for vascular access are at greater risk of infection and death vs. arterial venous fistula (AVF). In 2008, DaVita initiated the CathAway quality improvement initiative, a multidisciplinary program to reduce CVC use in favor of AVF.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Patients beginning dialysis therapy are at risk of death and illness. The IMPACT (Incident Management of Patients, Actions Centered on Treatment) quality improvement program was developed to improve incident hemodialysis patient outcomes through standardized care.
Study Design: Quality improvement report.
Background And Objectives: Numerous studies have shown the overall benefits of dialysis filter reuse, including superior biocompatibility and decreased nonbiodegradable medical waste generation, without increased risk of mortality. A recent study reported that dialyzer reprocessing was associated with decreased patient survival; however, it did not control for sources of potential confounding. We sought to determine the effect of dialyzer reprocessing with peracetic acid on patient mortality using contemporary outcomes data and rigorous analytical techniques.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Faxed referrals from healthcare providers may provide a sustainable, low-cost mechanism for enrolling tobacco users in statewide quitlines, but few studies have evaluated implementation in real-world settings. This study evaluated the reach rates, enrollment rates, and participant characteristics of faxed referrals to the Ohio Tobacco Quit Line.
Methods: This observational study analyzed reach and enrollment rates from June 2006 to October 2007.
Objective: To assess the impact on quitline utilisation and cessation outcomes of adding free nicotine patches to the existing programme offerings.
Methods: Tobacco use status data from the Ohio tobacco quitline were collected from a subset of quitline callers 6 months after the initial intake call. To evaluate the impact of the nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) initiative, quit rates for two groups were compared: those who entered and exited the quitline programme before the availability of free NRT (n = 4657) and those who entered and exited the quitline programme after the availability of free NRT (n = 5715).