3 results match your criteria: "Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery at Queen's University.[Affiliation]"
Objective: To provide family physicians with a practical evidence-based approach to the management of patients with sialadenitis.
Sources Of Information: MEDLINE and PubMed databases were searched for English-language research on sialadenitis and other salivary gland disorders, as well as for relevant review articles and guidelines published between 1981 and 2021.
Main Message: refers to inflammation or infection of the salivary glands and is a condition that can be caused by a broad range of processes including infectious, obstructive, and autoimmune.
Factors influencing primary care provider referral for bariatric surgery: Systematic review.
Can Fam Physician
March 2022
Network Director and Assistant Professor in the Centre for Studies in Primary Care, all at Queen's University.
Objective: To identify barriers to and facilitators of primary care provider (PCP) referral for bariatric surgery in patients with obesity.
Data Sources: MEDLINE, EMBASE, and PsycINFO databases were searched and reference lists of included articles were screened to identify additional relevant articles. Two reviewers independently reviewed citations and full-text articles, and appraised the quality of the included articles using the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme Tool Qualitative Checklist and the Appraisal Tool for Cross-Sectional Studies.
Objective: To evaluate the proportion of eligible individuals, within one health region in Ontario, who were referred for publicly funded medical and surgical weight-loss interventions (MSWLI).
Design: A retrospective cohort study that used primary care data from the Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network (CPCSSN) and referral data from the Ontario Bariatric Network (OBN).
Setting: Primary care practices within southeastern Ontario that contribute data to CPCSSN.