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Strabismus surgical subspecialization: a population-based analysis.

JAMA Ophthalmol

May 2015

Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre site, Toronto, Ontario, Canada10Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada11Department of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto.

Importance: The growing complexity of medical and surgical care has resulted in increasing subspecialization. To date, data have been lacking regarding the degree to which subspecialization has affected the provision of strabismus surgical services. This gap is important to address given the implications for health care human resources planning and educational programs.

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Handling of the bariatric patient in critical care: a case study of lessons learned.

Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am

June 2007

Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Occupational and Environmental Safety & Health Unit, Health Sciences Centre Site, 820 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3A 1R9, Canada.

Bariatric admissions across the United States (US) are increasing at an alarming rate. The obesity epidemic costs the US health care system $70 billion per year. Many bariatric surgical and medical patients are admitted to critical care units.

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The experience of precipitate labor.

Birth

December 1996

Health Sciences Centre Site, Faculty of Nursing, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.

Background: Despite abundant research on psychosocial factors related to childbirth, no studies have focused on the specific phenomenon of a precipitate labor. A descriptive exploratory study was conducted to investigate this experience.

Method: Semistructured interviews were conducted in 1992 with 11 women 3 to 4 months after they gave birth.

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