Background Targeted next-generation sequencing (NGS) enables rapid identification of
common and rare genetic variation. The detection of variants contributing to therapeutic drug …

Background Blunt abdominal solid organ injury is common and is often managed nonoperatively.
Clinicians must balance risk of both hemorrhage and thrombosis. The optimal timing of …

Background: In light of the global climate emergency, it is worth reconsidering the current
practice of medical students traveling to interview for residency positions. We sought to …

BACKGROUND Uncontrolled bleeding is a common cause of preventable mortality in trauma.
While it is intuitive that delays to hemostasis may lead to worse outcomes, the impacts of …

Background Human factors (HF) integration can improve patient safety in the operating room
(OR), but the depth of current knowledge remains unknown. This study aimed to explore …

Objective To compare blood pressure readings obtained with two commonly used oscillometric
monitors: Omron HEM 711 AC (OM) and Welch-Allyn 52000 series NIBP/oximeter (WA) …

Background Cervical spine injuries (CSI) are often challenging to diagnose in obtunded adult
patients with blunt trauma and the optimal imaging modality remains uncertain. This study …

Objective: To determine the safety of a fully functioning shared care model (SCM) in
hepatopancreatobiliary surgery through evaluating outcomes in pancreaticoduodenectomy. …

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common cardiac arrhythmia and is associated with an increased
risk of ischemic stroke. The aim of this study was to identify practice patterns of Canadian …

A novel system for fusing 3-D echocardiography data sets from complementary acoustic
windows was evaluated in 12 healthy volunteers and 12 patients with heart failure. We …