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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Drug-eluting stents: a study of international practice.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: We aimed to analyze trends in drug-eluting stents (DES) use in four international health care and regulatory settings. BACKGROUND: Accounts suggest a differential approach to DES internationally and recent reductions in use following ... Read more...

Improvement of short- and long-term outcomes for very low birth weight infants: Edmonton NIDCAP trial.

26 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to determine the impact of Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program (NIDCAP)-based care on length of stay of very low birth weight (VLBW) infants. Secondary outcome measures were days of ... Read more...

The OMERACT Initiative. Towards a reference approach to derive QALY for economic evaluations in rheumatology.

30 Aug 2009 Within the OMERACT Economics Workgroup, an initiative was started to work towards consensus on the approach to calculate quality-adjusted life-years (QALY) in rheumatology. We report on a first meeting May 7, 2008, in Toronto attended by ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Alberta'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Drug-eluting stents: a study of international practice. 29 Sep 2009
• Improvement of short- and long-term outcomes for very low birth weight infants: Edmonton NIDCAP trial. 26 Sep 2009
• The OMERACT Initiative. Towards a reference approach to derive QALY for economic evaluations in rheumatology. 30 Aug 2009
• Modifiable risk factors for term large for gestational age births. 30 Aug 2009
• Evaluating the views of paramedics, cardiologists, emergency department physicians and nurses on advanced prehospital management of acute ST elevation myocardial infarction. 30 Aug 2009
• Modeling soil acidification in the Athabasca Oil Sands region, Alberta, Canada. 30 Jul 2009
• Dietary patterns associated with glycemic index and glycemic load among Alberta adolescents. 30 Jul 2009
• Patient ethnicity: a key predictor of cancer care satisfaction. 30 Jul 2009
• Incidence of gestational hypertension in the Calgary Health Region from 1995 to 2004. 30 Jul 2009
• Effect of older maternal age on the risk of spontaneous preterm labor: a population-based study. 30 Jul 2009
• The need for cross-cultural comparisons. 30 Jul 2009
• A comparison between the APACHE II and Charlson Index Score for predicting hospital mortality in critically ill patients. 28 Jul 2009
• Physical activity and diet behaviour in colorectal cancer patients receiving chemotherapy: associations with quality of life. 25 Jul 2009
• Alberta to seek recovery of health costs associated with criminal activity. 18 Jul 2009
• Changing epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal disease in Canada, 1998-2007: update from the Calgary-area Streptococcus pneumoniae research (CASPER) study. 13 Jul 2009
• Shrub encroachment impacts the potential for multiple use conflicts on public land. 7 Jul 2009
• Personal and professional immunization behavior among Alberta chiropractors: a secondary analysis of cross-sectional survey data. 29 Jun 2009
• Under-reporting of compensable mesothelioma in Alberta. 29 Jun 2009
• Bowel obstruction following appendectomy: what is the true incidence? 29 Jun 2009
• Surgical trauma referrals from rural level III hospitals: should our community colleagues be doing more, or less? 29 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Alberta'

Definition: A province of western Canada, lying between the provinces of British Columbia and Saskatchewan. Its capital is Edmonton. It was named in honor of Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, the fourth daughter of Queen Victoria. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p26 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p12)

Descriptor UI: D000416

Alternative terms: Alberta;

Allowable Qualifiers: ethnology; epidemiology;

Tree Number: Z01.107.567.176.064;

Technical Notes: a province of Canada