With many thyroid nodules being incidentally detected, it is important to identify as many
malignant nodules as possible while excluding those that are highly likely to be benign from fine …

Clinical pathways (CPWs) are a common component in the quest to improve the quality of
health. CPWs are used to reduce variation, improve quality of care, and maximize the …

We have performed a narrative synthesis. A literature search was conducted between
January 2000 and June 2014 in 7 databases. The initial search identified 2717 articles; 319 …

A prospective, randomized, blinded clinical trial was conducted to determine whether
electrocautery as a means of creating abdominal or thoracic wounds would result in increased …

Background Shared Decision-making (SDM), a medical decision-making model, was popularized
in the late 1980s in reaction to then predominate paternalistic decision-making, aiming …

Multiple drug resistant (MDR) malignancy remains a predictable and often terminal event in
cancer therapy, and affects individuals with many cancer types, regardless of the stage at …

Background Patient-oriented research affords individuals with opportunities to genuinely
contribute to health care research as members of research teams. While checklists and …

Irreversible electroporation (IRE) is a new cancer ablation technology, but methods to improve
IRE-induced therapeutic immunity are only beginning to be investigated. We developed a …

… PhD; Groot, Gary MD, PhD; Cochran, David BSc; Vancoughnett, Mikaela BA(Hons);
Holtslander, Lorraine PhD, RN … Author Affiliations: Department of Community Health and …

Introduction In January 2012 an acute care surgery (ACS) model was introduced at St. Paul’s
Hospital, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The goal of implementing an ACS service was to …