High frequency of microsatellite instability in young patients with head‐and‐neck squamous‐cell carcinoma: lack of involvement of the mismatch repair genes hMLH1 …

Y Wang, J Irish, C MacMillan, D Brown… - … journal of cancer, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
The most prevalent risk factors in the development of head‐and‐neck squamous‐cell
carcinoma (HNSCC) are excessive tobacco and alcohol consumption. In young patients with …

Antimicrobial resistance in gonorrhea: the influence of epidemiologic and laboratory surveillance data on treatment guidelines: Alberta, Canada 2001–2007

S Plitt, C Boyington, K Sutherland… - Sexually transmitted …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: To describe the impact of surveillance for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in
Neisseria gonorrhoeae over a 7-year period on treatment guidelines in Alberta, Canada …

SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in a Canadian suburban tertiary hospital necessitating full facility closure: a descriptive observational study

JN Kanji, YLE Chan, LR Boychuk… - … Open Access Journal, 2022 - cmajopen.ca
Background: SARS-CoV-2 can cause outbreaks in community-and hospital-based settings.
The aim of this study was to provide a detailed epidemiologic account of a hospital-wide …

Improving residents' handovers through just-in-time training for structured communication

L Rourke, A Amin, C Boyington, P Ao… - BMJ Open …, 2016 - bmjopenquality.bmj.com
In a recent quality assurance project we learned that nearly half of the handovers we
examined were characterized as unsatisfactory by our residents, who provided examples in …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of adding a pictorial display to enhance recall of cancer patient histories: a randomized trial

G Wolch, S Ghosh, C Boyington, SM Watanabe… - Journal of Pain and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Context Current health care delivery models have increased the need for safe and concise
patient handover. Handover interventions in the literature have focused on the use of …

[PDF][PDF] Cytomegalovirus colitis in an HIV-positive woman with a relatively preserved CD4 count

J Johnstone, CR Boyington… - … Journal of Infectious …, 2009 - downloads.hindawi.com
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease typically occurs in immunocompromised individuals
including HIV-positive patients with CD4 counts less than 50 cells/µL to 100 cells/µL (1) …

A workshop to introduce residents to effective handovers

L Rourke, C Boyington - The Clinical Teacher, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Background Patient safety is associated with the quality of handover, yet many residents
train in settings that lack a formal procedure for handover. Thus, they have few opportunities …

[HTML][HTML] Generalized Tetanus in a Canadian Farmer Following Orthopedic Surgery

U Chauhan, A Ghimire, M Raval, C Boyington… - Infectious Disease …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Tetanus is extremely rare in developed countries. We report the first documented case of
tetanus in the province of Alberta since 2016: a farmer that developed trismus, shoulder …