Intravenous to Oral Antimicrobial Stepdown Implementation at the Calgary General Hospital, Calgary, Alberta by L Heule, DW Megran, RR Read, TJ Louie

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Antibiotic Stewardship, Calgary 1995-1997: Regionalization, Restructuring and Retrenchment by TJ Louie, RR Read

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WINTER CYCLING IN VERY COLD CLIMATE – A CASE STUDY IN CALGARY by Farnaz SADEGHPOUR, Shabtai ISAAC, Mona AMIRI

“… A survey was conducted among cyclists in the city of Calgary, Canada, to identify the characteristics of winter cyclists in a metropolitan area with a very cold climate, and to investigate what variables are most likely to affect their cycling behavior. …”
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Clinical Features and Outcomes of Serotype 19A Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Calgary, Alberta by Leah J Ricketson, Otto G Vanderkooi, Melissa L Wood, Jenine Leal, James D Kellner

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Solar Energy Modelling over a Residential Community in the City of Calgary, Alberta, Canada by Quazi K. Hassan, K. Mahmud Rahman, Anis S. Haque, Ahad Ali

“…In this paper, we presented a modelling framework of estimating solar energy over a portion of a residential community of Sandstone in the northwest of Calgary, Canada. We calculated the actual daily incident solar radiation as a function of latitude, day of year, and possible day light hours; and also employed high-resolution remote sensing images to calculate the effective roof area for installing photovoltaic cells. …”
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Population-Based Surveillance for Hypermucoviscosity Klebsiella pneumoniae Causing Community-Acquired Bacteremia in Calgary, Alberta by Gisele Peirano, Johann DD Pitout, Kevin B Laupland, Bonnie Meatherall, Daniel B Gregson

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Beyond the classroom: lessons in empathy and accessibility as a student clinician serving Calgary’s vulnerable populations by Brandon Azer

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Adamantane Resistance in Seasonal Human Influenza A Viruses from Calgary, Alberta (January 2007 to August 2008) by Kanti Pabbaraju, Sallene Wong, Dmitri K Kits, Julie D Fox

“…The present study reports on the frequency of adamantane resistance in seasonal influenza A viruses in Calgary, Alberta, for the period between January 2007 and August 2008, as an update to the previous report. …”
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Developing a machine learning model for fast economic optimization of solar power plants using the hybrid method of firefly and genetic algorithms, case study: optimizing solar thermal collector in Calgary, Alberta by Ali Omidkar, Razieh Es'haghian, Hua Song

“…A simulated solar collector in Calgary was optimized in order to evaluate the applicability of the proposed platform.…”
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CLINICAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS IN THE PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY OF A DOCTOR by V. M. Zhdan, L.M. Shylkina, O.M. Bieliaieva

Subjects: “…clinical communication, patient-centered approach, anamnesis, professional success, medical care, noncompliance, compliance, abim questionnaire, calgary-cambridge model, facilitation.…”
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Abstracts to Be Delivered at the 7th Annual ‘A Breath of Fresh Air’, Canadian Respiratory Conference, Calgary, Alberta April 24 to 26, 2014, Alphebetized according to the Surname of the First Author....

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Treatment Outcomes with Telaprevir-Based Therapy for HIV/Hepatitis C Coinfected Patients are Comparable with Hepatitis C Monoinfected Patients by Conar R O’Neil, Jack XQ Pang, Samuel S Lee, Mark G Swain, Kelly W Burak, Patricia Klein, Robert P Myers, Jeff Kapler, Michael J Gill, Martin Labrie, Carla S Coffin

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Utilization of Colistin for Treatment of Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Deana M Sabuda, Kevin Laupland, Johann Pitout, Bruce Dalton, Harvey Rabin, Thomas Louie, John Conly

“…The present study describes the authors’ experience with colistin in the management of patients who were infected with metallo-beta-lactamase (MBL)-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa within the Calgary Health Region (Calgary, Alberta).…”
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Prevalence of USA300 Colonization or Infection and Associated Variables During an Outbreak of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Marginalized Urb... by Mark Gilbert, Judy MacDonald, Marie Louie, Dan Gregson, Kunyan Zhang, Sameer Elsayed, Kevin Laupland, Diane Nielsen, Virginia Wheeler, Tara Lye, John Conly

“…BACKGROUND: In 2004, an outbreak of the USA300 strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was identified in persons with histories of homelessness, illicit drug use or incarceration in the Calgary Health Region (Calgary, Alberta). A prevalence study was conducted to test the hypotheses for factors associated with USA300 colonization or infection.…”
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Clostridium difficile Infection Worsens the Prognosis of Ulcerative Colitis by María E Negrón, Herman W Barkema, Kevin Rioux, Jeroen De Buck, Sylvia Checkley, Marie-Claude Proulx, Alexandra Frolkis, Paul L Beck, Levinus A Dieleman, Remo Panaccione, Subrata Ghosh, Gilaad G Kaplan

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Serrated Adenoma Prevalence in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Surveillance Colonoscopy, And Characteristics Revealed by Chromoendoscopy and Virtual Chromoendoscopy by Marietta Iacucci, Cesare Hassan, Miriam Fort Gasia, Stefan Urbanski, Xianyong Gui, Bertus Eksteen, Gregory Eustace, Gilaad G Kaplan, Remo Panaccione

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Differential Yield of Pathogens from Stool Testing of Nosocomial versus Community-Acquired Paediatric Diarrhea by Savita Deorari, Athena McConnell, Kah-Kee Tan, Nadeem Jadavji, Doreen Ma, Deirdre Church, Gary Katzko, D Grant Gall, Taj Jadavji, H Dele Davies

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Noninvasive Methods, including Transient Elastography, for the Detection of Liver Disease in Adults with Cystic Fibrosis by Matthew D Sadler, Pam Crotty, Linda Fatovich, Stephanie Wilson, Harvey R Rabin, Robert P Myers

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Accurate Diagnosis of Villous Atrophy in Celiac Disease Using Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy by Miriam Fort Gasia, Sean X Gui, Tiffany Poon, Jon Love, Marietta Iacucci

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Asthma Symptoms Do not Predict Spirometry by Robert L Cowie, Margot F Underwood, Stephen K Field

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