Antibiotic Stewardship: Resistance and Strategies at the Vancouver Hospital by H Grant Stiver

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Outpatient Intravenous Antibiotic Therapy: The Vancouver Hospital experience by Grant Stiver, Amy Wai, Lynne Chase, Luciana Frighetto, Carlo Marra, Peter Jewessen

“…From June 1, 1995 to December 31, 1997, 334 patients at the Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre (VHHSC) were referred to and screened for, outpatient intravenous antibiotic therapy. …”
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AMMI Canada–CACMID 2008 Annual Conference February 27 – March 2, 2008 Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel, Vancouver, British Columbia

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“Somewhere in California”: New Regional Spaces of Mobility in Contemporary Vancouver Cinema by Katherine A. Roberts

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Regional planning - traditional vs contemporary concepts: The case study of Vancouver region by Vukičević Siniša, Živanović Zora, Tošić Branka

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People, Museums and the Rhetoric of Temporality: Considerations Regarding the Formation of the Collection at The Museum of Anthropology of Vancouver by Emanuela Rossi

“…In this article I went back to my doctoral research to show, through the analysis of archival material, how the Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver, a majority museum, according to Clifford's definition, turned from “savior” to “patron” in relation to indigenous artifacts and became trough the years, starting with the direction of Michael Ames (1974-97 and 2002-04), an international benchmark for collaborative approach in museums. …”
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Addressing Communication Challenges: Implementation of an Enhanced EHR System with Patient Portal at a Vancouver Hospital by Anutej Sarode, Anurag Johri, Ankit Shreshtha, Clement Vadakkan

“…This paper highlights some of the studies done to identify the communication gap that healthcare providers face by looking at a Vancouver hospital as a case study and how the implementation of an enhanced EHR system can alleviate the communication gap. …”
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Curative Treatment for Esophageal Cancer: Vancouver Island Cancer Centre Experience from 1993 to 1998 by Kenneth S Wilson, Amanda G Wilson, Gary J Dewar

“…OBJECTIVES: To review outcomes after curative treatment for esophageal cancer in the Vancouver Island Cancer Centre from 1993 to 1998. Curative treatments included esophagectomy alone, and chemoradiotherapy with ‘selective surgery’ for patients with post-treatment-positive endoscopic biopsy or less than 75% regression on computed axial tomography scan, or with resectable local recurrence.…”
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Ethnic Variation in the Annual Rates of Adult Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Hospitalized Patients in Vancouver, British Columbia by Birinder K Mangat, Chad Evaschesen, Tim Lee, Eric M Yoshida, Baljinder Salh

“…Migrating populations and changing demographics in Vancouver, British Columbia (BC) provide a unique opportunity to examine the role of ethnicity in the prevalence, expression and complications of IBD.…”
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Digital Transformation: Improving Operation Efficiencies Through AI-Predictive Analysis Network at a Vancouver Catering Services by Innocent Mafiele, Rustam Nigmatullin, Farzaneh Tajikfilestan, Gaurav Pawar, Anu Chawla

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The Prevalence and Incidence of Sexually Transmitted Infections in a Prospective Cohort of Injection Drug Users in Vancouver, British Columbia by Laura M Kuyper, Courtney LC Collins, Thomas Kerr, Robert S Hogg, Kathy Li, Mark W Tyndall, Julio SG Montaner, Evan Wood

“…Therefore, the authors examined prevalence, correlates and factors associated with time to first STI infection in a prospective cohort of IDUs in Vancouver, British Columbia.…”
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To cool or not to cool: understanding and improving cooling centre use in metro vancouver through community-based participatory action research by Liv Yoon, Giulia Belotti, Rachel Stern, Katherine White, Aida Mohajeri, Abby Zhou, Eduardo Rosales Miranda, Erika Siao, Thanh Le, Jeff Masuda, Eun-young Lee, Chris Buse

“…Through interviews and FGs with 63 ( n = 60 residents; n = 3 service providers (SP)) participants, this paper explores the barriers and opportunities related to access and use of cooling centres from both user and provider perspectives, as well as broader implications for addressing vulnerability to extreme heat in the metro Vancouver region of British Columbia, Canada. Initially focused on cooling centres, our research expanded to include the complexities of individual and systemic responses to heat, highlighting the complex interplay between personal preferences and structural barriers. …”
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Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on supervised consumption service delivery in Vancouver and Surrey, Canada from the perspective of service providers by Tyson Singh Kelsall, Michelle Olding, Tara Myketiak, Nitasha Puri, Kanna Hayashi, Thomas Kerr, Mary Clare Kennedy

“…The present study sought to explore the impacts of the pandemic on SCS delivery in Vancouver and Surrey, Canada. Between October 2021 and March 2022, in-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with staff from two SCS: SafePoint in Surrey (n = 12) and Insite in Vancouver (n = 9). …”
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Geographic Differences in Availability and Access to Care Services for Asthma and COPD: Case Study of Vancouver Coastal Health, British Columbia by Amelia Choy, Erin M. Shellington, Aneisha Collins-Fairclough, Nardia Strydom, Chris Carlsten

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Retrospective survival analysis of the use of uncemented modular tapered stems for revision in periprosthetic Vancouver B-type fractures. Is instability a threat to survival? by J. Lixa, P. Vieira, P. Pereira, A. Pinho, M. Seara, A. Sousa, L. Vieira

“…We aimed to evaluate the survival of uncemented modular tapered stems in the treatment of periprosthetic Vancouver B2 and B3 type fractures and review the main complications and factors associated with decreased survival. …”
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Social-structural barriers to primary care among sex workers: findings from a community-based cohort in Vancouver, Canada (2014–2021) by Miriam T. H. Harris, Kate Shannon, Andrea Krüsi, Haoxuan Zhou, Shira M. Goldenberg

“…Methods Data were derived from An Evaluation of Sex Workers Health Access (AESHA), a community-based open prospective cohort of women (cis and trans) sex workers in Metro Vancouver, from 2014 to 2021. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize the proportion of primary care use in the past six months and to assess primary care trends over time from 2014–2021. …”
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Gaps in the Hepatitis C Continuum of Care among Sex Workers in Vancouver, British Columbia: Implications for Voluntary Hepatitis C Virus Testing, Treatment and Care by M Eugenia Socías, Kate Shannon, Julio S Montaner, Silvia Guillemi, Sabina Dobrer, Paul Nguyen, Shira Goldenberg, Kathleen Deering

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Stanley Park, Literary Ecology, and the Making of Sustainability by Georg Drennig

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Atypical Vancouver B1 periprosthetic fracture of the proximal femur in the United Kingdom: a case report challenged by myeloma, osteoporosis, infection, and recurrent implant failures by Sayantan Saha, Azeem Ahmed, Rama Mohan

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The vagal rhizopathies by Christopher R. Honey

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