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Hana Wiemer

Dalhousie University
Verified email at dal.ca
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Development of the Canadian COVID-19 Emergency Department Rapid Response Network population-based registry: a methodology study

…, M Welsford, B Brar, T Dahn, H Wiemer… - … Open Access Journal, 2021 - cmajopen.ca
Background: Emergency physicians lack high-quality evidence for many diagnostic and
treatment decisions made for patients with suspected or confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (…

Sensitivity and diagnostic yield of the first SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid amplification test performed for patients presenting to the hospital

…, S Robert, K Chandra, P Fok, H Wiemer… - JAMA Network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Early and accurate diagnostic testing for SARS-CoV-2 is essential to initiate
appropriate treatment and infection control and prevention measures among patients presenting …

Pre‐synaptic defects of NPC1‐deficient hippocampal neurons are not directly related to plasma membrane cholesterol

CM Hawes, H Wiemer, SR Krueger… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
J. Neurochem. (2010) 114, 311–332. Abstract Imbalances in brain cholesterol homeostasis
have been observed in several neurodegenerative diseases. In Niemann‐Pick Type C (NPC…

Predictors of hyperkalemia among patients on maintenance hemodialysis transported to the emergency department by ambulance

…, KM More, JR Manderville, PT Fok, H Wiemer… - Kidney360, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Background Hyperkalemia is common among patients on maintenance hemodialysis (HD)
and is associated with mortality. We hypothesized that clinical characteristics available at …

Derivation and validation of a clinical decision rule to risk‐stratify COVID‐19 patients discharged from the emergency department: The CCEDRRN COVID discharge …

…, JJ Perry, LJ Morrison, H Wiemer… - Journal of the …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To risk‐stratify COVID‐19 patients being considered for discharge from the emergency
department (ED). Methods We conducted an observational study to derive and validate …

Reducing barriers to accessing administrative data on SARS-CoV-2 vaccination for research

AD McRae, P Archambault, P Fok, H Wiemer… - CMAJ, 2022 - Can Med Assoc
• Substantial challenges in securing timely access to individuallevel data on SARS-CoV-2
vaccination from provincial ministries of health have limited researchers’ ability to inform …

Predictors of urgent dialysis following ambulance transport to the emergency department in patients treated with maintenance hemodialysis

…, KM More, J Swain, H Wiemer… - … Journal of Kidney …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Patients receiving maintenance hemodialysis frequently require ambulance
transport to the emergency department (ambulance-ED transport). Identifying predictors of …

CO-aVoID: coronavirus outbreak affecting variability of presentations to a local emergency department

…, T Liu, J Fraser, D Lewis, KR Brunt, H Wiemer… - Canadian Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Background The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public health, specifically on patients
presenting to the emergency department (ED) with non-COVID-related diseases, remains …

[HTML][HTML] Emergency department presentation changes due to the coronavirus disease pandemic in Nova Scotia, Canada

T Dahn, PT Fok, H Wiemer, DJ Dutton… - World Journal of …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
METHODS We retrospectively investigated the utilization of 35 EDs in NS (1 Level 1/teaching
ED, 10 Level 2/community EDs, 9 Level 3/rural EDs, and 15 Level 4/small rural EDs) …

[PDF][PDF] A Pilot Study of Inhaled Low-dose Methoxyflurane to Support Cunningham Reduction of Anterior Shoulder Dislocation

S Campbell, H Wiemer, R Fitzpatrick… - Eurasian Journal of …, 2022 - cms.eajem.com
Aim: The Cunningham method allows for the reduction of anterior shoulder dislocations (ASD)
without procedural sedation and analgesia (PSA) in some patients. This pilot study …