[HTML][HTML] Estimating daily antibiotic harms: an umbrella review with individual study meta-analysis

…, KL Schwartz, N Daneman, G Garber, JHC Wu… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background There is growing evidence supporting the efficacy of shorter courses of antibiotic
therapy for common infections. However, the risks of prolonged antibiotic duration are …

Effect of antibiotic-prescribing feedback to high-volume primary care physicians on number of antibiotic prescriptions: a randomized clinical trial

…, E Shing, JM Grimshaw, JA Leis, JHC Wu… - JAMA Internal …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Antibiotic overuse contributes to adverse drug effects, increased costs, and
antimicrobial resistance. Objective To evaluate peer-comparison audit and feedback to high-…

Unnecessary antibiotic prescribing in a Canadian primary care setting: a descriptive analysis using routinely collected electronic medical record data

…, V Leung, J Hwee, M Silverman, JHC Wu… - … Open Access Journal, 2020 - cmajopen.ca
Background: Unnecessary antibiotic use in the community in Canada is not well defined.
Our objective was to quantify unnecessary antibiotic prescribing in a Canadian primary care …

[HTML][HTML] Epidemiology, clinical characteristics, household transmission, and lethality of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 infection among healthcare …

…, SA Buchan, KA Brown, B Lee, M Whelan, JHC Wu… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Protecting healthcare workers (HCWs) from Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a priority to maintain a safe and functioning healthcare …

COVID-19 infections among healthcare workers and transmission within households

…, SA Buchan, KA Brown, B Lee, M Whelan, JHC Wu… - medrxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
Importance Protecting healthcare workers (HCWs) from COVID-19 is a priority to maintain a
safe and functioning healthcare system. The risk of transmitting COVID-19 to family members …

[HTML][HTML] Validating a popular outpatient antibiotic database to reliably identify high prescribing physicians for patients 65 years of age and older

…, KA Brown, N Daneman, J Johnstone, JHC Wu… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Objective Many jurisdictions lack comprehensive population-based antibiotic use data and
rely on third party companies, most commonly IQVIA. Our objective was to validate the …

Cardiac-specific overexpression of peroxisome proliferator–activated receptor-α causes insulin resistance in heart and liver

…, MK Lee, C Danton, S Deshmukh, GW Cline, JJ Wu… - Diabetes, 2005 - Am Diabetes Assoc
Diabetic heart failure may be causally associated with alterations in cardiac energy metabolism
and insulin resistance. Mice with heart-specific overexpression of peroxisome proliferator…

Healthcare Worker COVID-19 Cases in Ontario, Canada: A Cross-sectional Study

…, SA Buchan, KA Brown, B Lee, M Whelan, JHC Wu… - 2020 - pesquisa.bvsalud.org
ImportanceProtecting healthcare workers (HCWs) from COVID-19 is a priority to maintain a
safe and functioning healthcare system. The risk of transmitting COVID-19 to family members …

SOPHIA: a flexible, web-based knowledge server

NF Abernethy, JJ Wu, M Hewett… - … Intelligent Systems and …, 1999 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Sophia is a frame based knowledge server built on a commercial relational database system.
The system is thus simple and inexpensive, while also providing some advanced …

Effectiveness of a novel interactive health care education tool on clinical outcomes and quality of life in acne patients: A randomized controlled pilot study

AS Wang, J Wu, W Tuong, C Schupp… - Journal of …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Background: We developed an Internet-based education tool (My Personalized Application
for health Care Education, MyPACE) to promote patient comprehension about acne. …