Background: Sport is the leading cause of injury requiring medical attention among
adolescents. We studied the effectiveness of a home-based balance-training program using a …

Objective. Approximately 60% of deaths in pediatric intensive care units follow limitation or
withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment (LST). We aimed to describe the circumstances …

Objectives: Patients leaving the emergency department (ED) without being seen (LWBS) by
a physician have become a growing concern in overcrowded EDs. The purpose of this study …

Background and Purpose. There is a need in sports medicine for a static and dynamic standing
balance measure to quantify balance ability in adolescents. The purposes of this study …

Purpose. The purpose of this study was to determine the association between iron
deficiency and febrile seizures in a large cohort of children aged 6 to 36 months. Methods. A …

Objectives: The objective of this study was to investigate predictors of emergency department
(ED) return visits for pediatric mental health care. The authors hypothesized that through …

Objective: The global threat of an influenza pandemic continues to grow and thus universities
have begun emergency preparedness planning. This study examined stakeholder's …

Objective:We sought to determine and compare rates of pediatric mental health presentations
and associated costs in emergency departments (EDs) in Alberta.Methods:We examined …

OBJECTIVES: To compare waist circumference (WC) values measured at 4 commonly
recommended sites and examine the relationships between WC sites and markers of metabolic …

To assess knowledge of pandemic influenza, we administered a questionnaire to all medical
students at the University of Alberta; 354 (69%) of 510 students responded. Data from …