A female infant was born to a 31-year-old gravida 2, para 1, abortion 1 woman at a gestational age of 31 weeks. The pregnancy was complicated by polyhydramnios and a cesarean section was performed because of fetal distress. The infant weighed 1110я (<Ю percentile), the crown to heel measured 33 cm long (<10 percentile) and [...]
Continue reading " A Case of Restrictive Dermopathy: CASE REPORT "
INTRODUCTION Restrictive dermopathy (RD) is a rare, autosomal- recessive, lethal skin disease. It is characterized by rigid and tight adherent skin, multiple joint contractures, a typical facial appearance and pulmonary hypoplasia. Facial anomalies consist of micrognathia, low-set ears, a fixed open mouth, and small pinched nose. Because of restricted joint movement, the majority of patients [...]
Two of the test questions were designed to determine participants’ knowledge of the criteria for severe malaria, as patients who meet these criteria and those who are unable to tolerate oral therapy should be given IV therapy. Scores on these questions and feedback from participants indicated confusion about one of these questions, which presented 3 [...]
Continue reading " Evaluation of a Web-Based Malaria Education Module: DISCUSSION part 2 "
Nearly half of all inpatient pharmacists in the Calgary Health Region (as of March 1, 2007) completed the educational module and participated in the pre- and post-tests. Of the target population of 122 pharmacists working within inpatient dispensaries, 57 (46.7%) submitted test scores that could be evaluated. Although it is difficult to compare this small, [...]
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In total, 62 (50.8%) of the 122 eligible inpatient pharmacists participated in the educational module. Of these, 2 pharmacists did not complete the post-test and 3 were excluded from the pre-test analysis because they completed the post-test first. Therefore, test results for 57 (46.7%) of the 122 eligible pharmacists were available for full analysis. On [...]
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The entire module and evaluative tests were pilot- tested by 2 pharmacy clinical practice leaders, 2 pharmacy managers, and 1 inpatient pharmacist. Rates of completion of the educational module were determined relative to the total number of eligible inpatient pharmacists. The primary educational end points were change in pharmacist knowledge overall, change in knowledge about [...]
Continue reading " Evaluation of a Web-Based Malaria Education Module: METHODS part 2 "
The Web-based malaria educational module was developed using information from the 2004 recommendations of Canada’s Committee to Advise on Tropical Medicine and Travel, the 2006 guidelines of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the 2006 guidelines of the World Health Organization, other relevant literature, and expert advice. The educational content consisted of general information about [...]
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