selected scholarly activity
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conferences
- A New Model for Stroke Prevention Clinics: Improving Access by Removing Triage. International Journal of Stroke. 54-54. 2016
- Improving access to the stroke prevention clinic by removing triage. International Journal of Stroke. 2-2. 2015
- Most patients in stroke rehab are not eligible for independent walking interventions: Lessons from the IMPACT walking study. International Journal of Stroke. 7-7. 2015
- Utilization of lean methodology to achieve efficiencies in acute ischemic stroke quality based procedure implementation. International Journal of Stroke. 76-76. 2015
- Re-hospitalization in the First Year After Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation: Trends and Perspectives. Stroke. E269-E269. 2014
- What About the Other 12 Hours? Development and Pilot Testing of a Novel Program to Increase Walking-Related Practice During Stroke Rehabilitation. Stroke. E286-E286. 2014
- Patient Age Linked to Prolonged Door-to-Needle Times in Stroke Thrombolysis. Cerebrovascular Diseases. 572-572. 2013
- Predictors of mild cognitive impairment in persons attending a stroke prevention clinic. Stroke. E160-E160. 2012
- Which of your patients are ready to quit smoking?. Stroke. E157-E157. 2012
- Cognitive Function in Older Heart Failure Patients Is Similar to Older Patients Following Stroke. Journal of Cardiac Failure. S65-S65. 2012
- Detection of cognitive impairment in a stroke prevention clinic using the moca: rationale for prospective validation of a mini-MoCA. Stroke. E603-E603. 2011
- Door to needle under thirty minutes: a nursing based thrombolysis team can make a difference. Stroke. E624-E624. 2011
- Dynamic Endovascular, Vascular and Parenchymal Changes during Adult Ischemic Stroke: A Pilot Study. Neurology. A207-A208. 2011
- (Almost) 10 years of secondary stroke prevention clinic services in Hamilton, Ontario. Stroke. E479-E479. 2010
- Estimation of acute stroke patients' weight for tPA treatment can lead to dose overcalculation and increased risk of hemorrhagic transformation. Stroke. E483-E483. 2010
- Stroke units improve outcomes by following stroke best practices. Stroke. E484-E484. 2010
- Acute Stroke Patients Treated With IV tPA Based on "Time Last Seen Normal" Have Lower Rates of Hemorrhagic Transformation Than Patients With a Witnessed Symptom Onset. Stroke. E207-E207. 2010
- Etiology and Clinical Outcome of Stroke in Patients under 45 years.. Stroke. E191-E191. 2009
- Stroke in Generation X: Etiology and Clinical Outcome of Stroke in Patients under 45 Years. Neurology. A229-A229. 2009
- Association between time-to-presentation and clinical outcome in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage. Stroke. 542-542. 2007
- Gastrointestinal bleeding after acute ischemic stroke: Incidence, risk factors, and clinical outcomes. Stroke. 513-513. 2007
- Influence of preadmission antithrombotic therapy on stroke severity in patients with atrial fibrillation. Stroke. 662-663. 2006
- TISSUE PLASMINOGEN-ACTIVATOR ASSOCIATED BLEEDING IS INCREASED BY THE PRESENCE OF A LYZING THROMBUS. Arteriosclerosis. A691-A691. 1988
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journal articles
- Atraumatic versus traumatic lumbar puncture needles: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol. BMJ Open. 7:e014478-e014478. 2017
- Rapid Assessment and Treatment of Transient Ischemic Attacks and Minor Stroke in Canadian Emergency Departments. Stroke. 46:2987-2990. 2015
- In acute ischemic stroke, early intraarterial treatment plus usual care improved functional independence. ACP journal club. 162:JC2-JC2. 2015
- In acute ischemic stroke, rapid intraarterial treatment plus usual care improved functional independence. ACP journal club. 162:JC3-JC3. 2015
- In ischemic stroke, early intraarterial treatment plus alteplase improved reperfusion and functional outcome. ACP journal club. 162:JC4-JC4. 2015
- Computed Tomography Identifies Patients at High Risk for Stroke After Transient Ischemic Attack/Nondisabling Stroke. Stroke. 46:114-119. 2015
- Good is not Good Enough: The Benchmark Stroke Door-to-Needle Time Should be 30 Minutes. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences. 41:694-696. 2014
- Acute Isolated Dysarthria Is Associated with a High Risk of Stroke. Cerebrovascular Diseases Extra. 4:182-185. 2014
- A Prospective Cohort Study of Patients With Transient Ischemic Attack to Identify High-Risk Clinical Characteristics. Stroke. 45:92-100. 2014
- Response to “Effect of Tissue Plasminogen Activator Dose and Interval on Stroke Severity”. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. 23:198-198. 2014
- Tissue Plasminogen Activator Overdose in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients Linked to Poorer Functional Outcomes. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. 23:155-159. 2014
- Review: Treatment options for asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis were compared. ACP journal club. 159:JC6-JC6. 2013
- Pharmacological therapies to enhance motor recovery and walking after stroke: emerging strategies. Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics. 13:903-909. 2013
- Screening for cognitive impairment in a stroke prevention clinic using the MoCA. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences. 40:192-197. 2013
- Tailored interventions to improve hypertension management after stroke or TIA--phase II (TIMS II).. Canadian journal of neuroscience nursing. 35:27-34. 2013
- rt-PA within 6 hours of acute ischemic stroke did not improve clinical outcomes at 6 months. ACP journal club. 157:JC5-JC5. 2012
- Using a Quality Improvement Process to Create Measurable Improvement in Care Delivery for Acute Stroke. Healthcare Quarterly. 14:75-79. 2011
- Prospective validation of the ABCD2 score for patients in the emergency department with transient ischemic attack. CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL. 183:1137-1145. 2011
- Stroke prevention care delivery: Predictors of risk factor management outcomes. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 48:156-164. 2011
- Association between time-to-presentation and clinical outcome in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage: an observational study.. Canadian journal of neuroscience nursing. 33:33-37. 2011
- Individual and combined confrontation visual field tests performed poorly as a screen for visual field abnormalities. ACP journal club. 153:JC4-JC4. 2010
- Risk Factors for Posterior Compared to Anterior Ischemic Stroke: An Observational Study of the Registry of the Canadian Stroke Network. Neuroepidemiology. 33:12-16. 2009
- Review: psychological interventions prevent depression after stroke.. ACP journal club. 149:13. 2008
- Gastrointestinal bleeding after acute ischemic stroke. Neurology. 71:650-655. 2008
- A Case of Foreign Accent Syndrome Resulting in Regional Dialect. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences. 35:360-365. 2008
- Early treatment with prednisolone, but not acyclovir, was effective in Bell's palsy. BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine. 13:44-44. 2008
- Early treatment with prednisolone, but not acyclovir, promoted complete recovery of facial-nerve function in Bell palsy. ACP journal club. 148:29-29. 2008
- Noninferiority was not shown between stenting and endarterectomy in severe symptomatic carotid stenosis. ACP journal club. 146:33-33. 2007
- Stenting led to more stroke or death than did endarterectomy in symptomatic carotid stenosis ≥ 60%. ACP journal club. 146:32-32. 2007
- Pre-admission warfarin use in patients with acute ischemic stroke and atrial fibrillation: The appropriate use and barriers to oral anticoagulant therapy. Thrombosis Research. 120:663-669. 2007
- Preadmission antithrombotic treatment and stroke severity in patients with atrial fibrillation and acute ischaemic stroke: an observational study. Lancet Neurology. 5:749-754. 2006
- Complexity of the Relation Between Physical Activity and Stroke: A Meta-Analysis. Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine. 15:399-399. 2005
- Low-dose warfarin in rehabilitating stroke survivors. Thrombosis Research. 107:287-290. 2002
- Venous thromboembolism in patients undergoing rehabilitation for stroke.. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 73:712-716. 1992
- 14 Antithrombotic treatment of cerebrovascular disease. Best Practice and Research in Clinical Haematology. 3:781-813. 1990