Warren J McIsaac
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McIsaac W, Hunchak C
Med Decis Making
. 2010 Dec;
31(3):405-11.
PMID: 21191120
Background: Empiric antibiotic prescribing for suspected acute cystitis may lead to unnecessary prescriptions when urine cultures are negative. This study assessed whether physician overestimation of the likelihood of bacterial infection...
12.
Bederman S, McIsaac W, Coyte P, Kreder H, Mahomed N, Wright J
Med Care
. 2010 Aug;
48(9):852-8.
PMID: 20706169
Background: Degenerative disease of the lumbar spine is common. Although surgery can benefit selected patients, variation in surgical referrals reduces overall access to care. Objectives: To compare the actual referral...
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Bederman S, Mahomed N, Kreder H, McIsaac W, Coyte P, Wright J
Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
. 2010 Jan;
35(1):108-15.
PMID: 20042962
Study Design: Survey to all orthopedic and neurosurgeons, a random sample of family physicians (FPs) and patients in Ontario, Canada. Objective: To identify the dominant clinical factors influencing patient and...
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McIsaac W, Prakash P, Ross S
Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol
. 2009 May;
19(4):287-93.
PMID: 19436509
Introduction: There are few Canadian studies that have assessed prescribing patterns and antibiotic preferences of physicians for acute uncomplicated cystitis. A cross-Canada study of adult women with symptoms of acute...
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Prakash P, Lawrence H, Harvey B, McIsaac W, Limeback H, Leake J
Paediatr Child Health
. 2008 Nov;
11(3):151-7.
PMID: 19030271
Objectives: To assess the knowledge of early childhood caries and to examine the current preventive oral health-related practices and training among Canadian paediatricians and family physicians who provide primary care...
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McIsaac W, Mazzulli T, Permaul J, Moineddin R, Low D
Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol
. 2008 Apr;
17(6):337-40.
PMID: 18382648
Background: There are currently limited data regarding the prevalence of antimicrobial-resistant organisms causing community-acquired urinary tract infections among adult women in Canada. Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) is the recommended first-line empirical antibiotic...
17.
Logan A, Dunai A, McIsaac W, Irvine M, Tisler A
J Hypertens
. 2008 Feb;
26(3):446-52.
PMID: 18300854
Objective: Guidelines recommend home blood pressure monitoring (HBPM) to improve blood pressure control, but the attitudes of primary care physicians and their hypertensive patients towards its use are not known....
18.
McIsaac W, Mazzulli T, Moineddin R, Raboud J, Ross S
Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol
. 2007 Dec;
15(5):266-70.
PMID: 18159504
Background: Increasing rates of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) resistance among uropathogens have raised concerns about its continued role in empirical treatment of acute uncomplicated cystitis in adult women. Objective: To determine current...
19.
McIsaac W, Moineddin R, Ross S
Arch Intern Med
. 2007 Nov;
167(20):2201-6.
PMID: 17998492
Background: In a previous study, use of a decision aid based on 4 clinical items would have reduced unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions for acute cystitis by 30% compared with usual physician...
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Logan A, McIsaac W, Tisler A, Irvine M, Saunders A, Dunai A, et al.
Am J Hypertens
. 2007 Sep;
20(9):942-8.
PMID: 17765133
Background: Rising concern over the poor level of blood-pressure (BP) control among hypertensive patients has prompted searches for novel ways of managing hypertension. The objectives of this study were to...