Search Results - "MCKAY, Donald W"
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A New Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Hypertension in Canada
Published in Canadian journal of cardiology (01-05-2015)“…Abstract Accurate blood pressure measurement is critical to properly identify and treat individuals with hypertension. In 2005, the Canadian Hypertension…”
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The 2010 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations for the management of hypertension: Part I – blood pressure measurement, diagnosis and assessment of risk
Published in Canadian journal of cardiology (01-05-2010)“…Objective To provide updated, evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis and assessment of adults with hypertension. Evidence MEDLINE searches were…”
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Measuring corticosterone in feathers using an acetonitrile/hexane extraction and enzyme immunoassay: feather corticosterone levels of food-supplemented Atlantic Puffin chicks
Published in Journal of field ornithology (01-03-2015)“…Glucocorticoid levels measured in the blood of animals reflect hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) activity in response to predictable and unpredictable…”
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Home blood pressure monitoring among Canadian adults with hypertension: Results from the 2009 Survey on Living with Chronic Diseases in Canada
Published in Canadian journal of cardiology (01-05-2010)“…Background Canadians with hypertension are recommended to use home blood pressure monitoring (HBPM) on a regular basis. Objectives To characterize the use of…”
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The Urgent Need to Re-establish a Health Coalition Focused on Hypertension Prevention and Control in Canada
Published in Canadian journal of cardiology (01-04-2024)Get full text
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Is exam performance in anatomy influenced by teaching with prosected cadavers? An evidence‐based study
Published in Clinical anatomy (New York, N.Y.) (01-09-2020)“…Introduction Little empirical evidence substantiates the need to use cadavers to teach anatomy effectively. We investigated the effect of attendance at anatomy…”
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The 2007 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations for the management of hypertension: Part 1 – blood pressure measurement, diagnosis and assessment of risk
Published in Canadian journal of cardiology (15-05-2007)“…Objective To provide updated, evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis and assessment of adults with hypertension. Options And Outcomes The diagnosis…”
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The 2008 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations for the management of hypertension: Part 1 – blood pressure measurement, diagnosis and assessment of risk
Published in Canadian journal of cardiology (01-06-2008)“…Objective To provide updated, evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis and assessment of adults with hypertension. Options and outcomes The diagnosis…”
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Practical advice for home blood pressure measurement
Published in Canadian journal of cardiology (15-05-2007)“…Early diagnosis of hypertension is one benefit of home blood pressure monitoring. Home measurement may also be used for the detection of masked hypertension…”
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The effects of social context on the hormonal and behavioral responsiveness of human fathers
Published in Hormones and behavior (01-09-2011)“…We tested first-time fathers with their 22-month old toddlers to determine whether social context variables such as pre-test absence from the child and…”
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High growth and low corticosterone in food-supplemented Atlantic puffin Fratercula arctica chicks under poor foraging conditions
Published in Marine ecology. Progress series (Halstenbek) (17-02-2017)“…Prey availability around seabird breeding colonies is often unpredictable, with prey fluctuating in both abundance and distribution. This study examined the…”
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Corticosterone and stable isotopes in feathers predict egg size in Atlantic Puffins Fratercula arctica
Published in Ibis (London, England) (01-04-2013)“…Examining factors that operate outside the breeding season may provide new insights into life‐history traits such as egg size, in which individual variation…”
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Corticosterone levels in feathers and blood of rhinoceros auklets Cerorhinca monocerata are affected by variation in environmental conditions
Published in Marine biology (01-02-2016)“…In order to fully understand factors that affect animals during their annual cycle, it is important to measure physiological and behavioral responses to…”
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Measuring blood pressure: a call to bare arms?
Published in Canadian Medical Association journal (CMAJ) (26-02-2008)“…Although oscillometric devices are becoming more common, the standardized methods described in clinical practice guidelines focus on the auscultation method…”
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The effects of variable foraging conditions on common murre ( Uria aalge) corticosterone concentrations and parental provisioning
Published in Hormones and behavior (2008)“…This study investigated how total corticosterone concentrations, chick-feeding rates, and adult body mass changed with food availability from 1998 to 2000 in…”
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Balancing personal maintenance with parental investment in a chick-rearing seabird: physiological indicators change with foraging conditions
Published in Conservation physiology (2017)“…Seabird parents use a conservative breeding strategy that favours long-term survival over intensive parental investment, particularly under harsh conditions…”
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Evaluation of Medical Career-Counseling Resources Across Canada
Published in Teaching and learning in medicine (01-01-2012)“…Background: North American medical school accreditation requires career counseling. Purpose: The Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN) MedCAREERS program…”
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Prolactin responses to infant cues in men and women: Effects of parental experience and recent infant contact
Published in Hormones and behavior (01-02-2007)“…We used a longitudinal design to test whether parental experience differentially affects the development of prolactin responses to infant cues in men and…”
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Protein synthesis and the mechanisms of lasting change in anxiety induced by severe stress
Published in Behavioural brain research (28-02-2006)“…Brief, unprotected exposure of rats to cats (predator stress) may be lastingly anxiogenic in a variety of tests of rodent anxiety. Recent findings suggest that…”
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New algorithm for the diagnosis of hypertension : Canadian hypertension education program recommendations (2005)
Published in American journal of hypertension (01-10-2005)Get full text
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