Search Results - "McKay, Donald"

A New Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Hypertension in Canada by Cloutier, Lyne, RN, PhD, Daskalopoulou, Stella S., MD, PhD, Padwal, Raj S., MD, MSc, Lamarre-Cliche, Maxime, MD, Bolli, Peter, MD, McLean, Donna, RN, NP, PhD, Milot, Alain, MD, MSc, Tobe, Sheldon W., MD, MSc(HPTE), Tremblay, Guy, MD, McKay, Donald W., PhD, Townsend, Raymond, MD, Campbell, Norm, MD, Gelfer, Mark, MD

“…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 Urgent Need to Re-establish a Health Coalition Focused on Hypertension Prevention and Control in Canada by Campbell, Norm R.C., McKay, Donald W., Petrella, Robert, Kaczorowski, Janusz

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Is exam performance in anatomy influenced by teaching with prosected cadavers? An evidence‐based study by Harris, June A., Adey, Tanis L., McKay, Donald W.

“…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 effects of social context on the hormonal and behavioral responsiveness of human fathers by Storey, Anne E., Noseworthy, Diana E., Delahunty, Krista M., Halfyard, Sarah J., McKay, Donald W.

“…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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The 2010 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations for the management of hypertension: Part I – blood pressure measurement, diagnosis and assessment of risk by Quinn, Robert R., MD PhD, Hemmelgarn, Brenda R., MD PhD, Padwal, Raj S., MD MSc, Myers, Martin G., MD, Cloutier, Lyne, RN PhD, Bolli, Peter, MD, McKay, Donald W., PhD, Khan, Nadia A., MD MSc, Hill, Michael D., MD MSc, Mahon, Jeff, MD MSc, Hackam, Daniel G., MD PhD, Grover, Steven, MD MPA, Wilson, Thomas, MD, Penner, Brian, MD, Burgess, Ellen, MD, McAlister, Finlay A., MD MSc, Lamarre-Cliche, Maxime, MD, McLean, Donna, RN MN NP PhD(c), Schiffrin, Ernesto L., MD PhD, Honos, George, MD, Mann, Karen, MSc PhD, Tremblay, Guy, MD, Milot, Alain, MD MSc, Chockalingam, Arun, MS PhD, Rabkin, Simon W., MD, Dawes, Martin, MBBS MD(Lond), Touyz, Rhian M., MD PhD, Burns, Kevin D., MD, Ruzicka, Marcel, MD PhD, Campbell, Norman R.C., MD, Vallée, Michel, MD PhD, Ramesh Prasad, G.V., MBBS MSc, Lebel, Marcel, MD, Tobe, Sheldon W., MD

“…Objective To provide updated, evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis and assessment of adults with hypertension. Evidence MEDLINE searches were…”
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High growth and low corticosterone in food-supplemented Atlantic puffin Fratercula arctica chicks under poor foraging conditions by Fitzsimmons, Michelle G., Rector, Megan E., McKay, Donald W., Storey, Anne E.

“…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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Personality distribution of Canadian medical students: A first look by Harris, June, McKay, Donald

“…Personality is one of the key elements in professional identity formation and is self-identified as one of the top two influences for Canadian medical…”
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Corticosterone and stable isotopes in feathers predict egg size in Atlantic Puffins Fratercula arctica by Kouwenberg, Amy-Lee, Mark Hipfner, J., McKay, Donald W., Storey, Anne E.

“…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 by Kouwenberg, Amy-Lee, Hipfner, J. Mark, McKay, Donald W, Storey, Anne E

“…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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Home blood pressure monitoring among Canadian adults with hypertension: Results from the 2009 Survey on Living with Chronic Diseases in Canada by Bancej, Christina M., PhD, Campbell, Norm, MD, McKay, Donald W., PhD, Nichol, Marianne, MSc, Walker, Robin L., MSc, Kaczorowski, Janusz, PhD

“…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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Measuring corticosterone in feathers using an acetonitrile/hexane extraction and enzyme immunoassay: feather corticosterone levels of food-supplemented Atlantic Puffin chicks by Kouwenberg, Amy-Lee, McKay, Donald W., Fitzsimmons, Michelle G., Storey, Anne E.

“…Glucocorticoid levels measured in the blood of animals reflect hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) activity in response to predictable and unpredictable…”
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Does rural generalist focused medical school and family medicine training make a difference?: Memorial University of Newfoundland outcomes by Rourke, James, Asghari, Shabnam, Hurley, Oliver, Ravalia, Mohamed, Jong, Michael, Graham, Wendy, Parsons, Wanda, Duggan, Norah, O'Keefe, Danielle, Moffatt, Scott, Stringer, Katherine, Sturge Sparkes, Carolyn, Hippe, Janelle, Harris Walsh, Kristin, McKay, Donald, Samarasena, Asoka

“…Introduction: Rural recruitment and retention of physicians is a global issue. The Faculty of Medicine at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, was…”
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Recommendations on screening for high blood pressure in Canadian adults by Lindsay, Patrice, Connor Gorber, Sarah, Joffres, Michel, Birtwhistle, Richard, McKay, Donald, Cloutier, Lyne

“…To provide recommendations on screening for hypertension in adults aged 18 years and older without previously diagnosed hypertension. Evidence was found…”
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From pipelines to pathways: The Memorial experience in educating doctors for rural generalist practice by Rourke, James, Asghari, Shabnam, Hurley, Oliver, Ravalia, Mohamed, Jong, Michael, Parsons, Wanda, Duggan, Norah, Stringer, Katherine, O'Keefe, Danielle, Moffatt, Scott, Graham, Wendy, Sturge Sparkes, Carolyn, Hippe, Janelle, Harris Walsh, Kristin, McKay, Donald, Samarasena, Asoka

“…"Context: This report describes the community context, concept and mission of The Faculty of Medicine at Memorial University of Newfoundland (Memorial),…”
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Measuring blood pressure: a call to bare arms? by McKay, Donald W

“…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 by Doody, Lesley M., Wilhelm, Sabina I., McKay, Donald W., Walsh, Carolyn J., Storey, Anne E.

“…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 by Storey, Anne E, Ryan, Morag G, Fitzsimmons, Michelle G, Kouwenberg, Amy-Lee, Takahashi, Linda S, Robertson, Gregory J, Wilhelm, Sabina I, McKay, Donald W, Herzberg, Gene R, Mowbray, Frances K, MacMillan, Luke, Walsh, Carolyn J

“…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 by Harris, June A., McKay, Donald W.

“…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 by Delahunty, Krista M., McKay, Donald W., Noseworthy, Diana E., Storey, Anne E.

“…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 by Adamec, Robert, Strasser, Kirby, Blundell, Jacqueline, Burton, Paul, McKay, Donald W.

“…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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