Reports
The following list of reports reflects the latest in findings and outcomes in medical research as presented at major medical meetings and published peer-reviewed medical journals. In this section you can view reports from important congresses as well as summaries of some recently published journal articles. Please let us know if you have a particular area of interest you would like to see covered.
PHYSICIAN PERSPECTIVE - Viewpoint based on presentations from the Family Medicine Forum 2011 (College of Family Physicians of Canada)
Asthma Control: Taking the Long-term View
Montréal, Quebec / November 3-5, 2011
Guest Editor: Charles K.N. Chan, MD, FRCPC, FCCP, FACPVice-President, Medical Affairs & QualityUniversity Health NetworkProfessor and Vice-Chair of MedicineUniversity of TorontoToronto, Ontario IntroductionThe concept that...
PRIORITY PRESS - 49th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)
Progress in Pneumococcal Vaccine Development
Boston, Massachusetts / October 20-23, 2011
Boston - Current immunization guidelines support administration of the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV23) to adults older than 65 and to selected at-risk populations in the age range of 18-65. Revaccination with PPSV23...
PHYSICIAN PERSPECTIVE - Viewpoint based on presentations from the 49th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)
Progress in the Treatment of Drug-resistant Nosocomial Pneumonia
Boston, Massachusetts / October 20-23, 2011
Reviewed and edited by: Ethan Rubinstein, MD, LLBH.E. Sellers Research Chair in Infectious DiseasesHead, Section of Infectious DiseasesDepartment of Internal MedicineUniversity of ManitobaWinnipeg, Manitoba IntroductionOver the past...
PRIORITY PRESS - 21st Annual Congress of the European Respiratory Society
Early Diagnosis Key to Improving Long-term Outcomes in Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Amsterdam, The Netherlands / September 24-28, 2011
Amsterdam - The benefits of treating pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) at an early stage of the disease have been clearly demonstrated and are supported by current treatment guidelines. PAH patients in NYHA/WHO functional class (FC) II...
PRIORITY PRESS - 88th Canadian Paediatric Society Annual Conference
Daily Asthma Controller Therapy and a Written Action Plan: Keys to Good Asthma Management
Québec City, Québec / June 15-18, 2011
Québec City - Asthma is a chronic, underlying inflammatory condition that requires daily controller therapy to maintain symptomatic control. Unfortunately, it is often treated as an episodic illness, with parents citing fear of side...
PRIORITY PRESS - 2011 American Thoracic Society International Conference
Asthma Control with Inhaled Corticosteroids in the Typical Clinical Setting
Denver, Colorado / May 13-18, 2011
Denver - Prospective, carefully controlled randomized clinical trials often exclude the very patients that are seen by most general practitioners. Retrospective rigorously conducted observational studies look closely at patients who have...
PRIORITY PRESS - 21st European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)
Update on the Management of Pneumococcal Disease: Epidemiology and the Role of Conjugated Vaccine in Adults
Milan, Italy / May 7-10, 2011
Milan - The management of pneumococcal disease in adults remains a challenge, as the public health burden of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) and community-acquired pneumonia is substantial, researchers reported here this week. Diagnosis...
PRIORITY PRESS - Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada- Canadian Association for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (AMMI-CACMID) Annual Conference
Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Older Adults: Protection Anticipated with the Conjugate Vaccines
Montreal, Quebec / April 7-9, 2011
Montreal - According to investigators, Streptococcus pneumoniae is still associated with a considerable burden of disease in Canada, causing approximately 50% of all pneumonia, 50% of sinusitis and 50% of otitis media in children. Ten years...
PRIORITY PRESS - Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada- Canadian Association for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (AMMI-CACMID) Annual Conference
Selecting Therapy for Multidrug-resistant Pneumonia
Montreal, Quebec / April 7-9, 2011
Staphylococcus aureus is the most common cause of pneumonia among patients in Canadian intensive care units (ICUs) or surgical wards, accounting for about a quarter of cases. Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA), which demonstrates...