In Canada there are inconsistencies between jurisdictions (e.g., the age at which children can be left alone without any further considerations is 12 years in Manitoba but 16 in Ontario), and standards may not be reflected in general parenting practice. For example, Quebec is the only ...
Preparation of this paper was supported in part by grants for Depeng Jiang from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery Grant, Canadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR) Project Grant, and Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CHRIM) Foundation...
2005). Based on a total of 5,664 children in care in Manitoba at this time, the prevalence of FASD within this population can be estimated to be 113 per 1,000, which is about 13 times higher than the estimated prevalence of FASD among the general population. A recent analysis, ...
Several such systems are now commercially available and include Smartcare/PS™ (Dräger- Medical, Lübeck, Germany), Adaptive Support Ventilation (ASV) (HamiltonMedical, Bonaduz, Switzerland), Auto- mode (Siemens, Solna, Sweden), Proportional Assist Ventilation (PAV+ The University of Manitoba, ...