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  • Dodek PM. Implementation of clinical practice guidelines for ventilator-associate pneumonia: A multicenter prospective study.

    March 13, 2015

    Sinuff T, Muscedere J, Cook DJ, Dodek PM, Anderson W, Keenan SP, Wood G, Tan R, Haupt MT, Miletin M, Bouali R, Jiang X, Day AG, Overvelde J, Heyland DK, for the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Implementation of clinical practice guidelines for ventilator-associate pneumonia: A multicenter prospective study. Crit Care Med. 2013 Jan;41(1):15-23. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318265e874. PMID: 23222254

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  • Humphries KH. 5-Year outcome after transcatheter aortic valve implantation.

    March 13, 2015

    Toggweiler S, Humphries KH, Lee M, Binder RK, Moss RR, Freeman M, Ye J, Cheung A, Wood DA, Webb JG. 5-Year outcome after transcatheter aortic valve implantation. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013 Jan 29;61(4):413-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.11.010. Epub 2012 Dec 19. PMID: 23265333

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  • Dodek PM. Vancomycin pharmacodynamics and survival in patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus-associate septic shock.

    March 13, 2015

    Zelenitsky S, Rubinstein E, Ariano R, Iacovides H, Dodek P, Mirzanejad Y, Kumar Anand, for the Cooperative Antimicrobia Therapy of Septic Shock (CATSS) Database Research Group. Vancomycin pharmacodynamics and survival in patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus-associate septic shock. Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2013 Mar;41(3):255-60. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2012.10.015. Epub 2013 Jan 9. PMID: 23312606

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  • Lynd LD. Discriminative ability of the sf-12 in Kiswahili by HIV stage in patients in Kenya.

    March 13, 2015

    Patel A, Lester R, Ritvo P, Marra CA, Lynd LD, Karanja S, Van Der Kop M. Discriminative ability of the sf-12 in Kiswahili by HIV stage in patients in Kenya. Value Health. 2013 May; 16(3): A95. doi:10.1016/j.jval.2013.03.443

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  • Lynd LD. Impact of multiple treatment comparison meta-analysis on value of information evaluations: A case study of pharmacotherapies for chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases.

    March 13, 2015

    Zafari Z, Thorlund K, FitzGerald M, Lynd LD, Marra CA, Sadatsafavi M. Impact of multiple treatment comparison meta-analysis on value of information evaluations: A case study of pharmacotherapies for chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases. Value Health. 2013 May; 16(3):A26–27. doi:10.1016/j.jval.2013.03.156

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  • Schechter MT, Spittal PM. The Cedar Project: Impacts of policing among young Aboriginal people who use injection and non-injection drugs in British Columbia, Canada.

    March 6, 2015

    Pan SW, Christian WM, Pearce ME, Blair AH, Jongbloed K, Zhang H, Teegee M, Thomas V, Schechter MT, Spittal PM. The Cedar Project: Impacts of policing among young Aboriginal people who use injection and non-injection drugs in British Columbia, Canada. Int J Drug Policy. 2013 Sep;24(5):449-59. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2013.04.009. Epub 2013 Jun. PMID: 23731672

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  • Cundiff G. Long-term outcomes following abdominal sacrocolpopexy for pelvic organ prolapse.

    March 6, 2015

    Nygaard I, Brubaker L, Zyczynski HM, Cundiff G, Richter H, Gantz M, Fine P, Menefee S, Ridgeway B, Visco A, Warren LK, Zhang M, Meikle S. Long-term outcomes following abdominal sacrocolpopexy for pelvic organ prolapse. JAMA. 2013 May 15;309(19):2016–24. doi: 10.1001/jama.2013.4919. PMID: 23677313

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  • Werker GR, Krausz M. Research on a vulnerable neighbourhood—the Vancouver Downtown Eastside from 2001 to 2011.

    January 21, 2016

    Linden IA, Mar MY, Werker GR, Jang K, Krausz M. Research on a vulnerable neighbourhood—the Vancouver Downtown Eastside from 2001 to 2011. J Urban Health. 2013 Jun; 90(3):559–73. doi: 10.1007/s11524-012-9771-x. PMID: 23161093

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  • Humphries KH. Low prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus among patients with high levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol.

    March 6, 2015

    Juren AJ, Sarwal G, Al-Sarraf A, Vrablik M, Chan D, Humphries KH, Frohlich JJ. Low prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus among patients with high levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. J Clin Lipidol. 2013 May-Jun;7(3):194-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jacl.2013.02.003. Epub 2013 Feb 26. PMID: 23725918

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  • Dodek P. Failure to engage hospitalized elderly patients and their families in advance care planning.

    March 6, 2015

    Heyland DK, Barwich D, Pichora D, Dodek P, Lamontagne F, You JJ, Tayler C, Porterfield P, Sinuff T, Simon J, for the Advance Care Planning Evaluation in Elderly Patients (ACCEPT) Study Team and the Canadian Researchers at the End of Life Network (CARENET). Failure to engage hospitalized elderly patients and their families in advance care planning. JAMA Intern Med. 2013 May 13;173(9):778-87. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.180. PMID: 23545563

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  • Geller J. The psychometric properties of the Readiness and Motivation Questionnaire: A symptom-specific measure of readiness for change in the eating disorders.

    March 6, 2015

    Geller J, Brown KE, Srikameswaran S, Piper W, Dunn EC. The psychometric properties of the Readiness and Motivation Questionnaire: A symptom-specific measure of readiness for change in the eating disorders. Psychol Assess. 2013 Sep;25(3):759-68. doi: 10.1037/a0032539. Epub 2013 May 6. PMID: 23647034

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  • Levin A. Evolving importance of kidney disease: From subspecialty to global health burden.

    March 6, 2015

    Eckardt KU, Coresh J, Devuyst O, Johnson RJ, Kottgen A, Levey AS, Levin A. Evolving importance of kidney disease: From subspecialty to global health burden. Lancet. 2013 Jul 13;382(9887):158-69. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60439-0. Epub 2013 May 31. PMID: 23727165

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