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  • Implications of Transcatheter Heart Valve Selection on Early and Late Pacemaker Rate and on Length of Stay

    Sathananthan J, Ding L, Yu M, Catlin B, Chan A, Charania J… Lauck S, et al.

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  • Understanding ethno-cultural differences in cardiac medication adherence behaviour: a Canadian study

    King-Shier K, Quan H, Mather C, Chong E, LeBlanc P, Khan N

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  • Racism is not a factor in door-to-ECG times of patients with symptoms of acute coronary syndrome: A prospective, observational study

    Acad Emerg Med

    September 17, 2018

    Cardiology & Cardiovascular Disease
    Culture & Ethnicity

    Mackay MH, Ratner PA, Veenstra Gerry, Scheuermeyer FX, Grubisic M, Ramanathan K, Murray C, Humphries KH

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  • Accuracy of Dementia Screening Instruments in Emergency Medicine — A Diagnostic Meta-Analysis

    Carpenter CR, Banerjee J, Keyes D, Schnitker L, Barbic D, Fowler S, LaMantia MA

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  • Cost Savings Analysis of Early Extubation Following Congenital Heart Surgery

    Holowachuk S, Zhang W, Gandhi SK, Anis AH, Potts JE, Harris KC

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  • Barbic SP, Mathias S: metrology in patient-centred outcome measurement in psychiatry

    June 19, 2018

    Barbic SP, Cano SJ, Mathias S. The problem of patient-centred outcome measurement in psychiatry: why metrology hasn’t mattered and why it should. J Phys: Conf Ser. 2018;1044:012069.

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  • Gill J: Hospitalizations in Dialysis Patients in Canada

    June 1, 2018

    Molnar AO, Moist L, Klarenbach S, Lafrance J-P, Kim SJ, … Gill J, et al. Hospitalizations in Dialysis Patients in Canada: A National Cohort Study. Can J Kidney Health Dis. Epub 2018 Jun 1;5:205435811878037.

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  • Cundiff GW: operative vaginal delivery and obstetric and birth trauma

    June 18, 2018

    Muraca GM, Lisonkova S, Skoll A, Brant R, Cundiff GW, Sabr Y, Joseph KS. Ecological association between operative vaginal delivery and obstetric and birth trauma. CMAJ. 2018 Jun 18;190(24):E734-E741.

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  • Levin A: Cardiovascular outcomes in hemodialysis trials

    June 19, 2018

    O’Lone E, Viecelli AK, Craig JC, Tong A, Sautenet B, … Levin A, et al. Cardiovascular Outcomes Reported in Hemodialysis Trials. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018 Jun;71(24):2802-2810.

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  • Barbic SP: patient-centred outcome metrology for healthcare decision-making

    June 19, 2018

    Cano SJ, Pendrill LR, Barbic SP, Fisher WP. Patient-centred outcome metrology for healthcare decision-making. J Phys: Conf Ser. 2018;1044:012057.

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  • Levin A: Global Kidney Health Atlas

    June 26, 2018

    Levin A. Improving Global Kidney Health: International Society of Nephrology Initiatives and the Global Kidney Health Atlas. Ann Nutr Metab. 2018 Jun;72 Suppl 2(2):28-32. Epub 2018 Jun 20.

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  • Singer J, Wong H: characteristics and predictors in adult-diagnosed CF

    June 26, 2018

    Desai S, Wong H, Sykes J, Stephenson AL, Singer J, Quon BS. Clinical Characteristics and Predictors of Reduced Survival for Adult-Diagnosed Cystic Fibrosis: Analysis of the Canadian CF Registry. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2018 Jun 26 epub ahead of print.

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