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  • Neighborhood Socioeconomic Deprivation and Youth Assault Injuries in Vancouver, Canada

    Singh TK, Khan M, Tansley G, Chan H, Brubacher JR, Staples JA

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  • Adaptation of a Shared Decision-Making Tool for Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Decisions with Indigenous Patients

    Umaefulam V, Fox TL, Hazlewood G, Bansback N, Barber CEH, Barnabe C

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  • The suitability of oral diacetylmorphine in treatment-refractory patients with heroin dependence: A scoping review

    Drug Alcohol Depend

    August 28, 2021

    Substance Use & Addictions

    Martins MLF, Wilthagen EA, Oviedo-Joekes E, Beijnen JH, de Grave N, Uchtenhagen A, Beck T, den Brink WV, Schinkel AH

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  • Does early intervention improve outcomes for patients with acute ureteral colic?

    Innes GD, Teichman JMH, Scheuermeyer FX, McRae AD, Grafstein E, Andruchow J, Cheng L, Law MR

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  • Can plain film radiography improve the emergency department detection of clinically important urinary stones?

    Am J Emerg Med

    September 1, 2021

    Diagnostics
    Emergency Medicine
    Screening & Testing

    Innes GD, Wishart I, Lau T, Islam A, Gourlay K, Scheuermeyer FX

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  • Is Regular Access to Internet Services Associated with Comprehensive Correct HIV/AIDS Knowledge among People Aged 15–49 Years in Nigeria? Findings from the 2018 Demographic Health Survey

    J Consum Health Internet

    September 9, 2021

    Infectious Disease & STBBIs

    Iyamu I, Oladele EA, Eboreime E, Karim ME

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  • Training Programs for Fundamental and Clinician-Scientists: Balanced Outcomes for Graduates by Gender

    Can J Kidney Health Dis

    September 2, 2021

    Sex & Gender

    Rampersad C, Alexander T, Fowler E, Hartwig S, Levin A, Rosenblum ND, Samuel S, Wiebe C, Ho J

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  • Co-production of randomized clinical trials with patients: a case study in autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant for patients with scleroderma

    Trials

    September 9, 2021

    Clinical Trials
    Patient Preferences

    Aguiar M, Laba TL, Munro S, Burch T, Beckett J, Kaal KJ, Bansback N, Hudson M, Harrison M

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  • Standardised Outcomes in Nephrology – Chronic Kidney Disease (SONG-CKD): a protocol for establishing a core outcome set for adults with chronic kidney disease who do not require kidney replacement therapy

    Trials

    September 9, 2021

    Clinical Trials
    Nephrology

    Evangelidis N, Sautenet B, Madero M, Tong A, Ashuntantang G, Sanabria LC, de Boer IH, Fung S, Gallego D, Levey AS, Levin A, Lorca E, Okpechi IG, Rossignol P, Sola L, Usherwood T, Wheeler DC, Cho Y, Howell M, Guha C, Scholes-Robertson N, Widders K, Gonzalez AM, Teixeira-Pinto A, Viecelli AK, Bernier-Jean A, Anumudu S, Dunn L, Wilkie M, Craig JC, on behalf of the SONG-CKD Investigators

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  • Setting a benchmark for resource utilization and quality of care in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation in Europe-Rationale and design of the international BENCHMARK registry

    McCalmont G, Durand E, Lauck S, Muir DF, Spence MS, Vasa-Nicotera M, Wood D, Saia F, Chatel N, Lüske CM, Kurucova J, Bramlage P, Frank D

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  • Can you picture it? Photo elicitation in qualitative cardiovascular health research

    Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs

    September 9, 2021

    Cardiology & Cardiovascular Disease
    Clinical Trials

    Lauck SB, Oliffe JL, Stephenson A, Adhami N

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  • Estimating the real-world performance of the PROMISE minimal-risk tool

    Nanna MG, Wang TY, Chiswell K, Sun JL, Vemulapalli S, Hoffmann U, Patel MR, Udelson JE, Fordyce CB, Douglas PS

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