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  • Attitudes and Preferences Regarding Non-Clinic Based Self-Collection for STI Testing Among Clinic Attendees in British Columbia, Canada

    Sex Transm Dis

    July 12, 2021

    Infectious Disease & STBBIs

    Gottschlich A, Smith LW, Caird H, Gilbert M, Grennan T, Ogilvie G

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  • Keyto App and Device versus WW App on Weight Loss and Metabolic Risk in Adults with Overweight or Obesity: A Randomized Trial

    Falkenhain K, Locke SR, Lowe DA, Reitsma NJ, Lee T, Singer J, Weiss EJ, Little JP

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  • Preliminary testing of a patient decision aid for patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis

    Mult Scler J Exp Transl Clin

    July 15, 2021

    Decision Science
    Neurology

    Bansback N, Chiu JA, Metcalfe R, Lapointe E, Schabas A, Lenzen M, Traboulsee A, Lynd LD, Carruthers R

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  • Premenopausal-aged females have no neurological outcome advantage after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A multilevel analysis of North American populations

    Awad EM, Humphries KH, Grunau BE, Christenson JM

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  • Pectoralis muscle area and its association with indices of disease severity in interstitial lung disease

    Respir Med

    July 7, 2021

    Chronic Conditions

    Molgat-Seon Y, Guler SA, Peters CM, Vasilescu DM, Puyat JH, Coxson HO, Ryerson CJ, Guenette JA

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  • Technology Recommendations to Support Person-Centered Care in Long-Term Care Homes during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond

    Chu CH, Ronquillo C, Khan S, Hung L, Boscart V

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  • Substitutes or complements between informal and formal home care in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging: functional impairment as an effect modifier

    Health Policy

    July 13, 2021

    Health Economics
    Health Policy
    Long-term Care

    Zhang W, Sun H, L’Heureux J

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  • The association between bacterobilia and the risk of postoperative complications following pancreaticoduodenectomy

    HPB

    July 6, 2021

    Surgery & Procedures

    Parapini ML, Skipworth JRA, Mah A, Desai S, Chung S, Scudamore CH, Segedi M, Vasilyeva E, Li J, Kim PT

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  • Development of a primary care pandemic plan informed by in-depth policy analysis and interviews with family physicians across Canada during COVID-19: a qualitative case study protocol

    BMJ Open

    July 22, 2021

    Clinical Trials
    COVID-19
    Primary Care

    Mathews M, Spencer S, Hedden L, Marshall EG, Lukewich J, Meredith L, Ryan D, Buote R, Liu T, Volpe E, Gill PS, Ryan B, Schacter G, Wickett J, Freeman TR, Sibbald SL, Wong E, McKay M, McCracken R, Brown JB

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  • Hydronephrosis severity clarifies prognosis and guides management for emergency department patients with acute ureteral colic

    Can J Emerg Med

    July 21, 2021

    Emergency Medicine
    Screening & Testing

    Innes GD, Scheuermeyer FX, McRae AD, Teichman JMH, Lane DJ

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  • Quality of Life in Epilepsy: Same questions, but different meaning to different people

    Sajobi TT, Josephson CB, Sawatzky R, Wang M, Lawal O, Patten SB, Lix LM, Wiebe S

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  • Revisiting level II sleep studies in the era of COVID-19: a theoretical economic decision model in patients with suspected obstructive sleep apnea

    Ayas NT, Jen R, Baumann B

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