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  • “Before medically advised” departure from hospital and subsequent drug overdose: a population-based cohort study.

    Khan M, Hu X, Crabtree A, Moe J, Nasmith T, Daly-Grafstein D, Brubacher JR, Slaunwhite AK, Staples JA.

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  • Time-Driven Activity Based Costing of an Annual Canadian Cochlear Implant Program.

    Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg

    September 23, 2024

    Ear Nose and Throat
    Health Economics

    Liu AQ, Allenby S, Lee J, Lea J, Westerberg BD.

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  • Development of a Canadian Guidance for Reporting Real-world Evidence for Regulatory and Health-Technology Assessment (HTA) Decision Making.

    J Clin Epidemiol

    September 23, 2024

    Clinical Trials
    Decision Science
    Epidemiology

    Tadrous M, Aves T, Fahim C, Riad J, Mittmann N, Prieto-Alhambra D, Rivera DR, Chan K, Lix LM, Kent S, Dawoud D, Guertin JR, McDonald T, Round J, Klarenbach S, Stanojevic S, De Vera MA, Strumpf E, Platt RW, Husein F, Lambert L, Hayes KN.

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  • Risk of recurrent venous thromboembolism in patients with cancer: an individual patient data meta-analysis and development of a prediction model.

    Thromb Haemost

    September 19, 2024

    Cancer
    Modelling & Risk Prediction
    Patient-Centred Care

    Lanting V, Takada T, Bosch F, Marshall A, Grosso M, Young A, Lee AYY, Nisio MD, Raskob G, Kamphuisen PW, Buller H, van Es N.

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  • Intravenous Thrombolysis in Patients With Cervical Artery Dissection.

    Neurology

    September 19, 2024

    Neurology
    Surgery & Procedures

    Shu L, Akpokiere F, Mandel DM, Field TS, Guerrero CRL, Henninger N, Muppa J, Affan M, Lodhi OUH, Heldner MR, Antonenko K, Seiffge DJ, Arnold M, Omran SS, Crandall R, Lester E, López-Mena D, Arauz A, Nehme A, Boulanger M, Touzé E, Sousa JA, Sargento-Freitas J, Barata V, Castro-Chaves P, Brito MT, Khan M, Mallick D, Rothstein A, Khazaal O, Kaufmann JE, Engelter ST, Traenka C, de Sousa DA, Soares MD, Rosa SB, Zhou L, et al.

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  • Understanding Nurse Retention at a Mental Health and Addictions Facility During a Dual Pandemic.

    Rafferty A, Haase K, Gagnon M, Havaei F.

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  • Associations of County-Level Social Determinants of Health with COVID-19 Related Hospitalization Among People with HIV: A Retrospective Analysis of the U.S. National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C).

    Islam JY, Hurwitz E, Li D, Camacho-Rivera M, Sun J, Safo S, Ross JM, Wilkins K, Hassan S, Hill EL, Nosyk B, Varley C, Fadul N, Madlock-Brown C, Patel RC, on behalf of the N3C consortium.

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  • Access and barriers to safer supply prescribing during a toxic drug emergency: a mixed methods study of implementation in British Columbia, Canada.

    Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy

    September 16, 2024

    Access to Care
    Substance Use & Addictions

    Urbanoski KA, van Roode T, Selfridge M, Hogan KC, Fraser J, Lock K, McGreevy PB, Burmeister C, Barker B, Slaunwhite A, Nosyk B, Pauly B.

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  • Effects of Losartan on Patients Hospitalized for Acute COVID-19: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

    Clin Infect Dis

    September 15, 2024

    COVID-19
    Drugs & Pharmaceuticals

    Tran KC, Asfar P, Cheng M, Demiselle J, Singer J, Lee T, Sweet D, Boyd J, Walley K, Haljan G, Sharif O, Geri G, Auchabie J, Quenot J-P, Lee TC, Tsang J, Meziani F, Lamontagne F, Dubee V, Lasocki S, Ovakim D, Wood G, Turgeon A, Cohen Y, Lebas E, Goudelin M, Forrest D, Teale A, Mira J-P, Fowler R, Daneman N, Adhikari NKJ, Gousseff M, Leroy P, Plantefeve G, Rispal P, Courtois R, Winston B, Reynolds S, Birks P, Bienvenu B, Tadie J-M, Talarmin J-P, Ansart S, Russell JA, for the ARBs CORONA II Team.

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  • The Diversity of Research Participants in Randomized Controlled Trials and Observational Studies Conducted by the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group.

    Ann Am Thorac Soc

    September, 2024

    Clinical Trials

    Mehta S, Ahluwalia A, Ahluwalia A, Burns KEA, O’Hearn K, Maratta C, Menon K, Rochwerg B, Murthy S, Fowler R, Fiest KM.

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  • Mortality After Multivessel Revascularization in Patients With Diabetes and Acute Coronary Syndromes.

    Godoy LC, Farkouh ME, Austin PC, Shah BR, Qiu F, Sud M, Nicolau JC, Fremes SE, Rocha RV, Tam DY, Humphries KH, Lawler PR, Wijeysundera HC, Lee DS, Gaudino MFL, Ko DT.

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  • Engaging Canadians in Health Policy Is No Trivial Matter.

    Healthc Policy

    September 1, 2024

    Editorial
    Health Policy

    Sutherland JM.

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