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  • CT of Kidney Volume in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease: Accuracy, Reproducibility, and Radiation Dose

    Radiology

    April 9, 2019

    Nephrology
    Screening & Testing

    Bevilacqua MU, Hague CJ, Romann A, Sheitt H, Vasilescu DM, Yi TW, Levin A

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  • Patient Prioritization in Emergency Department Triage Systems: An Empirical Study of the Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS)

    Ding Y, Park E, Nagarajan M, Grafstein E

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  • Inhaled corticosteroids and the risk of lung cancer in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): a population-based cohort study

    Raymakers AJN, Sadatsafavi M, Sin DD, Fitzgerald JM, Marra CA, Lynd LD

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  • Practice-Based Nursing Research: Evaluation of clinical and professional impacts from a research training program

    J Clin Nurs

    April 2, 2019

    Nursing

    Black AT, Ali S, Baumbusch J, McNamee K, Mackay M

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  • Could implementation of mifepristone address Canada’s urban–rural abortion access disparity: A mixed-methods implementation study protocol

    Norman WV, Munro S, Brooks M, Devane C, Guilbert E, Renner R, Kendall T, Soon JA, Waddington A, Wagner M-S, Dunn S

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  • Matrix metalloproteinases as possible biomarkers of obstructive sleep apnea severity: A systematic review

    Sleep Med Reviews

    March 30, 2019

    Diagnostics
    Sleep & Health

    Franczak A, Bil-Lula I, Sawicki G, Fenton M, Ayas NT, Skomro R

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  • Boredom and homelessness: A scoping review

    Marshall CA, Roy L, Becker A, Nguyen M, Barbic S, Tjörnstrand C, Gewurtz R, Wickett S

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  • Alpha Lipoic Acid Improves Endothelial Function and Oxidative Stress in Mice Exposed to Chronic Intermittent Hypoxia

    Oxid Med Cell Longev

    April 9, 2019

    Sleep & Health

    Badran M, Abuyassin B, Golbidi S, Ayas NT, Laher I

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  • A Cost-Utility Study of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for the Treatment of Symptomatic Gallstones

    Sutherland JM, Mok J, Liu G, Karimuddin A, Crump T

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  • Effect of enhanced homestead food production on anaemia among Cambodian women and children: A cluster randomized controlled trial

    Matern Child Nutr

    May 20, 2019

    Eating Disorders & Nutrition
    Global Health

    Michaux KD, Hou K, Karakochuk CD, Whitfield KC, Ly S, Verbowski V, Stormer A, Porter K, Li KH, Houghton LA, Lynd LD, Talukder A, McLean J, Green TJ

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  • Standardized Outcomes in Nephrology-Glomerular Disease (SONG-GD): Establishing a core outcome set for trials in patients with glomerular disease

    Kidney Int

    June 6, 2019

    Measurement
    Nephrology

    Carter SA, Lightstone L, Cattran D, Bagga A, Barbour SJ, et al.; SONG-GD Initiative

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  • Sex-Specific Determinants of Outcomes After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

    Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes

    March 19, 2019

    Cardiology & Cardiovascular Disease
    Sex & Gender
    Surgery & Procedures

    Pighi M, Piazza N, Martucci G, Lachapelle K, Perrault LP, Asgar AW, Lauck S, Webb JG, Popma JJ, Kim DH, Lefèvre T, Labinaz M, Lamy A, Peterson MD, Arora RC, Noiseux N, Trnkus A, Afilalo J

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