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  • Barbour SJ: geographic clustering in Glomerulonephritis

    May 30, 2019

    Canney M, Induruwage D, McCandless LC, Reich HN, Barbour SJ. Disease-specific incident glomerulonephritis displays geographic clustering in under-serviced rural areas of British Columbia, Canada. Kidney Int. 2019 Mar 15.

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  • Brief Exercise Counseling and High-Intensity Interval Training on Physical Activity Adherence and Cardiometabolic Health in Individuals at Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

    Bourne JE, Little JP, Beauchamp MR, Barry J, Singer J, Jung ME

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  • Medical Information Commons to Support Learning Healthcare Systems: Examples From Canada

    J Law Med Ethics

    April 17, 2019

    Data Linkage

    Bubela T, Genuis SK, Janjua NZ, Krajden M, Mittmann N, Podolak K, Svenson LW

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  • Risk of congenital anomalies in infants born to women with autoimmune disease using biologics before or during pregnancy: a population-based cohort study

    Tsao NW, Hanley GE, Lynd LD, Amiri N, De Vera MA

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  • Living With Dual Diagnosis and Homelessness: Marginalized Within a Marginalized Group

    Schütz C, Choi F, Jae Song M, Wesarg C, Li K, Krausz M

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  • Clinical correlates of HIV-1 DNA and inducible HIV-1 RNA reservoirs in peripheral blood in children with perinatally acquired HIV-1 infection with sustained virologic suppression for at least 5 years

    Clin Infect Dis

    March 28, 2019

    Infectious Disease & STBBIs
    Paediatrics

    Bitnun A, Ransy DG, Brophy J, Kakkar F, Hawkes M, Samson L, Annabi B, Pagliuzza A, Morand J-A, Sauve L, Chomont N, Lavoie S, Kim J, Sandstrom P, Wender P, Lee T, Singer J, Read SE, Soudeyns H; EPIC Research Group

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  • Frequency of Screening for Weaning From Mechanical Ventilation: Two Contemporaneous Proof-of-Principle Randomized Controlled Trials

    Crit Care Med

    March 27, 2019

    Clinical Trials
    Intensive Care
    Screening & Testing

    Burns KEA, Wong JTY, Dodek P, Cook DJ, Lamontagne F, Cohen A, Mehta S, Kho ME, Hébert PC, Aslanian P, Friedrich JO, Brochard L, Rizvi L, Hand L, Meade MO, Amaral AC, Seely AJ; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group

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  • Selection and Receipt of Kidney Replacement in Critically Ill Older Patients with AKI

    Clin J Am Soc Nephrol

    April 1, 2019

    Intensive Care
    Nephrology

    Bagshaw SM, Adhikari NKJ, Burns KEA, Friedrich JO, Bouchard J, Lamontagne F, McIntrye LA, Cailhier J-F, Dodek P, Stelfox HT, Herridge M, Lapinsky S, Muscedere J, Barton J, Griesdale D, Soth M, Ambosta A, Lebovic G, Wald R; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group

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  • International variation in survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a validation study of the Utstein template

    Resuscitation

    March 18, 2019

    Emergency Medicine
    Resuscitation

    Dyson K, Brown SP, May S, Smith K, Koster RW,…Christenson J, Stiell I, Vilke GM, Idris A, Nishiyama C, Iwami T, Nichol G

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  • Whole blood human transcriptome and virome analysis of ME/CFS patients experiencing post-exertional malaise following cardiopulmonary exercise testing

    Bouquet J, Li T, Gardy JL, Kang X, Stevens S, Stevens J, VanNess M, Snell C, Potts J, Miller RR, Morshed M, McCabe M, Parker S, Uyaguari M, Tang P, Steiner T, Chan W-S, De Souza A-M, Mattman A, Patrick DM, Chiu CY.

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  • Nephrology consultation and mortality in people with stage 4 chronic kidney disease: a population-based study

    CMAJ

    March 11, 2019

    Nephrology

    Liu P, Quinn RR, Karim ME, Bello A, Tam-Tham H, Weaver R, Ronksley PE, Quan H, Strippoli GFM, Manns B, Hemmelgarn BR, Tonelli M, Ravani P

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  • Rapid micro‐induction of buprenorphine/naloxone for opioid use disorder in an inpatient setting: A case series

    Am J Addict

    March 22, 2019

    Substance Use & Addictions

    Klaire S, Zivanovic R, Barbic SP, Sandhu R, Mathew N, Azar P

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