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  • Construct Validation of a Printed Bone Substitute in Otologic Education

    Wong V, Unger B, Pisa J, Gousseau M, Westerberg B, Hochman JB

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  • Considerable international variation exists in blood pressure control and antihypertensive prescription patterns in chronic kidney disease

    de Pinho NA, Levin A, Fukagawa M, Hoy WE, Pecoits-Filho R, Reichel H, Robinson B, Kitiyakara C, Wang J, Eckardt KU, Jha V, Oh KH, Sola L, Eder S, de Borst M, Taal M, Feldman HI, Stengel B, and the International Network of Chronic Kidney Disease cohort studies (iNET-CKD)

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  • Carbon dioxide embolism associated with transanal total mesorectal excision surgery: A report from the international registries

    Dis Colon Rectum

    July 1, 2019

    Modelling & Risk Prediction
    Surgery & Procedures

    Dickson EA, Penna M, Cunningham C, Ratcliffe FM, Chantler J, Crabtree NA, Tuynman JB, Albert MR, Monson JRT, Hompes R; on behalf of the International TaTME Registry Collaborative

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  • Canagliflozin and Cardiovascular and Renal Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Chronic Kidney Disease in Primary and Secondary Cardiovascular Prevention Groups

    Mahaffey KW, Jardine MJ, Bompoint S, Cannon CP, Neal B, Heerspink HJL, Charytan DM, Edwards R, Agarwal R, Bakris G, Bull S, Capuano G, de Zeeuw D, Greene T, Levin A, Pollock C, Sun T, Wheeler DC, Yavin Y, Zhang H, Zinman B, Rosenthal N, Brenner BM, Perkovic V; On behalf of the CREDENCE Study Investigators

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  • Is experiencing care as collaborative associated with enhanced outcomes in inpatient eating disorders treatment?

    Geller J, Maiolino N, Samson L, Srikameswaran S

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  • Implementation of mifepristone medical abortion in Canada: pilot and feasibility testing of a survey to assess facilitators and barriers

    Devane C, Renner RM, Munro S, Guilbert É, Dunn S, Wagner MS, Norman WV

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  • Impact of Sagittal Talar Inclination on Total Ankle Replacement Failure

    Foot Ankle Int

    April 26, 2019

    Orthopaedics
    Surgery & Procedures

    Le V, Escudero M, Symes M, Salat P, Wing K, Younger A, Penner M, Veljkovic A

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  • Impact of missing data on bias and precision when estimating change in patient-reported outcomes from a clinical registry

    Health Qual Life Outcomes

    June 20, 2019

    Decision Science
    Patient-Reported Outcomes

    Ayilara OF, Zhang L, Sajobi TT, Sawatzky R, Bohm E, Lix LM

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  • Housing Stability and Neurocognitive Functioning in Homeless Adults With Mental Illness: A Subgroup Analysis of the At Home/Chez Soi Study

    Stergiopoulos V, Naidu A, Schuler A, Bekele T, Nisenbaum R, Jbilou J, Latimer EA, Schütz C, Twamley EW, Rourke SB

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  • Housing situation and healthcare for patients in a psychiatric centre in Berlin, Germany: a cross-sectional patient survey

    Schreiter S, Heidrich S, Zulauf J, Saathoff U, Brückner A, Majic T, Rössler W, Schouler-Ocak M, Krausz MR, Bermpohl F, Bäuml J, Gutwinski S

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  • Paradoxical clade- and age-specific vaccine effectiveness during the 2018/19 influenza A(H3N2) epidemic in Canada: potential imprint-regulated effect of vaccine (I-REV)

    Euro Surveill

    November 14, 2019

    Infectious Disease & STBBIs
    Public Health
    Vaccines

    Skowronski DM, Sabaiduc S, Leir S, Rose C, Zou M, Murti M, Dickinson JA, Olsha R, Gubbay JB, Croxen MA, Charest H, Bastien N, Li Y, Jassem A, Krajden M, Serres GD

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  • Individualizing Revascularization Strategy for Diabetic Patients With Multivessel Coronary Disease

    Qintar M, Humphries KH, Park JE, Arnold SV, Tang Y, Jones P, Salisbury AC, Kureshi F, Farkouh ME, Fuster V, Cohen DJ, Spertus JA

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