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  • Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in the Workplace With CAMMPUS (Cardiovascular Assessment and Medication Management by Pharmacists at the UBC Site)

    Annal Pharmacother

    January 13, 2019

    Cardiology & Cardiovascular Disease
    Work & Productivity

    Gobis B, Kapanen AI, Reardon J, Min J, Li KH, Lynd LD, Zed PJ

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  • Strategies for incorporating patient-reported outcomes in the care of people with chronic kidney disease (PRO kidney): a protocol for a realist synthesis

    Syst Rev

    January 12, 2019

    Nephrology
    Patient-Reported Outcomes

    Schick-Makaroff K, Thummapol O, Thompson S, Flynn R, Karimi-Dehkordi M, Klarenbach S, Sawatzky R, Greenhalgh J

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  • The effect of forensic events on health status and housing stability among homeless and vulnerably housed individuals: A cohort study

    Walsh C, Hubley AM, To MJ, Norena M, Gadermann A, Farrell S, Hwang SW, Palepu A

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  • Adverse Events During Treatment Induction With Injectable Diacetylmorphine and Hydromorphone for Opioid Use Disorder

    Oviedo-Joekes E, Palis H, Guh D, Marsh DC, MacDonald S, Harrison S, Brissette S, Anis AH, Schechter MT

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  • An individualized patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) based patient decision aid and surgeon report for patients considering total knee arthroplasty: protocol for a pragmatic randomized controlled trial

    Bansback N, Trenaman L, MacDonald KV, Hawker G, Johnson JA, Stacey D, Marshall DA

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  • Risperidone adjunctive therapy duration in the maintenance treatment of bipolar I disorder: A post hoc analysis

    J Affect Disord

    March 2, 2019

    Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
    Mental Health & Wellbeing

    Valdes M, Bertolin S, Qian H, Wong H, Lam RW, Yatham LN

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  • Use of biologics during pregnancy and risk of serious infections in the mother and baby: a Canadian population-based cohort study

    Tsao NW, Lynd LD, Sayre EC, Sadatsafavi M, Hanley G, De Vera MA

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  • Exposure to deaths and dying and risks of burnout among long-term care staff: A cross-sectional survey

    Palliat Med

    March 1, 2019

    Clinician Health & Wellbeing
    Long-term Care

    Puyat JH, Leclerc A, Song A, Chan K, Pott K, Bernard C, Rodney P

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  • Eating disorders in biological males: clinical presentation and consideration of sex differences in a pediatric sample

    J Eat Disord

    November 26, 2018

    Eating Disorders & Nutrition
    Paediatrics
    Sex & Gender

    Coelho JS, Lee T, Karnabi P, Burns A, Marshall S, Geller J, Lam P-Y

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  • A Local Sensitivity Analysis of the Trial of Continuous or Interrupted Chest Compressions during Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Is a Local Protocol Change Required?

    Cureus

    January 4, 2019

    Emergency Medicine
    Resuscitation

    Grunau B, Singer J, Lee T, Scheuermeyer FX, Straight R, Schlamp R, Wand R, Dick WF, Connolly H, Pennington S, Christenson J

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  • Experiences of the HIV Cascade of Care Among Indigenous Peoples: A Systematic Review

    Jongbloed K, Pooyak S, Sharma R, Mackie J, Pearce ME, Laliberté N, Demerais L, Lester RT, Schechter MT, Loppie C, Spittal PM; Cedar Project Partnership

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  • North American validation of the Bokutoh criteria for withholding professional resuscitation in non-traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

    Resuscitation

    January 11, 2019

    Emergency Medicine
    Resuscitation

    Grunau B, Scheuermeyer F, Kawano T, Helmer JS, Gu B, Haig S, Christenson J

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