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  • Methods for evaluating adverse drug event preventability in emergency department patients

    BMC Med Research Method

    December 5, 2018

    Emergency Medicine
    Substance Use & Addictions

    Woo SA, Cragg A, Wickham ME, Peddie D, Balka E, Scheuermeyer F, Villanyi D, Hohl CM

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  • Revisiting patient satisfaction following total knee arthroplasty: a longitudinal observational study

    BMC Musculoskelet Disord

    December 1, 2018

    Orthopaedics
    Patient-Reported Outcomes

    Bryan S, Goldsmith LJ, Davis JC, Hejazi S, MacDonald V, McAllister P, Randall E, Suryaprakash N, Wu AD, Sawatzky R

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  • Rapid agitation control with ketamine in the emergency department (RACKED): a randomized controlled trial protocol

    Trials

    November 27, 2018

    Clinical Trials
    Emergency Medicine

    Barbic D, Andolfatto G, Grunau B, Scheuermeyer FX, MacEwan W, Honer WG, Wong H, Barbic SP

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  • Moral distress is associated with general workplace distress in intensive care unit personnel

    Dodek PM, Norena M, Ayas NT, Wong H

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  • Do Differences in Work Disability Duration Between Men and Women Vary by Province in Canada?

    J Occup Rehabil

    December 21, 2018

    Epidemiology
    Work & Productivity

    Macpherson RA, Koehoorn M, Fan J, Quirke W, Amick BC, Kraut A, Mustard CA, McLeod CB

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  • Early cost-effectiveness modeling for better decisions in public research investment of personalized medicine technologies

    Ling DI, Lynd LD, Harrison M, Anis AH, Bansback N

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  • Positive airway pressure for sleep-disordered breathing in acute quadriplegia: a randomised controlled trial

    Thorax

    December 12, 2018

    Sleep & Health

    Berlowitz DJ, Schembri R, Graco M, Ross JM, Ayas NT, et al.; COSAQ Collaborative

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  • Maximal Static Respiratory and Sniff Pressures in Healthy Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Ann Am Thorac Soc

    December 19, 2018

    Paediatrics

    Verma R, Chiang J, Qian H, Amin R

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  • Association of Anemia With Outcomes Among ST-Segment–Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients Receiving Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

    Circ Cardiovasc Interv

    December 15, 2018

    Cardiology & Cardiovascular Disease

    Moghaddam N, Wong GC, Cairns JA, Goodman SG, Perry-Arnesen M, Tocher W, Mackay M, Singer J, Lee T, Rao SV, Fordyce CB

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  • Relationship between types of social support, coping strategies, and psychological distress in individuals living with congenital heart disease

    Kim MY, Johnson JL, Sawatzky R

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  • Immunosignature Analysis of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)

    Mol Neurobiol

    October 8, 2018

    Chronic Conditions

    Günther OP, Gardy JL, Stafford P, Fluge Ø, Mella O, Tang P, Miller RR, Parker SM, Johnston SA, Patrick DM

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  • Tools to improve reporting of patient-oriented research

    Hamilton CB, Hoens AMLi LC

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