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  • Quality of patient, family, caregiver and public engagement in decision-making in healthcare systems: A scoping review protocol

    Hamilton C, Snow EM, Clark N, Gibson S, Dehnadi M, Lui M, Koster A, McLean J, Li LC.

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  • Use of touch screen tablets to support social connections and reduce responsive behaviours among people with dementia in care settings: a scoping review protocol

    BMJ Open

    November 19, 2019

    Long-term Care
    Remote Care & Digital Tools

    Hung L, Berndt A, Wallsworth C, Horne N, Gregorio M, Mann J, Son C, Camps A, Chow B, O’Neill R, Chaudhury H.

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  • Ethnic inequalities in cardiovascular disease risk: Strength of ethnic identity predicts obesity prevalence in late adolescence

    Conklin A, Tam A, Yao C, Guo S, Richardson CG.

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  • A Hierarchical Bayes Approach to Modeling Heterogeneity in Discrete Choice Experiments: An Application to Public Preferences for Prenatal Screening

    Mohammadi T, Zhang W, Sou J, Langlois S, Munro S, Anis AH.

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  • Acute intermittent hypercapnic hypoxia and sympathetic neurovascular transduction in men

    December 13, 2019

    Sleep & Health

    Stuckless TJ, Vermeulen TD, Brown CV, Boulet LM, Shafer B, Wakeham DJ, Steinback CD, Ayas NT, Floras JS, Foster GE.

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  • Association of Patient, Prescriber, and Region With the Initiation of First Prescription of Biologic Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drug Among Older Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis and Identical Health Insurance Coverage

    JAMA Netw Open

    December 13, 2019

    Arthritis
    Drugs & Pharmaceuticals

    Tatangelo M, Tomlinson G, Paterson MJ, Ahluwalia V, Kopp A, Gomes T, Bansback N, Bombardier C.

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  • Exploring the perceptions of people with dementia about the social robot PARO in a hospital setting

    Dementia Lond Engl

    December 13, 2019

    Long-term Care
    Remote Care & Digital Tools

    Hung L, Gregorio M, Mann J, Wallsworth C, Horne N, Berndt A, Liu C, Woldum E, Au-Yeung A, Chaudhury H.

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  • Hepatitis C reinfection after successful antiviral treatment among people who inject drugs

    Hajarizadeh B, Cunningham EB, Valerio H, Martinello M, Law M, Janjua N, Midgard H, Dalgard O, Dillon J, Hickman M, Bruneau J, Dore GJ, Grebely J.

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  • High-Risk Screening for Fabry Disease in a Canadian Cohort of Chronic Kidney Disease Patients

    Clin Chimica Acta Int J Clin Chem

    December 25, 2019

    Chronic Conditions
    Nephrology
    Screening & Testing

    Auray-Blais C, Lavoie P, Abaoui M, Côté A-M, Boutin M, Akbari A, Levin A, Mac-Way F, Clarke J.

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  • Impact of cardiology follow-up care on treatment and outcomes of patients with new atrial fibrillation

    Europace

    December 4, 2019

    Cardiology & Cardiovascular Disease

    Hawkins NM, Scheuermeyer FX, Youngson E, Sandhu RK, Ezekowitz JA, Kaul P, McAlister FA.

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  • Longitudinal Associations between Perceived Quality of Living Spaces and Health-Related Quality of Life among Homeless and Vulnerably Housed Individuals Living in Three Canadian Cities

    Int J Environ Res Public Health

    December 13, 2019

    Housing & Homelessness
    Psychosocial Epidemiology
    Quality of Life

    Magee C, Norena M, Hubley AM, Palepu A, Hwang SW, Nisenbaum R, Karim M, Gadermann A.

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  • Post-procedure protocol to facilitate next-day discharge: Results of the multidisciplinary, multimodality but minimalist TAVR study

    Catheter Cardiovasc Interventions

    November 29, 2019

    Cardiology & Cardiovascular Disease
    Surgery & Procedures

    Lauck SB, Sathananthan J, Park J, Achtem L, Smith A, Keegan P, Hawkey M, Brandwein R, Webb JG, Wood DA.

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