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  • Preparedness for colorectal cancer surgery and recovery through a person-centred information and communication intervention — A quasi-experimental longitudinal design

    Öhlén J, Sawatzky R, Pettersson M, Sarenmalm E, Larsdotter C, Smith F, Wallengren C, Friberg F, Kodeda K, Carlsson E.

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  • Screening for Asymptomatic Coronary Artery Disease in Waitlisted Kidney Transplant Candidates: A Cost-Utility Analysis

    Am J Kidney Dis

    December 3, 2019

    Health Economics
    Organ Transplant
    Screening & Testing

    Ying T, Tran A, Webster AC, Klarenbach SW, Gill J, Chadban S, Morton R.

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  • The risk of ankle fusion or arthroplasty after operatively and non-operatively treated ankle fractures — a matched cohort population study

    J Orthop Trauma

    December 4, 2019

    Orthopaedics
    Surgery & Procedures

    Axelrod D, Veljkovic A, Zochowski T, Marks P, Mahomed N, Wasserstein D.

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  • Effectiveness of an online self-management tool, OPERAS (an On-demand Program to EmpoweR Active Self-management), for people with rheumatoid arthritis: A research protocol

    Tam J, Lacaille D, Liu-Ambrose T, Shaw C, Xie H, Backman CL, Esdaile JM, Miller K, Petrella R, Li LC.

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  • 3-year Longitudinal Cognitive Functioning in Patients Recently Diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder

    Acta Psychiat Scand

    December 15, 2019

    Mental Health & Wellbeing

    Torres IJ, Qian H, Basivireddy J, Chakrabarty T, Wong H, Lam RW, Yatham LN.

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  • Divergent Perspectives on the Use of the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (Revised) in Palliative Care

    December 18, 2019

    End-of-life Care
    Measurement

    Schick-Makaroff K, Sawatzky R; QPSS Research Team.

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  • Association of Unemployment and Informal Care with Stigma in Multiple Sclerosis

    Hategeka C, Traboulsee AL, McMullen K, Lynd LD

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  • 2019 Canadian Cardiovascular Society Position Statement for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

    Asgar AW, Ouzounian M, Adams C, Afilalo J, Fremes S, Lauck S, Leipsic J, Piazza N, Rodes-Cabau J, Welsh R, Wijeysundera HC, Webb JG.

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  • Prevalence of femoroacetabular impingement syndrome among young and middle-aged Caucasian adults

    J Rheumatology

    November 6, 2019

    Epidemiology
    Orthopaedics

    Kopec JA, Hong Q, Wong H, Zhang CJ, Ratzlaff C, Cibere J, Li LC, Prlic H, Wilson DR, Forster BB, Esdaile JM.

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  • More comprehensively measuring quality of life in life-threatening illness

    BMC Palliat Care

    November 6, 2019

    Measurement
    Quality of Life

    Cohen RS, Russell LB, Leis A, Shahidi J, Porterfield P, Kuhl DR, Gadermann AM, Sawatzky R.

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  • Multidisciplinary Chronic Kidney Disease Clinic Practices: A Scoping Review

    Can J Kidney Heal Dis

    October 18, 2019

    Chronic Conditions
    Nephrology

    Collister D, Pyne L, Cunningham J, Donald M, Molnar A, Beaulieu M, Levin A, Brimble SK

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  • Urinary tract infection after clean-contaminated pelvic surgery: a retrospective cohort study and prediction model

    Sanaee M, Pan K, Lee T, Koenig NA, Geoffrion R.

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