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  • The burden of incidental SARS-CoV-2 infections in hospitalized patients across pandemic waves in Canada

    Scientific Reports

    April 24, 2023

    COVID-19

    McAlister FA, Hau JP, Atzema C, McRae AD, Morrison LJ, Grant L, Cheng I, Rosychuk RJ, Hohl CM, The Canadian COVID-19 Emergency Department Rapid Response Network (CCEDRRN) Investigators

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  • “Shared experience makes this all possible”: documenting the guiding principles of peer-led services for people released from prison.

    BMC Public Heal.

    January 3, 2024

    Public Health

    Palis H, Young P, Korchinski M, Wood S, Xavier J, Luk N, Mahil S, Bartlett S, Brown H, Salmon A, Nicholls T, Slaunwhite A.

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  • Abdominal drainage after elective colorectal surgery: propensity score-matched retrospective analysis of an Italian cohort.

    BJS Open

    January 3, 2024

    Surgery & Procedures

    Guadagni S, Catarci M, Masedu F, Karim ME, Clementi M, Ruffo G, Viola MG, Borghi F, Baldazzi G, Scatizzi M, Pirozzi F, Delrio P, Garulli G, Marini P, Campagnacci R, Luca RD, Ficari F, Sica G, Scabini S, Liverani A, Caricato M, Patriti A, Mancini S, Baiocchi GL, Santoro R, Siquini W, Guercioni G, Basti M, Pedrazzani C, Totis M, Carrara A, Lucchi A, Pavanello M, Muratore A, D’Ugo S, Leo AD, Pignata G, Elmore U, Anania G, Carlini M, Corcione F, Vettoretto N, Longo G, Sorrentino M, Giuliani A, Ferrari G, Taglietti L, Verzelli A, Cosmo MD, Cavaliere D, Milone M, Rausei S, Ciaccio G, Tebala G, Brisinda G, Berti S, Millo P, Boni L, Guerrieri M, Persiani R, Parini D, Spinelli A, Genna M, Bottino V, Coratti A, Scala D, Rivolta U, Piccoli M, Talarico C, Roviello F, Anastasi A, Ettorre GM, Montuori M, Mariani P, Manzini N de, Donini A, Armellino MF, Feo C, Guerriero S, Costanzi A, Marchesi F, Cicetti M, Ciano P, Benedetti M, Montemurro LA, Mattei MS, Belloni E, Apa D, Carlo MD, Bertocchi E, Masini G, Altamura A, Rubichi F, Cianflocca D, Migliore M, Cassini D, Pandolfini L, Falsetto A, et al.

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  • Monitoring and Evaluation of Dementia-Friendly Neighborhoods Using a Walkshed Approach: Protocol for a Scoping Review.

    JMIR Res Protoc

    January 3, 2024

    End-of-life Care
    Long-term Care
    Patient-Centred Care

    Groulx M, Freeman S, Gourlay K, Hemingway D, Rossnagel E, Chaudhury H, Nouri M.

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  • Mapping a research-advocacy-policy agenda on human rights and albinism: a mixed methods project.

    Int J Equity Health

    January 2, 2024

    Reimer-Kirkham S, Astle B, Ero I, Beaman L, Ibhawoh B, Imafidon E, Sawatzky R, Tettey W, Buyco M, Strobell E.

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  • Dementia care and prevention in community settings: a built environment framework for cognitive health promotion.

    1. Gan DRY, Mann J, Chaudhury H.

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  • Unsupervised item response theory models for assessing sample heterogeneity in patient-reported outcomes measures.

    Sajobi TT, Sanusi RA, Mayo NE, Sawatzky R, Nielsen LK, Sebille V, Liu J, Bohm E, Awosoga O, Norris CM, Wilton SB, James MT, Lix LM.

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  • The perceptions of university students on technological and ethical risks of using robots in long-term care homes.

    Young E, Hung L, Wong J, Wong KLY, Yee A, Mann J, Vasarhelyi K.

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  • Cerebral venous thrombosis should be considered in a postpartum patient with headache and seizure.

    CMAJ

    December 11, 2023

    Diagnostics
    Editorial

    Hennawy M, Zhou LW, Field TS.

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  • Strategies to Reduce CICU Critical Illness-Related Complications Adding Information to an (Almost) Evidence-Free Zone.

    van Diepen S, Lawler PR, Fordyce CB.

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  • “It feels like I’m coming to a friend’s house”: an interpretive descriptive study of an integrated care site offering iOAT (Dr. Peter Centre).

    Dobischok S, Carvajal JR, Turner K, Jaffe K, Lehal E, Blawatt S, Redquest C, Turje RB, McDougall P, Koch B, McDermid C, Hassan D, Harrison S, Oviedo-Joekes E.

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  • A Global Survey of Emergency Care Clinical Networks: Discussion and Implications for Canadian Learning Health Systems.

    Healthc Polic.

    November, 2023

    Access to Care
    Emergency Medicine

    Ross D, Roerig M, Allin S, Marchildon G, Christenson J, Abu-Laban RB.

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