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  • An endoscopic Ear Trainer for the low-resource setting

    J Laryngol Otol

    July 3, 2019

    Ear Nose and Throat
    Surgery & Procedures

    Clark MPA, Nakku D, Westerberg BD

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  • A collaborative, individual-level analysis compared longitudinal outcomes across the International Network of Chronic Kidney Disease (iNETCKD) cohorts

    Kidney Int

    August 30, 2019

    Global Health
    Nephrology

    Orlandi PF, Huang J, Fukagawa M, Hoy W, Jha V, Oh KH, Sola L, Cockwell P, Levin A, Feldman HI, on behalf ofiNET-CKD Collaborators

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  • A call to action to implement prescribing authority to pharmacists for hypertension management

    Khan N, Bell A, Berg A, Campbell N, Kaczorowski J, Rabi D, Schiffrin EL, Tsuyuki RT

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  • Is buddy taping as effective as plaster immobilization to manage adult boxer’s fractures?

    Golby R, Guy A, Scheuermeyer FX

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  • Evaluating the measurement properties of the 26-item Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite (EPIC-26) with a multicenter cohort

    Crump RT, Peterson A, Charbonneau C, Carlson KV, Sutherland JM, Baverstock RJ

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  • Long-Term Durability of Transcatheter Heart Valves Insights From Bench Testing to 25 Years

    Jacc Cardiovasc Interventions

    September 28, 2019

    Cardiology & Cardiovascular Disease

    Sathananthan J, Hensey M, Landes U, Alkhodair A, Saiduddin A, Sellers S, Cheung A, Lauck S, Blanke P, Leipsic J, Ye J, Wood DA, Webb JG

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  • Chronic Kidney Diseases in Agricultural Communities Report from a Workshop

    Mendley SR, Levin A, Correa-Rotter R, Joubert B, Whelan E, Curwin B, Koritzinsky E, Gaughan D, Kimmel PL, Anand S, Ordunez P, Reveiz L, Rohlman DS, Saenz C, Scammell MK, Wright RO, Star RA

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  • Hepatitis C virus treatment in people who inject drugs (PWID) in Bangladesh

    Int J Drug Policy

    September 19, 2019

    Infectious Disease & STBBIs
    Substance Use & Addictions

    Rahman M, Janjua NZ, Shafiq TKI, Chowdhury EI, Sarker MdS, Khan SI, Reza M, Faruque MO, Kabir A, Anis AH, Azim T

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  • Safety and Feasibility of Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging Criteria to Identify Patients With “Good Prognosis” Rectal Cancer Eligible for Primary Surgery

    Kennedy ED, Simunovic M, Jhaveri K, Kirsch R, Brierley J, Drolet S, Brown C, Vos PM, Xiong W, MacLean T, Kanthan S, Stotland P, Raphael S, Chow G, O’Brien CA, Cho C, Streutker C, Wong R, Schmocker S, Liberman S, Reinhold C, Kopek N, Marcus V, Bouchard A, Lavoie C, Morin S, Périgny M, Wright A, Neumann K, Clarke S, Patil NG, Arnason T, Williams L, McLeod R, Brown G, Mathieson A, Pooni A, Baxter NN

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  • A Prospective Observational Cohort Comparison of SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence Between Paramedics and Matched Blood Donors in Canada During the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Ann Emerg Med

    April 21, 2022

    COVID-19
    Emergency Medicine

    Grunau B, O’Brien SF, Kirkham TL, Helmer J, Demers PA, Asamoah-Boaheng M, Drews SJ, Karim ME, Srigley JA, Sediqi S, O’Neill D, Drennan IR, Goldfarb DM

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  • M2HepPrEP: study protocol for a multi-site multi-setting randomized controlled trial of integrated HIV prevention and HCV care for PWID

    Martel-Laferrière V, Feaster DJ, Metsch LR, Shackman BR, Loignon C, Nosyk B, Tookes H, Behrends CN, Arruda N, Adigun O, Goyer ME, Kolber MA, Mary JF, Rodriguez AE, Yanez IG, Pan Y, Khemiri R, Gooden L, Sako A, Bruneau J

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  • Fixation Effects on Variant Calling in a Clinical Resequencing Panel

    J Mol Diagn

    May 2, 2019

    Diagnostics
    Genetics & Genomics

    Parker JDK, Yap SQ, Starks E, Slind J, Swanson L, Docking TR, Fuller M, Zhou C, Walker B, Filipenko D, Xiong W, Karimuddin AA, Phang PT, Raval M, Brown CJ, Karsan A

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