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  • Association between close interpersonal contact and vaccine hesitancy: Findings from a population-based survey in Canada

    Front Public Health

    October 4, 2022

    COVID-19
    Public Health
    Vaccines

    Adu PA, Iyaniwura SA, Mahmood B, Jeong D, Makuza JD, Cua G, Binka M, García HAV, Ringa N, Wong S, Yu A, Irvine MA, Otterstatter M, Janjua NZ

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  • Practical Considerations for Engaging Youth With Lived And/or Living Experience of Substance Use as Youth Advisors and Co-Researchers

    Turuba R, Irving S, Turnbull H, Amarasekera A, Howard AM, Brockmann V, Tallon C, Mathias S, Henderson J, Barbic S

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  • Wellness and Coping of Physicians Who Worked in ICUs During the Pandemic: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional North American Survey

    Burns KEA, Moss M, Lorens E, Jose EKA, Martin CM, Viglianti EM, Fox-Robichaud A, Mathews KS, Akgun K, Jain S, Gershengorn H, Mehta S, Han JE, Martin GS, Liebler JM, Stapleton RD, Trachuk P, Vranas KC, Chua A, Herridge MS, Tsang JLY, Biehl M, Burnham EL, Chen JT, Attia EF, Mohamed A, Harkins MS, Soriano SM, Maddux A, West JC, Badke AR, Bagshaw SM, Binnie A, Carlos WG, Çoruh B, Crothers K, D’Aragon F, Denson JL, Drover JW, Eschun G, Geagea A, Griesdale D, Hadler R, Hancock J, Hasmatali J, Kaul B, Kerlin MP, Kohn R, Kutsogiannis DJ, Matson SM, Morris PE, Paunovic B, Peltan ID, Piquette D, Pirzadeh M, Pulchan K, Schnapp LM, Sessler CN, Smith H, Sy E, Thirugnanam S, McDonald RK, McPherson KA, Kraft M, Spiegel M, Dodek PM; for the Diversity-Related Research Committee of the Women in Critical Care (WICC) Interest Group of the American Thoracic Society

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  • Kidney function and the comparative effectiveness and safety of direct oral anticoagulants versus warfarin in adults with atrial fibrillation: a multicenter observational study

    Jun M, Scaria A, Andrade J, Badve SV, Birks P, Bota SE, Campain A, Djurdjev O, Garg AX, Ha J, Harel Z, Hemmelgarn B, Hockham C, James MT, Jardine MJ, Levin A, McArthur E, Ravani P, Shao S, Sood MM, Tan Z, Tangri N, Whitlock R, Gallagher M

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  • Cardiovascular Effects of Canagliflozin in Relation to Renal Function and Albuminuria

    Sarraju A, Bakris G, Cannon CP, Cherney D, Damaraju CV, Figtree GA, Gogate J, Greene T, Heerspink HJL, Januzzi Jr JL, Neal B, Jardine MJ, Blais J, Kosiborod M, Levin A, Lingvay I, Weir MR, Perkovic V, Mahaffey KW

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  • Cardiac Magnetic Resonance in the Evaluation of Patients With Frequent Premature Ventricular Complexes

    JACC Clin Electrophysiol

    August 31, 2022

    Cardiology & Cardiovascular Disease
    Screening & Testing

    Hosseini F, Thibert MJ, Gulsin GS, Murphy D, Alexander G, Andrade JG, Hawkins NM, Laksman ZW, Yeung-Lai-Wah JA, Chakrabarti S, Bennett MT, Krahn AD, Deyell MW

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  • Effect of specialist consultation on emergency department revisits among patients with uncomplicated recent-onset atrial fibrillation or flutter

    Lane DJ, Scheuermeyer FX, Nemnom MJ, Taljaard M, Stiell I

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  • 48-hour Induction of Transdermal Buprenorphine to Sublingual Buprenorphine/Naloxone: The IPPAS Method

    J Addict Med

    September 23, 2022

    Editorial
    Substance Use & Addictions

    Azar P, Wong JSH, Mathew N, Vogel M, Perrone J, Herring AA, Krausz RM, Montaner JSG, Greenwald MK, Maharaj AR

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  • Understanding resilience among transition-age youth with serious mental illness: protocol for a scoping review

    BMJ Open

    September 19, 2022

    Mental Health & Wellbeing
    Youth & Young Adults

    Nesbitt AE, Sabiston CM, deJonge ML, Barbic SP, Kozloff N, Nalder EJ

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  • Examining the impacts of a syphilis awareness campaign among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (gbMSM) in British Columbia, Canada

    Can J Public Health

    September 26, 2022

    Infectious Disease & STBBIs
    Public Health

    Sang JM, Wong J, Ryan V, Cumming E, Wang L, Cui Z, Bacani N, Haag D, Lachowsky NJ, Cox J, Grace D, Otterstatter M, Morshed M, Edward J, Grennan T, Arkles J, Brownrigg B, Hogg RS, Moore DM

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  • Plasma exchange and glucocorticoids to delay death or end-stage renal disease in anti-neutrophil cytoplasm antibody-associated vasculitis: PEXIVAS non-inferiority factorial RCT

    Health Technol Assess

    September 1, 2022

    Nephrology
    Surgery & Procedures

    Jayne D, Walsh M, Merkel PA, Peh CA, Szpirt W, Puéchal X, Fujimoto S, Hawley C, Khalidi N, Jones R, Flossmann O, Wald R, Girard L, Levin A, Gregorini G, Harper L, Clark W, Pagnoux C, Specks U, Smyth L, Ito-Ihara T, de Zoysa J, Brezina B, Mazzetti A, McAlear CA, Reidlinger D, Mehta S, Ives N, Brettell EA, Jarrett H, Wheatley K, Broadhurst E, Casian A, Pusey CD

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  • Fixed-Bearing Trabecular Metal Total Ankle Arthroplasty Using the Transfibular Approach for End-Stage Ankle Osteoarthritis: An International Non-Designer Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study

    JB JS Open Access

    September 22, 2022

    Orthopaedics
    Quality of Life
    Surgery & Procedures

    D’Ambrosi R, Tiusanen HT, Ellington JK, Kraus F, Younger A, Usuelli FG

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