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  • Association of anaesthesia technique with 30-day primary graft patency after open lower limb revascularization: retrospective cohort study

    Ke JXC, Flexman AM, Schwarz SKW, MacDonald S, Prabhakar C

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  • Opioid use disorder Cascade of care framework design: A roadmap

    Williams AR, Johnson KA, Thomas CP, Reif S, Socías EM, Henry BF, Neighbors C, Gordon AJ, Horgan C, Nosyk B, Drexler K, Krawczyk N, Gonsalves GS, Hadland SE, Stein BD, Fishman M, Kelley AT, Pincus HA, Olfson M

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  • People with HIV receiving suppressive antiretroviral therapy show typical antibody durability after dual COVID-19 vaccination, and strong third dose responses

    J Infect Dis

    June 7, 2022

    COVID-19
    Infectious Disease & STBBIs
    Vaccines

    Lapointe HR, Mwimanzi F, Cheung PK, Sang Y, Yaseen F, Umviligihozo G, Kalikawe R, Speckmaier S, Moran-Garcia N, Datwani S, Duncan MC, Agafitei O, Ennis S, Young L, Ali H, Ganase B, Omondi FH, Dong W, Toy J, Sereda P, Burns L, Costiniuk CT, Cooper C, Anis AH, Leung V, Holmes DT, DeMarco ML, Simons J, Hedgcock M, Prystajecky N, Lowe CF, Pantophlet R, Romney MG, Barrios R, Guillemi S, Brumme CJ, Montaner JSG, Hull M, Harris M, Niikura M, Brockman MA, Brumme ZL

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  • Risk of hepatitis C reinfection following successful therapy among people living with HIV: a global systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression

    Hosseini-Hooshyar S, Hajarizadeh B, Bajis S, Law M, Janjua NZ, Fierer DS, Chromy D, Rockstroh JK, Martin TCS, Ingiliz P, Hung CC, Dore GJ, Martinello M, Matthews GV

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  • British Columbia’s Experience after Implementation of the Treponema pallidum Reverse Algorithm and PCR Detection, 2015 to 2020

    Morshed M, Lee MK, Laley J, Cook D, Mak A, Chahil N, Ryan V, Montgomery C, Makaroff S, Malleson S, Arnold B, Grennan T, Wong J, Krajden M

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  • The Risk of Cardiovascular Events in Individuals With Primary Glomerular Diseases

    Canney M, Gunning HM, Zheng Y, Rose C, Jauhal A, Hur SA, Sahota A, Reich HN, Barbour SJ

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  • Patient-centred clinical trial design

    Nat Rev Nephrol

    June 6, 2022

    Clinical Trials
    Nephrology

    Tong A, Scholes-Robertson N, Hawley C, Viecelli AK, Carter SA, Levin A, Hemmelgarn BR, Harris T, Craig JC

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  • Setting a Benchmark for Quality of Care: Update on Best Practices in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Programs

    Lauck SB, McCalmont G, Smith A, Kirk BH, de Ronde-Tillmans M, Wundram S, Adhami N

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  • Pre-existing anxiety and depression disorders and return to work after musculoskeletal strain or sprain: a phased-based approach

    J Occup Rehabil

    June 6, 2022

    Mental Health & Wellbeing
    Work & Productivity

    Jones AM, Koehoorn M, Bültmann U, McLeod CB

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  • Nasal administration of diacetylmorphine improved the adherence in a patient receiving heroin-assisted treatment

    Meyer M, Westenberg JN, Strasser J, Dürsteler KM, Lang UE, Krausz M, Vogel M

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  • Out-of-hospital management of unresponsive, apneic, witnessed opioid overdoses: a case series from a supervised consumption site

    Rowe A, Chang A, Lostchuck E, Lin K, Scheuermeyer F, McCann V, Buxton J, Moe J, Cho R, Clerc P, McSweeney C, Jiang A, Purssell R

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  • The rs579459 ABO gene polymorphism and risk of incident cardiovascular events in obstructive sleep apnea: a pilot study

    Allen AJH, Ghafoor AA, Liu Y, Sandford A, Jen R, Daniele P, Taylor C, Peres BU, Ayas NT

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