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  • Outpatient versus inpatient intravenous antimicrobial therapy: a population-based observational cohort study of adverse events and costs

    Staples JA, Ho M, Ferris D, Hayek J, Liu G, Tran KC, Sutherland JM

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  • Organ dysfunction and death in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 in pandemic waves 1 to 3 in British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec, Canada: a cohort study

    CMAJ Open

    April 19, 2022

    Clinical Trials
    COVID-19
    Public Health

    Lee T, Cheng MP, Vinh DC, Lee TC, Tran KC, Winston BW, Sweet D, Boyd JH, Walley KR, Haljan G, McGeer A, Lamontagne F, Fowler R, Maslove D, Singer J, Patrick DM, Marshall JC, Burns KD, Murthy S, Mann PK, Hernandez G, Donohoe K, Rocheleau G, Russell JA; for the ARBs CORONA I study investigators

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  • The Clinically Actionable Molecular Profile of Early versus Late-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, an Individual Age and Sex Propensity-Matched Pair Analysis

    McGuire AL, McConechy MK, Melosky BL, English JC, Choi JJ, Peng D, Yee J, Furman BLS, Hernandez RA, Feijao P, Mulder D, Hughesman C, Yip S

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  • Rituximab for Adults With Multi-Drug Resistant Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis: A Case Series and Review of the Literature

    Can J Kidney Health Dis

    April 19, 2022

    Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
    Nephrology

    Zhong E, Ghadiri S, Pai A, Marin JG, Barbour SJ

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  • Sex Differences in the Management of Oral Anticoagulation and Outcomes for Emergency Department Presentation of Incident Atrial Fibrillation

    Islam S, Dover DC, Daniele P, Hawkins NM, Humphries KH, Kaul P, Sandhu RK

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  • Safety of Empagliflozin in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease: Pooled Analysis of Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trials

    Tuttle KR, Levin A, Nangaku M, Kadowaki T, Agarwal R, Hauske SJ, Elsäßer A, Ritter I, Steubl D, Wanner C, Wheeler DC

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  • COVID-19 Vaccine Intentions and Perceptions Among Public School Staff of the Greater Vancouver Metropolitan Area, British Columbia, Canada

    Front Public Health

    April 27, 2022

    COVID-19
    Public Health
    Vaccines

    Watts AW, Hutchison SM, Bettinger JA, Gadermann A, Oberle E, Oberlander TF, Goldfarb DM, Lavoie PM, Mâsse LC

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  • The rationale for the need to study sodium-glucose co-transport 2 inhibitor usage in peritoneal dialysis patients

    Borkum M, Jamal A, Singh RS, Levin A

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  • OASIS guideline adherence among Canadian maternity care providers: A research letter

    J Obstet Gynaecol Can

    April 25, 2022

    Obstetrics & Gynaecology

    Tilak M, Koenig N, Albert A, Mayer U, Gipson T, Sim A, Geoffrion R

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  • Effects of dapagliflozin on volume status and systemic hemodynamics in patients with CKD without diabetes: Results from DAPASALT and DIAMOND

    Diabetes Obes Metab

    April 28, 2022

    Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
    Evaluation
    Nephrology

    Sen T, Scholtes R, Greasley PJ, Cherney D, Dekkers CCJ, Vervloet M, Danser AHJ, Barbour S, Karlsson C, Hammarstedt A, Li Q, Laverman GD, Bjornstad P, van Raalte DH, Heerspink HJL

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  • Application of the International IgA Nephropathy Prediction Tool one or two years post-biopsy

    Barbour SJ, Coppo R, Zhang H, Liu ZH, Suzuki Y, Matsuzaki K, Er L, Reich HN, Barratt J, Cattran DC

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  • Relating person-centredness to quality-of-life assessments and patient-reported outcomes in healthcare: A critical theoretical discussion

    Andersson V, Sawatzky R, Öhlén J

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