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  • Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Access to Cancer Surgery: Analysis of Surgical Wait Times in British Columbia, Canada

    Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

    December 22, 2023

    Cancer
    COVID-19
    Surgery & Procedures
    Wait Times

    Shojaei D, Bakos B, Loree J, Mah A, So A, McGahan C, Phang TP, Brown CJ.

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  • Resident Impact of the Single Site Order Restricting Staff Mobility across Long-Term Care Homes in British Columbia, Canada

    Havaei F, Staempfli S, Ma A, Sims-Gould J, Franke T, Park M.

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  • Association between anesthesia technique and death after hip fracture repair for patients with COVID-19

    Can. J. Anesthesia

    December 21, 2023

    COVID-19
    Statistics & Methodology
    Surgery & Procedures

    Nourouzpour N, Jen TTH, Bailey J, Jobin PG, Sutherland JM, Ho CM, Prabhakar C, Ke JXC.

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  • Non-Prescription Drug-Associated Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Changes in Incidence over Time and the Odds of Receiving Resuscitation

    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0300957223008432?via%3Dihub

    December 29, 2023

    Cardiology & Cardiovascular Disease
    Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
    Resuscitation
    Substance Use & Addictions

    1. Mok V, Brebner C, Yap J, Asamoah-Boaheng M, Hutton J, Haines M, Scheuermeyer F, Kawano T, Christenson J, Grunau B.

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  • Identifying Barriers and Facilitators for Increasing Uptake of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) Inhibitors in British Columbia, Canada, using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research

    Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease

    December 29, 2023

    Access to Care
    Cardiology & Cardiovascular Disease
    Nephrology

    Yi TW, O’Hara DV, Smyth B, Jardine MJ, Levin A, Morton RL.

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  • Syncope While Driving and the Risk of a Subsequent Motor Vehicle Crash

    Ann Emerg Med

    November 7, 2023

    Modelling & Risk Prediction

    Staples JA, Erdelyi S, Merchant K, Yip C, Khan M, Redelmeier DA, Chan H, Brubacher JR.

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  • Developing the intersectionality supplemented Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) and tools for intersectionality considerations

    Rodrigues IB, Fahim C, Garad Y, Presseau J, Hoens AM, Braimoh J, Duncan D, Bruyn-Martin L, Straus SE.

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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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  • 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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