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  • Pharmacists’ Satisfaction with Work and Working Conditions in New Zealand-An Updated Survey and a Comparison to Canada

    Lam SJ, Lynd LD, Marra CA

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  • Effects of remdesivir in patients hospitalised with COVID-19: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

    Lancet Respir Med

    February 21, 2023

    COVID-19
    Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
    Public Health

    Amstutz A, Speich B, Mentré F, Rueegg CS, Belhadi D, Assoumou L, Burdet C, Murthy S, Dodd LE, Wang Y, Tikkinen KAO, Ader F, Hites M, Bouscambert M, Trabaud MA, Fralick M, Lee TC, Pinto R, Barratt-Due A, Lund-Johansen F, Müller F, Nevalainen OPO, Cao B, Bonnett T, Griessbach A, Heravi AT, Schönenberger C, Janiaud P, Werlen L, Aghlmandi S, Schandelmaier S, Yazdanpanah Y, Costagliola D, Olsen IC, Briel M

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  • Time to Abolish Metrics That Sustain Systemic Racism in Kidney Allocation

    Gill JS, Kelly B, Tonelli M

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  • Defining “successful” treatment outcomes in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a scoping review

    Eur Spine J

    February 27, 2023

    Evaluation
    Measurement
    Orthopaedics
    Paediatrics

    Joarder I, Taniguchi S, Mendoza A, Snow ME

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  • Parental personality and early life ecology: a prospective cohort study from preconception to postpartum

    Spry EA, Olsson CA, Aarsman SR, Husin HM, Macdonald JA, Dashti SG, Moreno-Betancur M, Letcher P, Biden EJ, Thomson KC, McAnally H, Greenwood CJ, Middleton M, Hutchinson DM, Carlin JB, Patton GC

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  • Shockingly shiny shoes—Inappropriate discharge from a subcutaneous defibrillator

    HeartRhythm Case Rep

    November 23, 2022

    Cardiology & Cardiovascular Disease
    Editorial
    Resuscitation

    Pearman CM, Popal S, Hawkins NM, Andrade JG

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  • The Kidney Failure Risk Equation: Evaluation of Novel Input Variables including eGFR Estimated Using the CKD-EPI 2021 Equation in 59 Cohorts

    J Am Soc Nephrol

    March 1, 2023

    Modelling & Risk Prediction
    Nephrology

    Grams ME, Brunskill NJ, Ballew SH, Sang Y, Coresh J, Matsushita K, Surapaneni A, Bell S, Carrero JJ, Chodick G, Evans M, Heerspink HJL, Inker LA, Iseki K, Kalra PA, Kirchner HL, Lee BJ, Levin A, Major RW, Medcalf J, Nadkarni GN, Naimark DMJ, Ricardo AC, Sawhney S, Sood MM, Staplin N, Stempniewicz N, Stengel B, Sumida K, Traynor JP, van den Brand J, Wen C-P, Woodward M, Yang JW, Wang AY-M, Tangri N

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  • Identifying Longitudinal CD4:CD8 Ratio Trajectories Indicative of Chronic Renal Disease Risk among People Living with HIV: An Application of Growth Mixture Models

    Fonseca-Cuevas A, Newsome P, Wang L, Chen MY, Richardson CG, Hull M, McLinden T, Guillemi S, Barrios R, Montaner JSG, Lima VD

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  • Can youth-engaged research facilitate equitable access to contraception in Canada? The qualitative study protocol for the Ask Us project

    Munro S, Meglio GD, Williams A, Barbic SP, Begun S, Black A, Carson A, Fortin M, Jacob K, Khan Z, Martin-Misener R, Meherali S, Paller V, Seiyad H, Vallée C-A, Wahl K, Norman WV

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  • Evaluation and outcomes of a 5-year assisted peritoneal dialysis program

    Perit Dial Int

    February 7, 2023

    Access to Care
    Evaluation
    Nephrology
    Patient-Centred Care

    Wong SN, Turnbull L, Saunders S, Er L, Bevilacqua MU, Levin A, Singh RS

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  • Understanding COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence in People Living with HIV: A pan-Canadian Survey

    Costiniuk CT, Singer J, Needham J, Yang Y, Qian H, Chambers C, Burchell AN, Samji H, Colmegna I, del Canto S, Godin G-H, Habanyama M, Hui C, Kroch A, Mandarino E, Margolese S, Martin C, Owino M, Mohammadi T, Zhang W, Pelaez S, Kovacs C, Benko E, Vulesevic B, Cooper CL, Anis AH

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  • Symptom and Anatomical Phenotypes Provide Insights Into Interactions of Prolapse Symptoms and Anatomy

    Urogynecology

    February 1, 2023

    Obstetrics & Gynaecology
    Surgery & Procedures

    Fong A, Talhouk A, Chiu D, Koenig N, Cundiff GW

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