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  • Protocol for a Multistage Mixed-Methods Evaluation of Multidisciplinary Chronic Kidney Disease Care Quality Following Integration of Virtual and In-Person Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Bevilacqua M, Chiu H, Melnyk Y, Williams J, Chohan R, Wei J, Stoll D, Fryer M, McGuire M, Logie A, Watson P, Levin A

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  • Virtual management of hypertension: lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic-International Society of Hypertension position paper endorsed by World Hypertension League and European Society of Hypertension

    Khan NA, Stergiou GS, Omboni S, Kario K, Renna N, Chapman N, McManus RJ, Williams B, Parati G, Konradi A, Islam SM, Itoh H, Mooi CS, Green BB, Cho MC, Tomaszewski M

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  • Priority Nursing Populations for Mental Health Support Before and During COVID-19: A Survey Study of Individual and Workplace Characteristics

    Havaei F, MacPhee M, Ma A, Mao Y

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  • Effect of Oral Methylprednisolone on Decline in Kidney Function or Kidney Failure in Patients With IgA Nephropathy: The TESTING Randomized Clinical Trial

    Lv J, Wong MG, Hladunewich MA, Jha V, Hooi LS, Monaghan H, Zhao M, Barbour S, Jardine MJ, Reich HN, Cattran D, Glassock R, Levin A, Wheeler DC, Woodward M, Billot L, Stepien S, Rogers K, Chan TM, Liu ZH, Johnson DW, Cass A, Feehally J, Floege J, Remuzzi G, Wu Y, Agarwal R, Zhang H, Perkovic V; for the TESTING Study Group

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  • Increases in human papillomavirus vaccine coverage over 12 months among a community-recruited cohort of gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in Canada

    Chambers C, Deeks SL, Sutradhar R, Cox J, de Pokomandy A, Grennan T, Hart TA, Lambert G, Moore DM, Coutlée F, Grace D, Grewal R, Jollimore J, Lachowsky N, Nisenbaum R, Ogilvie G, Sauvageau C, Tan DHS, Burchell AN

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  • Differences between men and women in their risk of work injury and disability: A systematic review

    Biswas A, Harbin S, Irvin E, Johnston H, Begum M, Tiong M, Apedaile D, Koehoorn M, Smith P

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  • Creating a provincial post COVID-19 interdisciplinary clinical care network as a learning health system during the pandemic: Integrating clinical care and research

    Learn Health Syst

    May 15, 2022

    COVID-19
    Public Health

    Levin A, Malbeuf M, Hoens AM, Carlsten C, Ryerson CJ, Cau A, Bryan S, Robinson J, Tarling T, Shum J, Lavallee DC

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  • High Pain Catastrophizing Scale Predicts Lower Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in the Foot and Ankle Patient

    Veljkovic A, Gagne O, Abuhantash M, Younger ASE, Symes M, Penner MJ, Wing KJ, Syed KA, Lau J

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  • Renin-Angiotensin System Pathway Therapeutics Associated With Improved Outcomes in Males Hospitalized With COVID-19

    Crit Care Med

    May 19, 2022

    COVID-19
    Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
    Sex & Gender

    Rocheleau GLY, Lee T, Mohammed Y, Goodlett D, Burns K, Cheng MP, Tran K, Sweet D, Marshall J, Slutsky AS, Murthy S, Singer J, Patrick DM, Du B, Peng Z, Lee TC, Boyd JH, Walley KR, Lamontagne F, Fowler R, Winston BW, Haljan G, Vinh DC, McGeer A, Maslove D, Patrigeon SP, Mann P, Donohoe K, Hernandez G, Russell JA; for ARBs CORONA I Investigators

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  • Vaccine-induced prothrombotic immune thrombocytopenia without thrombosis may not require immune modulatory therapy: A case report

    Res Pract Thromb Haemost

    May 18, 2022

    COVID-19
    Editorial
    Vaccines

    Lai CMB, Lee AYY, Parkin SBI

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  • Standing out or fitting in: A latent projective content analysis of discrimination of women and 2SLGBTQ+ anesthesiologists and providers

    Peel JK, Flexman AM, Cygler J, Kirkham KR, Lorello GR

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  • Factors associated with intention to receive vaccines for bacterial sexually transmitted infections among young HPV-vaccinated Canadian women

    de Waal A, Racey CS, Donken R, Plotnikoff K, Dobson S, Smith L, Grennan T, Sadarangani M, Ogilvie G

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