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  • Assessing the Impact of Prenatal Medication for Opioid Use Disorder on Discharge Home With Parents Among Infants With Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome

    Singleton R, Rutz S, Day G, Hammes M, Wilson AS, Herrick M, Mazut C, Brunner L, Prince J, Desnoyers C, Shaw J, Hirschfeld M, Palis H, Slaunwhite A

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  • Patient Care Journey for Patients with Heart Valve Disease

    Pibarot P, Lauck S, Morris T, Ross E, Harding E, Wijeysundera HC, Clavel MA, Bewick D, Oh P, Bédard S, Socransky B, Afilalo J, Rhéaume C, Asgar A, Budig K, Ruel M, Peniston C

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  • Association between risk of obstructive sleep apnea, inflammation and cognition after 45 years old in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging

    Thompson C, Legault J, Moullec G, Martineau-Dussault MÈ, Baltzan M, Cross N, Dang-Vu TT, Gervais N, Einstein G, Hanly P, Ayas N, Lorrain D, Kaminska M, Gagnon JF, Lim A, Carrier J, Gosselin N

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  • Comparative 6-Month Wild-Type and Delta-Variant Antibody Levels and Surrogate Neutralization for Adults Vaccinated with BNT162b2 versus mRNA-1273

    Microbiol Spectr

    March 7, 2022

    COVID-19
    Vaccines

    Grunau B, Golding L, Prusinkiewicz MA, Asamoah-Boaheng M, Armour R, Marquez AC, Jassem AN, Barakauskas V, O’Brien SF, Drews SJ, Haig S, Lavoie PM, Goldfarb DM

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  • Chronic Achilles Tendon Ruptures: From Bracing Treatment to Complex Reconstruction

    Instr Course Lect

    January 1, 2022

    Editorial
    Rheumatology
    Surgery & Procedures

    Farber DC, Ellis SJ, Adams SB, Veljkovic A, Cardoso DV, Rider C, Danilkowicz R

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  • Perceived helpfulness of treatment for social anxiety disorder: findings from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys

    Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol

    March 9, 2022

    Global Health
    Mental Health & Wellbeing
    Psychosocial Epidemiology

    Bruffaerts R, Harris MG, Kazdin AE, Vigo DV, Sampson NA, Chiu WT, Al-Hamzawi A, Alonso J, Altwaijri YA, Andrade L, Benjet C, Girolamo G de, Florescu S, Haro JM, Hu C yi, Karam A, Karam EG, Kovess-Masfety V, Lee S, McGrath JJ, Navarro-Mateu F, Nishi D, O’Neill S, Posada-Villa J, Scott KM, Have M ten, Torres Y, Wojtyniak B, Xavier M, Zarkov Z, Kessler RC; The WHO World Mental Health Survey Collaborators

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  • Centredness in health care: A systematic overview of reviews

    Health Expect

    March 8, 2022

    Patient-Centred Care
    Patient-Reported Outcomes

    Feldthusen C, Forsgren E, Wallström S, Andersson V, Löfqvist N, Sawatzky R, Öhlén J, Ung EJ

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  • Temporal trends of suicide-related non-traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest characteristics and outcomes with the COVID-19 pandemic

    Yap J, Scheuermeyer FX, van Diepen S, Barbic D, Straight R, Wall N, Asamoah-Boaheng M, Christenson J, Grunau B

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  • IgG4-related prostatitis manifesting as urinary obstruction in a 28-year-old male

    BMC Urol

    March 11, 2022

    Diagnostics
    Editorial

    Jazdarehee A, Ahrari A, Bowie D, Chang SD, Tran H, Jamal S, Chen LYC, Tran KC

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  • The impact of introducing multidisciplinary care assessments on access to rheumatology care in British Columbia: an interrupted time series analysis

    Duncan R, Cheng L, Law MR, Shojania K, De Vera MA, Harrison M

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  • Service use Decision-Making among Youth Accessing Integrated Youth Services: Applying the Unified Theory of Behavior

    J Can Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry

    February 1, 2022

    Access to Care
    Decision Science
    Mental Health & Wellbeing
    Youth & Young Adults

    Ben-David S, Vien C, Biddell M, Ortiz R, Gawliuk M, Turner S, Mathias S, Barbic S

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  • Vaccine Effectiveness Against SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Severe Outcomes in the Maintenance Dialysis Population in Ontario, Canada

    J Am Soc Nephrol

    March 9, 2022

    COVID-19
    Nephrology
    Vaccines

    Oliver MJ, Thomas D, Balamchi S, Ip J, Naylor K, Dixon SN, McArthur E, Kwong J, Perl J, Atiquzzaman M, Singer J, Yeung A, Hladunewich M, Yau K, Garg AX, Leis JA, Levin A, Krajden M, Blake PG

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