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  • Patient characteristics associated with enrolment under voluntary programs implemented within fee-for-service systems in British Columbia and Quebec: a cross-sectional study

    Lavergne MR, King C, Peterson S, Simon L, Hudon C, Loignon C, McCracken RK, Brackett A, McGrail K, Strumpf E; for the QC-BC Patient Enrolment Project Team

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  • Results from the 2020 Canadian Rheumatology Association’s Workforce and Wellness Survey

    Kulhawy-Wibe SC, Widdifield J, Lee JJY, Thorne JC, Yacyshyn EA, Batthish M, Jerome D, Shupak R, Jilkine K, Purvis J, Shamis J, Roberts J, Kur J, Burt JE, Johnson NA, Barnabe C, Spencer N, Harrison M, Pope J, Barber CEH

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  • A scoping review of interventions to improve strength training participation

    PLoS One

    February 3, 2022

    Exercise Science & Physical Activity

    Ma JK, Leese J, Therrien S, Hoens AM, Tsui K, Li LC

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  • Physician judgement in predicting obstructive coronary artery disease and adverse events in chest pain patients

    Fordyce CB, Hill CL, Mark DB, Alhanti B, Pellikka PA, Hoffmann U, Patel MR, Douglas PS, on behalf of the PROMISE Investigators

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  • Cardiovascular Events and Long-Term Risk of Sudden Death Among Stabilized Patients After Acute Coronary Syndrome: Insights From IMPROVE-IT

    Fordyce CB, Giugliano RP, Cannon CP, Roe MT, Sharma A, Page C, White JA, Lokhnygina Y, Braunwald E, Blazing MA

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  • Differences in mRNA-1273 (Moderna) and BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) SARS-CoV-2 vaccine immunogenicity among patients undergoing dialysis

    CMAJ

    February 3, 2022

    COVID-19
    Nephrology
    Vaccines

    Yau K, Chan CT, Abe KT, Jiang Y, Atiquzzaman M, Mullin SI, Shadowitz E, Liu L, Kostadinovic E, Sukovic T, Gonzalez A, McGrath-Chong ME, Oliver MJ, Perl J, Leis JA, Bolotin S, Tran V, Levin A, Blake PG, Colwill K, Gingras AC, Hladunewich MA

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  • To share or not to share: communication of caregiver-reported outcomes when a patient has colorectal cancer

    J Patient Rep Outcomes

    February 5, 2022

    Oncology
    Patient-Reported Outcomes

    Howard AF, Torrejón MJ, Lynch K, Beck SM, Thorne S, Lambert L, Porcino A, De Vera MA, Davies JM, Avery J, Wolff AC, McDonald M, Lee JWK, Hedges P, Kelly MT, McKenzie M

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  • Epidemiology of Resistant Hypertension in Canada

    Leung AA, Williams JVA, Tran KC, Padwal RS

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  • The association between Diabetes and Excessive Daytime Sleepiness among American adults aged 20-79 years: Findings from the 2015-2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys

    Yusuf FLA, Tang TS, Karim ME

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  • The Journal Club 3.0: A qualitative, multisite study examining a new educational paradigm in the era of open educational resources

    AEM Educ Train

    January 11, 2022

    Emergency Medicine

    Ting DK, Bailey BH, Scheuermeyer FX, Harris DR, Chan TM

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  • Use and Outcomes of Induction Therapy in Well-Matched Kidney Transplant Recipients

    Clin J Am Soc Nephrol

    February 1, 2022

    Nephrology
    Organ Transplant

    Evans RDR, Lan JH, Kadatz M, Brar S, Chang DT, McMichael L, Gill J, Gill JS

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  • Histoplasma capsulatum culture-negative prosthetic valve endocarditis presenting as a cystic mass

    Choi JI, Chang AS, Cook RC, Fordyce CB

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