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  • Productivity loss among people with early multiple sclerosis: A Canadian study

    Mult Scler

    February 9, 2022

    Neurology
    Work & Productivity

    Llorian ER, Zhang W, Khakban A, Patten S, Traboulsee A, Oh J, Kolind S, Prat A, Tam R, Lynd LD

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  • Longitudinal Plasma Proteomics Analysis Reveals Novel Candidate Biomarkers in Acute COVID-19

    J Proteome Res

    February 10, 2022

    Clinical Trials
    COVID-19

    Mohammed Y, Goodlett DR, Cheng MP, Vinh DC, Lee TC, Mcgeer A, Sweet D, Tran K, Lee T, Murthy S, Boyd JH, Singer J, Walley KR, Patrick DM, Quan C, Ismail S, Amar L, Pal A, Bassawon R, Fesdekjian L, Gou K, Lamontagne F, Marshall J, Haljan G, Fowler R, Winston BW, Russell JA, and ARBs CORONA I

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  • Immunoglobulin A nephropathy is characterized by anti-commensal humoral immune responses

    JCI Insight

    February 8, 2022

    Nephrology

    Currie EG, Coburn B, Porfilio EA, Lam P, Rojas OL, Novak J, Yang S, Chowdhury RB, Ward LA, Wang PW, Khaleghi K, An J, Crome SQ, Hladunewich MA, Barbour SJ, Cattran DC, Parekh RS, Licht C, John R, Kaul R, Croitoru K, Gray-Owen SD, Guttman DS, Gommerman JL, Reich HN

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  • Care and Outcomes of ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction across multiple Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) waves

    Malhi N, Moghaddam N, Hosseini F, Singer J, Lee T, Turgeon RD, Wong GC, Fordyce CB

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  • Lymphogranulomatose vénérienne

    CMAJ

    February 14, 2022

    Editorial
    Infectious Disease & STBBIs

    Eckbo EJ, Hedgcock M, Grennan T

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  • Duration and cost-effectiveness of hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance in hepatitis C patients after viral eradication

    Mueller PP, Chen Q, Ayer T, Nemutlu G, Hajjar A, Bethea ED, Peters MLB, Lee BP, Janjua NZ, Kanwal F, Chhatwal J

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  • Prevalence of Mental Health Disorders Among Immigrant, Refugee, and Nonimmigrant Children and Youth in British Columbia, Canada

    Gadermann AM, Petteni MG, Janus M, Puyat JH, Guhn M, Georgiades K

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  • Methodology for constructing scenarios for health policy research: The case of coverage decision-making for drugs for rare diseases in Canada

    Technol Forecast Soc Change

    June 23, 2021

    Decision Science
    Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
    Health Policy

    Douglas CM, Panagiotoglou D, Dragojlovic N, Lynd L

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  • The MedSafer Study-Electronic Decision Support for Deprescribing in Hospitalized Older Adults: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial

    McDonald EG, Wu PE, Rashidi B, Wilson MG, Bortolussi-Courval É, Atique A, Battu K, Bonnici A, Elsayed S, Wilson AG, Papillon-Ferland L, Pilote L, Porter S, Murphy J, Ross SB, Shiu J, Tamblyn R, Whitty R, Xu J, Fabreau G, Haddad T, Palepu A, Khan N, McAlister FA, Downar J, Huang AR, MacMillan TE, Cavalcanti RB, Lee TC

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  • Facilitators and barriers to using telepresence robots in aged care settings: A scoping review

    Hung L, Wong J, Smith C, Berndt A, Gregorio M, Horne N, Jackson L, Mann J, Wada M, Young E

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  • Trajectories of Nutritional Parameters Before and After Prescribed Oral Nutritional Supplements: A Longitudinal Cohort Study of Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease Not Requiring Dialysis

    Can J Kidney Health Dis

    January 13, 2022

    Eating Disorders & Nutrition
    Nephrology

    Wong MMY, Zheng Y, Renouf D, Sheriff Z, Levin A

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  • The Impact of Pre-Procedural Renal Impairment on Outcomes Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: An Analysis of 45,287 Patients From the British Columbia Cardiac Registry

    Heart Lung Circ

    January 19, 2022

    Evaluation
    Modelling & Risk Prediction
    Nephrology

    Chandra N, Fryer M, Nadra I, Wood DA, Webb JG, Ding L, Hardiman S, Fung A, Aymong E, Chan A, Hodge S, Horgan K, Levin A, Robinson SD, Siega AD, Iqbal MB

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