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  • A Canadian survey of perceptions and practices related to ordering of blood tests in the intensive care unit.

    Can J AnesthesiaJ Can d’anesthésie.

    March 19, 2024

    Hospital-based Care
    Screening & Testing

    Rahman MO, Charbonney E, Vaisler R, Khalifa A, Alhazzani W, Gossack-Keenan K, Garland A, Karachi T, Duan E, Bagshaw SM, Meade MO, Hillis C, Kavsak P, Born K, Mbuagbaw L, Siegal D, Millen T, Scales D, Amaral A, English S, McCredie VA, Dodek P, Cook DJ, Rochwerg B.

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  • The economic burden of cervical cancer on women in Uganda: Findings from a cross-sectional study conducted at two public cervical cancer clinics.

    PLOS Glob Public Heal.

    March 15, 2024

    Clinical Trials
    Global Health
    Health Economics
    Oncology

    Dau H, Nankya E, Naguti P, Basemera M, Payne BA, Vidler M, Singer J, McNair A, AboMoslim M, Smith L, Orem J, Nakisige C, Ogilvie G.

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  • Performance of HCV core antigen and PCR testing in a predominantly genotype 3 population.

    Naveed A, Khalid A, Janjua N, Cloherty GA, Akhter S.

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  • An environmental scan and appraisal of patient online resources for managing rheumatoid arthritis flares.

    Subdar S, Hoens AM, White K, Hartfeld NMS, Dhiman K, Duffey K, Heath CE, Lamoureux G, Graveline C, Davidson E, Hazlewood G, Lacaille D, Lopatina E, Barber MRW, Then KL, Crump T, Zafar S, Manske SL, Charlton A, Osinski K, Fifi-Mah A, Mosher D, Barber CEH.

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  • The Role of Pharmacogenomics in Rare Diseases.

    Man A, Groeneweg GSS, Ross CJD, Carleton BC.

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  • Implementation of pharmaceutical alternatives to a toxic drug supply in British Columbia: A mixed methods study.

    Subst Use Addict Treat.

    March 13, 2024

    Substance Use & Addictions

    Pauly B, Kurz M, Dale LM, Macevicius C, Kalicum J, Pérez DG, McCall J, Urbanoski K, Barker B, Slaunwhite A, Lindsay M, Nosyk B. J

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  • Strategies to promote implementation of core outcomes for medication adherence trials in rheumatology: A report from the OMERACT-Adherence Group.

    Semin Arthritis Rheum.

    March 13, 2024

    Arthritis
    Rheumatology

    Kordkheili AM, Bekker C, Hoens AM, Voshaar M, Campbell W, Carmona L, de Wit M, March L, Nielsen SM, Shea BJ, Toupin-April K, Tugwell P, Tymms K, Kelly A.

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  • Health-related quality of life in the year following road trauma: Longitudinal analysis using piecewise latent curve modeling.

    J Affect Disord.

    March 13, 2024

    Quality of Life

    Momenyan S, Chan H, Erdelyi S, Pei LX, Shum LK, Jae L, Taylor J, Staples J, Brubacher JR.

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  • An ecological study of the correlation between COVID-19 support payments and overdose events in British Columbia, Canada.

    Int J Drug Polic.

    March 13, 2024

    COVID-19
    Substance Use & Addictions

    Richardson L, Geddes C, Palis H, Buxton J, Slaunwhite A.

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  • Twelve-month recovery following road trauma: Results from an inception cohort in Vancouver, Canada.

    Ann Phys Rehabilitation Med.

    March 12, 2024

    Emergency Medicine
    Quality of Life

    Pei LX, Chan H, Staples JA, Taylor JA, Harris DR, Jae L, Brubacher JR.

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  • Facilitators and barriers to codesigning social robots with older adults with dementia: a scoping review protocol.

    Hung L, Chen I, Wong KLY, Jackson L, Lou VWQ.

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  • Changes in UK price disparities between healthy and less healthy foods over 10 years: An updated analysis with insights in the context of inflationary increases in the cost-of-living from 2021.

    Hoenink JC, Garrott K, Jones NRV, Conklin AI, Monsivais P, Adams J.

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