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  • Shojania K: Expanding the scope of Critical Care Rapid Response Teams: a feasible approach to identify adverse events. A prospective observational cohort

    January 14, 2016

    Amaral AC, McDonald A, Coburn NG, Xiong W, Shojania KG, Fowler RA, Chapman M, Adhikari NK. Expanding the scope of Critical Care Rapid Response Teams: A feasible approach to identify adverse events; a prospective observational cohort. BMJ Qual Saf. 2015 Jun 8. pii: bmjqs-2014-003833. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2014-003833. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 26056320.

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  • Ayas NT: Update in Sleep Medicine 2014

    January 14, 2016

    Ayas NT, Owens RL, Kheirandish-Gozal L. Update in Sleep Medicine 2014. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2015 Aug 15; 192(4):415-20. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201503-0647UP. PMID: 26278795.

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  • Bansback N, Harrison M: Does introducing imprecision around probabilities for benefit and harm influence the way people value treatments?

    April 4, 2016

    Bansback N, Harrison M, Marra C. Does introducing imprecision around probabilities for benefit and harm influence the way people value treatments? Med Decis Making. 2016 May; 36(4):490–502. doi: 10.1177/0272989X15600708. Epub 2015 Aug 24. PMID: 26304064.

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  • Barbour SJ: Identifying the ideal metric of proteinuria as a predictor of renal outcome in idiopathic glomerulonephritis

    January 14, 2016

    Barbour SJ, Cattran DC, Espino-Hernandez G, Hladunewich MA, Reich HN. Identifying the ideal metric of proteinuria as a predictor of renal outcome in idiopathic glomerulonephritis. Kidney Int. 2015 Aug 19. doi: 10.1038/ki.2015.241. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 26287314.

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  • Singer J: The Vancouver Consensus: Antiretroviral medicines, medical evidence, and political will

    January 14, 2016

    Beyrer C, Birx DL, Bekker LG, Barre-Sinoussi F, Cahn P, Dybul MR, Eholie SP, Kavanagh MM, Katabira ET, Lundgren JD, Mworeko L, Pala M, Puttanakit T, Ryan O, Sidibe M, Montaner JS (Singer J); Vancouver Consensus Signatories. The Vancouver Consensus: Antiretroviral medicines, medical evidence, and political will. Lancet. 2015 Aug 8; 386(9993):505–7. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)61458-1. PMID: 26293427.

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  • Singer J: Early initiation rather than prolonged duration of antiretroviral therapy in HIV infection contributes to the normalization of CD8 T-cell counts

    January 14, 2016

    Cao W, Mehraj V, Trottier B, Baril JG, Leblanc R, Lebouche B, Cox J, Tremblay C, Lu W, Singer J, Li T, Routy JP; Montreal Primary HIV Infection Study Group. Early initiation rather than prolonged duration of antiretroviral therapy in HIV infection contributes to the normalization of CD8 T-cell counts. Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Sep 8. pii: civ809. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 26349551.

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  • Schechter MT, Spittal PM. The Cedar Project: Negative health outcomes associated with involvement in the child welfare system among young Indigenous people who use injection and non-injection drugs in two Canadian cities

    January 14, 2016

    Clarkson AF, Christian WM, Pearce ME, Jongbloed KA, Caron NR, Teegee MP, Moniruzzaman A, Schechter MT, Spittal PM. The Cedar Project: Negative health outcomes associated with involvement in the child welfare system among young Indigenous people who use injection and non-injection drugs in two Canadian cities. Can J Public Health. 2015 May 7; 106(5):e265–70. doi: 10.17269/cjph.106.5026. PMID: 26451986.

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  • Ayas NT: Non-invasive ventilation practice patterns for acute respiratory failure in Canadian tertiary care centres: A descriptive analysis

    January 14, 2016

    Digby GC, Keenan SP, Parker CM, Sinuff T, Burns KE, Mehta S, Ronco JJ, Kutsogiannis DJ, Rose L, Ayas NT, Berthiaume LR, D’Arsigny CL, Stollery DE, Muscedere J. Non-invasive ventilation practice patterns for acute respiratory failure in Canadian tertiary care centres: A descriptive analysis. Can Respir J. 2015 Oct 15. Pii: 17038. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 26469155.

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  • Geller J: Developing and pilot testing the readiness and motivation interview for families in pediatric weight management

    January 14, 2016

    Geller J, Avis J, Srikameswaran S, Zelichowska J, Dartnell K, Scheuerman B, Perez A, Rasquinha A, Brown KE, Chanoine JP, Ball G. Developing and pilot testing the readiness and motivation interview for families in pediatric weight management. Can J Diet Pract Res. 2015 Aug 17; 1–4. Epub ahead of print.

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  • Brown CJ, Raval MJ, Phang PT. Surgical site infection rates following implementation of a colorectal closure bundle in elective colorectal surgeries

    January 14, 2016

    Ghuman A, Chan T, Karimuddin AA, Brown CJ, Raval MJ, Phang PT. Surgical site infection rates following implementation of a colorectal closure bundle in elective colorectal surgeries. Dis Colon Rectum. 2015 Nov; 58(11):1078-82. doi: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000000455. PMID: 26445181.

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  • Koehoorn M: Economic evaluation of occupational health and safety programmes in health care

    January 14, 2016

    Guzman J, Tompa E, Koehoorn M, de Boer H, Macdonald S, Alamgir H. Economic evaluation of occupational health and safety programmes in health care. Occup Med (Lond). 2015 Oct; 65(7):590–7. doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqv114. Epub 2015 Aug 19. PMID: 26290408.

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  • Levin A. Time to revisit the problem fo CIN? The low incidence of acute kidney injury with and without contrast in hospitalized patients

    January 21, 2016

    Hemmett J, Er L, Chiu HH, Cheung C, Djurdjev O, Levin A. Time to revisit the problem of CIN? The low incidence of acute kidney injury with and without contrast in hospitalized patients: An observational cohort study. Can J Kidney Health Dis. 2015 Oct 12; 2:38. doi: 10.1186/s40697-015-0073-6. eCollection 2015. PMID: 26462259.

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