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  • Grunau, BE; Factors Influencing the Decision to Attend a Pediatric Emergency Department for Nonemergent Complaints

    May 29, 2015

    Smith V, Mustafa M, Grafstein E, Doan Q. Factors influencing the decision to attend a pediatric emergency department for nonemergent complaints. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2015 Mar 27. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25822234.

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  • Grunau BE; Emergency Department Corticosteroid Use for Allergy or Anaphylaxis Is Not Associated With Decreased Relapses

    May 29, 2015

    Grunau BE, Wiens MO, Rowe BH, McKay R, Li J, Yi TW, Stenstrom R, Schellenberg  RR, Grafstein E, Scheuermeyer FX. Emergency department corticosteroid use for allergy or anaphylaxis is not associated with decreased relapses. Ann Emerg Med. 2015 Mar 25. pii: S0196-0644(15)00190-0. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2015.03.003.  [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25820033.

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  • Grunau BE; Association between hospital post-resuscitative performance and clinical outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

    May 29, 2015

    Stub D, Schmicker RH, Anderson ML, Callaway CW, Daya MR, Sayre MR, Elmer J, Grunau BE, Aufderheide TP, Lin S, Buick JE, Zive D, Peterson ED, Nichol G; ROC Investigators. Association between hospital post-resuscitative performance and clinical outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation. 2015 Apr 24;92:45-52. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2015.04.015. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25917263.

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  • Grunau BE; Prehospital initiation of mild therapeutic hypothermia for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA): where are we now?

    May 28, 2015

    Grunau BE. Prehospital initiation of mild therapeutic hypothermia for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA): where are we now? CJEM. 2015 Mar 20:1-4. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 26013705.

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  • Harrison M; PMS67 – Preferences for New Treatments Diminish In The Face of Ambiguity

    May 29, 2015

    Harrison M, Bansback N. PMS67-Preferences for New Treatments Diminish In The Face of AmbiguityValue in Health. 2015 May; 18(3):A164-A165. doi:10.1016/j.jval.2015.03.952.

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  • Harrison M; Providing an extended use of an otological-specific outcome instrument to derive cost-effectiveness estimates of treatment

    May 29, 2015

    Frew EJ, Harrison M, Rossello Roig M, Martin TP. Providing an extended use of an otological-specific outcome instrument to derive cost-effectiveness estimates of treatment. Clin Otolaryngol. 2015 Mar 25. doi: 10.1111/coa.12424. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25816901.

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  • Henrich N; BC Medication Management Project: Perspectives of pharmacists, patients and physicians

    May 29, 2015

    Henrich N, Tsao N, Gastonguay L, Lynd L, Marra CA. BC Medication Management Project: Perspectives of pharmacists, patients and physicians. Can Pharm J (Ott).
    2015 Mar;148(2):90-100. doi: 10.1177/1715163515569571. PubMed PMID: 25983759; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4366408.

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  • Humphries K; Sex is associated with differences in individual trajectories of change in social health after implantable cardioverter-defibrillator

    May 29, 2015

    Lauck SB, Sawatzky R, Johnson JL, Humphries K, Bennett MT, Chakrabarti S, Kerr CR, Tung S, Yeung-Lai-Wah JA, Ratner PA. Sex is associated with differences in individual trajectories of change in social health after implantable cardioverter-defibrillator. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2015 Mar;8(2 Suppl1):S21-30. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.114.001607. Epub 2015 Feb 24. PubMed PMID: 25714829.

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  • Humphries KH; Effect of gender after transcatheter aortic valve implantation: a meta-analysis

    May 29, 2015

    Conrotto F, D’Ascenzo F, Presbitero P, Humphries KH, Webb JG, O’Connor SA, Morice MC, Lefèvre T, Grasso C, Sbarra P, Taha S, Omedè P, Grosso Marra W, Salizzoni S, Moretti C, D’Amico M, Biondi-Zoccai G, Gaita F, Marra S. Effect of gender after transcatheter aortic valve implantation: A meta-analysis. Ann Thorac Surg. 2015 Mar;99(3):809-16. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.09.089. Epub 2015 Jan 27. PubMed PMID: 25633460.

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  • Koehoorn M; Job demand and control interventions: a stakeholder-centered best-evidence synthesis of systematic reviews on workplace disability

    May 29, 2015

    Williams-Whitt K, White MI, Wagner SL, Schultz IZ, Koehn C, Dionne CE, Koehoorn M, Harder H, Pasca R, Warje O, Hsu V, McGuire L, Schulz W, Kube D, Hook  A, Wright MD. Job demand and control interventions: a stakeholder-centered best-evidence synthesis of systematic reviews on workplace disability. Int J Occup Environ Med. 2015 Apr;6(2):61-78. PubMed PMID: 25890601.

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  • Koehoorn M; Characteristics of work-related fatal and hospitalised injuries not captured in workers’ compensation data

    June 11, 2015

    Koehoorn M, Tamburic L, Xu F, Alamgir H, Demers PA, McLeod CB. Characteristics of work-related fatal and hospitalised injuries not captured in workers’ compensation data. Occup Environ Med. 2015 Jun;72(6):413-20. doi: 10.1136/oemed-2014-102543. Epub 2015 Feb 23. PubMed PMID: 25713157.

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  • Krausz M, Schütz CG; Childhood Maltreatment and Revictimization in a Homeless Population

    May 29, 2015

    Edalati H, Krausz M, Schütz CG. Childhood maltreatment and revictimization in a homeless population. J Interpers Violence. 2015 Mar 26. pii: 0886260515576972. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25814505.

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