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  • IMplementing Predictive Analytics towards efficient COPD Treatments (IMPACT): protocol for a stepped-wedge cluster randomized impact study

    Michaux KD, Metcalfe RK, Burns P, Conklin AI, Hoens AM, Smith D, Struik L, Safari A, Sin DD, Sadatsafavi M; IMPACT Study Group

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  • Mental health, cancer risk, and the mediating role of lifestyle factors in the CARTaGENE cohort study

    Gilham K, Gadermann A, Dummer T, Murphy RA

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  • Designing an App for Parents and Caregivers to Promote Cognitive and Socioemotional Development and Well-being Among Children Aged 0 to 5 Years in Diverse Cultural Settings: Scientific Framework

    JMIR Pediatr Parent

    February 13, 2023

    Evaluation
    Neurology
    Paediatrics
    Remote Care & Digital Tools

    Crouse JJ, LaMonica HM, Song YJC, Boulton KA, Rohleder C, DeMayo MM, Wilson CE, Loblay V, Hindmarsh G, Stratigos T, Krausz M, Foo N, Teo M, Hunter A, Guastella AJ, Banati RB, Troy J, Hickie IB

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  • Association Between Familiarity of the Surgeon-Anesthesiologist Dyad and Postoperative Patient Outcomes for Complex Gastrointestinal Cancer Surgery

    JAMA Surg

    February 22, 2023

    Anaesthesiology
    Cancer
    Surgery & Procedures

    Hallet J, Sutradhar R, Jerath A, d’Empaire PP, Carrier F, Turgeon A, McIsaac DI, Idestrup C, Lorello G, Flexman A, Kidane B, Kaliwal Y, Chan WC, Barabash V, Coburn N, Eskander A

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  • Clinical Severity of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Omicron Variant Relative to Delta in British Columbia, Canada: A Retrospective Analysis of Whole-Genome Sequenced Cases

    Clin Infect Dis

    February 1, 2023

    COVID-19
    Genetics & Genomics

    Harrigan SP, Wilton J, Chong M, Abdia Y, Garcia HV, Rose C, Taylor M, Mishra S, Sander B, Hoang L, Tyson J, Krajden M, Prystajecky N, Janjua NZ, Sbihi H

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  • Major cardiovascular events and subsequent risk of kidney failure with replacement therapy: a CKD Prognosis Consortium study

    Mark PB, Carrero JJ, Matsushita K, Sang Y, Ballew SH, Grams ME, Coresh J, Surapaneni A, Brunskill NJ, Chalmers J, Chan L, Chang AR, Chinnadurai R, Chodick G, Cirillo M, de Zeeuw D, Evans M, Garg AX, Gutierrez OM, Heerspink HJL, Heine GH, Herrington WG, Ishigami J, Kronenberg F, Lee JY, Levin A, Major RW, Marks A, Nadkarni GN, Naimark DMJ, Nowak C, Rahman M, Sabanayagam C, Sarnak M, Sawhney S, Schneider MP, Shalev V, Shin J-I, Siddiqui MK, Stempniewicz N, Sumida K, Valdivielso JM, van den Brand J, Wang AY-M, Wheeler DC, Zhang L, Visseren FLJ, Stengel B

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  • Expensive Drugs for Rare Diseases in Canada: What Value and at What Cost?

    Healthc Pap

    January 1, 2023

    Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
    Ethics
    Health Economics

    Sirrs S, Anderson H, Jiwani B, Lynd LD, Lun E, Nakagawa B, Regier D, Rizzardo S, McFarlane A

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  • Embracing the non-traditional: alcohol advertising on TikTok

    Bagenal J, Zenone M, Maani N, Barbic S

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  • Barriers and enablers to nurse practitioner implementation of medication abortion in Canada: A qualitative study

    PLoS One

    January 26, 2023

    Nursing
    Reproductive & Maternal Health

    Carson A, Stirling-Cameron E, Paynter M, Munro S, Norman WV, Kilpatrick K, Begun S, Martin-Misener R

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  • Type and timing of antiretroviral therapy during pregnancy: Impact on risk of preterm delivery and small-for-gestational age births in Canada, a retrospective cohort study

    Schneidman J, Lee T, Sauve L, Brophy J, Bitnun A, Singer J, Money D, Kakkar F, Boucoiran I; for the Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program (CPHSP)

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  • Patient Experiences of Implantable Cardiac Monitoring in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: An Exploratory Study

    Davies B, Forman J, McIlroy C, Joe H, Safabakhsh S, Liew J, Parker J, Du D, Andrade JG, Bennet MT, Hawkins NM, Chakrabarti S, Yeung J, Deyell MW, Krahn AD, Moss R, Ong K, Laksman Z

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  • Moral distress and patients who forego care due to cost

    Nurs Ethics

    January 28, 2023

    Ethics
    Health Spending & Priority Setting
    Nursing

    Keilman L, Jolaei S, Olsen DP

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