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  • Ayas N: Effect of tidal volume and positive end-expiratory pressure on expiratory time constraints in experimental lung injury

    April 12, 2016

    Henderson WR, Dominelli PB, Molgat-Seon Y, Lipson R, Griesdale DE, Sekhon M, Ayas N, Sheel AW. Effect of tidal volume and positive end-expiratory pressure on expiratory time constraints in experimental lung injury. Physiol Rep. 2016 Mar; 4(5). Pii: e12737. doi: 10.14814/phy2.12737. PMID: 26997633.

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  • Ayas N: Obstructive sleep apnea and frequency of occupational injury

    April 12, 2016

    Hirsch Allen AJ, Park JE, Daniele PR, Flletham J, Ryan CF, Ayas NT. Obstructive sleep apnea and frequency of occupational injury. Thorax. Epub ahead of print 2016 Mar 15. pii: thoraxjnl-2015-207994. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-207994. PMID; 26980010.

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  • Ayas N: The RECOVER Program: Disability risk groups and one-year outcome

    April 12, 2016

    Herridge MS, Chu LM, Matte A, Tomlinson G, Chan L, Thomas C, Friedrich JO, Mehta S, Lamontagne F, Levasseur M, Ayas NT, et al; RECOVER Program Investigators (Phase 1: Towards RECOVER) and the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. The RECOVER Program: Disability risk groups and one-year outcome after ≥ 7 days of mechanical ventilation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. Epub ahead of print 2016 Mar 14. PMID: 26974173.

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  • Ayas N: Relationship between travel time from home to a regional sleep apnea clinic in British Columbia, Canada, and the severity of obstructive sleep

    April 12, 2016

    Hirsch Allen AM, Amram O, Tavakoli H, Almeida FR, Hamoda M, Ayas N. Relationship between travel time from home to a regional sleep apnea clinic in British Columbia, Canada, and the severity of obstructive sleep. Ann Am Thoracic Soc. Epub ahead of print 2016 Jan 27. PMID: 26814425.

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  • Bansback N, Anis A: Estimating the monetary value of the annual productivity gained in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis receiving etanercept plus methotrexate: interim results from the PRIZE study

    April 12, 2016

    Zhang W, Bansback N, Sun H, Pedersen R, Kotak S, Anis AH. Estimating the monetary value of the annual productivity gained in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis receiving etanercept plus methotrexate: Interim results from the PRIZE study. RMD Open. 2015 Apr 8; 1(1):e000042. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2014-000042. eCollection 2015. PMID: 26535135.

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  • Bansback N: How different are composite and traditional TTO valuations of severe EQ-5D-5L states?

    February 24, 2017

    Xie F, Pullenayegum E, Gaebel K, Bansback N, Bryan S, Ohinmaa A, Poissant L, Johnson JA. How different are composite and traditional TTO valuations of severe EQ-5D-5L states? Qual Life Res. 2016 Aug;25(8):2101-8. doi: 10.1007/s11136-016-1242-5. Epub 2016 Feb 13.

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  • Brown CJ: Transanal local excision for patients with rectal cancer

    April 12, 2016

    Rackley TP, Ma RM, Brown CJ, Hay JH. Transanal local excision for patients with rectal cancer: Can radiation compensate for what is perceived as a non-definitive surgical approach? Dis Colon Rectum. 2016 Mar; 59(3):173–8. doi: 10.1097/DCR. 0000000000000544. PMID: 26855390.

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  • Cundiff GW: Temporal trends in obstetric trauma and inpatient surgery for pelvic organ prolapse

    April 12, 2016

    Lisonkova S, Lavery JA, Ananth CV, Chen I Muraca G, Cundiff GW, Joseph KS. Temporal trends in obstetric trauma and inpatient surgery for pelvic organ prolapse: An age-period-cohort analysis. Am J Obstet Gynecol. Epub ahead of print 2016 Feb 17. pii: S0002-9378(16)00315-X. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2016.02.027. PMID: 26899905.

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  • Dodek P, Wong H: Early veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is associated with lower mortality in patients who have severe hypoxemic respiratory failure: A retrospective multicenter cohort study

    April 12, 2016

    Kanji HD, McCallum J, Norena M, Wong H, Griesdale DE, Reynolds S, Isac G, Sirounis D, Gunning D, Finlayson G, Dodek P. Early veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is associated with lower mortality in patients who have severe hypoxemic respiratory failure: A retrospective multicenter cohort study. J Crit Care. Epub ahead of print 2016 Jan 13. pii: S0883-9441(16)00011-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2016.01.010. PMID: 26971033.

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  • Dodek PM: Stress ulcer prophylaxis in critical illness: A Canadian survey

    April 12, 2016

    Shears M, Alhazzani W, Marshall JC, Muscedere J, Hall R, English SW, Dodek PM, Lauzier F, Kanji S, Duffett M, Barletta J, Alshahrani M, Arabi Y, Deane A, Cook DJ. Stress ulcer prophylaxis in critical illness: A Canadian survey. Can J Anaesth. Epub ahead of print 2016 Feb 24. PMID: 26911559.

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  • Gadermann A: Associations of teacher-rated social, emotional, and cognitive development in kindergarten

    April 12, 2016

    Guhn M, Gadermann AM, Almas A, Schonert-Reichl KA, Hertzman C. Associations of teacher-rated social, emotional, and cognitive development in kindergarten to self-reported wellbeing, peer relations, and academic test scores in middle childhood. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. Epub 2016 Jan 29; 35:76–84. doi: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2015.12.027.

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  • Gill John, Gill Jag: Timing of pregnancy after kidney transplantation and risk of allograft failure

    April 12, 2016

    Rose C, Gill J, Zalunardo N, Johnston O, Mehrotra A, Gill JS. Timing of pregnancy after kidney transplantation and risk of allograft failure. Am J Transplant. Epub ahead of print 2016 Mar 4. doi: 10.1111/ajt.13773. PMID: 26946063.

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