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  • Current opinions on DGF management practices: A survey of the United States and Canada

    Clin Transplant

    February 27, 2023

    Nephrology
    Organ Transplant

    Jadlowiec CC, Hippen B, Gill J, Heilman R, Stewart D, Reddy KS, Mohan S, Wiseman A, Cooper M

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  • Oncological Outcomes of Transanal Endoscopic Surgery for the Surgical Management of T2 and T3 Rectal Cancer

    Dis Colon Rectum

    March 6, 2023

    Cancer
    Surgery & Procedures

    Johnson GGRJ, Robertson RL, Vergis A, Raval M, Phang T, Karimuddin A, Brown C

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  • Determining the Optimal SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine Dosing Interval for Maximum Immunogenicity

    Cureus

    January 31, 2023

    COVID-19
    Public Health
    Vaccines

    Asamoah-Boaheng M, Goldfarb D, Prusinkiewicz MA, Golding L, Karim ME, Barakauskas V, Wall N, Jassem AN, Marquez AC, MacDonald C, O’Brien SF, Lavoie P, Grunau B

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  • Decisional Needs and Patient Treatment Preferences for Heart Failure Medications: A Scoping Review

    MacDonald BJ, Barry AR, Turgeon RD

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  • Exploring nursing home resident and their care partner priorities for care using the Action-Project Method

    Gruneir A, Hoben M, Easterbrook A, Jensen C, Buencamino M, Tompalski J, Chamberlain SA, Ekhlas S, Bever G, Murphy R, Estabrooks CA, Keefe J, Marshall S

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  • Disparities in Deceased Donor Kidney Offer Acceptance: A Survey of Canadian Transplant Nephrologists, General Surgeons and Urologists

    Can J Kidney Health Dis

    February 23, 2023

    Nephrology
    Organ Transplant

    Vinson AJ, Cardinal H, Parsons C, Tennankore KK, Mainra R, Maru K, Treleaven D, Gill J

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  • Uptake of Mpox vaccination among transgender people and gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men among sexually-transmitted infection clinic clients in Vancouver, British Columbia

    Gilbert M, Ablona A, Chang H-J, Grennan T, Irvine MA, Racey CS, Salway T, Naus M, Dawar M, Ogilvie G

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  • Preferences of Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease for Invasive Versus Conservative Treatment of Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Discrete Choice Experiment

    Wilson TA, Hazlewood GS, Sajobi TT, Wilton SB, Pearson WE, Connolly C, Javaheri PA, Finlay JL, Levin A, Graham MM, Tonelli M, James MT

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  • Variability in Nonvitamin K Oral Anticoagulant Dose Eligibility and Adjustment According to Renal Formulae and Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation With and Without Chronic Kidney Disease: Insights From ORBIT-AF II

    Yao RJR, Holmes DN, Andrade JG, Levin A, Piccini JP, Fordyce CB

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  • Addressing sex-based disparities in solid organ transplantation in the United States – a conference report

    Sawinski D, Lai JC, Pinney S, Gray AL, Jackson AM, Stewart D, Levine DJ, Locke JE, Pomposelli JJ, Hartwig MG, Hall SA, Dadhania DM, Cogswell R, Perez RV, Schold JD, Turgeon NA, Kobashigawa J, Kukreja J, Magee JC, Friedewald J, Gill JS, Loor G, Heimbach JK, Verna EC, Walsh MN, Terrault N, Testa G, Diamond JM, Reese PP, Brown K, Orloff S, Farr MA, Olthoff KM, Siegler M, Ascher N, Feng S, Kaplan B, Pomfret E

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  • Feasibility, safety, and acceptability of intranasal heroin-assisted treatment in Switzerland: protocol for a prospective multicentre observational cohort study

    Westenberg JN, Meyer M, Strasser J, Krausz M, Dürsteler KM, Falcato L, Vogel M

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  • Moral Orientation, Moral Decision-Making, and Moral Distress Among Critical Care Physicians: A Qualitative Study

    Piquette D, Burns KEA, Carnevale F, Sarti AJ, Hamilton M, Dodek PM

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