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  • Lynd LD. Genomic testing to determine drug response: Measuring preferences of the public and patients using Discrete Choice Experiment (DCE).

    February 27, 2015

    Najafzadeh M, Johnston KM, Peacock SJ, Connors JM, Marra MA, Lynd LD, Marra CA. Genomic testing to determine drug response: Measuring preferences of the public and patients using Discrete Choice Experiment (DCE). BMC Health Serv Res. 2013 Oct 31;13:454. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-454. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 24176050.

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  • Dodek PM. Prediction scores do not correlate with clinically adjudicated categories of pulmonary embolism in critically ill patients.

    February 28, 2015

    Katsios C, Donadini M, Meade M, Mehta S, Hall R, Granton J, Kutsogiannis J, Dodek PM, Heels-Ansdell D, McIntyre L, Vlahakis N, Muscedere J, Friedrich J, Fowler R, Skrobik Y, Albert M, Cox M, Klinger J, Nates J, Bersten A, Doig C, Zytaruk N, Crowther M, Cook DJ. Prediction scores do not correlate with clinically adjudicated categories of pulmonary embolism in critically ill patients. Can Respir J. 2014 Jan-Feb;21(1):36-42. Epub 2013 Sep 30. PMID: 24083302.

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  • Cundiff GW. Clinical characteristics associated with unsuccessful pessary fitting outcomes.

    February 28, 2015

    Geoffrion R, Zhang T, Lee T, Cundiff GW. Clinical characteristics associated with unsuccessful pessary fitting outcomes. Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg. 2013 Nov-Dec;19(6):339-45. doi: 10.1097/SPV.0b013e3182a26174. PMID: 24165447.

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  • Singer J, Wong H. The role of physician assistants in paediatric emergency medicine: The physician’s view.

    February 28, 2015

    Doan Q, Piteau S, Sheps S, Singer J, Wong H, Johnson D, Kissoon N. The role of physician assistants in paediatric emergency medicine: The physician’s view. CJEM. 2013 Nov 1; 15(6):321–9. PMID: 24176455.

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  • Wong H, Singer J. Parents’ willingness to have their child receive care by physician assistants in a paediatric emergency department.

    February 28, 2015

    Doan Q, Sheps S, Wong H, Singer J, Johnson D, Kissoon N. Parents’ willingness to have their child receive care by physician assistants in a paediatric emergency department. CJEM. 2013 Nov 1; 15(6):330–6. PMID: 24176456.

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  • Lynd LD. Responsiveness of health state utility values in knee osteoarthritis.

    February 28, 2015

    Davis EM, Lynd LD, Grubisic M, Kopec JA, Sayre EC, Cibere J, Esdaile J, Marra CA. Responsiveness of health state utility values in knee osteoarthritis. J Rheumatol. 2013 Dec;40(12):2075-82. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.130176. Epub 2013 Nov 1. PMID: 24187098.

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  • Gill JS. The cost-effectiveness of using payment to increase living donor kidneys for transplantation.

    February 28, 2015

    Barnieh L, Gill JS, Klarenbach S, Manns BJ. The cost-effectiveness of using payment to increase living donor kidneys for transplantation. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2013 Dec;8(12):2165-73. doi: 10.2215/CJN.03350313. Epub 2013 Oct 24. PMID: 24158797.

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  • Barbour S. Short-term complications of membranous nephropathy.

    February 28, 2015

    Barbour S, Reich H, Cattran D. Short-term complications of membranous nephropathy. Contrib Nephrol. 2013;181:143-51. doi: 10.1159/000349976. Epub 2013 May 8. PMID: 23689576

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  • Barbour S, Beaulieu M, Gill J, Levin A. An overview of the British Columbia Glomerulonephritis Network and registry: Integrating knowledge generation and translation within a single framework.

    February 28, 2015

    Barbour S, Beaulieu M, Gill J, Djurdjev O, Reich H, Levin A. An overview of the British Columbia Glomerulonephritis Network and registry: Integrating knowledge generation and translation within a single framework. BMC Nephrol. 2013 Oct 29;14:236. doi: 10.1186/1471-2369-14-236. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 24168011

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  • Bansback NJ, Anis AH. Cost-effectiveness of newer antiretroviral drugs in treatment-experienced patients with multi drug resistant HIV disease.

    February 28, 2015

    Bayoumi AM, Barnett PG, Joyce VR, Griffin SC, Sun H, Bansback NJ, Holodniy M, Sanders G, Brown ST, Kyriakides TC, Angus B, Cameron DW, Anis AH, Sculpher M, Owens DK. Cost-effectiveness of newer antiretroviral drugs in treatment-experienced patients with multi drug resistant HIV disease. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2013 Dec 1;64(4):382-91. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000002.. PMID: 24129369.

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  • Richardson C. Interventions to prevent the initiation of injection drug use: A systematic review.

    March 3, 2015

    Werb D, Buxton J, Shoveller J, Richardson C, Rowell G, Wood E. Interventions to prevent the initiation of injection drug use: A systematic review. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2013 Dec 1;133(2):669-76. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.08.017. Epub 2013 Sep 2. PMID: 24055187

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  • Koehoorn M. Anthropometry-corrected exposure modeling as a method to improve trunk posture assessment with a single inclinometer.

    March 3, 2015

    Van Driel R, Trask C, Johnson PW, Callaghan JP, Koehoorn M, Teschke K. Anthropometry-corrected exposure modeling as a method to improve trunk posture assessment with a single inclinometer. J Occup Environ Hyg. 2013; 10(3):143–54. doi: 10.1080/15459624.2012.757479. PMID: 23351120

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