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  • Experiences with thermal ablation for cervical pre-cancer treatment after self-collection HPV-based screening in the ASPIRE Mayuge randomized trial

    Gottschlich A, Payne BA, Trawin J, Albert A, Jeronimo J, Mitchell-Foster S, Mithani N, Namugosa R, Naguti P, Orem J, Rawat A, Simelela PN, Singer J, Smith LW, van Niekerk D, Nakisige C, Ogilvie G

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  • Evaluation of a new performance-based health literacy measurement tool for individuals with chronic airways diseases

    Respir Care

    November 21, 2022

    Chronic Conditions
    Global Health
    Measurement

    Poureslami I, Hohn R, Kopec JA, Sawatzky R, Aaron SD, Gupta S, Goldstein R, Boulet LP, Tregobov N, Shum J; on behalf of the Canadian Airways Health Literacy Study Group and in honour of the late Dr. J. Mark FitzGerald (JMF)

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  • Using Rasch measurement theory to explore the fitness for purpose of the genetic counseling outcome scale: a tale of two scales

    Borle K, Austin J, Barbic S

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  • Chronic hepatitis C infection is associated with higher incidence of extrahepatic cancers in a Canadian population based cohort

    Front Oncol

    October 13, 2022

    Epidemiology
    Infectious Disease & STBBIs
    Oncology

    Darvishian M, Tang T, Wong S, Binka M, Yu A, Alvarez M, García HAV, Adu PA, Jeong D, Bartlett S, Karamouzian M, Makuza JD, Wong J, Ramji A, Woods R, Krajden M, Janjua N, Bhatti P

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  • Differences in Modified-Return-to-Work by Immigration Characteristics Among a Cohort of Workers in British Columbia, Canada

    J Occup Rehabil

    October 29, 2022

    Work & Productivity

    Senthanar S, Koehoorn M, Tamburic L, Premji S, Bültmann U, McLeod CB

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  • Association between location of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, on-scene socioeconomic status, and accessibility to public automated defibrillators in two large metropolitan areas in Canada and France

    Heidet M, Freyssenge J, Claustre C, Deakin J, Helmer J, Thomas-Lamotte B, Wohl M, Liang LD, Hubert H, Baert V, Vilhelm C, Fraticelli L, Mermet É, Benhamed A, Revaux F, Lecarpentier É, Debaty G, Tazarourte K, Cheskes S, Christenson J, Khoury CE, Grunau B; on behalf of the RéAC, CanROC, ReACanROC investigators

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  • Bayesian analysis of amiodarone or lidocaine versus placebo for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

    Lane DJ, Grunau B, Kudenchuk P, Dorian P, Wang HE, Daya MR, Lupton J, Vaillancourt C, Okubo M, Davis D, Rea T, Yannopoulos D, Christenson J, Scheuermeyer F

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  • The Living Kidney Donor Safety Study: Protocol of a Prospective Cohort Study

    Can J Kidney Health Dis

    October 28, 2022

    Hypertension
    Nephrology
    Organ Transplant

    Garg AX, Arnold JB, Cuerden M, Dipchand C, Feldman LS, Gill JS, Karpinski M, Klarenbach S, Knoll GA, Lok C, Miller M, Monroy-Cuadros M, Nguan C, Prasad GVR, Sontrop JM, Storsley L, Boudville N; for the Donor Nephrectomy Outcomes Research Network

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  • Disentangling Medicinal and Recreational cannabis Use Among People Living with HIV: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study

    Wardell JD, Rueda S, Fox N, Costiniuk CT, Jenabian MA, Margolese S, Mandarino E, Shuper P, Hendershot CS, Cunningham JA, Arbess G, Singer J

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  • Navigating Supported Employment and Education Services for Youths During COVID-19 and Severe Weather Events

    Kwan A, Conroy K, Barron K, Nandlall N, Iyer SN, Henderson JL, Barbic S

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  • Empagliflozin in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

    New Engl J Med

    November 4, 2022

    Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
    Nephrology

    The EMPA-KIDNEY Collaborative Group

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  • Progression of Atrial Fibrillation after Cryoablation or Drug Therapy

    Andrade JG, Deyell MW, Macle L, Wells GA, Bennett M, Essebag V, Champagne J, Roux JF, Yung D, Skanes A, Khaykin Y, Morillo C, Jolly U, Novak P, Lockwood E, Amit G, Angaran P, Sapp J, Wardell S, Lauck S, Cadrin-Tourigny J, Kochhäuser S, Verma A; for the EARLY-AF Investigators

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