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  • Cundiff GW: Mesh in POP surgery

    July 24, 2017

    Cundiff GW. Mesh in POP surgery should be based on the risk of the procedure, not the risk of recurrence. Int Urogynecol J. 2017 June 17.

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  • Bansback N: Patient decision aids for patients considering total joint replacement

    July 24, 2017

    Trenaman L, Stacey D, Bryan S, Taljaard M, Hawker G, Dervin G, Tugwell P, Bansback N. Patient decision aids for patients considering total joint replacement: A cost-effectiveness analysis alongside a randomised controlled trialOsteoarthritis Cartilage. 2017 Jun 14 epub ahead of print.

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  • Snow ME: Interactive logic models

    June 26, 2017

    Snow ME, Snow N. Interactive logic models: Using design and technology to explore the effects of dynamic situations on program logicEJA. 2017 Jun;17(2):20-28.

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  • Khan N: Ethno-cultural preferences

    July 24, 2017

    Singh P, Hayden KA, Ens T, Khan N, Quan H, Plested D, Sinclair S, King-Shier KM. Ethno-cultural preferences in receipt of heart health information. Am J Health Behav. 2017 Mar 1;41(2):114-26.

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  • Puyat JH, Wong H: Depression and comorbid conditions

    May 15, 2017

    Puyat JH, Kazanjian A, Wong H, Goldner E. Comorbid chronic general health conditions and depression care: A population-based analysis. Psychiatr Serv. 2017 May 1. doi:10.1176/appi.ps.201600309.

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  • Geller J: E-health and adolescent obesity

    July 24, 2017

    Tu AW, Watts AW, Chanoine J-P, Panagiotopoulos C, Geller J, Brant R, Barr SI, Masse L. Does parental and adolescent participation in an e-health lifestyle modification intervention improves weight outcomes? BMC Public Health. 2017 Apr 24;17(1):352.

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  • Zhang W, Anis AH: Price-caps in generic firms

    July 24, 2017

    Zhang W, Sun H, Guh D, Anis AH. The impact of price-cap regulations on market entry by generic pharmaceutical firms. Exp Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res. 2017 Apr;17(2):231-8.

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  • Levin A: Global Kidney Health 2017

    July 24, 2017

    Levin A, Tonelli M, Bonventre J, Coresh J, Donner JA, et al. Global kidney health 2017 and beyond: a roadmap for closing gaps in care, research, and policy.  Lancet. 2017 Apr 20 epub ahead of print.

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  • Gill J, Rose C, Gill J: Cols ischemia time in kidney transplant

    May 15, 2017

    Gill J, Rose C, Joffres Y, Kadatz M, Gill J. Cold ischemia time up to 16 hours has little impact on living donor kidney transplant outcomes in the era of kidney paired donation. Kidney Int. 2017 Apr 19 epub ahead of print. doi:10.1016/j.kint.2017.01.032.

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  • Levin A: global kidney health care status

    July 24, 2017

    Bello AK, Levin A, Tonelli M, Okpechi IG, Feehally J, Harris D, Jindal K, Salako BL, Rateb A, Osman MA, Qarni B, Saad S, Lunney M, Wiebe N, Ye F, Johnson DW. Assessment of global kidney health care status. JAMA. 2017 May 9;317(18):1864-81.

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  • Levin A: post-discharge kidney function

    July 24, 2017

    Sawhney S, Marks A, Fluck N, Levin A, McLernon D, Prescott G, Black C. Post-discharge kidney function is associated with subsequent ten-year renal progression risk among survivors of acute kidney injury. Kidney Int. 2017 Apr 14 epub ahead of print.

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  • Gill JS: Beta-trace protein assays

    July 24, 2017

    White CA, Akbari A, Eckfeldt JH, Chakraborty D, McCudden C, Flemming JA, Lowe C, Labrecque P, Parent JL, Fergusson D, Gill JS, Knoll GA. β-Trace protein assays: A comparison between nephelometric and ELISA methodologies. Am J Kidney Dis. 2017 Apr 12 epub ahead of print.

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