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  • Beaulieu MC: Arteriovenous fistula in advanced age

    July 24, 2017

    Beaulieu MC, Dumaine CS, Romann A, Kiaii M. Advanced age is not a barrier to creating a functional arteriovenous fistula: A retrospective study. J Vasc Access. 2017 Apr 24 epub ahead of print.

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  • Grunau B: CPR guideline compliance

    May 15, 2017

    Cheskes S, Schmicker RH, Rea T, Morrison LJ, Grunau B, Drennan IR, Leroux B, Vaillancourt C, Schmidt TA, Koller AC, Kudenchuk P, Aufderheide TP, Herren H, Flickinger KH, Charleston M, Straight R, Christenson J, ROC Investigators. The association between AHA CPR quality guideline compliance and clinical outcomes from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation. 2017 May 2 epub ahead of print. doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2017.05.003.

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  • Sutherland JM: Administrative data for hip fracture complications

    July 24, 2017

    Griesdale D, Jaglal S, Bohm E, Sutherland JM, Beaupre L, Canadian Collaborative Study on Hip Fractures. Feasibility of administrative data for studying complications after hip fracture surgery. BMJ Open. 2017 May 4;7(4):e015368.

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  • Singer J: MRI in Knee Osteoarthritis

    July 24, 2017

    Sayre EC, Guermazi A, Esdaile JM, Kopec JA, Singer J, Thorne A, Nicolaou S, Cibere J. Associations between MRI features versus knee pain severity and progression: Data from the Vancouver Longitudinal Study of Early Knee Osteoarthritis. PLoS ONE. 2017 May 4;12(5):e0176833.

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  • Ayas NT: 100 years of sleep disordered breathing

    May 15, 2017

    Ayas NT, Bhattacharjee R, Pack AI. AJRCCM: 100-year anniversary. Sleep-disordered breathing: still the new kid on the block. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2017 May 1;195(9):1107-11. doi:10.1164/rccm.201701-0199ED.

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  • Humphries KH: Atrial Fibrillation

    June 13, 2017

    Padfield GJ, Steinberg C, Swampillai J, Qian H, Connolly SJ, Dorian P, Green MS, Humphries KH, Klein GJ, Sheldon R, Talajic M, Kerr CR. Progression of paroxysmal to persistent atrial fibrillation: Canadian Registry of Atrial Fibrillation 10-Year follow up. Heart Rhythm. 2017 Jun;14(6):801-807. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2017.01.038. Epub 2017 Feb 21.

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  • Levin A: In reply — Survivors of Acute Kidney Injury

    June 13, 2017

    Sawhney S, Levin A, Black C. In reply to ‘Long-term Outcomes of Survivors of Acute Kidney Injury Stage 3’. Am J Kidney Dis. 2017 May;69(5):705-706. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2016.12.014. Epub 2017 Feb 23.

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  • Levin A: Ethical issues in dialysis therapy

    June 13, 2017

    Jha V, Martin DE, Bargman JM, Davies S, Feehally J, Finkelstein F, Harris D, Misra M, Remuzzi G, Levin A; International Society of Nephrology Ethical Dialysis Task Force. Ethical issues in dialysis therapy. 2017 May 6;389(10081):1851-1856. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)32408-4. Epub 2017 Feb 24.

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  • Palepu A: incarceration and housing stability

    July 24, 2017

    To MJ, Palepu A, Matheson FI, Ecker J, Farrell S, Hwang SW, Werb D. The effect of incarceration on housing stability among homeless and vulnerably housed individuals in three Canadian cities: A prospective cohort study. Can J Public Health. 2017 Mar 1;107(6):e550-5.

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  • Lynd L: Pediatric emergency care in Rwanda

    July 24, 2017

    Hategeka C, Shoveller J, Tuyisenge L, Kenyon C, Cechetto DF, Lynd LD. Pediatric emergency care capacity in a low-resource setting: An assessment of district hospitals in Rwanda. PLoS One. 2017 Mar 3;12(3):e0173233.

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  • Levin A: KRESCENT Program

    June 13, 2017

    Burns KD, Levin A, Fowler E, Butcher L, Turcotte M, Makarchuk M-J, Macaluso B, Larivière V, Sherman PM. The KRESCENT Program (2005-2015): An evaluation of the state of kidney research training in Canada. Can J Kidney Health Dis. 2017 Feb 16;4:1-9. doi: 10.1177/2054358117693354

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  • Beaulieu M: KT and dialysis initiation

    March 10, 2017

    Chau EMT, Manns BJ, Garg AX, Sood MM, Kim SJ, Naimark D, Nesrallah GE, Soroka SD, Beaulieu M, Dixon S, Alam A, Tangri N, Canadian Kidney Knowledge Translation and Generation Network (CANN-NET). Knowledge translation interventions to improve the timing of dialysis initiation: Protocol for a cluster randomized trial. Can Journal Kidney Health Dis. 2016 Sep 14;3:1-11.

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