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  • Karim ME: estimating inverse probability weights

    June 13, 2017

    Karim ME, Platt RW; BeAMS study group. Estimating inverse probability weights using super learner when weight-model specification is unknown in a marginal structural Cox model context. Stat Med. 2017 Jun 15;36(13):2032-2047. doi: 10.1002/sim.7266. Epub 2017 Feb 20.

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  • Dodek PM: A clinical prediction tool for hospital mortality

    February 3, 2017

    Ball IM, Bagshaw SM, Burns KEA, Cook DJ, Day AG, Dodek PM, Kutsogiannis DJ, Mehta S, Muscedere JG, Stelfox HT, Turgeon AF, Wells GA, Stiell IG. A clinical prediction tool for hospital mortality in critically ill elderly patients. J Crit Care. 2016 Oct;35:206-12. Epub 2016 Jun 7. doi:10.1016/j.jcrc.2016.05.026.

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  • Strehlau, Schütz, Krausz: chronic pain in homeless w/ mental illness

    February 9, 2017

    Vogel M, Frank A, Choi F, Strehlau V, Nikoo N, Nikoo M, Hwang SW, Somers J, Krausz MR, Schütz CG. Chronic pain among homeless persons with mental illness. Pain Med. 2017 Feb 8 epub ahead of print. doi: 10.1093/pm/pnw324.

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  • Oviedo-Joekes: patient-cantered addictions treatment

    June 13, 2017

    Marchand K, Oviedo-Joekes E. Prioritizing the patient in patient-centered addictions treatment. Addiction. 2017 Mar;112(3):466-7. doi: 10.1111/add.13680.

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  • Sutherland JM: SNOT-22 and EQ-5D-3L

    June 13, 2017

    Crump RT, Lai E, Liu G, Janjua A, Sutherland JM. Establishing utility values for the 22-item Sino-Nasal Outcome Test (SNOT-22) using a crosswalk to the EuroQol-five-dimensional questionnaire-three-level version (EQ-5D-3L). Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2017 May;7(5):480-487. doi: 10.1002/alr.21917. Epub 2017 Feb 9.

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  • Khan N: Standardized performance indicators in hypertension

    June 13, 2017

    Campbell N, Ordunez P, Jaffe MG, Orias M, DiPette DJ, Patel P, Khan N, Onuma O, Lackland DT. Implementing standardized performance indicators to improve hypertension control at both the population and healthcare organization levels. J Clin Hypertens. 2017 May;19(5):456-461. doi: 10.1111/jch.12980. Epub 2017 Feb 13.

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  • Wong H: Total Ankle Arthroplasty Implants

    February 15, 2017

    Lefrancois T, Younger A, Wing K, Penner MJ, Dryden P, Wong H, Daniels T, Glazebrook M. A prospective study of four total ankle arthroplasty implants by non-designer investigators. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2017 Feb 15;99(4):342-8. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.16.00097.

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  • Krausz M: The Hotel Study

    June 13, 2017

    Honer WG, Cervantes-Larios A, Jones AA, Vila-Rodriguez F, Montaner JS, Tran H, Nham J, Panenka WJ, Lang DJ, Thornton AE, Vertinsky T, Barr AM, Procyshyn RM, Smith GN, Buchanan T, Krajden M, Krausz M, MacEwan GW, Gicas KM, Leonova O, Langheimer V, Rauscher A, Schultz K. The Hotel Study—Clinical and health service effectiveness in a cohort of homeless or marginally housed persons. Can J Psychiatry. 2017 Feb 15 epub ahead of print. doi: 10.1177/0706743717693781.

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  • Geller J: Social support in adults with eating disorders

    June 13, 2017

    Geller J, Iyar M, Srikameswaran S, Zelichowska J, Dunn EC. Social support satisfaction in adults with eating disorders: Does stance matter? Int J Eat Disord. 2017 Feb 15 epub ahead of print. doi: 10.1002/eat.22695.

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  • Lynd LD: Statins in COPD

    February 17, 2017

    Raymakers AJ, Sadatsafavi M, Sin DD, De Vera MA, Lynd LD. The impact of statin use on all-cause mortality in patients with COPD: a population based cohort study. Chest. 2017 Feb 12 epub ahead of print. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2017.02.002.

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  • Gill JS: Clinical trials for immunosuppression in transplantation

    February 17, 2017

    O’Connell PJ, Kuypers D, Mannon RR, Abecassis M, Chadban S, Gill JS, Murphy B, Nickerson PW, Schold JD, Stock P, Seron D, Alloway R, Bromberg J, Budde K, Jordan S, Legendre C, Lefaucheur C, Sarwall M, Segev D, Stegall MD, Tullius SG, Wong G, Woodle ES, Ascher N, Morris RE. Clinical trials for immunosuppression in transplantation; the case for reform and change in direction. Transplantation. 2017 Feb 15 epub ahead of print. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000001648.

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  • Singer J: The cost implications of less tight versus tight

    February 18, 2017

    Ahmed RJ, Gafni A, Hutton EK, Hu ZJ, Pullenayegum E, Dadelszen von P, Rey E, Ross S, Asztalos E, Murphy KE, Menzies J, Sanchez JJ, Ganzevoort W, Helewa M, Lee SK, Lee T, Logan AG, Moutquin J-M, Singer J, Thornton JG, Welch R, Magee LA. The cost implications of less tight versus tight control of hypertension in pregnancy (CHIPS Trial). Hypertension. 2016 Oct;68(4):1049-1055. doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.116.07466. Epub 2016 Aug 22.

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