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  • Dodek PM: Causes of moral distress

    February 18, 2017

    Henrich NJ, Dodek PM, Alden L, Keenan SP, Reynolds S, Rodney P. Causes of moral distress in the intensive care unit: A qualitative study. J Crit Care. 2016 Oct;35:57-62. doi:10.1016/j.jcrc.2016.04.033. Epub 2016 May 12.

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  • Bansback N: Using discrete choice experiments

    February 21, 2017

    Mulhern B, Bansback N, Hole AR, Tsuchiya A. Using discrete choice experiments with duration to model EQ-5D-5L health state preferences: Testing experimental design strategies. Med Decis Making. 2016 Sep 28 epub ahead of print. doi:10.1177/0272989X16670616.

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  • Ayas NT: Will this hemodynamically unstable patient

    February 21, 2017

    Bentzer P, Griesdale DE, Boyd J, MacLean K, Sirounis D, Ayas NT. Will this hemodynamically unstable patient respond to a bolus of intravenous fluids? JAMA. 2016 Sep 27;316(12):1298-309. doi:10.1001/jama.2016.12310.

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  • Sutherland JM: Paying for volume

    February 21, 2017

    Sutherland JM, Liu G, Crump RT, Law M. Paying for volume: British Columbia’s experiment with funding hospitals based on activity. Health Policy. 2016 Nov;120(11):1322-8. doi:10.1016/j.healthpol.2016.09.010. Epub 2016 Sep 24.

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  • Khan N: who to handover: A case-control study

    February 21, 2017

    Bittman J, Tam P, Little C, Khan N. Who to handover: A case-control study of a novel scoring system to prioritise handover of internal medicine inpatients. Postgrad Med J. 2016 Sep 21 epub ahead of print. doi:10.1136/postgradmedj-2016-133999.

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  • Ayas NT: Cardiovascular consequences

    February 21, 2017

    Ayas NT, Taylor CM, Laher I. Cardiovascular consequences of obstructive sleep apnea. Curr Opin Cardiol. 2016 Nov;31(6):59-605. doi:10.1097/HCO.0000000000000329.

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  • Lea J, Westerberg BD: Mental practice in postgraduate training

    February 21, 2017

    Conlin A, Lea J, Bance M, Chadha N, Kilty S, Kozak F, Savage J, Sidhu R, Chen J, Westerberg BD. Mental practice in postgraduate training: a randomized controlled trial in mastoidectomy skills. J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2016 Sep 15;45(1):46. doi:10.1186/s40463-016-0162-2.

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  • Puyat JH, Wong H: Is the road to mental health

    February 21, 2017

    Puyat JH, Kazanjian A, Wong H, Goldner EM. Is the road to mental health paved with good incentives? Estimating the population impact of physician incentives on mental health care using linked administrative data. Med Care. 2017 Feb;55(2):182-90. doi:10.1097/MLR.0000000000000639.

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  • Singer J: The CHIPS randomized controlled trial

    February 21, 2017

    Magee LA, Dadelszen von P, Singer J, Lee T, Rey E, Ross S, Asztalos E, Murphy KE, Menzies J, Sanchez J, Gafni A, Helewa M, Hutton E, Koren G, Lee SK, Logan AG, Ganzevoort W, Welch R, Thornton JG, Moutquin J-M, CHIPS Study Group. The CHIPS randomized controlled trial (Control of Hypertension in Pregnancy Study): Is severe hypertension just an elevated blood pressure? Hypertension. 2016 Nov;68(5):1153-9. Epub 2016 Sep 12. doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.116.07862.

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  • Krausz M: Tincture of opium for treating opioid dependence

    March 31, 2017

    Nikoo M, Nikoo N, Javid S, Amiri A, Vogel M, Choi F, Sepehry AA, Bagheri Valoojerdi AH, Jang K, Schütz C, Akhondzadeh S, Krausz M. Tincture of opium for treating opioid dependence: A systematic review of safety and efficacy. Addiction. 2017 Mar;112(3):415-429. doi:10.1111/add.13628. Epub 2016 Dec 13.

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  • Wong H: Trajectories of body mass index change

    January 28, 2017

    Hu C, Torres IJ, Qian H, Wong H, Halli P, Dhanoa T, Ahn S, Wang G, Bond DJ, Lam RW, Yatham LN. Trajectories of body mass index change in first episode of mania: 3-year data from the Systematic Treatment Optimization Program for Early Mania (STOP-EM). J Affect Disord. 2017 Jan 15;208:291-7. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2016.08.048. Epub 2016 Oct 11.

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  • Bansback: Health literacy and logical inconsistencies

    January 30, 2017

    Al Sayah F, Johnson JA, Ohinmaa A, Xie F, Bansback N; Canadian EQ-5D-5L Valuation Study Group. Health literacy and logical inconsistencies in valuations of hypothetical health states: results from the Canadian EQ-5D-5L valuation study. Qual Life Res. 2017 Jan 25 epub ahead of print. doi: 10.1007/s11136-016-1495-z.

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