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  • Establishing methodological standards for the development of artificial intelligence-based Clinical Decision Support in emergency medicine

    February 7, 2025

    Emergency Medicine

    Kareemi H, Li H, Rajaram A, Holodinsky JK, Hall JN, Grant L, Goel G, Hayward J, Mehta S, Ben-Yakov M, Pelletier EB, Scheuermeyer F, Ho K.

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  • Development and Validation of a Synoptic Operative Report as a Quality Indicator for Thyroid Surgery: A Canadian Study

    February 7, 2025

    Oncology
    Patient-Centred Care

    Watanabe A, Yao S, Prisman E, Groot G, Mitmaker E, Walker GR, Wu J, Pasternak J, Lai CK, Eskander A, Wasserman JD, Mercier F, Roth K, Gill S, Villamil C, Goldstein D, Munro V, Pathak A, Lee D, Nguyen A, Wiseman SM.

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  • Examining the Role of Race/Ethnicity and Sex in Modifying the Association Between Early Smoking Initiation and Mortality: A 20-Year NHANES Analysis

    February 4, 2025

    Data Linkage
    Sex and Gender

    Karim ME, Hossain MB, Zheng C (Astra)

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  • Health-related adverse work outcomes associated with post COVID-19 condition: a cross-sectional study

    February 6, 2025

    COVID-19

    Naik H, Zhu B, Er L, Sbihi H, Janjua NZ, Smith PM, Tran K, Levin A, Zhang W

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  • Folic acid supplementation in children with sickle cell disease: A randomized double-blind non-inferiority crossover trial Author links open overlay panel

    February 5, 2025

    Paediatrics

    Williams BA, McCartney H, Singer J, Devlin AM, Vercauteren S, Amid A, Wu JK, Karakochuk CD.

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  • Sports-Related Sudden Cardiac Arrest in Canada: Incidence and Survival

    Visanji M, Allan KS, Charette M, Grunau B, Roy C, Goldstein J, Choisi T, Montigny L de, Lin S, Brissaw J, Cameron-Dermann L, Donoghue M, Haines M, Hutton J, Nowroozpoor A, Olszynski P, Quinn R, Vaillancourt C, Carter A, Abawajy K, Lanteigne P-R, Dorian P

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  • Care partner experience with telepresence robots in long-term care during COVID-19 pandemic

    Hu G, Wong J, Ren LH, Kleiss S, Berndt A, Wong L, Hussein A, Ahmed N, Mann J, Hung L.

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  • Measuring Intra-Arrest Transport in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Methodological Study of Registry-Compatible Definitions

    Kreinbrook JA, Kimbrell JM, Rodriguez D, Stebel J, Rampersaud M, Kalosza B, Poke D, Shekhar AC, Miele A, Grunau B, Vega J.

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  • Incident prescriptions for common cardiovascular medications: comparison of recent versus pre-2020 medication adherence and discontinuation in three universal health care systems

    McNaughton CD, Austin PC, Jackevicius CA, Chu A, Holodinsky JK, Hill MD, Norris CM, Kumar M, Kamal N, Lee DS, Khan N, Vyas MV, Joundi RA, Kapral MK, Yu AYX.

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  • Effective Treatment for Mental and Substance Use Disorders in 21 Countries

    February 5, 2025

    Mental Health & Wellbeing

    Vigo DV, Stein DJ, Harris MG, Kazdin AE, Viana MC, Munthali R, Munro L, Hwang I, Kessler TL, Manoukian SM, Sampson NA, Kessler RC, Collaborators the WMHS.

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  • CT Honeycombing and Traction Bronchiectasis Extent Independently Predict Survival across Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Disease Subtypes

    February 4, 2025

    Modelling & Risk Prediction

    Marinescu D-C, Hague CJ, Muller NL, Murphy D, Churg A, Wright JL, Al-Arnawoot A, Bilawich A-M, Bourgouin P, Cox G, Durand C, Elliot T, Ellis J, Fisher JH, Fladeland D, Grant-Orser A, Goobie GC, Guenther Z, Haider E, Hambly N, Huynh J, Johannson KA, Karjala G, Khalil N, Kolb M, Lapointe-Shaw L, Leipsic J, Lok S, MacIsaac S, McInnis M, Manganas H, Marcoux V, Mayo J, Morisset J, Scallan C, Sedlic T, Shapera S, Sun K, Tan V, Wong AW, Zheng B, Ryerson CJ.

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  • Young researchers’ reflections on workshops with youth to develop research recruitment materials

    Khan Z, Seiyad H, Jacob K, Arhinson A, Williams A, Munro S.

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