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  • Grafstein E. Assessment of consultation impact on emergency department operations through novel metrics of responsiveness and decision-making efficiency.

    January 22, 2016

    Lee PA, Rowe BH, Innes G, Grafstein E, Vilneff R, Wang D, van Rheenen S, Lang E. Assessment of consultation impact on emergency department operations through novel metrics of responsiveness and decision-making efficiency. CJEM. 2014 May 1; 16(3): 185–92. PMID 24852581.

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  • Humphries KH. The role of ethnicity in the deposition of body fat – Five-year results of the Multi-cultural Community Health Assessment Trial (M-CHAT).

    February 19, 2015

    Lear S, Park J, Gasevic D, Chackalingam A, Humphries KH. The role of ethnicity in the deposition of body fat – Five-year results of the Multi-cultural Community Health Assessment Trial (M-CHAT). Can J Diabetes. 2013 Apr; 37 Suppl 2:S244.

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  • Grunau BE. Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium – Amiodarone, Lidocaine or Placebo Study (ROC-ALPS): Rationale and methodology behind an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest antiarrhythmic drug trial.

    February 19, 2015

    Kudenchuck PJ, Brown SP, Daya M, Morrison LJ, Grunau BE, Rea T, Aufderheide T, Powell J, Leroux B, Vaillancourt C, Larsen J, Wittwer L, Colella MR, Stephens SW, Gamber M, Egan D, Dorian P; Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium Investigators. Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium – Amiodarone, Lidocaine or Placebo Study (ROC-ALPS): Rationale and methodology behind an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest antiarrhythmic drug trial. Am Heart J. 2014 May; 167(5): 653–9.e4. Epub 2014 Mar 1. PMID: 24766974.

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  • Shojania K. Trichodysplasia spinulosa: Rare presentation of polyomavirus infection in immunocompromised patients.

    February 19, 2015

    Kirchhof MG, Shojania K, Hull MW, Crawford RI, Au S. Trichodysplasia spinulosa: Rare presentation of polyomavirus infection in immunocompromised patients. J Cutan Med Surg. 2014 Nov; 18(6):430–5. PMID: 25348766

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  • Levin A. Effects of lowering LDL cholesterol on progression of kidney disease.

    February 19, 2015

    Landray MJ; for the SHARP Collaborative Group. Effects of lowering LDL cholesterol on progression of kidney disease. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2014 Aug;25(8):1825-33. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2013090965. Epub 2014 May 1. PMID: 24790178.

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  • Gill JS, Gill J. Differential association of body mass index with access to kidney transplantation in men and women.

    February 19, 2015

    Gill JS, Hendren E, Dong J, Johnston O, Gill J. Differential association of body mass index with access to kidney transplantation in men and women. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2014 May; 9(5): 951–9. Epub 2014 Apr 17. PMID: 24742478.

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  • Li, LC. Occupational physical loading tasks and knee osteoarthritis: A review of the evidence.

    February 19, 2015

    Ezzat AM, Li LC. Occupational physical loading tasks and knee osteoarthritis: A review of the evidence. Physiother Can. 2014 Winter; 66(1): 91–107. PMID: 24719516.

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  • Dodek P. Vital signs after cardiac arrest following withdrawl of life-sustaining therapy: A multicenter prospective observational study.

    February 19, 2015

    Dhanani S, Hornby L, Ward R, Baker A, Dodek P, Chamber-Evans J, Fowler R, Friedrich JO, Gow RM, Kutsogiannis DJ, McIntyre L, Momoli F, Morin K, Ramsay T, Scales D, Writer H, Yildirim S, Young B, Shemie S. Vital signs after cardiac arrest following withdrawl of life-sustaining therapy: A multicenter prospective observational study. Crit Care Med. 2014 May 7. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 24810533.

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  • Koehoorn M. Proximity to traffic, ambient air pollution, and community noise in relation to incident rheumatoid arthritis.

    February 19, 2015

    De Roos AJ, Koehoorn M, Tamburic L, Davies HW, Brauer M. Proximity to traffic, ambient air pollution, and community noise in relation to incident rheumatoid arthritis. Environ Health Perspect. 2014 Oct;122(10):1075-80. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1307413. Epub 2014 Jun 4. PMID: 24905961.

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  • Dodek P. Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in the critically ill: Interpreting the 4Ts test in a randomized trial.

    February 19, 2015

    Crowther M, Cook D, Guyatt G, Zytaruk N, McDonald E, Williamson D, Albert M, Dodek P, et al; PROTECT collaborators; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group; Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group. Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in the critically ill: Interpreting the 4Ts test in a randomized trial. J Crit Care. 2014 Jun; 29(3): 470.e7–15. PMID: 24726205.

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  • Schechter MT. Genotypic and functional impact of HIV-1 adaptation to its host population during the North American epidemic.

    February 19, 2015

    Cotton LA, Kuang XT, Le AQ, Carlson JM, Chan B, Chopera DR, Brumme CJ, Markle TJ, Martin E, Shahid A, Anmole G, Mwimanzi P, Nassab P, Penney KA, Rahman MA, Milloy MJ, Schechter MT, Markowitz M, Carrington M, Walker BD, Wagner T, Buchbinder S, Fuchs J, Koblin B, Mayer KH, Harrigan PR, Brockman MA, Poon AF, Brumme ZL. Genotypic and functional impact of HIV-1 adaptation to its host population during the North American epidemic. PLoS Genet. 2014 Apr 24; 10(4):e1004295. eCollection 2014. PMID: 24762668.

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  • Khan N. Primary care physician visits by patients with incident hypertension.

    February 20, 2015

    Clement FM, Chen G, Khan N, Tu K, Campbell NR, Smith M, Quan H, Hemmelgarn BR, McAlister FA; Hypertension Outcome and Surveillance Team. Primary care physician visits by patients with incident hypertension. Can J Cardiol. 2014 Jun; 30(6): 653–60. Epub 2014 Mar 31. PMID: 24882537.

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