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  • Integrating Palliative Care in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Qualitative Study Exploring Patient, Caregiver, and Clinician Perspectives.

    Oncol Nurs Forum

    April 21, 2023

    End-of-life Care
    Patient-Reported Outcomes

    Booker R, McLennan AIG, Beattie S, Stajduhar KI, Sawatzky R.

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  • Describing Natural History and Exploring Risk Factors for Kidney Function Decline in Persons With CKD of Uncertain Etiology in Sri Lanka

    Hewavitharana P, Schensul S, Lee E, Montez-Rath M, Senarathne S, Liu S, Harold K, Hewapathiranage S, Erandika N, Abeysundara HTK, Yu X, Bhalla V, Fire A, Levin A, Anand S, Vlahos P, Chandrajith R, Nanayakkara N.

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  • Temporal Changes in Quality Indicators in a Regional System of Care After Surgical and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

    CJC Open

    April 14, 2023

    Cardiology & Cardiovascular Disease

    Lauck SB, Yu M, Pu A, Virani S, Meier D, Akodad M, Sathananthan J, Chan AW, Price J, Wong D, Wood DA, Webb JG, Abel JG.

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  • Investigating the effect of early life antibiotic use on asthma and allergy risk in over 600 000 Canadian children: a protocol for a retrospective cohort study in British Columbia and Manitoba

    Lishman H, Nickel NC, Sbihi H, Xie M, Mamun A, Zhang BY, Rose C, Janssen P, Roberts A, Azad MB, Turvey S, Patrick DM.

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  • Causes, Consequences, and Treatments of Sleep and Circadian Disruption in the ICU: An Official American Thoracic Society Research Statement

    Am J Resp Crit Care

    April 1, 2023

    Sleep & Health

    Knauert MP, Ayas NT, Bosma KJ, Drouot X, Heavner MS, Owens RL, Watson PL, Wilcox ME, Anderson BJ, Cordoza ML, Devlin JW, Elliott R, Gehlbach BK, Girard TD, Kamdar BB, Korwin AS, Lusczek ER, Parthasarathy S, Spies C, Sunderram J, Telias I, Weinhouse GL, Zee PC

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  • “There’s nothing like a good crisis for innovation”: a qualitative study of family physicians’ experiences with virtual care during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Hedden L, Spencer S, Mathews M, Marshall EG, Lukewich J, Asghari S, Brown JB, Gill PS, Freeman TR, McCracken RK, Ryan BL, Vaughan C, Wong E, Buote R, Meredith L, Moritz L, Ryan D, McKay M, Schacter G.

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  • Guiding Principles for Implementing Stepped Care in Mental Health: Alignment on the Bigger Picture.

    Mughal S, Salmon A, Churchill A, Tee K, Jaouich A, Shah J.

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  • Shifts in Homecare Nursing Practices and Their Implications for Families and Clients Receiving Palliative Care at Home.

    Stajduhar K, Sawatzky R, Funk L, Cohen SR, Bitschy A, Donald E, Votova K.

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  • Workplace Predictors of Violence against Nurses Using Machine Learning Techniques: A Cross-Sectional Study Utilizing the National Standard of Psychological Workplace Health and Safety.

    Healthcare.

    April 1, 2023

    Clinician Health & Wellbeing

    Havaei F, Adhami N, Tang X, Boamah SA, Kaulius M, Gubskaya E, O’Donnell K.

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  • Quality improvement initiative to optimize heart failure treatment in patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices

    Salimian S, Deyell MW, Bennett MT, Laksman Z, Chakrabarti S, Krahn AD, Andrade JG, Hawkins NM

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  • Presentation and Outcomes of Patients With Preoperative Critical Illness Undergoing Cardiac Surgery

    Metkus TS, Alviar CL, Baird-Zars VM, Barsness GW, Berg DD, Bohula EA, Burke JA, Fordyce CB, Guo J, Katz JN, Keeley EC, Menon V, Miller PE, O’Brien CG, Sinha SS, So D, Ternus BW, Vadhar S, Diepen S van, Morrow DA

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