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  • Establishing a common definition for care provided by hospice societies in British Columbia, Canada: a Delphi process

    February 19, 2025

    End-of-life Care

    Anderson S, Carter RZ, Roberts D, Thomas P, Hassan E.

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  • Online physical activity resources for individuals with rheumatoid arthritis: an environmental scan and quality appraisal

    February 20, 2025

    Remote Care & Digital Tools

    Ester M, Zafar S, Dhiman K, Graveline C, McKinnon A, Hoens A, Barber C.

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  • The impact of eliminating out-of-pocket payments for medicines on low-income households: a controlled interrupted time series analysis using linked administrative data from British Columbia

    Sharma K, Cheng L, Dormuth CR, McGrail KM, Vera MAD, Clement F, McCracken RK, Mamdani M, Law MR.

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  • Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients with Cardiogenic Shock and Clinically Significant Valvular Heart Disease: From the Critical Care Cardiology Trials Network

    Carnicelli AP, Miller PE, Berg DD, Aliyev N, Alviar CL, Bohula EA, Chaudhry S-P, Chonde M, Chow C, Cooper HA, Daniels LB, Fordyce CB, Ghafghazi S, Goldfarb MJ, Gorder KL, Hamilton MM, Keane RR, Kontos MC, Kusner JJ, Leibner E, Loriaux DB, Menon V, Nair RM, Newby LK, Oduah M-T, Palazzolo MG, Patolia H, Pierce JB, Pierce MJ, Potter BJ, Proudfoot A, Roswell RO, Schnell G, Shaw J, Sidhu K, Sinha SS, Varshney AS, Katz JN, Diepen S van, Morrow DA.

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  • Comfort in Providing Care and Associations With Attitudes Towards Substance Use: A Survey of Mental Health Clinicians at an Urban Hospital in Vancouver, Canada

    Russolillo A, Davies M, Carter M, Goodyear T, Jenkins E.

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  • Efficacy and safety of intravenous nerinetide initiated by paramedics in the field for acute cerebral ischaemia within 3 h of symptom onset (FRONTIER): a phase 2, multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

    Christenson J, Hill MD, Swartz RH, Adams C, Benavente O, Casaubon LK, Cheskes S, Ganesh A, Garman JD, Harris C, Harris DR, Heard K, Jenneson S, Kohli Y, Leroux M, Mayor-Nunez D, Medvedev G, Mehdiratta M, Morrison LJ, Ospel JM, Pennington S, Perez Y, Selchen D, Stebner A, Tallon J, Tkach A, Verbeek PR, Tymianski M

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  • Patient Perceptions of Medication Therapy for Prevention of Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury: A Qualitative Content Analysis

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  • Safety and efficacy of nerinetide in patients with acute ischaemic stroke enrolled in the early window: a post-hoc meta-analysis of individual patient data from three randomised trials

    Tymianski M, Hill MD, Goyal M, Christenson J, Menon BK, Swartz RH, Adams C, Heard K, Kohli Y, ESCAPE-NA1, ESCAPE-NEXT, Investigators F.

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  • Occupational asbestos exposure and gastrointestinal cancers: systematic review and meta-analyses

    February 12, 2025

    Oncology

    Koehoorn M, McLeod CB, Fan J, Arrandale VH, Davies HW, Dement JM, Pahwa M, Peters CE, Stayner L, Straif K, Demers PA

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  • Maternal age at first birth and uterine cancer risk: A comprehensive analysis using NHANES data (2003-2018)

    February 10, 2025

    Reproductive & Maternal Health

    Marozoff S, Karim ME, Asamoah-Boaheng M, Dummer TJB.

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  • Global availability of medications and health technologies for kidney care: A multinational study from the ISN-GKHA

    February 10, 2025

    Nephrology

    Kelly DM, Jones ESW, Barday Z, Arruebo S, Caskey FJ, Damster S, Donner J-A, Jha V, Levin A, Nangaku M, Saad S, Tonelli M, Ye F, Okpechi IG, Bello AK, Johnson DW.

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  • Barriers to 12-month treatment of common anxiety, mood, and substance use disorders in the World Mental Health (WMH) surveys

    Viana MC, Kazdin AE, Harris MG, Stein DJ, Vigo DV, Hwang I, Manoukian SM, Sampson NA, Alonso J, Andrade LH, Borges G, Bunting B, Caldas-de-Almeida JM, Girolamo G de, Jonge P de, Gureje O, Haro JM, Karam EG, Kovess-Masfety V, Moskalewicz J, Navarro-Mateu F, Nishi D, Piazza M, Posada-Villa J, collaborators WMHS.

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