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  • Evaluating the Role of High-Dimensional Proxy Data in Confounding Adjustment in Multiple Sclerosis Research: A Case Study

    Karim ME, Hossain MdB, Ng HS, Zhu F, Frank HA, Tremlett H

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  • How integrated knowledge translation worked to reduce federal policy barriers to the implementation of medication abortion in Canada: a realist evaluation

    Munro S, Wahl K, Dunn S, Devane C, Li LC, Norman WV.

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  • Pregnancy Outcomes of Targeted Synthetic Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs Among Patients with Autoimmune Diseases: A Scoping Review

    Cheng V, Amiri N, Cheng V, Ellis U, Cragg JJ, Harrison M, Proulx L, Vera MAD

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  • Primary Cesarean delivery and future risk of maternal autoimmune disease: A population-based cohort study

    Scime NV, Grandi SM, Vera MAD, Dennis C-L, Boblitz A, Brown HK.

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  • Association between emergency medical services’ response times, low socioeconomic status, and poorer outcomes in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: the MEDIC multicenter retrospective cohort study for disparities in access to prehospital critical care in the Paris metropolitan area

    Heidet M, Frattini B, Jost D, Mermet É, Bougouin W, Lesaffre X, Wohl M, Marijon E, Cariou A, Jouven X, Dumas F, Lecarpentier É, Chollet-Xémard C, Vaux J, Khellaf M, Souihi S, Vivien B, Sinden S, Grunau B, Travers S, Audureau É. 

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  • Prevalence, aetiology, and hospital outcomes of paediatric acute critical illness in resource-constrained settings (Global PARITY): a multicentre, international, point prevalence and prospective cohort study

    February 1, 2025

    Paediatrics

    Kortz TB, Holloway A, Agulnik A, He D, Rivera SG, Abbas Q, Appiah JA, Arias AV, Attebery J, Camacho-Cruz J, Caporal P, Rodrigues KE de S, Fink E, Kissoon N, Lee JH, López-Barón E, Murthy S, Muttalib F, Nielsen K, Remy K, Sakaan F, Arnim A von SA, Rodrigues AT, Blackwelder W, Wiens MO, Bhutta A, Network GPIGHS of the PALI and SI (PALISI).

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  • Cardioverter-Defibrillator Implantation as a Risk Factor For Motor Vehicle Crash

    Staples JA, Daly-Grafstein D, Robinson I, Khan M, Hawkins NM, Chan H, Erdelyi S, Steinberg C, Maclure KM, Krahn AD, Brubacher JR.

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  • Patient perceptions of persistent symptoms after mild traumatic brain injury and their influence on mental health treatment-seeking: a grounded theory study

    January 29, 2025

    Neurology

    Otamendi T, Sanghera SK, Mortenson WB, Li LC, Silverberg ND.

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  • Power assist add-ons for adult manual wheelchair users: A scoping review

    January 27, 2025

    Atoyebi O, Wister A, Mattie J, Beadle J, Gutman G, Chaudhury H, Sparrey CJ, Jones OY, Mortenson WB, O’Dea E, Hosseini SH, Borisoff J. 

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  • Association between prescribed stimulant medications and overdose among individuals receiving opioid agonist therapy: A retrospective cohort study from British Columbia, Canada

    January 28, 2025

    Substance Use & Addictions

    Young S, Fairbairn N, Cui Z, Bach P, Mok WY, Budau J, Slaunwhite A, Ti L, Hayashi K, Nolan S.

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  • Symptoms, Symptom Profiles, and Healthcare Utilization in Patients with Hematologic Malignancies: A Retrospective Observational Cohort Study and Latent Class Analysis

    Booker R, Sawatzky R, Sinnarajah A, Qi S, Link C, Watson L, Stajduhar K.

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  • Organisational factors associated with burnout among emergency and internal medicine physicians: a qualitative study

    Ghaseminejad F, Rich K, Rosenbaum D, Rydz E, Chow L, Salmon A, Palepu A, Dodek P, Leitch HA, Townson A, Lacaille D, Varshney V, Stanger E, Khan N

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