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  • International Consensus on Evidence Gaps and Research Opportunities in Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation for Refractory Out‐of‐Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Report From the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Workshop

    Morrison LJ, Hunt EA, Grunau B, Aufderheide TP, Callaway C, Tonna JE, Sasson C, Blewer A, McNally BF, Yannopoulos D, Belohlavek J, Bartos J, Combes A, Idris A, Merchant RM, States L, Tinsley E, Wong R, Youngquist ST, Sopko G, Kern KB.

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  • Comparative effectiveness of methadone take-home dose initiation in British Columbia, Canada: protocol for a population-based retrospective cohort study using target trial guidelines

    Hossain MB, Guerra-Alejos BC, Kurz M, Min JE, Karim ME, Seaman S, Bach P, Platt RW, Gustafson P, Bruneau J, McCandless L, Socías ME, Nosyk B

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  • Outcomes of Total Ankle Replacement Versus Ankle Arthrodesis for the Treatment of End-Stage Ankle Arthritis: A Concise Follow-up, at a Minimum of 10 Years, of a Previous Report

    J Bone Joint Surg Am

    December 23, 2024

    Orthopaedics
    Surgery & Procedures

    Glazebrook M, Balasubramaniam U, Walls A, Younger ASE, Penner M, Wing K, Dryden PJ, Daniels TR

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  • An early evaluation of team consistency and scope optimization in team-based cancer care

    Lambert LK, Havaei F, Beck SM, Ma A, Larmet J, Kaur J, Adhami N, Le D, Woods R

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  • Individual and Neighborhood Characteristics of Walking Activity in People Living With Dementia: A Proof of Concept for Quantitative Spatial Analysis

    Nouri M, Chaudhury H.

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  • Post–transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM) syndrome: a constellation of symptoms resulting from localized inflammatory changes after TEM

    February 26, 2025

    Surgery & Procedures

    Robertson RL, Johnson GGRJ, Vergis A, Karimuddin A, Phang T, Raval M, Brown C.

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  • Biosimilar Policies and Their Impact on Market Penetration of Adalimumab, Etanercept and Infliximab: A Policy Synthesis and Descriptive Analysis in 13 OECD Countries

    Tam ACT, Badesha J, Guh DP, Bansback N, Peter KK, Hollis A, Grootendorst P, Bae S-C, Anis AH, Zhang W.

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  • Excess mortality in COVID-19-negative people with non-communicable disorders during the first pandemic wave

    February 22, 2025

    COVID-19

    Vigo DV, Hudec KL, Ferdous S, Munthali RJ, Pei J, Munro L, Pendakur K, Yatham LN, Kessler RC, Ng RT, Puyat JH.

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  • A Canadian multi-province study of COVID-19 vaccine coverage along area-level social determinants in 2021

    Beall RF, Anato JLF, D’Souza AG, García HAV, Ma H, Yang F, Baral SD, Cabaj J, Cooper E, Hollis A, Janjua NZ, Katz A, Leal J, Maheu-Giroux M, May ER, Malikov K, Mishra S, Moloney G, Williamson T

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  • COVID-19 infection and the progression of kidney disease in British Columbia, Canada

    February 20, 2025

    COVID-19
    Nephrology

    Atiquzzaman M, Er L, Djurdjev O, Zheng Y, Wong MMY, Birks PC, Bevilacqua MU, Yau K, Hladunewich MA, Oliver MJ, Levin A.

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  • Prevalence, age-of-onset, and course of mental disorders among 72,288 first-year university students from 18 countries in the World Mental Health International College Student (WMH-ICS) initiative

    Mason A, Rapsey C, Sampson N, Lee S, Albor Y, Al-Hadi AN, Alonso J, Al-Saud N, Altwaijri Y, Andersson C, Atwoli L, Auerbach RP, Ayuya C, Báez-Mansur PM, Ballester L, Bantjes J, Baumeister H, Bendtsen M, Benjet C, Berman AH, Bootsma E, Chan SCN, Cohut I, Couder MACD, Cuijpers P, David O, Dong D, Ebert DD, Nobrega MF, Gaete J, Forero CG, Gili M, Gutiérrez-García R, Haro JM, Hasking P, Hudec K, Hunt X, Hurks P, Husky M, Jaguga F, Jansen L, Kählke F, Klinkenberg E, Küchler A-M, Langer ÁI, Léniz I, Liu Y, Mac-Ginty S, Martínez V, Mathai M, McLafferty M, Miranda-Mendizabal A, Murray E, Musyoka CM, Nedelcea C, Ngai CH, Núñez D, O’Neill S, Piqueras JA, Popescu CA, Robinson K, Rodriguez-Jimenez T, Scarf D, Siu OL, Stein DJ, Struijs SY, Tomoiaga C, Valdés-García KP, Luenen S van, Vigo DV, Wang AY, Wiers R, Wong SYS, Kessler RC, Bruffaerts R, collaborators W-I. 

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  • Youth Emotional Pathways to Mental Health Services: I Came to Foundry to “Remember What it Feels Like to Cry”

    Ben-David S, Biddell M, Lougheed JP, Vien C, Ortiz R, Kealy D, Turner S, Gawliuk M, Mathias S, Barbic S

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