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  • Data initiatives supporting critical care research and quality improvement in Canada: an environmental scan and narrative review

    Chornenki N, Liaw P, Bagshaw S, Burns K, Dodek P, et al.

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  • Improved Survival with Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Despite Progressive Metabolic Derangement Associated with Prolonged Resuscitation

    Bartos JA, Grunau B, Carlson C, Duval S, Ripeckyj A, Kalra R, Raveendran G, John R, Conterato M, Frascone RJ, Trembley A, Aufderheide TP, Yannopoulos D.

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  • Initial Validation of a Patient-Reported Measure of Compassion: Determining the Content Validity and Clinical Sensibility among Patients Living with a Life-Limiting and Incurable Illness

    Sinclair S, Jaggi P, Hack TF, Russell L, McClement SE, Cuthbertson L, Selman LE, Leget C.

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  • Leadership for success in transforming medical abortion policy in Canada

    Dineley B, Munro S, Norman WV.

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  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea Severity and the Risk of Occupational Injury: A Prospective Observational Cohort

    Lung

    January 21, 2020

    Sleep & Health
    Work & Productivity

    Allen HA, Peres B, Ayas NT.

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  • Sex Differences in Non-Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease

    Cardiovasc Res

    January 20, 2020

    Sex & Gender

    Waheed N, Elias-Smale S, Malas W, Maas AH, Sedlak TL, Tremmel J, Mehta PK.

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  • Survival After Intravenous Versus Intraosseous Amiodarone, Lidocaine or Placebo in Out-of-Hospital Shock-Refractory Cardiac Arrest

    Daya MR, Leroux BG, Dorian P, Rea TD, Newgard CD,…Christenson J, Barbic D, et al.

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  • Time to return to work following workplace violence among direct healthcare and social workers

    Occup Environ Med

    January 20, 2020

    Clinician Health & Wellbeing
    Work & Productivity

    Choi K, Maas ET, Koehoorn M, McLeod CB.

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  • Using Patient- and Family-Reported Outcome and Experience Measures Across Transitions of Care for Frail Older Adults Living at Home

    Schick-Makaroff K, Karimi-Dehkordi M, Cuthbertson L, Dixon D, Cohen RS, Hilliard N, Sawatzky R.

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  • Continued investigator engagement: Reasons principal investigators conduct multiple FDA-regulated drug trials

    Contemp Clin Trials Commun

    March 17, 2020

    Clinical Trials
    Drugs & Pharmaceuticals

    Dombeck CB, Hinkley T, Fordyce CB, Blanchard K, Roe MT, Corneli A.

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