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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.

    Bmc Health Serv Res.

    April 4, 2023

    COVID-19
    Innovation & Technology
    Remote Care & Digital Tools

    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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  • 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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  • Creating a provincial post COVID-19 interdisciplinary clinical care network as a learning health system during the pandemic: Integrating clinical care and research

    Levin A, Malbeuf M, Hoens AM, Carlsten C, Ryerson CJ, Cau A, Bryan S, Robinson J, Tarling T, Shum J, Lavallee DC. Creating a provincial post COVID-19 interdisciplinary clinical care network as a learning health system during the pandemic: Integrating clinical care and research. Learn Health Syst. Published online May 15, 2022:e10316. doi:10.1002/lrh2.10316

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