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  • High-Intensity Interval or Continuous Moderate Exercise: A 24-Week Pilot Trial

    Med Sci Sports Exerc

    October 30, 2018

    Exercise Science & Physical Activity

    Locke SR, Bourne JE, Beauchamp MR, Little JP, Barry J, Singer J, Jung ME

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  • Survival and variability over time from out of hospital cardiac arrest across large geographically diverse communities participating in the Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium

    Resuscitation

    October 7, 2018

    Emergency Medicine
    Resuscitation

    Zive DM, Schmicker R, Daya M, Kudenchuk P, Nichol G,…Christenson J, et al.; ROC Investigators

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  • Circulating biomarkers to identify cardiometabolic complications in patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A systematic review

    Sleep Med Rev

    December 27, 2018

    Screening & Testing
    Sleep & Health

    Peres BU, Hirsch Allen AJ, Fox N, Laher I, Hanly P, Skomro R, Almeida F, Ayas NT; Canadian Sleep and Circadian Network

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  • Perspectives of patients with multiple sclerosis on drug treatment: A qualitative study

    Lynd LD, Henrich NJ, Hategeka C, Marra CA, Mittmann N, Evans C, Traboulsee AL

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  • Barriers and facilitators to employment for young adults with mental illness: A scoping review

    Gmitroski T, Bradley C, Heinemann L, Liu G, Blanchard P, Beck C, Mathias S, Leon A, Barbic SP

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  • Communicating uncertainty in cancer prognosis: A review of web-based prognostic tools

    Patient Educ Couns

    December 12, 2018

    Cancer
    Decision Science
    Remote Care & Digital Tools

    Harrison M, Han PKJ, Rabin B, Bell M, Kay H, Spooner L, Peacock S, Bansback N

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  • Early advanced life support attendance is associated with improved survival and neurologic outcomes after non-traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in a tiered prehospital response system

    Resuscitation

    December 18, 2018

    Emergency Medicine
    Resuscitation

    Grunau B, Kawano T, Scheuermeyer FX, Tallon J, Reynolds J, Besserer F, Barbic D, Brooks S, Christenson J

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  • Pelvic floor hypertonicity in women with pelvic floor disorders: A case control and risk prediction study

    Neurourol Urodyn

    December 21, 2018

    Obstetrics & Gynaecology

    Cameron B, Sabourin J, Sanaee MS, Koenig NA, Lee T, Geoffrion R

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  • Moderating effects of family environment on overweight/obese adolescents’ dietary behaviours

    Carbert NS, Brussoni M, Geller J, Mâsse LC

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  • Patient-centred care for addiction treatment: a scoping review protocol

    Marchand K, Beaumont S, Westfall J, MacDonald S, Harrison S, Marsh DC, Schechter MT, Oviedo-Joekes E

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  • Development and Evaluation of a Recovery College Fidelity Measure

    Can J Psychiatry

    December 30, 2018

    Measurement

    Toney R, Knight J, Hamill K, Taylor A, Henderson C, Crowther A, Meddings S, Barbic S, Jennings H, Pollock K, Bates P, Repper J, Slade M

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  • The Short Treatment Allocation Tool for Eating Disorders: current practices in assigning patients to level of care

    J Eat Disord

    December 19, 2018

    Eating Disorders & Nutrition

    Geller J, Isserlin L, Seale E, Iyar MM, Coelho JS, Srikameswaran S, Norris M

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