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  • Harrison MJ: Mapping the disease-specific LupusQoL to the SF-6D.

    February 17, 2015

    Meacock R, Harrison MJ, McElhone K, Abbott J, Haque S, Bruce I, Teh LS. Mapping the disease-specific LupusQoL to the SF-6D. QoL Res. 2014 Dec.

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  • Lynd LD: Household food insecurity and dietary diversity as correlates of maternal and child undernutrition in rural Cambodia.

    February 17, 2015

    McDonald CM, McLean J, Kroeun H, Talukder A, Lynd LD, Green TJ. Household food insecurity and dietary diversity as correlates of maternal and child undernutrition in rural Cambodia. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2015 Feb;69(2):242-6. doi: 10.1038/ejcn.2014.161. Epub 2014 Aug 13. PMID: 25117993.

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  • Dodek P: Failure of anticoagulant thromboprophylaxis: risk factors in medical-surgical critically ill patients.

    February 17, 2015

    Lim W, Meade M, Lauzier F, Zarychanski R, Mehta S, Lamontagne F, Dodek P, McIntyre L, Hall R, Heels-Ansdell D, Fowler R, Pai M, Guyatt G, Crowther MA, Warkentin TE, Devereaux PJ, Walter SD, Muscedere J, Herridge M, Turgeon AF, Geerts W, Finfer S, Jacka M, Berwanger O, Ostermann M, Qushmaq I, Friedrich JO, Cook DJ; PROphylaxis for ThromboEmbolism in Critical Care Trial Investigators; PROphylaxis for ThromboEmbolism in Critical Care Trial Investigators. Failure of anticoagulant thromboprophylaxis: Risk factors in medical-surgical critically ill patients. Crit Care Med. 2015 Feb;43(2):401-10. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000713. PMID: 25474533.

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  • Khan NA: Diabetes in the young: A population-based study of South Asian, Chinese and White people.

    January 22, 2016

    Ke C, Sohal P, Qian H, Quan H, Khan NA. Diabetes in the young: A population-based study of South Asian, Chinese and White people. Diabet Med. 2015 Apr; 32(4):487–96. doi: 10.1111/dme.12657. Epub 2015 Jan 28.PMID: 25472769.

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  • Bansback N: Assessing adherence with phototherapy protocols.

    February 17, 2015

    Kalia S, Toosi B, Bansback N, Astaneh A, Zhou Y, Shapiro J, Lui H. Assessing adherence with phototherapy protocols. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2014 Dec;71(6):1259-61. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2014.07.046. Epub 2014 Nov 15. PMID: 25454035.

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  • Sawatzky R,: Symptom distress profiles in hospitalized patients in Sweden: a cross-sectional study.

    February 17, 2015

    Henoch I, Sawatzky R, Falk H, Fridh I, Jakobsson Ung E, Sarenmalm EK, Ozanne A, Ohlén J, Falk K. Symptom distress profiles in hospitalized patients in Sweden: A cross-sectional study. Res Nurs Health. 2014 Dec;37(6):512-23. doi: 10.1002/nur.21624. Epub 2014 Oct 12. PMID: 25308151.

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  • Harrison MJ: Variation in healthcare services for specialist genetic testing and implications for planning genetic services: The example of inherited retinal dystrophy in the English NHS.

    February 17, 2015

    Harrison MJ, Birch S, Eden M, Ramsden S, Farragher T, Payne K, Hall G, Black GCM. Variation in healthcare services for specialist genetic testing and implications for planning genetic services: The example of inherited retinal dystrophy in the English NHS. Journal of Community Genetics. 2015 Jan.

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  • Bansback N: Testing a discrete choice experiment including duration to value health states for large descriptive systems: Addressing design and sampling issues.

    February 17, 2015

    Bansback N, Hole AR, Mulhern B, Tsuchiya A. Testing a discrete choice experiment including duration to value health states for large descriptive systems: Addressing design and sampling issues. Soc Sci Med. 2014 Aug; 114:38–48. Epub 2014 May 20.

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  • Bansback N, Li LC, Lynd L: Exploiting order effects to improve the quality of decisions.

    February 17, 2015

    Bansback N, Li LC, Lynd L, Bryan S. Exploiting order effects to improve the quality of decisions. Patient Educ Couns. 2014 Aug; 96(2):197–203. Epub 2014 Jun 9. PMID: 24961445.

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  • Li LC—Employment and arthritis: Making it work

    February 17, 2015

    Carruthers EC, Rogers P, Backman CL, Goldsmith CH, Gignac MA, Marra C, Village J, Li LC, Esdaile JM, Lacaille D. “Employment and arthritis: Making it work” – A randomized controlled trial evaluating an online program to help people with inflammatory arthritis maintain employment (study protocol). BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2014 Jul 21; 14(1):59. Epub ahead of print.

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  • Westerberg BD: Management of Bell palsy

    February 17, 2015

    de Almeida JR, Guyatt GH, Sud S, Dorion J, Hill MD, Kolber MR, Lea J, Loong S, Somogyi BK, Westerberg BD, White C, Chen JM; Bell Palsy Working Group; Canadian Society of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery; Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation. Management of Bell palsy: Clinical practice guideline. CMAJ. 2014 Jun 16. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 24934895.

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  • Singer J, Wong H: Effect of physician assistants in a pediatric ED

    February 17, 2015

    Doan Q, Hall W, Shechter S, Kissoon N, Sheps S, Singer J, Wong H, Johnson D. Forecasting the effect of physician assistants in a pediatric ED. JAAPA. 2014 Aug; 27(80): 35–41. PMID: 25054792.

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