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Hypotension and respiratory events related to electrical cardioversion for atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter in the emergency department by Liu, Sharon, Stiell, Ian, Eagles, Debra, Borgundvaag, Bjug, Grewal, Keerat

“…Electrical cardioversion for atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter (AF/AFL) is common in the ED. Our previous work showed that hypotension and respiratory events…”
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Impact of an Electronic Decision-Support System on Nursing Triage Process: A Usability and Workflow Analysis by Agnihotri, Tanya, Fan, Mark, McLeod, Shelley, Borgundvaag, Bjug, Ovens, Howard, McCarron, Joy, Trbovich, Patricia

“…Purpose To qualitatively contrast emergency department triage workflow using a paper-based triage system and an electronic decision-support tool (electronic…”
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Outcomes for Emergency Department Patients With Recent-Onset Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter Treated in Canadian Hospitals by Stiell, Ian G., MD, MSc, Clement, Catherine M., RN, Rowe, Brian H., MD, MSc, Brison, Robert J., MD, MPH, Wyse, D. George, MD, PhD, Birnie, David, MD, Dorian, Paul, MD, Lang, Eddy, MD, Perry, Jeffrey J., MD, MSc, Borgundvaag, Bjug, MD, PhD, Eagles, Debra, MD, MSc, Redfearn, Damian, MD, Brinkhurst, Jennifer, BAH, Wells, George A., PhD

“…Study objective Recent-onset atrial fibrillation and flutter are the most common arrhythmias managed in the emergency department (ED). We evaluate the…”
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Impact of an intergenerational program to improve loneliness and social isolation in older adults initiated at the time of emergency department discharge: study protocol for a three-arm randomized clinical trial by Zheng, David, Rose, Louise, Borgundvaag, Bjug, McLeod, Shelley L, Melady, Donald, Mohindra, Rohit, Sinha, Samir, Wesson, Virginia, Wiesenfeld, Lesley, Kolker, Sabrina, Kiss, Alex, Lowthian, Judy A, Lee, Jacques S

“…Social isolation and loneliness (SIL) worsens mortality and other outcomes among older adults as much as smoking. We previously tested the impact of the HOW R…”
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Delayed intracranial hemorrhage after head injury among elderly patients on anticoagulation seen in the emergency department by Liu, Sharon, McLeod, Shelley L, Atzema, Clare L, Austin, Peter C, de Wit, Kerstin, Sharma, Sunjay, Mittmann, Nicole, Borgundvaag, Bjug, Grewal, Keerat

“…Elderly patients on oral anticoagulation are commonly seen in emergency departments (EDs). Oral anticoagulation, particularly warfarin, is associated with an…”
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Impact of a peer-support programme to improve loneliness and social isolation due to COVID-19: does adding a secure, user friendly video-conference solution work better than telephone support alone? Protocol for a three-arm randomised clinical trial by Lee, Jacques Simon, Rose, Louise, Borgundvaag, Bjug, McLeod, Shelley L, Melady, Donald, Mohindra, Rohit, Sinha, Samir K, Wesson, Virginia, Wiesenfeld, Lesley, Kolker, Sabrina, Kiss, Alex, Lowthian, Judy

“…IntroductionThe COVID-19 pandemic has forced the implementation of physical distancing and self-isolation strategies worldwide. However, these measures have…”
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Predictors of influenza among older adults in the emergency department by Lam, Po-Po, Coleman, Brenda L, Green, Karen, Powis, Jeff, Richardson, David, Katz, Kevin, Borgundvaag, Bjug, Smith-Gorvie, Telisha, Kwong, Jeffrey C, Bondy, Susan J, McGeer, Allison

“…Diagnosis of influenza in older adults may be complicated by atypical presentations or when patients present with complications of an underlying illness. We…”
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Acquisition of bacteria on health care workers' hands after contact with patient privacy curtains by Larocque, Mike, BSc, Carver, Sally, BSc, Bertrand, Addison, BSc, McGeer, Allison, MSc, MD, FRCPC, McLeod, Shelley, MSc, Borgundvaag, Bjug, PhD, MD, FRCPC

“…Highlights • Health care workers' hands were imprinted before and after touching privacy curtains. • Half of all participants grew bacteria on their hands…”
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Clinical validation of a risk scale for serious outcomes among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease managed in the emergency department by Stiell, Ian G., MD MSc, Perry, Jeffrey J., MD MSc, Clement, Catherine M., RN, Brison, Robert J., MD MPH, Rowe, Brian H., MD MSc, Aaron, Shawn D., MD, McRae, Andrew D., MD PhD, Borgundvaag, Bjug, MD PhD, Calder, Lisa A., MD MSc, Forster, Alan J., MD MSc, Brinkhurst, Jennifer, BAH, Wells, George A., PhD MSc

“…ABSTRACT BACKGROUND The Ottawa chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Risk Scale (OCRS), which consists of 10 criteria, was previously derived to…”
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Variation in Management of Recent-Onset Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter Among Academic Hospital Emergency Departments by Stiell, Ian G., MD, MSc, Clement, Catherine M., RN, Brison, Robert J., MD, MPH, Rowe, Brian H., MD, MSc, Borgundvaag, Bjug, MD, PhD, Langhan, Trevor, MD, Lang, Eddy, MD, Magee, Kirk, MD, MSc, Stenstrom, Rob, MD, PhD, Perry, Jeffrey J., MD, MSc, Birnie, David, MD, Wells, George A., PhD

“…Study objective Although recent-onset atrial fibrillation and flutter are common arrhythmias managed in the emergency department (ED), there is insufficient…”
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Self-collected mid-turbinate swabs for the detection of respiratory viruses in adults with acute respiratory illnesses by Larios, Oscar E, Coleman, Brenda L, Drews, Steven J, Mazzulli, Tony, Borgundvaag, Bjug, Green, Karen, McGeer, Allison J

“…The gold standard for respiratory virus testing is a nasopharyngeal (NP) swab, which is collected by a healthcare worker. Midturbinate (MT) swabs are an…”
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Prospective Validation of the Emergency Heart Failure Mortality Risk Grade for Acute Heart Failure by Lee, Douglas S, Lee, Jacques S, Schull, Michael J, Borgundvaag, Bjug, Edmonds, Marcia L, Ivankovic, Maria, McLeod, Shelley L, Dreyer, Jonathan F, Sabbah, Sam, Levy, Phillip D, O'Neill, Tara, Chong, Alice, Stukel, Therese A, Austin, Peter C, Tu, Jack V

“…Improved risk stratification of acute heart failure in the emergency department may inform physicians' decisions regarding patient admission or early discharge…”
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Implementation of serological and molecular tools to inform COVID-19 patient management: protocol for the GENCOV prospective cohort study by Taher, Jennifer, Mighton, Chloe, Chowdhary, Sunakshi, Casalino, Selina, Frangione, Erika, Arnoldo, Saranya, Bearss, Erin, Binnie, Alexandra, Bombard, Yvonne, Borgundvaag, Bjug, Chertkow, Howard, Clausen, Marc, Devine, Luke, Faghfoury, Hanna, Friedman, Steven Marc, Gingras, Anne-Claude, Khan, Zeeshan, Mazzulli, Tony, McGeer, Allison, McLeod, Shelley L, Pugh, Trevor J, Richardson, David, Simpson, Jared, Stern, Seth, Strug, Lisa, Taher, Ahmed, Lerner-Ellis, Jordan

“…IntroductionThere is considerable variability in symptoms and severity of COVID-19 among patients infected by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Linking host and virus…”
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Point-of-care ultrasound-guided regional anaesthesia in older ED patients with hip fractures: a study to test the feasibility of a training programme and time needed to complete nerve blocks by ED physicians after training by Lee, Jacques Simon, Bhandari, Tina, Simard, Robert, Emond, Marcel, Topping, Claude, Woo, Michael, Perry, Jeffrey, Eagles, Debra, McRae, Andrew D, Lang, Eddy, Wong, Charles, Sivilotti, Marco, Newbigging, Joseph, Borgundvaag, Bjug, McLeod, Shelley L, Melady, Donald, Chernoff, Lan, Kiss, Alex, Chenkin, Jordan

“…ObjectivesPoint-of-care ultrasound-guided regional anaesthesia (POCUS-GRA) provides safe, rapid analgesia for older people with hip fractures but is rarely…”
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Protecting Frontline Health Care Workers from COVID-19 with Hydroxychloroquine Pre-exposure Prophylaxis: A structured summary of a study protocol for a randomised placebo-controlled multisite trial in Toronto, Canada by Wright, Julie K, Tan, Darrell H S, Walmsley, Sharon L, Hulme, Jennifer, O'Connor, Erin, Snider, Carolyn, Cheng, Ivy, Chan, Adrienne K, Borgundvaag, Bjug, McLeod, Shelley, Gollob, Michael H, Clarke, Rosemarie J, Dresser, Linda, Haji, Fatima, Mazzulli, Tony, Mubareka, Samira, Jüni, Peter, Lee, Dominic, Tomlinson, George, Kain, Kevin C, Landes, Megan

“…Primary Objective: To determine if pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) with 400mg hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), taken orally once daily reduces microbiologically…”
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P733: Comparative analysis of DNA variant classifications between the GENCOV COVID-19 genome study and the ClinVar database by Mahajan, Radhika, Frangione, Erika, Aujla, Navneet, Casalino, Selina, Jayachandran, Lochana, Morgan, Gregory, Young, Juliet, Dickson, Brendan, Arnoldo, Saranya, Bearss, Erin, Binnie, Alexandra, Borgundvaag, Bjug, Clausen, Marc, Dagher, Marc, Devine, Luke, Friedman, Steven, Gingras, Anne-Claude, Khan, Zeeshan, Mazzulli, Tony, McLeod, Shelley, Mighton, Chloe, Pugh, Trevor, Simpson, Jared, Stern, Seth, Strug, Lisa, Taher, Ahmed, Greenfeld, Elena, Bombard, Yvonne, Noor, Abdul, Faghfoury, Hanna, Taher, Jennifer, Lerner-Ellis, Jordan

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Practice patterns of graduates of a CCFP(EM) residency program A survey by Varner, Catherine, Ovens, Howard, Letovsky, Eric, Borgundvaag, Bjug

“…To determine the practice settings of graduates of a residency program that leads to a Certificate of Special Competence in Emergency Medicine (CCFP[EM])…”
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Consistency of triage scores by presenting complaint pre‐ and post‐implementation of a real‐time electronic triage decision support tool by McLeod, Shelley L., Thompson, Cameron, Borgundvaag, Bjug, Thabane, Lehana, Ovens, Howard, Scott, Steve, Ahmed, Tamer, Grewal, Keerat, McCarron, Joy, Filsinger, Brooke, Mittmann, Nicole, Worster, Andrew, Agoritsas, Thomas, Bullard, Michael, Guyatt, Gordon

“…Objective eCTAS is a real‐time electronic decision‐support tool designed to standardize the application of the Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS). This…”
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Clinical outcomes and cost implications of routine early PCI after fibrinolysis: One-year follow-up of the Trial of Routine Angioplasty and Stenting after Fibrinolysis to Enhance Reperfusion in Acute Myocardial Infarction (TRANSFER-AMI) study by Bagai, Akshay, MD, Cantor, Warren J., MD, Tan, Mary, MSc, Tong, Wesley, Hon, BSc, Lamy, Andre, MD, MHSc, Fitchett, David, MD, Cohen, Eric A., MD, Mehta, Shamir R., MD, Borgundvaag, Bjug, MD, Ducas, John, MD, Heffernan, Michael, MD, Džavík, Vladimír, MD, Morrison, Laurie, MD, Schwartz, Brian, MD, Lazzam, Charles, MD, Langer, Anatoly, MD, Goodman, Shaun G., MD, MSc

“…Background In patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction treated with fibrinolysis, routine early percutaneous coronary intervention (r-PCI) improves…”
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Efficacy of Early Invasive Management After Fibrinolysis for ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction in Relation to Initial Troponin Status by Tan, Nigel S., MD, Goodman, Shaun G., MD, MSc, Cantor, Warren J., MD, Russo, Juan J., MD, Borgundvaag, Bjug, MD, Fitchett, David, MD, Džavík, Vladimír, MD, Tan, Mary K., MSc, Elbarouni, Basem, MD, Lavi, Shahar, MD, Bagai, Akshay, MD, Heffernan, Michael, MD, PhD, Ko, Dennis T., MD, MSc, Yan, Andrew T., MD

“…Abstract Background We examined whether the efficacy of an early invasive strategy after fibrinolysis in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)…”
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