Search Results - "Canadian Medical Association journal (CMAJ)"

Development of the Instrument to assess the Credibility of Effect Modification Analyses (ICEMAN) in randomized controlled trials and meta-analyses by Schandelmaier, Stefan, Briel, Matthias, Varadhan, Ravi, Schmid, Christopher H, Devasenapathy, Niveditha, Hayward, Rodney A, Gagnier, Joel, Borenstein, Michael, van der Heijden, Geert J M G, Dahabreh, Issa J, Sun, Xin, Sauerbrei, Willi, Walsh, Michael, Ioannidis, John P A, Thabane, Lehana, Guyatt, Gordon H

“…Most randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and meta-analyses of RCTs examine effect modification (also called a subgroup effect or interaction), in which the…”
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Mathematical modelling of COVID-19 transmission and mitigation strategies in the population of Ontario, Canada by Tuite, Ashleigh R, Fisman, David N, Greer, Amy L

“…Physical-distancing interventions are being used in Canada to slow the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, but it is not clear how…”
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Association between complications and death within 30 days after noncardiac surgery by Spence, Jessica, LeManach, Yannick, Chan, Matthew TV, Wang, C Y, Sigamani, Alben, Xavier, Denis, Pearse, Rupert, Alonso-Coello, Pablo, Garutti, Ignacio, Srinathan, Sadeesh K, Duceppe, Emmanuelle, Walsh, Michael, Borges, Flavia Kessler, Malaga, German, Abraham, Valsa, Faruqui, Atiya, Berwanger, Otavio, Biccard, Bruce M, Villar, Juan Carlos, Sessler, Daniel I, Kurz, Andrea, Chow, Clara K, Polanczyk, Carisi A, Szczeklik, Wojciech, Ackland, Gareth, X, Garg Amit, Jacka, Michael, Guyatt, Gordon H, Sapsford, Robert J, Williams, Colin, Cortes, Olga Lucia, Coriat, Pierre, Patel, Ameen, Tiboni, Maria, Belley-Côté, Emilie P, Yang, Stephen, Heels-Ansdell, Diane, McGillion, Michael, Parlow, Simon, Patel, Matthew, Pettit, Shirley, Yusuf, Salim, Devereaux, P J

“…ABSTRACTBACKGROUNDAmong adults undergoing contemporary noncardiac surgery, little is known about the frequency and timing of death and the associations between…”
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Alpha, Beta, Delta, Gamma: What’s important to know about SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern? by Duong, Diana

“…The World Health Organization recently announced a new naming system for SARS-CoV-2 variants using the Greek alphabet. The new naming system is aimed at…”
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Diagnosis and management of congenital diaphragmatic hernia: a clinical practice guideline by Puligandla, Pramod, Skarsgard, Erik, Offringa, Martin, Adatia, Ian, Baird, Robert, Bailey, Michelle, Brindle, Mary, Chiu, Priscilla, Cogswell, Arthur, Dakshinamurti, Shyamala, Flageole, Hélène, Keijzer, Richard, McMillan, Douglas, Oluyomi-Obi, Titilayo, Pennaforte, Thomas, Perreault, Thérèse, Piedboeuf, Bruno, Riley, S. Patricia, Ryan, Greg, Synnes, Anne, Traynor, Michael

“…The severity of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) can be estimated prenatally using observed-to-expected lung-head ratios (by ultrasound) and total fetal…”
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Addressing overestimation of the prevalence of depression based on self-report screening questionnaires by Thombs, Brett D., PhD, Kwakkenbos, Linda, PhD, Levis, Alexander W., BSc, Benedetti, Andrea, PhD

“…Mental health disorders, including major depressive disorder, are classified in research using validated diagnostic interviews. However, administering…”
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Canadian guideline for Parkinson disease by Grimes, David, Fitzpatrick, Megan, Gordon, Joyce, Miyasaki, Janis, Fon, Edward A, Schlossmacher, Michael, Suchowersky, Oksana, Rajput, Alexander, Lafontaine, Anne Louise, Mestre, Tiago, Appel-Cresswell, Silke, Kalia, Suneil K, Schoffer, Kerrie, Zurowski, Mateusz, Postuma, Ronald B, Udow, Sean, Fox, Susan, Barbeau, Pauline, Hutton, Brian

“…Parkinson disease is chronic and progressive in nature, decreasing the quality of life for both patients with the disease and their caregivers and placing an…”
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Medical experimentation and the roots of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among Indigenous Peoples in Canada by Mosby, Ian, Swidrovich, Jaris

“…For a start, doctors and other health professionals in Canada need to educate themselves before going into communities to administer COVID-19 vaccines. Too…”
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Efficacy and safety of antiviral treatment for COVID-19 from evidence in studies of SARS-CoV-2 and other acute viral infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Liu, Wei, Zhou, Pengxiang, Chen, Ken, Ye, Zhikang, Liu, Fang, Li, Xiaotong, He, Na, Wu, Ziyang, Zhang, Qi, Gong, Xuepeng, Tang, Qiyu, Du, Xin, Ying, Yingqiu, Xu, Xiaohan, Zhang, Yahui, Liu, Jinyu, Li, Yun, Shen, Ning, Couban, Rachel J, Ibrahim, Quazi I, Guyatt, Gordon, Zhai, Suodi

“…Antiviral medications are being given empirically to some patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). To support the development of a COVID-19…”
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Development and validation of the Cambridge Multimorbidity Score by Payne, Rupert A, Mendonca, Silvia C, Elliott, Marc N, Saunders, Catherine L, Edwards, Duncan A, Marshall, Martin, Roland, Martin

“…Health services have failed to respond to the pressures of multimorbidity. Improved measures of multimorbidity are needed for conducting research, planning…”
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Outcomes and care practices for preterm infants born at less than 33 weeks' gestation: a quality-improvement study by Lee, Shoo K, Beltempo, Marc, McMillan, Douglas D, Seshia, Mary, Singhal, Nalini, Dow, Kimberly, Aziz, Khalid, Piedboeuf, Bruno, Shah, Prakesh S

“…Preterm birth is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in children younger than 5 years. We report the changes in neonatal outcomes and care practices…”
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The influence of sex and gender domains on COVID-19 cases and mortality by Tadiri, Christina P, Gisinger, Teresa, Kautzy-Willer, Alexandra, Kublickiene, Karolina, Herrero, Maria Trinidad, Raparelli, Valeria, Pilote, Louise, Norris, Colleen M

“…Tadiri et al explore the influence of sex and gender domains on COVID-19 cases and mortality. Among the many unknowns regarding severe acute respiratory…”
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Individual and social determinants of SARS-CoV-2 testing and positivity in Ontario, Canada: a population-wide study by Sundaram, Maria E, Calzavara, Andrew, Mishra, Sharmistha, Kustra, Rafal, Chan, Adrienne K, Hamilton, Mackenzie A, Djebli, Mohamed, Rosella, Laura C, Watson, Tristan, Chen, Hong, Chen, Branson, Baral, Stefan D, Kwong, Jeffrey C

“…Optimizing the public health response to reduce the burden of COVID-19 necessitates characterizing population-level heterogeneity of risks for the disease…”
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How predatory journals leak into PubMed by Manca, Andrea, Moher, David, Cugusi, Lucia, Dvir, Zeevi, Deriu, Franca

“…Recent reports that PubMed, one of the world's leading biomedical databases, includes predatory journals and their publications is cause for concern. PubMed…”
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Missing covariate data in clinical research: when and when not to use the missing-indicator method for analysis by Groenwold, Rolf H H, White, Ian R, Donders, A Rogier T, Carpenter, James R, Altman, Douglas G, Moons, Karel G M

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Serial cross-sectional estimation of vaccineand infection-induced SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in British Columbia, Canada by Skowronski, Danuta M, Kaweski, Samantha E, Irvine, Michael A, Kim, Shinhye, Chuang, Erica S Y, Sabaiduc, Suzana, Fraser, Mieke, Reyes, Romina C, Henry, Bonnie, Levett, Paul N, Petric, Martin, Krajden, Mel, Sekirov, Inna

“…Background: The evolving proportion of the population considered immunologically naive versus primed for more efficient immune memory response to SARS-CoV-2…”
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Obesity in adults: a clinical practice guideline by Wharton, Sean, Lau, David C W, Vallis, Michael, Sharma, Arya M, Biertho, Laurent, Campbell-Scherer, Denise, Adamo, Kristi, Alberga, Angela, Bell, Rhonda, Boulé, Normand, Boyling, Elaine, Brown, Jennifer, Calam, Betty, Clarke, Carol, Crowshoe, Lindsay, Divalentino, Dennis, Forhan, Mary, Freedhoff, Yoni, Gagner, Michel, Glazer, Stephen, Grand, Cindy, Green, Michael, Hahn, Margaret, Hawa, Raed, Henderson, Rita, Hong, Dennis, Hung, Pam, Janssen, Ian, Jacklin, Kristen, Johnson-Stoklossa, Carlene, Kemp, Amy, Kirk, Sara, Kuk, Jennifer, Langlois, Marie-France, Lear, Scott, McInnes, Ashley, Macklin, David, Naji, Leen, Manjoo, Priya, Morin, Marie-Philippe, Nerenberg, Kara, Patton, Ian, Pedersen, Sue, Pereira, Leticia, Piccinini-Vallis, Helena, Poddar, Megha, Poirier, Paul, Prud'homme, Denis, Salas, Ximena Ramos, Rueda-Clausen, Christian, Russell-Mayhew, Shelly, Shiau, Judy, Sherifali, Diana, Sievenpiper, John, Sockalingam, Sanjeev, Taylor, Valerie, Toth, Ellen, Twells, Laurie, Tytus, Richard, Walji, Shahebina, Walker, Leah, Wicklum, Sonja

“…Obesity is a complex chronic disease in which abnormal or excess body fat (adiposity) impairs health, increases the risk of long-term medical complications and…”
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Serial cross-sectional estimation of vaccine-and infection-induced SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in British Columbia, Canada by Skowronski, Danuta M, Kaweski, Samantha E, Irvine, Michael A, Kim, Shinhye, Chuang, Erica S Y, Sabaiduc, Suzana, Fraser, Mieke, Reyes, Romina C, Henry, Bonnie, Levett, Paul N, Petric, Martin, Krajden, Mel, Sekirov, Inna

“…The evolving proportion of the population considered immunologically naive versus primed for more efficient immune memory response to SARS-CoV-2 has…”
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Recommendations on screening for prostate cancer with the prostate-specific antigen test by Bell, Neil, Connor Gorber, Sarah, Shane, Amanda, Joffres, Michel, Singh, Harminder, Dickinson, James, Shaw, Elizabeth, Dunfield, Lesley, Tonelli, Marcello

“…In contrast, the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial (PLCO) found no effect of screening on prostate cancer mortal- ity (RR 1.09,…”
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Supporting children with autism spectrum disorder in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic by Smile, Sharon C

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