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Influence of educational, audit and feedback, system based, and incentive and penalty interventions to reduce laboratory test utilization: a systematic review by Kobewka, Daniel M, Ronksley, Paul E, McKay, Jennifer A, Forster, Alan J, van Walraven, Carl

“…Laboratory and radiographic tests are often ordered unnecessarily. This excess testing has financial costs and is a burden on patients. We performed a…”
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Predicting the need for supportive services after discharged from hospital: a systematic review by Kobewka, Daniel M, Mulpuru, Sunita, Chassé, Michaël, Thavorn, Kednapa, Lavallée, Luke T, English, Shane W, Neilipovitz, Benjamin, Neilipovitz, Jonathan, Forster, Alan J, McIsaac, Daniel I

“…Some patients admitted to acute care hospital require supportive services after discharge. The objective of our review was to identify models and variables…”
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Clinical factors contributing to high cost hospitalizations in a Canadian tertiary care centre by Rashidi, Babak, Kobewka, Daniel M, Campbell, David J T, Forster, Alan J, Ronksley, Paul E

“…Like much of the developed world, healthcare costs in Canada are rising. A small proportion of patients account for a large proportion of healthcare spending…”
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Development and assessment of an educational intervention to improve the recognition of frailty on an acute care respiratory ward by Leblanc, Aaron, Diab, Nermin, Backman, Chantal, Huang, Shirley, Pulfer, Tammy, Chin, Melanie, Kobewka, Daniel M, McIsaac, Daniel I, Lawson, Julie, Forster, Alan J, Mulpuru, Sunita

“…BackgroundFrailty is a robust predictor of poor outcomes among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease yet is not measured in routine practice. We…”
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Quality gaps identified through mortality review by Kobewka, Daniel M, van Walraven, Carl, Turnbull, Jeffrey, Worthington, James, Calder, Lisa, Forster, Alan

“…Hospital mortality rate is a common measure of healthcare quality. Morbidity and mortality meetings are common but there are few reports of hospital-wide…”
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Physician Availability in Long-Term Care and Resident Hospital Transfer: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Kobewka, Daniel M., Kunkel, Elizabeth, Hsu, Amy, Talarico, Robert, Tanuseputro, Peter

“…To investigate whether same-day physician access in long-term care homes reduces resident emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations. Retrospective…”
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A systematic review of interventions aiming to improve communication of prognosis to adult patients by Selim, Shehab, Kunkel, Elizabeth, Wegier, Pete, Tanuseputro, Peter, Downar, James, Isenberg, Sarina R., Li, Aimee, Kyeremanteng, Kwadwo, Manuel, Douglas, Kobewka, Daniel M.

“…•Interventions on prognosis delivery have not been studied in isolation and so the effect is unknown•Education for doctors that includes teaching about…”
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The prevalence of potentially preventable deaths in an acute care hospital: A retrospective cohort by Kobewka, Daniel M., van Walraven, Carl, Taljaard, Monica, Ronksley, Paul, Forster, Alan J.

“…Studies estimate that 6% to 27% of deaths in hospitals might be prevented with higher quality care. These estimates may be inaccurate because they fail to…”
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Characterization of Serious Adverse Drug Reactions in Hospital to Determine Potential Implications of Mandatory Reporting by Gautron, Stephanie, Wentzell, Jason, Kanji, Salmaan, Nguyen, Tiffany, Kobewka, Daniel M, MacDonald, Erika

“…The will eventually require institutions to report all serious adverse drug reactions (ADRs), although the proposed regulations do not yet define what will…”
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Clinical characteristics and preventable acute care spending among a high cost inpatient population by Ronksley, Paul E, Kobewka, Daniel M, McKay, Jennifer A, Rothwell, Deanna M, Mulpuru, Sunita, Forster, Alan J

“…A small proportion of patients account for the majority of health care spending. The objectives of this study were to explore the clinical characteristics,…”
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Patterns of health care use in a high-cost inpatient population in Ottawa, Ontario: a retrospective observational study by Ronksley, Paul E., PhD, McKay, Jennifer A., BSc, Kobewka, Daniel M., MD, Mulpuru, Sunita, MD, Forster, Alan J., MD MSc

“…Abstract Background A small proportion of patients account for the majority of health care spending. We used detailed clinical and administrative data to…”
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Factors contributing to high-cost hospital care for patients with COPD by Mulpuru, Sunita, McKay, Jennifer, Ronksley, Paul E, Thavorn, Kednapa, Kobewka, Daniel M, Forster, Alan J

“…Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of hospital admission, the fifth leading cause of death in North America, and is estimated to…”
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Variations in Resource Intensity and Cost Among High Users of the Emergency Department by Ronksley, Paul E., Liu, Erin Y., McKay, Jennifer A., Kobewka, Daniel M., Rothwell, Deanna M., Mulpuru, Sunita, Forster, Alan J., Kline, Jeffrey A.

“…Objectives High users of emergency department (ED) services are often identified by number of visits per year, with little exploration of the…”
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Interactions of the Australian tree frog antimicrobial peptides aurein 1.2, citropin 1.1 and maculatin 1.1 with lipid model membranes: Differential scanning calorimetric and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic studies by Seto, Gordon W.J., Marwaha, Seema, Kobewka, Daniel M., Lewis, Ruthven N.A.H., Separovic, Frances, McElhaney, Ronald N.

“…The interactions of the antimicrobial peptides aurein 1.2, citropin 1.1 and maculatin 1.1 with dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC),…”
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Risk assessment tools to predict location of discharge and need for supportive services for medical patients after discharge from hospital: a systematic review protocol by Kobewka, Daniel M, McIsaac, Daniel, Chassé, Michaël, Thavorn, Kednapa, Mulpuru, Sunita, Lavallée, Luke T, English, Shane, Presseau, Justin, Forster, Alan J

“…Patients who are discharged from hospital after an acute medical illness often have impaired function that prevents them from returning to their previous place…”
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The relationship between the binding to and permeabilization of phospholipid bilayer membranes by GS14dK4, a designed analog of the antimicrobial peptide gramicidin S by Abraham, Thomas, Marwaha, Seema, Kobewka, Daniel M, Lewis, Ruthven N A H, Prenner, Elmar J, Hodges, Robert S, McElhaney, Ronald N

“…The cationic beta-sheet cyclic tetradecapeptide cyclo[VKLdKVdYPLKVKLdYP] (GS14dK(4)) is a diastereomeric lysine ring-size analog of the potent naturally…”
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The relationship between the binding to and permeabilization of phospholipid bilayer membranes by GS14 dK 4, a designed analog of the antimicrobial peptide gramicidin S by Abraham, Thomas, Marwaha, Seema, Kobewka, Daniel M., Lewis, Ruthven N.A.H., Prenner, Elmar J., S. Hodges, Robert, McElhaney, Ronald N.

“…The cationic β-sheet cyclic tetradecapeptide cyclo[VKLdKVdYPLKVKLdYP] (GS14 dK 4) is a diastereomeric lysine ring-size analog of the potent naturally occurring…”
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Prevalence of symptoms at the end of life in an acute care hospital: a retrospective cohort study by Kobewka, Daniel, MD MSc, Mulpuru, Sunita, MD MSc, Forster, Alan, MD MSc, McIsaac, Dan, MD MPH, Ronksley, Paul, PhD

“…Abstract Background There is currently debate over the benefits and harms of physician-assisted death. One of the factors influencing this debate is concern…”
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