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Imaging delays among medical inpatients in Toronto, Ontario: A cohort study by Bartsch, Emily, Shin, Saeha, Roberts, Surain, MacMillan, Thomas E, Fralick, Michael, Liu, Jessica J, Tang, Terence, Kwan, Janice L, Weinerman, Adina, Verma, Amol A, Razak, Fahad, Lapointe-Shaw, Lauren

“…Imaging procedures are commonly performed on hospitalized patients and waiting for these could increase length-of-stay. The study objective was to quantify…”
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Missed Opportunity to Deprescribe: Docusate for Constipation in Medical Inpatients by MacMillan, Thomas E., MD, MSc, FRCPC, Kamali, Reza, MD, Cavalcanti, Rodrigo B., MD, MSc, FRCPC

“…Abstract Background Hospital admissions provide an opportunity to deprescribe ineffective medications and reduce pill burden. Docusate sodium is a stool…”
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Desmopressin to Prevent Rapid Sodium Correction in Severe Hyponatremia: A Systematic Review by MacMillan, Thomas E., MD, MSc, Tang, Terence, MD, Cavalcanti, Rodrigo B., MD, MSc

“…Abstract Background Hyponatremia is common among inpatients and is associated with severe adverse outcomes such as osmotic demyelination syndrome. Current…”
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Data-driven approach to identifying potential laboratory overuse in general internal medicine (GIM) inpatients by Weinerman, Adina S, Guo, Yishan, Saha, Sudipta, Yip, Paul M, Lapointe-Shaw, Lauren, Fralick, Michael, Kwan, Janice L, MacMillan, Thomas E, Liu, Jessica, Rawal, Shail, Sheehan, Kathleen A, Simons, Janet, Tang, Terence, Bhatia, Sacha, Razak, Fahad, Verma, Amol A

“…Reducing laboratory test overuse is important for high quality, patient-centred care. Identifying priorities to reduce low value testing remains a challenge…”
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Characterizing Hypertension Specialist Care in Canada: A National Survey by Lui, Samantha, Dubrofsky, Lisa, Khan, Nadia A, Tobe, Sheldon W, Huynh, Jessica, Kuyper, Laura, Mathew, Anna, Amin, Syed, Schiffrin, Ernesto L, Harvey, Paula, Leung, Alexander A, Ruzicka, Marcel, Mangat, Birinder, Reid, David, Floras, John, Bittman, Jesse, Garbutt, Lauren, Braam, Branko, Suri, Rita, Hannah-Shmouni, Fady, Prebtani, Ally, Savard, Sebastien, MacMillan, Thomas E, Ruddy, Terrence D, Vallee, Michel, Bollu, Apoorva, Logan, Alexander, Padwal, Raj, Ringrose, Jennifer

“…The hypertension specialist often receives referrals of patients with young-onset, severe, difficult-to-control hypertension, patients with hypertensive…”
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Outcomes in Severe Hyponatremia Treated With and Without Desmopressin by MacMillan, Thomas E., Cavalcanti, Rodrigo B.

“…Overcorrection of plasma sodium in severe hyponatremia is associated with osmotic demyelination syndrome. Desmopressin (DDAVP) can prevent overcorrection of…”
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The MedSafer Study-Electronic Decision Support for Deprescribing in Hospitalized Older Adults: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial by McDonald, Emily G, Wu, Peter E, Rashidi, Babak, Wilson, Marnie Goodwin, Bortolussi-Courval, Émilie, Atique, Anika, Battu, Kiran, Bonnici, Andre, Elsayed, Sarah, Wilson, Allison Goodwin, Papillon-Ferland, Louise, Pilote, Louise, Porter, Sandra, Murphy, Johanna, Ross, Sydney B, Shiu, Jennifer, Tamblyn, Robyn, Whitty, Rachel, Xu, Jieqing, Fabreau, Gabriel, Haddad, Taleen, Palepu, Anita, Khan, Nadia, McAlister, Finlay A, Downar, James, Huang, Allen R, MacMillan, Thomas E, Cavalcanti, Rodrigo B, Lee, Todd C

“…Scalable deprescribing interventions may reduce polypharmacy and the use of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs); however, few studies have been large…”
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Once woken by MacMillan, Thomas E

“…This poem placed first in the poetry category of The 2015 Humanities Poetry and Prose Contest, jointly sponsored by ARS Medica and CMAJ. CMAJ 2015…”
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Reduction in Unnecessary Red Blood Cell Folate Testing by Restricting Computerized Physician Order Entry in the Electronic Health Record by MacMillan, Thomas E., Gudgeon, Patrick, Yip, Paul M., Cavalcanti, Rodrigo B.

“…The red blood cell (RBC) folate test is a laboratory test with limited clinical utility. Previous attempts to reduce physician ordering of unnecessary…”
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Derivation and Validation of a Novel Risk Score to Predict Overcorrection of Severe Hyponatremia: The Severe Hyponatremia Overcorrection Risk (SHOR) Score by Woodfine, Jason D, Sood, Manish M, MacMillan, Thomas E, Cavalcanti, Rodrigo B, van Walraven, Carl

“…Osmotic demyelination syndrome is the most concerning complication of severe hyponatremia, occurring with an overly rapid rate of serum sodium correction…”
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Principles for clinical care of patients with COVID-19 on medical units by Frost, David W, Shah, Rupal, Melvin, Lindsay, de Juana, Miguel Galán, MacMillan, Thomas E, Abdelhalim, Tarek, Lai, Alison, Rawal, Shail, Cavalcanti, Rodrigo B

“…Frost et al considered available evidence and drew on their local experiences in Madrid and Toronto to propose an approach to the development of COVID-19 units…”
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Costs of Inpatient Medications: Do Dispensing and Nursing Fees Lead to Overestimates? by MacMillan, Thomas E, Cavalcanti, Rodrigo B

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Perceptions of patients and nurses regarding the use of wearables in inpatient settings: a mixed methods study by Patel, Vikas, Moosa, Sabreena, Sundaram, Sanjana, Langer, Laura, MacMillan, Thomas E., Cavalcanti, Rodrigo, Cram, Peter, Gunaratne, Keith, Bayley, Mark, Wu, Robert

“…Wearable devices for hospitalized patients could help improve care. The purpose of this study was to highlight key barriers and facilitators involved in…”
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Melatonin Increasingly Used in Hospitalized Patients by MacMillan, Thomas E, Lui, Philip, Wu, Robert C, Cavalcanti, Rodrigo B

“…The frequency of melatonin use for insomnia in hospitalized patients is unknown. This study assessed temporal trends of melatonin use in the hospital and…”
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Melatonin for Insomnia in Medical Inpatients: A Narrative Review by Salahub, Christine, Wu, Peter E, Burry, Lisa D, Soong, Christine, Sheehan, Kathleen A, MacMillan, Thomas E, Lapointe-Shaw, Lauren

“…In this narrative review, we describe what is known about non-pharmacological and pharmacological treatments for insomnia in medical inpatients, with a focus…”
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eWasted time: Redundant work during hospital admission and discharge by MacMillan, Thomas E, Slessarev, Marat, Etchells, Edward

“…Potential unintended consequences of health information technology include fragmentation of workflow and redundant work. We could not identify any prior direct…”
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A journal club for peer mentorship: helping to navigate the transition to independent practice by MacMillan, Thomas E., Rawal, Shail, Cram, Peter, Liu, Jessica

“…The transition from residency to independent practice presents unique challenges for physicians. New attending physicians often have unmet learning needs in…”
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Bedspacing and clinical outcomes in general internal medicine: A retrospective, multicenter cohort study by Zannella, Vanessa E., Jung, Hae Y., Fralick, Michael, Lapointe‐Shaw, Lauren, Liu, Jessica J., Weinerman, Adina, Kwan, Janice, Tang, Terence, Rawal, Shail, MacMillan, Thomas E., Bai, Anthony D., Gill, Sudeep, Shi, Jiamin, Bell, Chaim M., Razak, Fahad, Verma, Amol A.

“…Background Admitting hospitalized patients to off‐service wards (“bedspacing”) is common and may affect quality of care and patient outcomes. Objective To…”
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Low Quality of Discharge Summaries for Patients With Poorly Controlled Diabetes on a Clinical Teaching Unit by MacMillan, Thomas E., Cavalcanti, Rodrigo B.

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Principes de soins cliniques aux patients atteints de la COVID-19 dans les unites medicales by Frost, David W, Shah, Rupal, Melvin, Lindsay, de Juana, Miguel Galan, MacMillan, Thomas E, Abdelhalim, Tarek, Lai, Alison, Rawal, Shail, Cavalcanti, Rodrigo B

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