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Re‐evaluating treatment thresholds in patient blood management: Female patients experience more perioperative anaemia and higher transfusion rates in major elective surgery by Arya, Sumedha, Howell, Alanna, Vernich, Lee, Lin, Yulia, Pavenski, Katerina, Freedman, John

“…Background and Objectives By optimizing erythropoiesis, patient blood management (PBM) programmes can reduce transfusions, lower mortality and provide…”
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Rehospitalization After Traumatic Brain Injury: A Population-Based Study by Saverino, Cristina, MA, Swaine, Bonnie, PhD, Jaglal, Susan, PhD, Lewko, John, PhD, Vernich, Lee, MSc, Voth, Jennifer, PhD, Calzavara, Andrew, MSc, Colantonio, Angela, PhD, OT

“…Abstract Objective To examine, from a Canadian population-based perspective, the incidence and etiology of long-term hospital utilization among persons living…”
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Sleep stage distribution in persons with mild traumatic brain injury: A polysomnographic study according to American Academy of Sleep Medicine Standards by Mollayeva, Tatyana, MD, RST, RPSGT, PhD, Colantonio, Angela, MScOT, PhD, Cassidy, J David, PhD, DrMedSc, Vernich, Lee, MSc, Moineddin, Rahim, PhD, Shapiro, Colin M., MBBCh, PhD, FRCPC

“…Abstract Objective /Background: Sleep stage disruption in persons with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) has received little research attention. We examined…”
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Positive aspects of caregiving: rounding out the caregiver experience by Cohen, Carole A., Colantonio, Angela, Vernich, Lee

“…Objectives To identify positive aspects of caregiving and examine how they are associated with caregiver outcomes. Method This study used a national sample of…”
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A Canadian Population-Based Cohort to the Study Cost and Burden of Surgically Resected Hidradenitis Suppurativa by Mehdizadeh, Ali, Rosella, Laura, Alavi, Afsaneh, Sibbald, Gary, Farzanfar, Delaram, Hazrati, Ali, Vernich, Lee, Laporte, Audrey, Hu, Howard, Bashash, Morteza

“…Background: Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic debilitating disease with long-lasting comorbidities that impose direct and indirect costs on the health…”
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Community- and Healthcare-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains: An Investigation Into Household Transmission, Risk Factors, and Environmental Contamination by Ng, Wil, Faheem, Amna, McGeer, Allison, Simor, Andrew E, Gelosia, Antonella, Willey, Barbara M, Watt, Christine, Richardson, David C, Wong, Henry, Ostrowska, Krystyna, Vernich, Lee, Muller, Matthew P, Gnanasuntharam, Piraveina, Porter, Vanessa, Katz, Kevin

“…OBJECTIVE To measure transmission frequencies and risk factors for household acquisition of community-associated and healthcare-associated (HA-)…”
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High uptake of HIV testing in pregnant women in Ontario, Canada by Remis, Robert S, Merid, Maraki Fikre, Palmer, Robert W H, Whittingham, Elaine, King, Susan M, Danson, Natasha S, Vernich, Lee, Swantee, Carol, Major, Carol

“…In 1999, Ontario implemented a policy to offer HIV counseling and testing to all pregnant women and undertook measures to increase HIV testing. We evaluated…”
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Mycoplasma genitalium presence, resistance and epidemiology in Greenland by Gesink, Dionne C., Mulvad, Gert, Montgomery-Andersen, Ruth, Poppel, Upaluk, Montgomery-Andersen, Stephan, Binzer, Aka, Vernich, Lee, Frosst, Gillian, Stenz, Flemming, Rink, Elizabeth, Rosing Olsen, Ove, Koch, Anders, Skov Jensen, Jørgen

“…Objectives . Greenland reports the highest rates of chlamydial infection and gonorrhea in the Arctic. Our objective was to determine the presence, and describe…”
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Factors associated with perceived quality of life many years after traumatic brain injury by Steadman-Pare, D, Colantonio, A, Ratcliff, G, Chase, S, Vernich, L

“…To explore factors associated with perceived quality of life (QOL) 8 to 24 years after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Retrospective cohort study. Two hundred…”
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Using geographical information systems mapping to identify areas presenting high risk for traumatic brain injury by Colantonio, Angela, Moldofsky, Byron, Escobar, Michael, Vernich, Lee, Chipman, Mary, McLellan, Barry

“…The aim of this study is to show how geographical information systems (GIS) can be used to track and compare hospitalization rates for traumatic brain injury…”
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Multimodal Patient Blood Management Program Based on a Three-pillar Strategy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Althoff, Friederike C, Neb, Holger, Herrmann, Eva, Trentino, Kevin M, Vernich, Lee, Füllenbach, Christoph, Freedman, John, Waters, Jonathan H, Farmer, Shannon, Leahy, Michael F, Zacharowski, Kai, Meybohm, Patrick, Choorapoikayil, Suma

“…OBJECTIVES:To determine whether a multidisciplinary, multimodal Patient Blood Management (PBM) program for patients undergoing surgery is effective in reducing…”
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Route infrastructure and the risk of injuries to bicyclists: a case-crossover study by Teschke, Kay, Harris, M Anne, Reynolds, Conor C O, Winters, Meghan, Babul, Shelina, Chipman, Mary, Cusimano, Michael D, Brubacher, Jeff R, Hunte, Garth, Friedman, Steven M, Monro, Melody, Shen, Hui, Vernich, Lee, Cripton, Peter A

“…We compared cycling injury risks of 14 route types and other route infrastructure features. We recruited 690 city residents injured while cycling in Toronto or…”
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Measuring the Local Economic Impacts of Replacing On-Street Parking With Bike Lanes: A Toronto (Canada) Case Study by Arancibia, Daniel, Farber, Steven, Savan, Beth, Verlinden, Yvonne, Smith Lea, Nancy, Allen, Jeff, Vernich, Lee

“…Problem, research strategy, and findings: Bike lane projects on retail streets have proved contentious among merchant associations in North America, especially…”
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Epidemiologic Modeling to Evaluate Prevention of Mother-Infant HIV Transmission in Ontario by Remis, Robert S, King, Susan M, Vernich, Lee, Major, Carol, Whittingham, Elaine

“…To evaluate the impact of the Ontario HIV screening program to reduce mother-infant HIV transmission, this study estimated the proportion of preventable…”
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Trends in the Outcomes of Irritant-Induced Work-Related Asthma From a Workers Compensation and Insurance Agency Database in Canada by Ribeiro, Marcos, Fritz, Larisa, Vernich, Lee, Liss, Gary, Tarlo, Susan

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Oral iron versus intravenous iron for preoperative anemia management: the ONTraC experience by Lin, Yulia, Howell, Alanna, Vernich, Lee, Pavenski, Katerina, Freedman, John

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Increasing Drug Resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates in Ontario, Canada, 1987–1998 by Remis, Robert S., Jamieson, Frances, Chedore, Pam, Haddad, Albert, Vernich, Lee

“…We examined trends in resistance to first-line antituberculous agents for Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains isolated in Ontario, Canada from 1987 through 1998…”
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What Support Do Caregivers of Elderly Want? Results from the Canadian Study of Health and Aging by Colantonio, Angela, Kositsky, Adam J., Cohen, Carole, Vernich, Lee

“…The aim of this paper is to document interest in support strategies among caregivers of elderly persons. We used data from the Canadian Study of Health and…”
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Hemoglobin Optimization for Coronary Bypass: A 10-Year Canadian Multicenter Experience by Yanagawa, Bobby, Rocha, Rodolfo V., Mazine, Amine, Verma, Subodh, Mazer, C. David, Vernich, Lee, Latter, David, Freedman, John

“…We report our 10-year experience of a multicenter hemoglobin optimization program with the aim to reduce red blood cell transfusion in patients undergoing…”
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Measuring the Local Economic Impacts of Replacing On-Street Parking With Bike Lanes by Arancibia, Daniel, Farber, Steven, Savan, Beth, Verlinden, Yvonne, Smith Lea, Nancy, Allen, Jeff, Vernich, Lee

“…Problem, research strategy, and findings: Bike lane projects on retail streets have proved contentious among merchant associations in North America, especially…”
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