selected scholarly activity
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conferences
- Changes in glucose concentrations in emergency department patients presenting with symptoms of acute coronary syndrome. Clinical Biochemistry. 1021-1021. 2015
- Metabolomics for improved patient stratification in cystic fibrosis: Characterization of the sweat metabolome. Clinical Biochemistry. 143-143. 2014
- Prevalence of known and unknown diabetes in emergency department patients presenting with symptoms of acute coronary syndrome. Clinical Biochemistry. 1156-1156. 2014
- The diagnostic role of B-type natriuretic peptide in pediatric populations: A systematic review. Clinical Biochemistry. 1150-1150. 2014
- The utility of galectin-3 and high-sensitivity cardiac troponin assays to predict short-term serious outcomes in patients presenting early after chest-pain onset. Clinical Biochemistry. 1151-1151. 2014
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journal articles
- Small-Volume Blood Collection Tubes to Reduce Transfusions in Intensive Care. Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). 330:1872-1872. 2023
- Small-volume tubes to reduce anemia and transfusion (STRATUS): a pilot study. Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia. 70:1797-1806. 2023
- Rapid chloride and bicarbonate determination by capillary electrophoresis for confirmatory testing of cystic fibrosis infants with volume-limited sweat specimens. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis. 22:66-72. 2023
- Cord-Blood High-Sensitivity Troponin-I Reference Interval and Association with Early Neonatal Outcomes. American Journal of Perinatology. 29:1548-1554. 2022
- Environmental Cadmium Exposure and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Risk: An Overview of Systematic Reviews. Exposure and Health. 14:743-762. 2022
- Can the Addition of NT-proBNP and Glucose Measurements Improve the Prognostication of High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin Measurements for Patients with Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome?. Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease. 8:106-106. 2021
- Analytical assessment of ortho clinical diagnostics high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I assay. Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine. 59:749-755. 2021
- Comparison of two biomarker only algorithms for early risk stratification in patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome. International Journal of Cardiology. 319:140-143. 2020
- Using the clinical chemistry score in the emergency department to detect adverse cardiac events: a diagnostic accuracy study. CMAJ open. 8:E676-E684. 2020
- Clinical evaluation of Ortho Clinical Diagnostics high-sensitivity cardiac Troponin I assay in patients with symptoms suggestive of acute coronary syndrome. Clinical Biochemistry. 80:48-51. 2020
- Macrocomplexes and high-sensitivity cardiac troponin assays in samples stored for over 15 years. Clinica Chimica Acta. 505:6-8. 2020
- Preoperative N-Terminal Pro–B-Type Natriuretic Peptide and Cardiovascular Events After Noncardiac Surgery. ACP journal club. 172:96-96. 2020
- The impact of environmental cadmium exposure on type 2 diabetes risk: a protocol for an overview of systematic reviews. Systematic Reviews. 8:309. 2019
- Sample matrix and high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I assays. Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine. 57:745-751. 2019
- The potential of reducing AST testing in hospital settings. Clinical Biochemistry. 64:57-59. 2019
- Evaluation of the Siemens ADVIA Centaur high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I assay in serum. Clinica Chimica Acta. 487:216-221. 2018
- Multicenter comparison of imprecision at low concentrations of two regulatory approved high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I assays. Clinica Chimica Acta. 486:219-220. 2018
- High-sensitivity cardiac troponin concentrations at emergency department presentation in females and males with an acute cardiac outcome. Annals of Clinical Biochemistry. 55:604-607. 2018
- Clinical chemistry score versus high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I and T tests alone to identify patients at low or high risk for myocardial infarction or death at presentation to the emergency department. CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL. 190:E974-E984. 2018
- Performance of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin in the emergency department for myocardial infarction and a composite cardiac outcome across different estimated glomerular filtration rates. Clinica Chimica Acta. 479:166-170. 2018
- Variability Between Reagent Lots for High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin I May Affect Performance of Early Rule Out Strategies. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 34:209.e5-209.e6. 2018
- Analytical comparison of three different versions of a high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I assay over 10 years. Clinica Chimica Acta. 475:51-55. 2017
- The Sweat Metabolome of Screen-Positive Cystic Fibrosis Infants: Revealing Mechanisms beyond Impaired Chloride Transport. ACS Central Science. 3:904-913. 2017
- Concomitant therapy: off-pump coronary revascularization and transcatheter aortic valve implantation. Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. 25:12-17. 2017
- High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin Risk Cutoffs for Acute Cardiac Outcomes at Emergency Department Presentation. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 33:898-903. 2017
- Simultaneous transapical transcatheter mitral and aortic valve replacement for native valve stenosis. Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery. 58:796-799. 2017
- A laboratory score at presentation to rule-out serious cardiac outcomes or death in patients presenting with symptoms suggestive of acute coronary syndrome. Clinica Chimica Acta. 469:69-74. 2017
- Newborn Bilirubin Screening for Preventing Severe Hyperbilirubinemia and Bilirubin Encephalopathy: A Rapid Review. Current Pediatric Reviews. 13:67-90. 2017
- Conventional versus Transapical Aortic Valve Replacement: Is It Time for Shift in Indications?. Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon. 65:212-217. 2017
- Fluorescent carbon dots from mono- and polysaccharides: synthesis, properties and applications. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 13:675-693. 2017
- Rule-In and Rule-Out of Myocardial Infarction Using Cardiac Troponin and Glycemic Biomarkers in Patients with Symptoms Suggestive of Acute Coronary Syndrome. Clinical Chemistry. 63:403-414. 2017
- Adopting ‘ng/L’ as the units for high-sensitivity cardiac troponin assays and commitment by the entire health-care team could be the key for adopting recommendations. Annals of Clinical Biochemistry. 53:516-517. 2016
- Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in Patients at Extremely High Risk of Perioperative Mortality.. The Journal of Heart Valve Disease. 24:635-639. 2015
- An approach to rule-out an acute cardiovascular event or death in emergency department patients using outcome-based cutoffs for high-sensitivity cardiac troponin assays and glucose. Clinical Biochemistry. 48:282-287. 2015
- Presenting characteristics of patients undergoing cardiac troponin measurements in the emergency department. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine. 17:62-66. 2015
- B-type natriuretic peptide-guided therapy: a systematic review. Heart Failure Reviews. 19:553-564. 2014
- BNP and NT-proBNP as prognostic markers in persons with chronic stable heart failure. Heart Failure Reviews. 19:471-505. 2014
- Erratum to: Conflict of interest declaration. Heart Failure Reviews. 19:565-565. 2014
- Incremental predictive value of natriuretic peptides for prognosis in the chronic stable heart failure population: a systematic review. Heart Failure Reviews. 19:521-540. 2014
- Incremental value of natriuretic peptide measurement in acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF): a systematic review. Heart Failure Reviews. 19:507-519. 2014
- Performance of BNP and NT-proBNP for diagnosis of heart failure in primary care patients: a systematic review. Heart Failure Reviews. 19:439-451. 2014
- Prediction of clinical outcomes using B-type natriuretic peptides in the general population: a systematic review. Heart Failure Reviews. 19:541-551. 2014
- Use of BNP and NT-proBNP for the diagnosis of heart failure in the emergency department: a systematic review of the evidence. Heart Failure Reviews. 19:421-438. 2014
- Myocardial Injury after Noncardiac Surgery. Anesthesiology. 120:564-578. 2014
- Transapical aortic valve implantation and minimally invasive off-pump bypass surgery. Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. 18:248-249. 2014
- Coronary vasomotor abnormalities in patients with stable angina after successful stent implantation but without in-stent restenosis. Clinical Research in Cardiology. 103:11-19. 2014
- Root cause analysis of delays to discharge for patients held for serial cardiac troponin levels. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine. 16:20-24. 2014
- Strong Anion Determination in Biological Fluids by Capillary Electrophoresis for Clinical Diagnostics. Analytical Chemistry. 85:11112-11120. 2013
- Ninety-Minute vs 3-h Performance of High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin Assays for Predicting Hospitalization for Acute Coronary Syndrome. Clinical Chemistry. 59:1407-1410. 2013
- Comparison of hs-cTnI, hs-cTnT, hFABP and GPBB for identifying early adverse cardiac events in patients presenting within six hours of chest pain-onset. Clinica Chimica Acta. 419:39-41. 2013
- ECG findings in comparison to cardiovascular MR imaging in viral myocarditis. International Journal of Cardiology. 165:100-106. 2013
- Implications of adjustment of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T assay. Clinical Chemistry. 59:574-576. 2013
- Error in Viewpoint in: Statin Therapy for Healthy Men Identified as ‘Increased Risk,’. Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). 307:2590-2590. 2012
- Cardiac troponin testing in the acute care setting: Ordering, reporting, and high sensitivity assays—An update from the Canadian society of clinical chemists (CSCC). Clinical Biochemistry. 44:1273-1277. 2011
- High sensitivity troponin T concentrations in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery: A prospective cohort study. Clinical Biochemistry. 44:1021-1024. 2011
- Identification of myocardial injury in the emergency setting. Clinical Biochemistry. 43:539-544. 2010
- Utility of Urine Myoglobin for the Prediction of Acute Renal Failure in Patients with Suspected Rhabdomyolysis: A Systematic Review. Clinical Chemistry. 55:2190-2197. 2009
- Predicting cardiac outcomes. CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL. 173:1206-1207. 2005
- Capability of ischemia-modified albumin to predict serious cardiac outcomes in the short term among patients with potential acute coronary syndrome. CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL. 172:1685-1690. 2005
- Diarrhea, Abdominal Pain, Weight Loss, and Malnutrition in an Adult Woman. Laboratory Medicine. 34:581-584. 2003
- The Case of the Newborn with Ambiguous Genitalia. Laboratory Medicine. 34:532-534. 2003
- Effect of Rheumatoid Factor on Cardiac Troponin I Measurement Using Two Commercial Measurement Systems. Clinical Chemistry. 46:307-308. 2000
- Differential mechanisms targeting type 1 plasminogen activator inhibitor and vitronectin into the storage granules of a human megakaryocytic cell line. Blood. 87:5061-5073. 1996
- Serum‐dependent Modulation of the we 1 Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor Binding to Endothelial Cell Surfaces. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 667:42-45. 1992
- The significance of matrix effects on the measurement of lactate dehydrogenase (LD) activity using kodak dry slide technology in the ontario laboratory proficiency testing program. Clinical Biochemistry. 23:179-181. 1990
- Identification and characterization of peptidoglycan-associated proteins in Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Infection and Immunity. 57:3612-3618. 1989