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• "Independent assessor" and "pooled index" as techniques for measuring treatment effects in rheumatoid arthritis.  Journal Articles
• A 10-Year Review of Necrotizing Fasciitis in the Pediatric Population: Delays to Diagnosis and Management  Journal Articles
• A 30-day prospective audit of all inpatient complications following acute care surgery: How well do we really perform?  Journal Articles
• A Cohort Study of Pediatric Shock  Journal Articles
• A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Low Risk Deliveries: A Comparison of Midwives, Family Physicians and Obstetricians  Journal Articles
• A Critical Assessment of the Out-of-Hospital Trauma Triage Guidelines for Physiologic Abnormality  Journal Articles
• A Multicenter Randomized Control Trial Comparing a Novel Intramedullary Device (InterTAN) Versus Conventional Treatment (Sliding Hip Screw) of Geriatric Hip Fractures  Journal Articles
• A Propensity Score–weighted Comparison of Outcomes Between Living and Standard Criteria Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant Recipients  Journal Articles
• A Prospective Randomized Study of Pfannenstiel Versus Expanded Port Site Incision for Intact Specimen Extraction in Laparoscopic Radical Nephrectomy  Journal Articles
• A Randomized Controlled Trial of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Versus Standard of Care Recovery for Emergency Cesarean Deliveries at Mbarara Hospital, Uganda  Journal Articles
• A Randomized Trial of Diagnostic Techniques for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia  Journal Articles
• A Retrospective Study of the Association between Pain Intensity and Opioid Use with Length of Stay during Musculoskeletal Inpatient Rehabilitation after Primary Knee and Hip Arthroplasty  Journal Articles
• A clinical prediction tool for hospital mortality in critically ill elderly patients  Journal Articles
• A look back at the first wave of COVID-19 in China: A systematic review and meta-analysis of mortality and health care resource use among severe or critical patients  Journal Articles
• A multicentre controlled pre–post trial of an implementation science intervention to improve venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in critically ill patients  Journal Articles
• A population-based analysis of the drivers of short-term costs after bariatric surgery within a publicly funded regionalized center of excellence system  Journal Articles
• A protocol for a randomized controlled trial investigating the safety and cost-effectiveness of outpatient total hip arthroplasty  Journal Articles
• A randomized trial of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring versus clinical blood pressure measurement in the management of hypertension in pregnancy. A feasibility study  Journal Articles
• A randomized, controlled trial comparing thoracoscopy and limited thoracotomy for lung biopsy in interstitial lung disease  Journal Articles
• A review of interventions to improve clinical outcomes following hospitalisation for heart failure  Journal Articles
• A single center randomized trial assessing use of a vascular hemostasis device vs. conventional manual compression following ptca: What are the potential resource savings?  Journal Articles
• A systematic review of early versus delayed wound closure in patients with open fractures requiring flap coverage  Journal Articles
• Abciximab in Acute Ischemic Stroke  Journal Articles
• Acupuncture for Treatment of Acute Vomiting in Children with Gastroenteritis and Pneumonia  Journal Articles
• Acute Kidney Injury After Cardiac Surgery  Journal Articles
• Acute care inpatients with long-term delayed-discharge: evidence from a Canadian health region  Journal Articles
• Acute pancreatitis after EUS-guided FNA of solid pancreatic masses: a pooled analysis from EUS centers in the United States  Journal Articles
• Advanced chronic kidney disease in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation: insights on clinical outcomes and prognostic markers from a large cohort of patients  Journal Articles
• Age of Transfused Blood in Critically Ill Adults  Journal Articles
• All-cause hospitalizations in systemic lupus erythematosus from a large Canadian referral centre  Journal Articles
• Amnion in the treatment of pediatric partial-thickness facial burns  Journal Articles
• An Investigation of Satellite Hemodialysis Fallbacks in the Province of Ontario  Journal Articles
• An economic analysis of management strategies for closed and open grade I tibial shaft fractures  Journal Articles
• An economic evaluation of early versus delayed operative treatment in patients with closed tibial shaft fractures  Journal Articles
• Analysis of factors that influence neurosurgical length of hospital stay among newly diagnosed pediatric brain tumor patients  Journal Articles
• Anterior and posterior spinal fusion: comparison of one-stage and two-stage procedures.  Journal Articles
• Antibiotics administration before enema reduction of intussusception: is it necessary?  Conferences
• Antioxidant and Trace Element Supplementation Reduce the Inflammatory Response in Critically Ill Burn Patients  Journal Articles
• Appropriate Use of Point-of-Care Ultrasonography in Patients With Acute Dyspnea in Emergency Department or Inpatient Settings: A Clinical Guideline From the American College of Physicians  Journal Articles
• Are geriatric units needed for elderly patients with hip fractures?  Journal Articles
• Are some children with empyema at risk for treatment failure with fibrinolytics? A multicenter cohort study  Journal Articles
• Association Between Comorbid Psychiatric Disorders and Hospital Resource Use in Physically Ill Pediatric Inpatients: A Case-Matched Analysis  Journal Articles
• Association Between Delayed Discharge From Acute Care and Rehabilitation Outcomes and Length of Stay: A Retrospective Cohort Study  Journal Articles
• Association Between Dietary Fat Content and Outcomes in Pediatric Burn Patients  Journal Articles
• Association between day of the week of elective surgery and postoperative mortality  Journal Articles
• Association between tracheostomy timing and outcomes for older critically ill COVID-19 patients: prospective observational study in European intensive care units  Journal Articles
• Association of Vasopressin Plus Catecholamine Vasopressors vs Catecholamines Alone With Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Distributive Shock  Journal Articles
• Association of empiric antibiotic selection and clinical outcomes in hospitalised children with severe orbital infections: a retrospective cohort study  Journal Articles
• Associations of preoperative anaemia with healthcare resource use and outcomes after colorectal surgery: a population-based cohort study  Journal Articles
• Atherosclerosis Unplugged: Potential Mechanisms Leading to the Clinical Manifestation of Stroke Caused by Cigarette Smoking  Journal Articles
• Atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery: update on the evidence on the available prophylactic interventions.  Journal Articles
• Bacteremia Antibiotic Length Actually Needed for Clinical Effectiveness (BALANCE): study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial  Journal Articles
• Benchmarking Outcomes in the Critically Injured Burn Patient  Journal Articles
• Benefit of continuous renal replacement therapy in subgroups of acutely ill patients: a retrospective analysis  Journal Articles
• Benzodiazepine Versus Nonbenzodiazepine-Based Sedation for Mechanically Ventilated, Critically Ill Adults  Journal Articles
• Beyond the revised cardiac risk index: Validation of the hospital frailty risk score in non-cardiac surgery  Journal Articles
• Birth outcomes in women with body mass index of 40 kg/m² or greater stratified by planned and actual mode of birth: a systematic review and meta‐analysis  Journal Articles
• Blunt Versus Penetrating Violent Traumatic Brain Injury  Journal Articles
• Body Mass Index and Effects of Refeeding on Liver Tests in Drug-dependent Adults in a Residential Research Unit  Journal Articles
• Brain Natriuretic Peptide in the Evaluation of Emergency Department Dyspnea: Is There a Role?  Journal Articles
• Breastfeeding Outcomes of Women Following Uncomplicated Birth in Hamilton-Wentworth  Journal Articles
• Burden of respiratory syncytial virus hospitalisation among infants born at 32–35 weeks' gestational age in the Northern Hemisphere: pooled analysis of seven studies  Journal Articles
• Burn injury and multiple sclerosis: A retrospective case-control study  Journal Articles
• CCORT/CCS quality indicators for acute myocardial infarction care.  Journal Articles
• CIHI Survey: Alternative Level of Care in Canada: A Summary  Journal Articles
• Can an antimicrobial stewardship program reduce length of stay of immune-competent adult patients admitted to hospital with diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia? Study protocol for pragmatic controlled non-randomized clinical study  Journal Articles
• Canada's Population Health Model (POHEM)  Journal Articles
• Candidemia in patients with diabetes mellitus: epidemiology and predictors of mortality  Journal Articles
• Cardiac Biomarkers and Acute Kidney Injury After Cardiac Surgery  Journal Articles
• Cardiac Home Education and Support Trial (CHEST): A pilot study  Journal Articles
• Care models in the management of haemophilia: a systematic review  Journal Articles
• Carnitine supplementation for preterm infants with recurrent apnoea  Journal Articles
• Cast Brace Management of the Femoral Shaft Fracture in Children and Young Adults  Journal Articles
• Catatonic syndrome in a general psychiatric inpatient population: frequency, clinical presentation, and response to lorazepam.  Journal Articles
• Causal Analysis of Emergency Department Delays  Journal Articles
• Causes and predictors of failed same-day home discharge following primary hip and knee total joint arthroplasty: a Canadian perspective  Journal Articles
• Causes of cancellations on the day of surgery at a Tertiary Teaching Hospital  Journal Articles
• Change in Function Over Inpatient Rehabilitation After Hypoxic Ischemic Brain Injury: A Population-Wide Cohort Study  Journal Articles
• Characteristics and short-term outcomes of neonates with mild hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy treated with hypothermia  Journal Articles
• Characteristics of Patients Who Leave Emergency Departments without Being Seen  Journal Articles
• Characterizing usual-care physical rehabilitation in Canadian intensive care unit patients: a secondary analysis of the Canadian multicentre Critical Care Cycling to Improve Lower Extremity Strength pilot randomized controlled trial.  Journal Articles
• Circumstances and implications of conversion from minimally invasive to open liver resection: a multi-center analysis from the AMILES registry  Journal Articles
• Clinical Disease Severity of Respiratory Viral Co-Infection versus Single Viral Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis  Journal Articles
• Clinical Outcomes in Obese and Normal-weight Children Undergoing Ultrasound for Suspected Appendicitis  Conferences
• Clinical Outcomes of Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty Among Nonagenarian Patients  Journal Articles
• Clinical Predictors for Unsafe Direct Discharge Home Patients From Intensive Care Units  Journal Articles
• Clinical severity of rhinovirus/enterovirus compared to other respiratory viruses in children  Journal Articles
• Clinical versus sonographic evaluation of acute appendicitis in children: A comparison of patient characteristics and outcomes  Conferences
• Clonidine for sedation in the critically ill: a systematic review and meta-analysis  Conferences
• Cognitive Dysfunction in Hip Fracture Patients  Journal Articles
• Cognitive changes in older adults following intensive care unit stays  Journal Articles
• Combined pancreaticoduodenectomy and colon resection for locally advanced peri-ampullary tumours: analysis of peri-operative morbidity and mortality  Journal Articles
• Combining nutrition and exercise to optimize survival and recovery from critical illness: Conceptual and methodological issues  Journal Articles
• Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus: Predictors of Complications and Length of Hospital Stay  Journal Articles
• Comparing First- and Second-year Palivizumab Prophylaxis in Patients With Hemodynamically Significant Congenital Heart Disease in the CARESS Database (2005–2015)  Journal Articles
• Comparison between laparoscopic and open radical nephrectomy for the treatment of primary renal tumors in children: Single-center experience over a 5-year period  Journal Articles
• Comparison of Current Health, Functional Limitations, and Health Care Use of Young Adults Who Were Born With Extremely Low Birth Weight and Normal Birth Weight  Journal Articles
• Comparison of Flank, Dorsal Lumbotomy and Laparoscopic Approaches for Dismembered Pyeloplasty in Children Older Than 3 Years With Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction  Journal Articles
• Comparison of single- versus double-anastomosis duodenal switch: a single-center experience with 2-year follow-up  Journal Articles
• Comparison of standard and accelerated initiation of renal replacement therapy in acute kidney injury  Journal Articles
• Comparison of ventilatory modes to facilitate liberation from mechanical ventilation: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis  Journal Articles
• Content of inpatient rehabilitation for patients with traumatic brain injury: A comparison of Canadian and American facilities  Journal Articles
• Continued vs. interrupted direct oral anticoagulants at the time of device surgery, in patients with moderate to high risk of arterial thrombo-embolic events (BRUISE CONTROL-2)  Journal Articles
• Continuous Venovenous Hemofiltration versus Continuous Venovenous Hemodiafiltration in Critically Ill Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study from a Canadian Tertiary Centre  Journal Articles
• Contralateral Cerebral Infarction Following Vacuum Extraction  Journal Articles
• Contributors to the length-of-stay trajectory in burn-injured patients  Journal Articles
• Coronary Bypass Surgery Performed off Pump Does Not Result in Lower In-Hospital Morbidity Than Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Performed on Pump  Journal Articles
• Coronary care unit utilization in Hamilton, Ontario, a city of 375,000 people.  Journal Articles
• Corticosteroid Therapy for Patients Hospitalized With Community-Acquired Pneumonia  Journal Articles
• Corticosteroids for treating sepsis in children and adults  Journal Articles
• Corticosteroids in Patients Hospitalized With Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Systematic Review and Individual Patient Data Metaanalysis  Journal Articles
• Corticosteroids in sepsis: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis (protocol)  Journal Articles
• Corticosteroids in the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia: an evidence summary  Journal Articles
• Cost Analysis of Treating Neonatal Hypoglycemia with Dextrose Gel  Journal Articles
• Cost Effectiveness of Continued-Warfarin Versus Heparin-Bridging Therapy During Pacemaker and Defibrillator Surgery  Journal Articles
• Cost Implication of an Early Invasive Strategy on Weekdays and Weekends in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes  Journal Articles
• Cost Savings Associated with Fitness-to-Stand-Trial Assessments in Detention Centres: A Pilot Program  Journal Articles
• Cost of hospitalization for stroke in a low–middle-income country: Findings from a public tertiary hospital in the Philippines  Journal Articles
• Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of a Randomized Trial Comparing Care Models for Chronic Kidney Disease  Journal Articles
• Cost-Effectiveness of Rhythm versus Rate Control in Atrial Fibrillation  Journal Articles
• Cost-Effectiveness of Transdermal Nitroglycerin Use for Preterm Labor  Journal Articles
• Cost-effectiveness of clopidogrel in acute coronary syndromes in Canada: A long-term analysis based on the CURE trial  Journal Articles
• Costs of Neonatal Intensive Care for Canadian Infants with Preterm Birth  Journal Articles
• Costs of Remission and Recovery Using Family Therapy for Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa: A Descriptive Report  Journal Articles
• Costs of postpartum care: examining associations from the Ontario mother and infant survey.  Journal Articles
• Counterbalancing patient demands with evidence: Results from a pan-canadian randomized clinical trial of brief supportive-expressive group psychotherapy for women with systemic lupus erythematosus  Journal Articles
• Critical Care Nurses' Pain Assessment and Management Practices: A Survey in Canada  Journal Articles
• Critical illness in children with influenza A/pH1N1 2009 infection in Canada*  Journal Articles
• Critically Ill Patients With 2009 Influenza A(H1N1) Infection in Canada  Journal Articles
• Crystalloids vs. colloids in fluid resuscitation  Journal Articles
• DNR directives are established early in mechanically ventilated intensive care unit patients  Journal Articles
• Daily Sedation Interruption vs Continuous Sedation in Pediatric Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation  Journal Articles
• De-escalation, adequacy of antibiotic therapy and culture positivity in septic patients: an observational study  Journal Articles
• Declining Length of Hospital Stay for Acute Myocardial Infarction and Postdischarge Outcomes  Journal Articles
• Declining Length of Stay for Patients Hospitalized with AMI: Impact on Mortality and Readmissions  Journal Articles
• Defining a learning curve for laparoscopic colorectal resections  Conferences
• Demographic Predictors of Resource Utilization for Bleeding Peptic Ulcer Disease: The Ontario GI Bleed Study  Journal Articles
• Derivation and validation of a two‐variable index to predict 30‐day outcomes following heart failure hospitalization  Journal Articles
• Description and Results of a Comprehensive Care Protocol for Overnight-Stay Spine Surgery in Adults  Journal Articles
• Determinants of Admission to Inpatient Rehabilitation Among Acute Care Survivors of Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury: A Prospective Population-Wide Cohort Study  Journal Articles
• Determinants of Depressive Symptoms at 1 Year Following ICU Discharge in Survivors of ≥ 7 Days of Mechanical Ventilation  Journal Articles
• Determination of Neurologic Prognosis and Clinical Decision Making in Adult Patients With Severe Traumatic Brain Injury  Journal Articles
• Development of an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Guideline and Implementation Strategy Based on the Knowledge-to-action Cycle  Journal Articles
• Development, implementation, and evaluation of a ketoconazole practice guideline for ARDS prophylaxis  Journal Articles
• Developmental Outcomes of Very Preterm Infants with Tracheostomies  Journal Articles
• Dexamethasone Perioperative Coanalgesia in Lumbar Spine Fusion  Journal Articles
• Diagnosis and treatment of intracranial hemorrhage in children with hemophilia  Journal Articles
• Diarrhea during critical illness: a multicenter cohort study  Journal Articles
• Diarrhoea: interventions, consequences and epidemiology in the intensive care unit (DICE-ICU): a protocol for a prospective multicentre cohort study  Journal Articles
• Differences in Sleep Complaints in Adults With Varying Levels of Bed Days Residing in Extended Care Facilities for Chronic Disease Management  Journal Articles
• Diode laser ablation of prostate and channel transurethral resection of prostate in patients with prostate cancer and bladder outlet obstruction symptoms.  Journal Articles
• Do Falls Experienced During Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation Affect Length of Stay, Functional Status, and Discharge Destination?  Journal Articles
• Do hospital E-codes consistently capture suicidal behaviour?  Journal Articles
• Do physician-payment mechanisms affect hospital utilization? A study of Health Service Organizations in Ontario.  Journal Articles
• Does a laparoscopic approach to total abdominal colectomy and proctocolectomy offer advantages?  Journal Articles
• Does early surgical repair of hip fractures improve patient outcomes?  Journal Articles
• Does preoperative rehabilitation for patients planning to undergo joint replacement surgery improve outcomes? A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials  Journal Articles
• Does replacing intravenous pyelography with noncontrast helical computed tomography benefit patients with suspected acute urolithiasis?  Journal Articles
• Does the NRS Capture Changes in Communication during Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation?  Journal Articles
• Does the Presence of an Upper Extremity Injury Affect Outcomes after Major Trauma?  Journal Articles
• Double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial of prophylactic metoprolol for reduction of hospital length of stay after heart surgery: The β-Blocker Length Of Stay (BLOS) study  Journal Articles
• Duration of intravenous antibiotics for patients with neutropenic fever  Journal Articles
• Dynamic Article  Journal Articles
• ERAS protocol in laparoscopic surgery for colonic versus rectal carcinoma: are there differences in short-term outcomes?  Journal Articles
• Early Discharge After Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty—An Observational Cohort Study Evaluating Safety in 330,000 Patients  Journal Articles
• Early assessment and in-hospital management of patients with acute myocardial infarction at increased risk for adverse outcomes: a nationwide perspective of current clinical practice. The National Registry of Myocardial Infarction (NRMI-2) Participants.  Journal Articles
• Early experimental COVID-19 therapies: associations with length of hospital stay, mortality and related costs  Journal Articles
• Early mobilization in the critical care unit: A review of adult and pediatric literature  Journal Articles
• Early postoperative serum cystatin C predicts severe acute kidney injury following pediatric cardiac surgery  Journal Articles
• Early versus late surgery for traumatic spinal cord injury: the results of a prospective Canadian cohort study  Journal Articles
• Economic (gross cost) analysis of systematically implementing a programme of advance care planning in three Irish nursing homes  Journal Articles
• Economic evaluation of intravenous immune globulin therapy for Kawasaki syndrome  Journal Articles
• Economic evaluation of procalcitonin-guided antibiotic therapy in acute respiratory infections: a US health system perspective  Journal Articles
• Effect of Convalescent Plasma on Organ Support–Free Days in Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19  Journal Articles
• Effect of Perioperative Nutritional Supplementation on Postoperative Complications—Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis  Journal Articles
• Effect of a Preoperative Intervention on Preoperative and Postoperative Outcomes in Low-Risk Patients Awaiting Elective Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery  Journal Articles
• Effect of fibrin glue on air leak and length of hospital stay after pulmonary lobectomy.  Journal Articles
• Effect of older age on treatment decisions and outcomes among patients with traumatic spinal cord injury  Journal Articles
• Effect of pregnancy on effectiveness of laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication  Journal Articles
• Effect of preoperative cannabis use on perioperative outcomes: a retrospective cohort study  Journal Articles
• Effect of procalcitonin-guided antibiotic treatment on mortality in acute respiratory infections: a patient level meta-analysis  Journal Articles
• Effect of routine jejunostomy tube insertion in esophagectomy: A systematic review and meta-analysis  Conferences
• Effectiveness of Acute Geriatric Unit Care Using Acute Care for Elders Components: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis  Journal Articles
• Effectiveness of Intrapleural Tissue Plasminogen Activator and Dornase Alfa vs Tissue Plasminogen Activator Alone in Children with Pleural Empyema  Journal Articles
• Effects of Prehospital Care on Outcome in Patients With Cardiac Illness  Journal Articles
• Effects of Radial Versus Femoral Artery Access in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes With or Without ST-Segment Elevation  Journal Articles
• Effects of Unstructured Mobility Programs in Older Hospitalized General Medicine Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis  Journal Articles
• Effects of quality-based procedure hospital funding reform in Ontario, Canada: An interrupted time series study  Journal Articles
• Efficacy of Hospital at Home in Patients with Heart Failure: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis  Journal Articles
• Efficacy of a functionally-based neurorehabilitation programme: A retrospective case-matched study of rehabilitation outcomes following traumatic brain injury  Journal Articles
• Elevated Cardiac Troponin Levels in Critically Ill Patients: Prevalence, Incidence, and Outcomes  Journal Articles
• Elevated Cardiac Troponin Measurements in Critically Ill Patients  Journal Articles
• Elevated Troponin: A Marker for Noncardiac Complications After Resection of Head and Neck Cancers  Journal Articles
• Elevated plasma matrix metalloproteinases and their tissue inhibitors in patients with severe sepsis  Journal Articles
• Elevated troponin and myocardial infarction in the intensive care unit: a prospective study.  Journal Articles
• Emergency Department disposition decisions and associated mortality and costs in ICU patients with suspected infection  Journal Articles
• Emergency Room Visits and Readmissions Following Implementation of an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (iERAS) Program  Journal Articles
• Emergency department boarding: a descriptive analysis and measurement of impact on outcomes  Journal Articles
• Emergency department length of stay for patients requiring mechanical ventilation: a prospective observational study  Journal Articles
• Empyema Management: Twelve Years' Experience Since the Introduction of Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery  Journal Articles
• Endovascular repair of popliteal artery aneurysms with anaconda limbs: Technique and early results  Journal Articles
• Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) Programs for Patients Having Colorectal Surgery: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Trials  Journal Articles
• Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) pathways in breast reconstruction: systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature  Journal Articles
• Enhanced recovery after surgery protocol in oesophageal cancer surgery: Systematic review and meta-analysis  Journal Articles
• Enhanced recovery after surgery protocols following emergency intra-abdominal surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis  Journal Articles
• Enteral nutrition on discharge from intensive care and 30-day unplanned readmission: An exploratory, retrospective study of association  Journal Articles
• Enthusiasm, Opinion Leaders, Comparative Advantage, and the Uptake Of Laparoscopic Resection For Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases in Ontario, Canada: A Population-Based Cohort Study  Journal Articles
• Equity in health care: Methodological contributions to the analysis of hospital utilization within Canada  Journal Articles
• Erector Spinae Plane Block for Surgery of the Posterior Thoracic Wall in a Pediatric Patient.  Journal Articles
• Erhöhung der Frühgeborenenrate durch Rauchen in der Schwangerschaft und daraus resultierende Kosten für die Perinatalmedizin in Deutschland  Journal Articles
• Establishment of the World's First Telerobotic Remote Surgical Service  Journal Articles
• Etiology of troponin elevation in critically ill patients  Journal Articles
• Evaluating frailty using the modified frailty index for colonic diverticular disease surgery: analysis of the national inpatient sample 2015–2019  Journal Articles
• Evaluating the impact of an antimicrobial stewardship program on the length of stay of immune-competent adult patients admitted to a hospital ward with a diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia: A quasi-experimental study  Journal Articles
• Evaluation of Postoperative Pain Control for Women Undergoing Surgery for Gynaecologic Malignancies  Journal Articles
• Evaluation of a physiatrist-directed prehabilitation intervention in frail patients with colorectal cancer: a randomised pilot study protocol  Journal Articles
• Evaluation of innovations in nursing practice: report and discussion  Journal Articles
• Evaluation of patient-physician-nurse team in reducing care requirements of patients in a respiratory care program.  Journal Articles
• Evaluation of surgical approaches to pyloromyotomy: a single-center experience  Journal Articles
• Examining Canada's return visits to the emergency department after a concussion  Journal Articles
• Exclusive breastfeeding in hospital predicts longer breastfeeding duration in Canada: Implications for health equity  Journal Articles
• Expedited surgery for hip fracture?  Journal Articles
• Factor XI Antisense Oligonucleotide for Prevention of Venous Thrombosis  Journal Articles
• Factors Associated With Outcomes and Costs After Pediatric Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy  Journal Articles
• Factors Associated With the Epidemic of Hospitalizations Due to Atrial Fibrillation  Journal Articles
• Factors Associated With the Increasing Rates of Discharges Directly Home From Intensive Care Units—A Direct From ICU Sent Home Study  Journal Articles
• Factors associated with immediate abortion complications.  Journal Articles
• Factors at Admission Associated With Bleeding Risk in Medical Patients  Journal Articles
• Fecal Occult Blood Testing as a Diagnostic Test in Symptomatic Patients is not Useful: A Retrospective Chart Review  Journal Articles
• Fluids in Sepsis and Septic Shock (FISSH): protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial  Journal Articles
• Frailty in inflammatory bowel disease: analysis of the National Inpatient Sample 2015–2019  Journal Articles
• Frailty increases mortality among patients ≥ 80 years old treated in Polish ICUs  Journal Articles
• Frequency of venous thromboembolism in 6513 patients with COVID-19: a retrospective study  Journal Articles
• Functional Recovery Following Critical Illness in Children  Journal Articles
• Functional Recovery in Critically Ill Children, the “WeeCover” Multicenter Study  Journal Articles
• Functional Status Score for the ICU: An International Clinimetric Analysis of Validity, Responsiveness, and Minimal Important Difference  Journal Articles
• Gabapentin does not improve multimodal analgesia outcomes for total knee arthroplasty: a randomized controlled trial  Journal Articles
• Gastrectomy and Esophagogastrectomy for Proximal and Distal Gastric Lesions: A Comparison of Open and Laparoscopic Procedures  Journal Articles
• Gender Differences in Pediatric Burn Patients  Journal Articles
• Geriatric Syndromes Predict Postdischarge Outcomes Among Older Emergency Department Patients: Findings From the interRAI Multinational Emergency Department Study  Journal Articles
• Global patient outcomes after elective surgery: prospective cohort study in 27 low-, middle- and high-income countries  Journal Articles
• Gout, allopurinol intake and clinical outcomes in the hospitalized multimorbid elderly  Journal Articles
• Handgrip strength predicts length of stay and quality of life in and out of hospital  Journal Articles
• Health Care Costs Associated with AKI  Journal Articles
• Healthcare Utilization and Costs in Children Receiving Home Mechanical Ventilation in Ontario: A 14-Year Cohort Study  Journal Articles
• Healthcare resource use in XALIA: A subgroup analysis of a non-interventional study of rivaroxaban versus standard anticoagulation for deep vein thrombosis  Journal Articles
• Healthcare resource utilization and costs among patients with direct oral anticoagulant or warfarin-related major bleeding  Journal Articles
• Healthcare resource utilization in patients receiving idarucizumab for reversal of dabigatran anticoagulation due to major bleeding, urgent surgery, or procedural interventions: interim results from the RE-VERSE AD™ study  Journal Articles
• Healthcare-related correlates of preoperative psychological distress among a mixed surgical and cancer-specific sample  Journal Articles
• Home management of mild to moderately severe community‐acquired pneumonia: a randomised controlled trial  Journal Articles
• Hospital Use by the Extremely Elderly (Nonagenarians): A Two‐year Study  Journal Articles
• Hospital volume, calendar age, and short term outcomes in patients undergoing repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms: the Ontario experience, 1988-92.  Journal Articles
• Hospitalization Rates for Patients on Assisted Peritoneal Dialysis Compared with In-Center Hemodialysis  Journal Articles
• Hospitalization for Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Children with Down Syndrome Less than 2 Years of Age: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis  Journal Articles
• Hospitalizations for back and neck problems: a comparison between the Province of Ontario and Washington State.  Journal Articles
• How does fast track affect quality of care in the emergency department?  Journal Articles
• How to use the results of an economic evaluation  Journal Articles
• How was your hospital stay? Patients' reports about their care in Canadian hospitals.  Journal Articles
• Human and Bovine Colostrum for Prevention of Necrotizing Enterocolitis: A Meta-analysis  Journal Articles
• Hyperglycemia Has a Stronger Relation with Outcome in Trauma Patients than in Other Critically Ill Patients  Journal Articles
• Hypothermia Therapy after Traumatic Brain Injury in Children  Journal Articles
• IVP or CT for suspected urolithiasis: reply.  Journal Articles
• Impact of Anticoagulation on Mortality and Resource Utilization Among Critically Ill Patients With Major Bleeding  Journal Articles
• Impact of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Infection  Journal Articles
• Impact of HIV Status on Outcome of Infectious Complications in Intravenous Drug Users  Journal Articles
• Impact of Injectable Furosemide Hospital Shortage on Congestive Heart Failure Outcomes: A Time Series Analysis  Journal Articles
• Impact of Routine 24 Hour Coronary Care Unit Stay in Stable Patients After Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction  Journal Articles
• Impact of a DRG-based hospital financing system on quality and outcomes of care in Italy  Journal Articles
• Impact of a DRG-based hospital financing system on quality and outcomes of care in Italy.  Journal Articles
• Impact of an innovative inpatient patient navigator program on length of stay and 30‐day readmission  Journal Articles
• Impact of laparoscopy on adherence to an enhanced recovery pathway and readiness for discharge in elective colorectal surgery: Results from the PeriOperative Italian Society registry  Journal Articles
• Impact of preoperative echocardiography on surgical delays and outcomes among adults with hip fracture  Journal Articles
• Impact of the integrated comprehensive care program post-thoracic surgery: A propensity score–matched study  Journal Articles
• Impaired Immune Response in Elderly Burn Patients  Journal Articles
• Implementation of a Same-Day Discharge Protocol Following Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy  Journal Articles
• Implementation of the Maryland Global Budget Revenue Model and Variation in the Expenditures and Outcomes of Surgical Care  Journal Articles
• Implementing an obstetric triage acuity scale: interrater reliability and patient flow analysis  Journal Articles
• In ICU patients not receiving early PN, tight and liberal glucose control did not differ for length of ICU stay or death  Journal Articles
• In-hospital clinical outcomes after upper gastrointestinal surgery: Data from an international observational study  Journal Articles
• Incentive Spirometry After Lung Resection: A Randomized Controlled Trial  Journal Articles
• Incidence of Nutrition Deterioration in Nonseriously Ill Hospitalized Children Younger Than 5 Years  Journal Articles
• Incidence of and Risk Factors for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Critically Ill Patients  Journal Articles
• Incremental healthcare utilisation and costs among new senior high-cost users in Ontario, Canada: a retrospective matched cohort study  Journal Articles
• Indirect costs of teaching in Canadian hospitals.  Journal Articles
• Infection in Hospitalized Trauma Patients: Incidence, Risk Factors, and Complications  Journal Articles
• Influence of Diabetes Mellitus on Oncological Outcomes for Patients Living With Cancer  Journal Articles
• Influence of Hospital Volume on Mortality Following Major Cancer Surgery  Journal Articles
• Injury outcomes across Canadian trauma systems: a historical cohort study  Journal Articles
• Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation Lengths of Stay in Canada Derived From the National Rehabilitation Reporting System, 2008 and 2009  Journal Articles
• Institutional Variation in Traumatic Brain Injury Acute Rehabilitation Practice  Journal Articles
• Institutional and provider factors impeding access to trauma center care  Journal Articles
• Intact Specimen Extraction in Laparoscopic Nephrectomy Procedures: Pfannenstiel Versus Expanded Port Site Incisions  Journal Articles
• Integrated multidisciplinary care for the management of chronic conditions in adults: an overview of reviews and an example of using indirect evidence to inform clinical practice recommendations in the field of rare diseases  Journal Articles
• Intensive versus Conventional Glucose Control in Critically Ill Patients  Journal Articles
• Intermittent versus continuous oxygen saturation monitoring for infants hospitalised with bronchiolitis: study protocol for a pragmatic randomised controlled trial  Journal Articles
• Intermittent vs Continuous Pulse Oximetry in Hospitalized Infants With Stabilized Bronchiolitis  Journal Articles
• Interventions on prevention of postoperative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing heart surgery: a meta-analysis.  Journal Articles
• Intraoperative dexamethasone does not increase the risk of postoperative wound infection: a propensity score-matched post hoc analysis of the ENIGMA-II trial (EnDEX)  Journal Articles
• Intrapleural Dornase and Tissue Plasminogen Activator in pediatric empyema (DTPA): a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial  Journal Articles
• Intravenous midazolam infusion for sedation of infants in the neonatal intensive care unit  Journal Articles
• Investigating the use of preoperative nasogastric tubes and postoperative outcomes for infants with pyloric stenosis: a retrospective cohort study  Conferences
• Is ERAS in laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer changing risk factors for delayed recovery?  Journal Articles
• Is It ‘Worthwhile' To Continue Treating Patients With a Prolonged Stay (>14 Days) in the ICU?  Journal Articles
• Is Nonoperative Management the Best First-line Option for High-grade Renal trauma? A Systematic Review  Journal Articles
• Is routine indwelling catheterisation of the bladder for caesarean section necessary? A systematic review  Journal Articles
• Is wound infiltration with anesthetic effective as pre-emptive analgesia? A clinical trial in appendectomy patients  Journal Articles
• Laparoscopic Heller's myotomy versus pneumatic dilation in the treatment of idiopathic achalasia: a meta-analysis of randomized, controlled trials  Journal Articles
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• Utilization of health services following spinal cord injury: a 6-year follow-up study  Journal Articles
• Value of an active surveillance policy to document clearance of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococci amongst inpatients with prolonged admissions  Journal Articles
• Variation in Diagnostic Testing in ICUs  Journal Articles
• Variations in Neonatal Length of Stay of Babies Born Extremely Preterm: An International Comparison Between iNeo Networks  Journal Articles
• Vasopressin in Pediatric Vasodilatory Shock  Journal Articles
• Ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by multidrug-resistant organisms or Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Prevalence, incidence, risk factors, and outcomes  Journal Articles
• What Have the New Definition of Acute Myocardial Infarction and the Introduction of Troponin Measurement Done to the Coronary Care Unit?  Journal Articles
• What are the Benefits and Harms of Ureteroscopy Compared with Shock-wave Lithotripsy in the Treatment of Upper Ureteral Stones? A Systematic Review  Journal Articles
• What is the diagnostic value of C-reactive protein for the prediction and the exclusion of postoperative infectious complication after colorectal surgery?  Journal Articles
• Which Patients with Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Benefit from Noninvasive Positive-Pressure Ventilation?  Journal Articles
• Will the use of low-molecular-weight heparin (enoxaparin) in patients with acute coronary syndrome save costs in Canada?  Journal Articles
• [Treatment of patients with myocardial infarct: consensus report-- revision of the 1991 guidelines issued by the Canadian Society of Cardiology].  Journal Articles