Insights gained through real-time monitoring of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus and description of temporal trends based on laboratory data in Ontario, Canada by Tatiana Petukhova, Maria Spinato, Tanya Rossi, Michele T. Guerin, Cathy A. Bauman, Pauline Nelson-Smikle, Davor Ojkic, Zvonimir Poljak

“…The test results from Ontario swine herd samples submitted from January 2014 to July 2023 were processed in R v.4.1.1. …”
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Workshops to Disseminate the Canadian Thoracic Society Guidelines for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease to Health Care Professionals in Ontario: Impact on Knowledge, Perceived Health Care Practices and Participant Satisfaction by Dilshad Moosa, Maria Blouin, Kylie Hill, Roger Goldstein

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Practices and Perceptions Regarding Pain and Pain Management during Routine Childhood Immunizations: Findings from a Focus-Group Study with Nurses Working at Toronto Public Health, Ontario by Andrew Kikuta, Fauzia Gardezi, Vinita Dubey, Anna Taddio

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Independent Heath Facility Meets Cancer Care Ontario and Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Guidelines for Endoscopic Procedure Wait Times While Meeting Quality Indicators: A Retrospective Review by Fraser Kegel, Niv Sne, Timothy Rice, Eric Joy, Shayan Shahsavar, Celeste A. Collins, Maria Gagarine, Alexandra Allard-Coutu, Lisa Klotz, Angela Coates, Kamyar Kahnamoui, Marko Simunovic

“…IHFs are one solution to help meet the increasing demand for colonoscopy in Ontario.…”
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Assessing patient experiences with a Virtual Triage and Assessment Centre (VTAC): a mixed-methods study using an online survey and semi-structured interviews in Renfrew County, Ontario by Antoine St-Amant, Cayden Peixoto, Dez Bair-Patel, Martha Heideman, Kayla Menkhorst, Jonathan Fitzsimon

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The development and implementation of an innovative community-based intervention to strengthen community capacity for HIV prevention and care among Canadians of African Caribbean and Black (ACB) women in Ontario: a research protocol by Josephine Etowa, Notisha Massaquoi, Francisca Omorodion, Danielle Brown-Shreves, Ilene Hyman, Akalewold Gebremeskel, Hugues Loemba, Bishwajit Ghose, Egbe Etowa, Jennifer Rayner, Charles Dabone, Lounanjio Brown O’Sullivan, Azeeza Sule, Joseph Kiirya, Sanni Yaya, Wangari Tharao, Haoua Inoua, Angela Kaida, Apondi Odhiambo, Clinton Beckford

“…Phase 1: Community and partner engagement; Phase 2: Critical health and racial literacy training curriculum and HIV resource development; Phase 3: Implementation research with first cohort of trained HIV Peer Equity Navigators [PENs] in three sites; Phase 4: Training of second cohort of HIV PENs and program implementation of HIV PEN intervention across Ontario; and Phase 5: Evaluation, knowledge sharing and plans for national scale up. …”
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To Analyze the Effect of Platelet Count of Platelet-rich Plasma on Clinical Outcomes in Patients of Osteoarthritis of Knee by Amit Saraf, Prakhar Agarwal, Abhinav Kush

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Is Intra-articular Platelet-rich Plasma Injection Safe and Effective in Osteoarthritis Knee? A Prospective Study: A Case Series by R Sahaya Jose, N Kattu Bava, M Syed Moosa

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Trends in Real-World Clinical Outcomes of Patients with Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase (ALK) Rearranged Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Receiving One or More ALK Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors (TKIs): A Cohort Study in Ontario, Canada by Lara Chayab, Natasha B. Leighl, Mina Tadrous, Christine M. Warren, William W. L. Wong

“…Using linked provincial health administrative databases, we examined real-world outcomes of patients with advanced ALK-positive NSCLC receiving ALK TKIs in Ontario between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2021. …”
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A meta-analysis and systematic review of the clinical efficacy and safety of platelet-rich plasma combined with hyaluronic acid (PRP + HA) versus PRP monotherapy for knee osteoarth... by Dan Du, Yuan Liang

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Pain Prevalence in a Pediatric Hospital: Raising Awareness during Pain Awareness Week by Denise Harrison, Cynthia Joly, Christine Chretien, Sarah Cochrane, Jacqueline Ellis, Christine Lamontagne, Vaillancourt Regis

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A Randomized Survey of the Preference of Gastroenterologists for a Cochrane Review versus a Traditional Narrative Review by John WD McDonald, Jeffrey Mahon, Kelly Zarnke, Brian Feagan, Lorinda Simms, Wayne Tucker

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Changes in the Cardiopulmonary Response to Exercise after Cardiac Transplantation in Patients Enrolled in an Early Rehabilitation Program by Lizanne M Bussières, Peter W Pflugfelder, Albert W Taylor, Dildar Ahmad, Corinne Weernink, William J Kostuk

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Efficacy of the Foodbot Factory digital curriculum-based nutrition education intervention in improving children’s nutrition knowledge, attitudes and behaviours in elementary school... by Wendy Lou, Michael Farkouh, JoAnne Arcand, Jacqueline Marie Brown, Saman Tahir, Beatriz Franco-Arellano, Ann LeSage, Janette Hughes, Bill Kapralos, Ellen Vogel, Claire Tugault-Lafleur

“…Generalised linear mixed models will assess changes in outcomes between groups.Ethics and dissemination The study protocol is approved by research ethics boards at Ontario Tech University and participating school boards. …”
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Clinical Practice Guideline for Suctioning the Airway of the Intubated and Non-Intubated Patient by Dina Brooks, Cathy M Anderson, Margaret A Carter, Laurie A Downes, Sean P Keenan, Carol J Kelsey, Janet B Lacy

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Electroencephalography Biomarkers of α5-GABA Positive Allosteric Modulators in Rodents by Frank Mazza, Alexandre Guet-McCreight, Thomas D. Prevot, Taufik Valiante, Etienne Sibille, Etay Hay

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Pain Reports by Older Adults in Long-Term Care: A Pilot Study of Changes Over Time by Margaret C Gibson, M Gail Woodbury, Kim Hay, Nancy Bol

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Establishing Intra- and Inter-Rater Agreement of the Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability Scale for Evaluating Pain in Toddlers During Immunization by Rebecca J Gomez, Nick Barrowman, Sonja Elia, Elizabeth Manias, Jenny Royle, Denise Harrison

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Genetically Typed Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Canadian Hospital by Zain Chagla, Marina Salvadori, Jessica M Sontrop, Michael John, Zafar Hussain, Yasmine Chagla, Bryna Warshawsky, Cimi Achiam, Bill Thompson

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Fecal Immunochemical Tests Compared with Guaiac Fecal Occult Blood Tests for Population-Based Colorectal Cancer Screening by Linda Rabeneck, R Bryan Rumble, Frank Thompson, Michael Mills, Curtis Oleschuk, Alexandra Whibley, Hans Messersmith, Nancy Lewis, The FIT Guidelines Expert Panel

“…CRC incidence and mortality rates in Ontario are among the highest in the world. Screening offers the best opportunity to reduce this burden of disease. …”
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