A Prospective Open-Label Multicentre Trial on the Use of 1 G, Once Daily Ceftriaxone in Lower Respiratory Tract Infections by Donald E Low, Lionel A Mandell

“…This prospective. single open-label sludy was conducted in 14 Canadian centres to assess lhe efncacy of I g, once a day intravenous ceftriaxone treatment administered for a minimum of three days in patients with lower respiratory tract infection. There were 137 patients enrolled. …”
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Trajectories of Objectively Measured Physical Activity among Secondary Students in Canada in the Context of a Province-Wide Physical Education Policy: A Longitudinal Analysis by Erin Hobin, Jannice So, Laura Rosella, Melisa Comte, Steve Manske, Jonathan McGavock

“…Lower levels of physical activity are associated with childhood obesity. …”
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Varying circumstances surrounding opioid toxicity deaths across ethno-racial groups in Ontario, Canada: a population-based descriptive cross-sectional study by Tara Gomes, Mina Tadrous, Sophie A Kitchen, Frank Crichlow, Tonya J Campbell, Cynthia Damba, Colin H Johnson, Ashley Smoke

“…Accordingly, we sought to describe and compare characteristics and circumstances of opioid toxicity deaths across ethno-racial groups.Methods We conducted a population-based, descriptive cross-sectional study of all individuals who died of accidental opioid toxicity in Ontario, Canada between 1 July 2017 and 30 June 2021. Decedents were categorised as Asian, black, Latin American or white. …”
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Tibial acceleration alone is not a valid surrogate measure of tibial load in response to stride length manipulation by Jean Tu, Olivia L. Bruce, W. Brent Edwards

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Environmental enrichment with nylon gnaw sticks introduces variation in Sprague Dawley rat immune and lower gastrointestinal parameters with differences between sexes by Mark Wulczynski, Stephen P. J. Brooks, Judy Green, Fernando Matias, Martin Kalmokoff, Julia M. Green-Johnson, Sandra T. Clarke

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A sea ice deformation and rotation rate dataset (2017–2023) from the Environment and Climate Change Canada automated sea ice tracking system (ECCC-ASITS) by M. Plante, J.-F. Lemieux, L. B. Tremblay, A. Bouchat, D. Ringeisen, D. Ringeisen, P. Blain, S. Howell, M. Brady, A. S. Komarov, B. Duval, L. Yakuden, F. Labelle

“…The SIDRR estimates are derived from contour integrals of triangulated ice motion data, obtained from the Environment and Climate Change Canada automated sea ice tracking system (ECCC-ASITS). …”
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Exploring the potential mediating role of systemic antibiotics in the association between early-life lower respiratory tract infections and asthma at age 5 in the CHILD study by Maria V. Medeleanu, Maria V. Medeleanu, Myrtha E. Reyna, Myrtha E. Reyna, Darlene L. Y. Dai, Geoffrey L. Winsor, Fiona S. L. Brinkman, Rahul Verma, Ella Nugent, Nashita Riaz, Elinor Simons, Piushkumar J. Mandhane, Piushkumar J. Mandhane, Meghan B. Azad, Meghan B. Azad, Stuart E. Turvey, Stuart E. Turvey, Theo J. Moraes, Theo J. Moraes, Padmaja Subbarao, Padmaja Subbarao, Padmaja Subbarao, Padmaja Subbarao, Padmaja Subbarao, Padmaja Subbarao

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The Guyana Diabetes and Foot Care Project: Improved Diabetic Foot Evaluation Reduces Amputation Rates by Two-Thirds in a Lower Middle Income Country by Julia Lowe, R. Gary Sibbald, Nashwah Y. Taha, Gerald Lebovic, Madan Rambaran, Carlos Martin, Indira Bhoj, Brian Ostrow

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Economic development, alcohol consumption and life expectancy in low- and lower-middle-income countries in the Western Pacific Region: a structural equation modelling study by Jürgen Rehm, Huan Jiang, Ahmed S Hassan, Pol Rovira, Kevin D Shield

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Strategies and resources used by public health units to encourage COVID-19 vaccination among priority groups: a behavioural science-informed review of three urban centres in Canada by Tori Langmuir, Mackenzie Wilson, Nicola McCleary, Andrea M. Patey, Karim Mekki, Hanan Ghazal, Elizabeth Estey Noad, Judy Buchan, Vinita Dubey, Jana Galley, Emily Gibson, Guillaume Fontaine, Maureen Smith, Amjad Alghamyan, Kimberly Thompson, Jacob Crawshaw, Jeremy M. Grimshaw, Trevor Arnason, Jamie Brehaut, Susan Michie, Melissa Brouwers, Justin Presseau

“…Abstract Background Ensuring widespread COVID-19 vaccine uptake is a public health priority in Canada and globally, particularly within communities that exhibit lower uptake rates and are at a higher risk of infection. …”
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WATER versus WATER II 5‐year update: Comparing Aquablation therapy for benign prostatic hyperplasia in 30–80‐cm3 and 80–150‐cm3 prostates by Mohamad Baker Berjaoui, David‐Dan Nguyen, Saud Almousa, Karim Daher, Neil Barber, Mo Bidair, Peter Gilling, Paul Anderson, Kevin C. Zorn, Gopal Badlani, Mitch Humphreys, Steven Kaplan, Ronald P. Kaufman Jr, Dean Elterman, Mihir Desai, Claus Roehrborn, Naeem Bhojani

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Is Self-Reported Physical Activity Participation Associated with Lower Health Services Utilization among Older Adults? Cross-Sectional Evidence from the Canadian Community Health S... by Koren L. Fisher, Elizabeth L. Harrison, Bruce A. Reeder, Nazmi Sari, Karen E. Chad

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Maximal elements and equilibria of generalized games for 𝒰-majorized and condensing correspondences by George Xian-Zhi Yuan, E. Tarafdar

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Evaluating the quality of care for heart failure hospitalizations in inflammatory arthritis – A population-based cohort study by Bindee Kuriya, Lihi Eder, Sahil Koppikar, Jessica Widdifield, Anna Chu, Jiming Fang, Irene Jeong, Douglas Lee, Jacob Udell

“…IA was independently linked to lower odds of moderate or perfect GDMT adherence. …”
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Influence of Physical Activity Participation on the Associations between Eating Behaviour Traits and Body Mass Index in Healthy Postmenopausal Women by Marie-Ève Riou, Éric Doucet, Véronique Provencher, S. John Weisnagel, Marie-Ève Piché, Marie-Christine Dubé, Jean Bergeron, Simone Lemieux

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Differences in confidence in public institutions across generations of Canadians by Christoph Schimmele, Max Stick, Maciej Karpinski, Amélie Arsenault

“…While immigrants who came to Canada in adulthood had higher levels of confidence in these institutions than Canadians of the third generation or more, those who immigrated during childhood had similar or lower levels of confidence. …”
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Association of Fontan Pathophysiology With Plasma Bile Acids by Ashish H. Shah, MD, MD-Research, Arun Surendran, MSc, Pedram Hassan-Tash, BSc, MD, C. Nolan Turnbull, BSc, Nicole Johnston, MSc, David Goodlett, BSc, PhD, Jun Han, PhD, Robin A. Ducas, MD, James W. Tam, MD, Eberhard Renner, MD, Todd A. Duhamel, PhD, Michel Aliani, MSc, PhD, Amir Ravandi, MD, PhD, Richard A. Krasuski, MD

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Health-related Quality of Life and Exercise Capacity in Double Lung Transplant Recipients With Baseline Lung Allograft Dysfunction by Alisha Rullay, BSc, Karina Kaur, BSc, Jennifer Holman, PT, Laura C. van den Bosch, MD, Justin G. Weinkauf, MD, Jayan Nagendran, MD, PhD, Rhea A. Varughese, MD, Alim S. Hirji, MD, Dale C. Lien, MD, Jason C. Weatherald, MD, Kieran M. Halloran, MD

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A Shorter Circular Stapler Height at the Gastrojejunostomy during a Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass Results in Less Strictures and Bleeding Complications by Michael Horkoff, Kieran Purich, Noah Switzer, Shalvin Prasad, Neal Church, Xinzhe Shi, Philip Mitchell, Estifanos Debru, Shahzeer Karmali, Richdeep Gill

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Physical impairments in individuals with Long COVID by Imane Salmam, Imane Salmam, Kadija Perreault, Kadija Perreault, Krista L. Best, Krista L. Best, Imane Zahouani, Gilles Drouin, Jean Tittley, François Desmeules, François Desmeules, Alexandre Campeau-Lecours, Alexandre Campeau-Lecours, Simon Beaulieu-Bonneau, Simon Beaulieu-Bonneau, Jean-Sébastien Paquette, Jean-Sébastien Paquette, Jean-Sébastien Paquette, Simon Deslauriers, Sarah-Maude Brouillard, Katherine Lepage, Jean-Sébastien Roy, Jean-Sébastien Roy

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