Published in BMC Health Serv Res on October 06, 2006
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A population-based study of care at the end of life among people with HIV in Ontario from 2010 to 2013. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2016) 0.75
Safe water for travellers. CMAJ (2003) 0.75
A holiday wish list for Canada's Early Years System. Paediatr Child Health (2012) 0.75
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Submersion and early-onset acute respiratory distress syndrome: a case report. Prehosp Emerg Care (2011) 0.75
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Stapler versus suture technique of mesh in Lichtenstein repair for inguinal hernia. Indian J Gastroenterol (2003) 0.75
Articles That May Change Your Practice: Low-dose Ketamine for Acute Pain. Air Med J (2017) 0.75
Articles That May Change Your Practice: Spinal Immobilization. Air Med J (2017) 0.75
A novel methodology to characterize interfacility transfer strategies in a trauma transfer network. J Trauma Acute Care Surg (2016) 0.75
Articles That May Change Your Practice: Fatigue, Health, and Well-being. Air Med J (2016) 0.75
Frequency, Composition, and Predictors of In-Transit Critical Events During Pediatric Critical Care Transport. Pediatr Crit Care Med (2016) 0.75
Articles That May Change Your Practice: Prehospital Blood Products. Air Med J (2015) 0.75
Articles That May Change Your Practice: Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. Air Med J (2016) 0.75
Articles That May Change Your Practice: Chemical Restraint of Agitated Patients. Air Med J (2017) 0.75
Post-medication Hypotension after Administration of Sedatives and Opioids during Critical Care Transport. Prehosp Emerg Care (2015) 0.75
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Articles That May Change Your Practice: Sugammadex. Air Med J (2019) 0.75
Articles That May Change Your Practice: Prehospital Ultrasound. Air Med J (2016) 0.75
Articles That May Change Your Practice: Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta. Air Med J (2017) 0.75
Needs assessment and staff education to effect long-term change in emergency medicine in rural Nepal. CJEM (2004) 0.75
A reliable coding system to define screening prostate-specific antigen tests was developed in a case-control study. J Clin Epidemiol (2005) 0.75
Emergent and Urgent Transfers to Neurosurgical Centers in Ontario. Prehosp Emerg Care (2015) 0.75