At a Glance

May 2017

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• Emergency department as a first contact for mental health problems in children and youth
• High rate of acute care use among people who use drugs
• Low rate of cancer screening among transplant patients at heightened risk of cancer

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• Influence of environmental temperature on gestational diabetes risk
• High rate of unnecessary antibiotic prescribing for seniors in Ontario

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• Implementation and utilisation of telepsychiatry in Ontario: a population-based study
• Population-based study to re-evaluate optimal lymph node yield in colonic cancer
• Costs of cancer care in children and adolescents in Ontario, Canada
• Trends in long-term mortality and morbidity in patients with no early complications after stroke and transient ischemic attack
• Long-term outcomes of carotid endarterectomy versus stenting in a multicenter population-based Canadian study
• Temporal trends in stroke incidence in South Asian, Chinese and white patients: a population based analysis

April 2017

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• Inflammatory bowel diseases on the rise in Canadian children
• Low cancer screening rates among organ transplant patients in Ontario

Research video

• Baiju Shah on high thyroid cancer risk in Ontario immigrants from Southeast and East Asia

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• Two people a day die of opioid-related causes in Ontario
• Many nursing home residents with dementia get medications of questionable benefit near the end of life
• Where you live in Ontario could determine your risk of heart attack, stroke or dying of cardiovascular disease
• No association between antidepressants during pregnancy and autism spectrum disorder in children

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• Do people who experience incarceration age more quickly? Exploratory analyses using retrospective cohort data on mortality from Ontario, Canada
• Mental health services claims and adult onset asthma in Ontario, Canada
• Impact of a provincial quality-improvement program on primary health care in Ontario: a population-based controlled before-and-after study
• The association of frailty with outcomes and resource use after emergency general surgery: a population-based cohort study
• Level of need, divertibility, and outcomes of newly admitted nursing home residents
• The Cardiovascular Health in Ambulatory Care Research Team performance indicators for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: a modified Delphi panel study

March 2017

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• Use of medications of questionable benefit at the end of life in nursing home residents with advanced dementia
• Risk of firearm injuries among children and youth of immigrant families
• Early non-persistence with dabigatran and rivaroxaban in patients with atrial fibrillation

Research video

• Moira Kapral on risks of swallowing problems after stroke

ICES in the News

• Relationship between cardiac rehabilitation participation and health service expenditures within a universal health care system
• Association of the timing of pregnancy with survival in women with breast cancer
• Socioeconomic gradients in all-cause, premature and avoidable mortality among immigrants and long-term residents  
• Failure of fertility therapy and subsequent adverse cardiovascular events

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• Association between cardiovascular risk factors and aortic stenosis: the CANHEART aortic stenosis study
• Infants born to opioid-dependent women in Ontario, 2002-2014
• Mortality and costs of patients with community-onset Clostridium difficile infection identified using ED visits and hospital admissions
• The relationship between therapeutic self-care and adverse events for home care clients in Ontario, Canada
• Impact of unrestricted access to pregabalin on the use of opioids and other CNS-active medications

February 2017

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• Overweight and obesity rates in children using Electronic Medical Records
• New surgeon outcomes and the effectiveness of surgical training: a population-based cohort study 

Research video

• Natasha Saunders on unintentional injuries in children and youth from immigrant families

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• Overdose risk in young children of women prescribed opioids 

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• Trajectories of stroke care in Ontario: which path to best care?
• Direct oral anticoagulant- or warfarin-related major bleeding: characteristics, reversal strategies and outcomes from a multi-center observational study
• Disability in long-term care residents explained by prevalent geriatric syndromes, not long-term care home characteristics: a cross-sectional study
• Association of the hospital volume of frail surgical patients cared for with outcomes after elective, major noncardiac surgery: a retrospective population-based cohort study

January 2017

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• Marking 25 years of research impact
• Living near major roads and the incidence of dementia, Parkinson's disease, and multiple sclerosis: a population-based cohort study
• Inadequate screening for retinopathy among recent immigrants with type 2 diabetes despite universal health care: a population-based study

Research video

• Paul Kurdyak on ADHD rates and medication trends in Ontario

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• Variation in access to kidney transplantation across renal programs in Ontario, Canada

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• Using the electronic medical record to identify patients at high risk for frequent ED visits and high system costs
• Long-term clinical outcomes and predictors for survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
• Effect of prepublication results on trends in prescribing of antihypertensive medication
• Accounting for competing risks in randomized controlled trials: a review and recommendations for improvement
• Outcomes of women and men with acute coronary syndrome treated with and without percutaneous coronary revascularization