Publication Results (35)

• The challenges of prescribing drug therapy to older people

  Dergal J, Rochon P. Geriatr Aging. 2001; 4(1):7-8.

• Challenges of prescribing low-dose drug therapy for older people

  Rochon PA, Clark JP, Gurwitz JH. CMAJ. 1999; 160(7):1029-31.

• Neuroleptic drug therapy in older adults newly admitted to nursing homes: incidence, dose and specialist contact

  Bronskill SE, Anderson GM, Sykora K, Wodchis WP, Gill S, Shulman KI, Rochon PA. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2004; 52(5):749-55.

• Inhaled anticholinergic drug therapy and the risk of acute urinary retention in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a population-based study

  Stephenson A, Seitz D, Bell CM, Gruneir A, Gershon AS, Austin PC, Fu L, Anderson GM, Rochon PA, Gill SS. Arch Intern Med. 2011; 171(10):914-20.

• Primary prevention drug therapy: can it meet patients' requirements for reduced risk?

  Llewellyn-Thomas HA, Paterson JM, Carter JA, Basinski A, Myers MG, Hardacre GD, Dunn EV, D'Agostino RB, Wolf PA, Naylor CD. Med Decis Making. 2002; 22(4):326-39.

• Reporting of gender-related information in clinical trials of drug therapy for myocardial infarction

  Rochon PA, Clark JP, Binns MA, Patel V, Gurwitz JH. CMAJ. 1998; 159(4):321-27.

• Age- and gender-related use of low-dose drug therapy: the need to manufacture low-dose therapy and evaluate the minimum effective dose

  Rochon PA, Anderson GM, Tu JV, Gurwitz JH, Clark JP, Shear NH, Lau P. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1999; 47(8):954-9.

• Published randomized controlled trials of drug therapy for dementia often lack complete data on harm

  Lee PE, Fischer HD, Rochon PA, Gill SS, Herrmann N, Bell CM, Sykora K, Anderson GM. J Clin Epidemiol. 2008; 61(11):1152-60. Epub 2008 Jul 10.

• Prescribing for seniors: neither too much nor too little

  Rochon PA, Gurwitz JH. JAMA. 1999; 282(2):113-5.

• January 2011

  • Most Ontarians have geographic access to primary and urgent care [Clarification]
  • Children from low-income neighbourhoods more likely to undergo surgery for bowel disease
  • Macrolide antibiotics pose a risk for seniors being treated for hypertension
  • Infectious diseases kill nearly 5,000 Ontarians annually: OAHPP/ICES study
  • Rheumatoid arthritis patients treated by specialists more likely to receive early drug therapy

• April 2005

  • ICES report identifies how long Ontarians are waiting for key health services
  • Drug therapy as good as costly invasive cardiac procedures for elderly heart attack patients
  • Hospital admissisons in Ontario show consistency and predictability
  • Pediatric hernia surgeries best done by pediatric surgeons or high volume general surgeons
  • Diabetes-related dialysis needs are growing in Ontario

• Initiation of antidepressant medication after hip fracture in community-dwelling older adults

  Iaboni A, Seitz DP, Fischer HD, Diong CC, Rochon PA, Flint AJ. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2015; 23(10):1007-15. Epub 2014 Oct 16.

• Potentially inappropriate prescribing in Ontario community-dwelling older adults and nursing home residents

  Lane CJ, Bronskill SE, Sykora K, Dhalla IA, Anderson GM, Mamdani MM, Gill SS, Gurwitz JH, Rochon PA. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2004; 52(6):861-6.

• Older men with dementia at greater risk than women of serious events after initiating antipsychotic therapy

  Rochon PA, Gruneir A, Gill SS, Wu W, Fischer HD, Bronskill SE, Normand SL, Austin PC, Seitz DP, Bell CM, Fu L, Lipscombe L, Anderson GM, Gurwitz JH. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2013; 61(1):55-61. Epub 2013 Jan 10.

• Anticholinergic drug burden in persons with dementia taking a cholinesterase inhibitor: the effect of multiple physicians

  Reppas-Rindlisbacher CE, Fischer HD, Fung K, Gill SS, Seitz D, Tannenbaum C, Austin PC, Rochon PA. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2016; 64(3):492-500. Epub 2016 Mar 21.

• Quality of Cardiac Care in Ontario: EFFECT (Enhanced Feedback for Effective Cardiac Treatment)

  Tu J, Donovan L, Lee D, Ko D, Austin P, Wang J, Newman A. January 2004

• Trends in heart failure outcomes and pharmacotherapy: 1992 to 2000

  Lee DS, Mamdani MM, Austin PC, Gong Y, Liu PP, Rouleau JL, Tu JV. Am J Med. 2004; 116(9):581-9.

• Inappropriate prescribing before and after nursing home admission

  Dhalla IA, Anderson GM, Mamdani MM, Bronskill SE, Sykora K, Rochon PA. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2002; 50(6):995-1000.

• Influence of socioeconomic status on drug selection for the elderly in Canada

  Mamdani MM, Tu K, Austin PC, Alter DA. Ann Pharmacother. 2002; 36(5):804-8.

• Orchidectomy and hormonal therapy of prostate cancer

  To T, Iscoe N, Klotz L, Naylor CD. Can J Urol. 1995; 2(1):109-15.

• Risk-treatment mismatch in the pharmacotherapy of heart failure

  Lee DS, Tu JV, Juurlink DN, Alter DA, Ko DT, Austin PC, Chong A, Stukel TA, Levy D, Laupacis A. JAMA. 2005; 294(10):1240-7.

• Potentially inappropriate prescribing in Canada relative to the US

  Rochon PA, Lane CJ, Bronskill SE, Sykora K, Anderson GM, Mamdani MM, Gurwitz JH, Dhalla IA. Drugs Aging. 2004; 21(14):939-47.

• Parkinsonism in Ontario: increased mortality compared with controls in a large cohort study

  Guttman M, Slaughter PM, Theriault ME, DeBoer DP, Naylor CD. Neurology. 2001; 57(12):2278-82.

• Thresholds for diagnosing hypertension based on automated office blood pressure measurements and cardiovascular risk

  Myers MG, Kaczorowski J, Paterson JM, Dolovich L, Tu K. Hypertension. 2015; 66(3):489-95. Epub 2015 Jul 27.

• Cost analysis of therapeutic interchange of calcium channel blockers for the treatment of hypertension: unexpected results from a conversion program

  Mamdani MM, Reisig CJ, Stevenson JG. J Manag Care Spec Pharm. 2000; 6(5):390-4.

• Trends in selection and timing of first-line pharmacotherapy in older patients with Type 2 diabetes diagnosed between 1994 and 2006

  Foster PD, Mamdani MM, Juurlink DN, Shah BR, Paterson JM, Gomes T. Diabet Med. 2013; 30(10):1209-13. Epub 2013 Apr 16.

• Incidence and economic burden of adverse drug reactions among elderly patients in Ontario emergency departments: a retrospective study

  Wu C, Bell CM, Wodchis WP. Drug Saf. 2012; 35(9):769-81. Epub 2012 Dec 13.

• Systematic review of sex-specific reporting of data: cholinesterase inhibitor example

  Mehta N, Rodrigues C, Lamba M, Wu W, Bronskill SE, Herrmann N, Gill SS, Chan AW, Mason R, Day S, Gurwitz JH, Rochon PA. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2017; 65(10):2213-9. Epub 2017 Aug 18.

• Long-term outcomes of regional variations in intensity of invasive vs. medical management of Medicare patients with acute myocardial infarction

  Stukel TA, Lucas FL, Wennberg DE. JAMA. 2005; 293(11):1329-37.

• Self-monitoring of blood glucose levels: evaluating the impact of a policy of quantity limits on test-strip use and costs

  Gomes T, Martins D, Tadrous M, Paterson JM, Shah BR, Juurlink DN, Singh S, Mamdani MM. Can J Diabetes. 2016; 40(5):431-5. Epub 2016 May 17.

• Atrial fibrillation and stroke prevention with warfarin in the long-term care setting

  Gurwitz JH, Monette J, Rochon PA, Eckler MA, Avorn J. Arch Intern Med. 1997; 157(9):978-84.

• Comparison of prescribing practices for older adults treated by female versus male physicians: a retrospective cohort study

  Rochon PA, Gruneir A, Bell CM, Savage R, Gill SS. Giannakeas V, Stall NM, Seitz DP, Normand SL, Zhu L, Herrmann N, McCarthy L, Faulkner C, Gurwitz JH, Austin PC, Bronskill SE. PLoS One. 2018; 13(10):e0205524. Epub 2018 Oct 22. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0205524.

• Prostate-specific antigen testing in Ontario: reasons for testing patients without diagnosed prostate cancer

  Bunting PS, Goel V, Williams JI, Iscoe NA. CMAJ. 1999; 160(1):70-5.

• Association of a blood glucose test strip quantity-limit policy with patient outcomes: a population-based study

  Gomes T, Martins D, Tadrous M, Paterson JM, Shah BR, Tu JV, Juurlink DN, Chu A, Mamdani MM. JAMA Intern Med. 2017; 177(1):61-6. Epub 2016 Nov 7.

• Sex differences in antipsychotic and benzodiazepine prescribing patterns: a cohort study of newly admitted nursing home residents with dementia in Ontario, Canada

  Maclagan LC, Maxwell CJ, Harris DA, Campitelli MA, Diong C, Lapane KL, Hogan DB, Rochon P, Herrmann N, Bronskill SE. Drugs Aging. 2020; 37(11):817-27. Epub 2020 Sep 26. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40266-020-00799-2