Research & Key Publications

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Key Publications

Value of Family Medicine

A straightforward overview of the unique challenges and successes experienced by family physicians. Essential for healthcare professionals, it emphasizes the significant role and indispensable contributions of family medicine in today's healthcare landscape.

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Tolerability of Bedtime Diuretics: A Prospective Cohort Analysis

We sought to validate, or refute, the common belief that bedtime diuretics are poorly tolerated due to nocturia.

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Who provides chronic disease management?

Population-based retrospective cohort study in Alberta.

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Other Publications

Who provides chronic disease management?

Population-based retrospective cohort study in Alberta.

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Value of Family Medicine

A straightforward overview of the unique challenges and successes experienced by family physicians. Essential for healthcare professionals, it emphasizes the significant role and indispensable contributions of family medicine in today's healthcare landscape.

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Top studies relevant to primary care (2020)

Can Fam Physician 2021;67:255-9. DOI: 10.46747/cfp.6704255

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Tolerability of Bedtime Diuretics: A Prospective Cohort Analysis

We sought to validate, or refute, the common belief that bedtime diuretics are poorly tolerated due to nocturia.

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The Effect of Warfarin Administration Time on Anticoagulation Stability

Annals of Family Medicine | VOL. 18, NO. 1 | Jan/Feb 2020

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Televised Medical Talk Shows

BMJ 2014;349:g7346

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Quality of warfarin management in primary care

Canadian Family Physician Jun 2019, 65 (6) 416-425;

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PEER Umbrella Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews

Can Fam Physician 2020;66:e86-95 - Winner of CFP research paper of the year.

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Nerve-ous About Opioids? Treatment of neuropathic pain with opioids

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Masks for prevention of viral respiratory infections among health care workers and the public

Can Fam Physician 2020;66:509-17

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Location, Location, Location: Treating patients with opioid use disorder in primary care

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How do prescribers choose inhaled medication devices for their patients?

Are you a prescriber from AB, BC or MB in an outpatient or primary care setting? How do you decide which inhaler device is best for your patient? Click on the link below to complete our survey and help us understand what factors prescribers consider when choosing inhaler devices for their patients.

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Does this patient taking prescription opioids have opioid use disorder?

Incidence of OUD associated with prescribed opioids in chronic pain patients is likely about 3% (over 2 years) but causation is uncertain. Patients with no history of substance use disorder (SUD) appear to be at lower risk (< 1%). Factors associated with increased risk include history of SUD and receiving opioids for longer (> 90 days) or at higher doses (> 120 mg/d morphine equivalent [ME]).

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COVID-19 Vaccine Fast Facts

Can Fam Physician 2021;67:185-6. DOI: 10.46747/cfp.6703185

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Blood Pressure Targets for Hypertension in Older Adults

Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2017 Aug 8;8:CD011575.

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