Vice-Chair, Culture and Inclusion
Dr. Lisa Richardson has been appointed Vice-Chair, Culture & Inclusion, in the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto. In this role, she will focus on mentorship across the academic lifespan, equity, diversity and inclusion, and faculty wellness.
Announcement here
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The Rounds Table Podcast
We are happy to announce that the Fralick brothers have rebooted the Rounds Table Podcast. Each month they review four high-yield recently published articles relevant to practicing internists. Tune in here to listen in! http://healthydebate.ca/theroundstable-2
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CSIM Call for Awards and Abstracts
The Canadian Society of Internal Medicine has launched its call for awards and abstracts. Please considering nominating members for these awards and submitting abstracts for this year's annual meeting, to be held in Quebec City, October 14-17, 2020.
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It's a BOY!
Dr. Richard Dunbar-Yaffe, wife Adrienne and big brother Declan are excited to introduce baby Evan born on Jan 25, 2020. Congratulations!
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It's a BOY!
Janice Kwan, husband Chris and big brother James are happy to introduce you to the newest member of their family, William Kwan McElhone. Congratulations!
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Fahad Razak, Amol Verma and Laura Desveaux are principal investigators on a CIHR project grant for $592,876 over 3 years for their project entitled, "Optimizing audit and feedback: Personalizing delivery according to team differences".
Amy Yu and Moira Kapral are principal investigators and Michael Fralick is a co-investigator on a CIHR project grant for $1,325,008 over 4 years for their project entitled, "SMART-EVT: Stroke metrics for quality, reporting and translation in the implementation of endovascular thrombectomy".
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Job Postings
McGill University is seeking a Clinician-Teacher in General Internal Medicine. See posting for details.
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2020 McMaster Internal Medicine Review Course
Event Date: March 25 - 27, 2020
Location: Hamilton Convention Centre
Brochure:
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GIM Research Day
Event Date: April 30, 2020
Time: 12:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Location: Hart House Debates Room
RSVP
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Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting
Event Date: May 6-9, 2020
Location: Birmingham, AL, USA
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Divisional members have published the following journal articles since the last issue of the GIM Update.
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- Health-related quality of life in neonates and infants: a conceptual framework.
Oliveira C, de Silva NT, Ungar WJ, Bayoumi AM, Avitzur Y, Hoch JS, Maxwell J, Wales PW.
Qual Life Res. 2020 Jan 29. doi: 10.1007/s11136-020-02432-6.
PMID: 31997081
- Seizure outcome of pediatric epilepsy surgery: Systematic review and meta-analyses.
Widjaja E, Jain P, Demoe L, Guttmann A, Tomlinson G, Sander B.
Neurology. 2020 Jan 29. pii: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000008966. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000008966.
PMID: 31996452
- Undiagnosed type 2 diabetes during pregnancy is associated with increased perinatal mortality: a large population-based cohort study in Ontario, Canada.
Lee D, Booth GL, Ray JG, Ling V, Feig DS.
Diabet Med. 2020 Jan 28. doi: 10.1111/dme.14250.
PMID: 31994233
- Factors associated with emergency department presentation after total joint arthroplasty: a population-based retrospective cohort study.
Ravi B, Leroux T, Austin PC, Paterson JM, Aktar S, Redelmeier DA.
CMAJ Open. 2020 Jan 28;8(1):E26-E33. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20190116.
PMID: 31992556
- Modern-day scurvy.
Colacci M, Gold WL, Shah R.
CMAJ. 2020 Jan 27;192(4):E96. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.190934.
PMID: 31988154
- Sex Differences in Care Need and Survival in Patients Admitted to Nursing Home Poststroke.
Yu AYX, Maclagan LC, Diong C, Austin PC, Kapral MK, Swartz RH, Bronskill SE.
Can J Neurol Sci. 2020 Jan 28:1-7. doi: 10.1017/cjn.2019.335.
PMID: 31987059
- High Interest in Syphilis Pre- and Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Among Gay, Bisexual and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men in Vancouver and Toronto.
Fusca L, Hull M, Ross P, Grennan T, Burchell AN, Bayoumi AM, Tan DHS.
Sex Transm Dis. 2020 Jan 17. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001130.
PMID: 31977974
- The long-term outcomes of Gleason grade groups 2 and 3 prostate cancer managed by active surveillance: Results from a large population-based cohort.
Richard PO, Timilshina N, Komisarenko M, Martin L, Ahmad A, Alibhai SMH, Hamilton RJ, Kulkarni G, Finelli A.
Can Urol Assoc J. 2020 Jan 20. doi: 10.5489/cuaj.6328.
PMID: 31977306
- Nurse Prompting for Prescriber-Led Review of Antimicrobial Use in the Critical Care Unit.
Raybardhan S, Kan T, Chung B, Ferreira D, Bitton M, Shin P, Das P.
Am J Crit Care. 2020 Jan 1;29(1):71-76. doi: 10.4037/ajcc2020272.
PMID: 31968088
- Managing Clinical Uncertainty: A Teachable Moment.
Russek NS, Detsky AS, Quinn KL.
JAMA Intern Med. 2020 Jan 21. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.6700.
PMID: 31961378
- Approach to making the availability heuristic less available.
Redelmeier DA, Ng K.
BMJ Qual Saf. 2020 Jan 20. pii: bmjqs-2020-010831. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2020-010831.
PMID: 31959715
- Utilization of Advanced Cardiovascular Therapies in the United States and Canada: An Observational Study of New York and Ontario Administrative Data.
Cram P, Girotra S, Matelski J, Koh M, Landon BE, Han L, Lee DS, Ko DT.
Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2020 Jan;13(1):e006037. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.119.006037. Epub 2020 Jan 20.
PMID: 31957474
- Differences in Early Childhood Maltreatment by Maternal Birthplace and Child Sex.
Pulver A, Guttmann A, Ray JG, O'Campo P, Urquia ML.
J Pediatr. 2020 Jan 16. pii: S0022-3476(19)31619-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2019.11.038.
PMID: 31955877
- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Health Utilities in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C.Saeed YA, Phoon A, Bielecki JM, Mitsakakis N, Bremner KE, Abrahamyan L, Pechlivanoglou P, Feld JJ, Krahn M, Wong WWL.Value Health. 2020 Jan;23(1):127-137. doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2019.07.005. Epub 2019 Nov 28. Review. PMID: 31952667
- Patient preferences for maintenance therapy in Crohn's disease: A discrete-choice experiment.
Hazlewood GS, Pokharel G, Deardon R, Marshall DA, Bombardier C, Tomlinson G, Ma C, Seow CH, Panaccione R, Kaplan GG.
PLoS One. 2020 Jan 16;15(1):e0227635. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0227635. eCollection 2020.
PMID: 31945089
- A hypothesis for why sodium glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors have been found to cause genital infection, but not urinary tract infection.
Fralick M, MacFadden DR.
Diabetes Obes Metab. 2020 Jan 13. doi: 10.1111/dom.13959. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available.
PMID: 31943733
- A pilot randomized controlled trial of 7 versus 14 days of antibiotic treatment for bloodstream infection on non-intensive care versus intensive care wards.
Daneman N, Rishu AH, Pinto R, Arabi Y, Belley-Cote EP, Cirone R, Downing M, Cook DJ, Hall R, McGuinness S, McIntyre L, Muscedere J, Parke R, Reynolds S, Rogers BA, Shehabi Y, Shin P, Whitlock R, Fowler RA; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group.
Trials. 2020 Jan 15;21(1):92. doi: 10.1186/s13063-019-4033-9.
PMID: 31941546
- Assessing the Risk for Gout With Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: A Population-Based Cohort Study.
Fralick M, Chen SK, Patorno E, Kim SC.
Ann Intern Med. 2020 Jan 14. doi: 10.7326/M19-2610. [
PMID: 31931526
- Exploring the Benefits of Transformations in Health Utility Mapping.
Mitsakakis N, Bremner KE, Tomlinson G, Krahn M.
Med Decis Making. 2020 Jan 12:272989X19896567. doi: 10.1177/0272989X19896567.
PMID: 31928302
- Are you Willing to Wait? Tradeoffs and Compromises Required to Achieve Universal Health Insurance.
Cram P, Cram N, Veillette C.
J Gen Intern Med. 2020 Jan 9. doi: 10.1007/s11606-019-05630-2. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available.
PMID: 31919726
- Geographic access to stroke care services in rural communities in Ontario, Canada.
Kapral MK, Hall R, Gozdyra P, Yu AYX, Jin AY, Martin C, Silver FL, Swartz RH, Manuel D, Fang J, Porter J, Koifman J, Austin PC. Can J Neurol Sci. 2020 Jan 10:1-18. doi: 10.1017/cjn.2020.9.
- Mortality in a cohort of 3.1 million children, adolescents and young adults.
Ray JG, Guttmann A, Silveira J, Park AL.
J Epidemiol Community Health. 2020 Jan 8. pii: jech-2019-213365. doi: 10.1136/jech-2019-213365. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 31915240
- High-Cost Patients and Preventable Spending: A Population-Based Study.
de Oliveira C, Cheng J, Chan K, Earle CC, Krahn M, Mittmann N.
J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2020 Jan;18(1):23-31. doi: 10.6004/jnccn.2019.7342.
PMID: 31910386
- Predictive factors for sleep apnoea in patients on opioids for chronic pain.
Chung F, Wong J, Bellingham G, Lebovic G, Singh M, Waseem R, Peng P, George CFP, Furlan A, Bhatia A, Clarke H, Juurlink DN, Mamdani MM, Horner R, Orser BA, Ryan CM; Op-Safe Investigators .
BMJ Open Respir Res. 2019 Dec 23;6(1):e000523. doi: 10.1136/bmjresp-2019-000523. eCollection 2019.
PMID: 31908788
- Patient and caregiver priorities in the transition from hospital to home: results from province-wide group concept mapping.
Kiran T, Wells D, Okrainec K, Kennedy C, Devotta K, Mabaya G, Phillips L, Lang A, O'Campo P.
BMJ Qual Saf. 2020 Jan 5. pii: bmjqs-2019-009993. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-009993.
PMID: 31907325
- Prediction of pre-eclampsia in nulliparous women using routinely collected maternal characteristics: a model development and validation study.
Al-Rubaie ZTA, Hudson HM, Jenkins G, Mahmoud I, Ray JG, Askie LM, Lord SJ.
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2020 Jan 6;20(1):23. doi: 10.1186/s12884-019-2712-x.
PMID: 31906891
- Treatment of Middle East respiratory syndrome with a combination of lopinavir/ritonavir and interferon-β1b (MIRACLE trial): statistical analysis plan for a recursive two-stage group sequential randomized controlled trial.
Arabi YM, Asiri AY, Assiri AM, Aziz Jokhdar HA, Alothman A, Balkhy HH, AlJohani S, Al Harbi S, Kojan S, Al Jeraisy M, Deeb AM, Memish ZA, Ghazal S, Al Faraj S, Al-Hameed F, AlSaedi A, Mandourah Y, Al Mekhlafi GA, Sherbeeni NM, Elzein FE, Almotairi A, Al Bshabshe A, Kharaba A, Jose J, Al Harthy A, Al Sulaiman M, Mady A, Fowler RA, Hayden FG, Al-Dawood A, Abdelzaher M, Bajhmom W, Hussein MA; and the Saudi Critical Care Trials group. Trials. 2020 Jan 3;21(1):8. doi: 10.1186/s13063-019-3846-x.
PMID: 31900204
- Long-term Risk of Post-Thrombotic Syndrome after Symptomatic Distal Deep-Vein Thrombosis: The CACTUS-PTS Study.
Galanaud JP, Righini M, Le Collen L, Douillard A, Robert-Ebadi H, Pontal D, Morrison D, Barrellier MT, Diard A, Guénnéguez H, Brisot D, Faïsse P, Accassat S, Martin M, Delluc A, Solymoss S, Kassis J, Carrier M, Quéré I, Kahn SR.
J Thromb Haemost. 2020 Jan 3. doi: 10.1111/jth.14728.
PMID: 31899848
- Bayesian Analysis in Critical Care Medicine.
Yarnell CJ, Granton JT, Tomlinson G.
Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020 Jan 3. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201910-2019ED.
PMID: 31899649
- The Effects of Home Exercise in Older Women With Vertebral Fractures: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.
Gibbs JC, McArthur C, Wark JD, Thabane L, Scherer SC, Prasad S, Papaioannou A, Mittmann N, Laprade J, Kim S, Khan A, Kendler DL, Hill KD, Cheung AM, Bleakney R, Ashe MC, Adachi JD, Giangregorio LM.
Phys Ther. 2020 Jan 3. pii: pzz188. doi: 10.1093/ptj/pzz188.
PMID: 31899499
- Empowering residents to drive societal change: tips for creating an effective health advocacy curriculum.
Marwaha S, Bacchus CM.
Med Educ. 2019 Dec;53(12):1173-1175. doi: 10.1111/medu.14001. Epub 2019 Oct 30.
PMID: 31667856
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