On-site ERCP availability and cholangitis outcomes: Retrospective cohort study by Rishad Khan, Kayley-Jasmin Marchena-Romero, Marwa F. Ismail, Surain B. Roberts, Nikko Gimpaya, Michael A. Scaffidi, Nasruddin Sabrie, Kareem Khalaf, Jeffrey Mosko, Paul James, Nauzer Forbes, Fahad Razak, Amol A. Verma, Samir C. Grover

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Single-Dose Infliximab in Hepatitis C Genotype 1 Treatmentnaive Patients with High Serum Levels of Tumour Necrosis Factor-Alpha Does Not Influence the Efficacy of Pegylated Interfe... by Curtis Cooper, Stephen Shafran, Susan Greenbloom, Robert Enns, John Farley, Nir Hilzenrat, Kurt Williams, Magdy Elkashab, Nabil Abadir, Manuela Neuman

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A Randomized Trial Comparing Seven-Day Ranitidine Bismuth Citrate and Clarithromycin Dual Therapy to Seven-Day Omeprazole, Clarithromycin and Amoxicillin Triple Therapy for the Er... by Sander Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Naoki Chiba, Alan Barkun, Carlo Fallone, Alain Farley, Alan Cockeram, Chrystian Dallaire, Lorinda Simms, Barbara Nicholls

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Investigating heterogeneity across autism, ADHD, and typical development using measures of cortical thickness, surface area, cortical/subcortical volume, and structural covariance by Younes Sadat-Nejad, Younes Sadat-Nejad, Marlee M. Vandewouw, Marlee M. Vandewouw, R. Cardy, J. Lerch, J. Lerch, J. Lerch, M. J. Taylor, M. J. Taylor, A. Iaboni, C. Hammill, B. Syed, J. A. Brian, J. A. Brian, E. Kelley, E. Kelley, E. Kelley, M. Ayub, J. Crosbie, J. Crosbie, R. Schachar, R. Schachar, S. Georgiades, R. Nicolson, E. Anagnostou, E. Anagnostou, A. Kushki, A. Kushki

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G6PD deficiency triggers dopamine loss and the initiation of Parkinson’s disease pathogenesis by Morgan G. Stykel, Shehani V. Siripala, Eric Soubeyrand, Carla L. Coackley, Ping Lu, Suelen Camargo, Sharanya Thevasenan, Gerardo Balderas Figueroa, Raphaella W.L. So, Erica Stuart, Rachi Panchal, Elissavet-Kalliopi Akrioti, Jeffery T. Joseph, Omid Haji-Ghassemi, Era Taoufik, Tariq A. Akhtar, Joel C. Watts, Scott D. Ryan

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The O28 Antigen Gene Clusters of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica Serovar Dakar and Serovar Pomona Are Different by Clifford G. Clark, Christopher C. R. Grant, Keri M. Trout-Yakel, Helen Tabor, Lai-King Ng, Kris Rahn, Kristyn Franklin, Andrew M. Kropinski

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Indicators of Safety Compromise in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy by Mark R Borgaonkar, Lawrence Hookey, Roger Hollingworth, Ernst J Kuipers, Alan Forster, David Armstrong, Alan Barkun, Ronald Bridges, Rose Carter, Chris de Gara, Catherine Dube, Robert Enns, Donald MacIntosh, Sylviane Forget, Grigorios Leontiadis, Jonathan Meddings, Peter Cotton, Roland Valori, on behalf of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Safety and Quality Indicators in Endoscopy Consensus Group

“…The recognition of the significance of quality in endoscopy has prompted several countries, including Canada, to initiate efforts to adopt nationwide quality improvement programs. …”
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Retreatment with Pegylated Interferon Alpha-2a and Ribavirin in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Who Have Relapsed or Not Responded to a First Course of Pegylated Interferon-Based... by Eric M Yoshida, Morris Sherman, Vincent G Bain, Curtis L Cooper, Marc Deschênes, Paul J Marotta, Samuel S Lee, Mel Krajden, Helga Witt-Sullivan, Robert J Bailey, Christopher Usaty, Kevork Peltekian, the Canadian Pegasys Study Group

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Controlled-Release Oxycodone and Naloxone in the Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain: A Placebo-Controlled, Randomized Study by C Cloutier, J Taliano, W O’Mahony, M Csanadi, G Cohen, I Sutton, D Sinclair, M Awde, S Henein, L Robinson, J Eisenhoffer, PS Piraino, Z Harsanyi, KJ Michalko

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Community Intravenous Therapy Program and a Treatment Plan for Foot Infections in Persons with Diabetes: A Clinical Perspective by John M Embil, Shurjeel H Choudhri, Glenna Germaine, Theresa Imlah, Frank Duerksen, Marie Darcel, Hank Fong, Joshua Koulack, Alfred Gin, Sheryl Stern, J Neil Simonsen, Godfrey KM Harding, Lindsay E Nicolle

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Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Driving: A Canadian Thoracic Society and Canadian Sleep Society Position Paper by Najib Ayas, Robert Skomro, Adam Blackman, Kristen Curren, Michael Fitzpatrick, John Fleetham, Charles George, Tom Hakemi, Patrick Hanly, Christopher Li, Debra Morrison, Frédéric Series

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A Controlled Investigation of Continuing Pain Education for Long-Term Care Staff by Omeed O Ghandehari, Thomas Hadjistavropoulos, Jaime Williams, Lilian Thorpe, Dennis P Alfano, Vanina Dal Bello-Haas, David C Malloy, Ronald R Martin, Omar Rahaman, Sandra MG Zwakhalen, R Nicholas Carleton, Paulette V Hunter, Lisa M Lix

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Adjustable Maintenance Dosing with Budesonide/Formoterol Reduces Asthma Exacerbations Compared with Traditional Fixed Dosing: A Five-Month Multicentre Canadian Study by J Mark FitzGerlad, Malcolm R Sears, Louis-Philippe Boulet, Allan B Becker, Andrew R McIvor, Pierre Ernst, Natasha M Smiljanic-Georgijev, Joanna SM Lee

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Montelukast as Add-On Therapy with Inhaled Corticosteroids or Inhaled Corticosteroids and Long-Acting Beta-2-Agonists in the Management of Patients Diagnosed with Asthma and Concur... by Paul K Keith, Caroline Koch, Michel Djandji, Jacques Bouchard, Eliofotisti Psaradellis, John S Sampalis, R Robert Schellenberg, R Andrew McIvor

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Canadian Cardiovascular Society and Canadian Thoracic Society Position Statement on Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension by David Langleben, Stephen Archer, John Granton, Andrew M Hirsch, Robert D Levy, Sanjay Mehta, Evangelos Michelakis, Duncan J Stewart

“…The present document is intended to act as an update for the clinician, to provide a template for the initial evaluation of patients, to enable the understanding of current therapeutic paradigms based on approved indications for Canada, to highlight new therapies on the horizon, and to state the positions of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society and the Canadian Thoracic Society on resource management for pulmonary arterial hypertension in Canada.…”
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Safety and Efficacy of Hemospray® in Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding by Alan Hoi Lun Yau, George Ou, Cherry Galorport, Jack Amar, Brian Bressler, Fergal Donnellan, Hin Hin Ko, Eric Lam, Robert Allan Enns

“…BACKGROUND: Hemospray (Cook Medical, USA) has recently been approved in Canada for the management of nonvariceal upper gastrointestional bleeding (UGIB).…”
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Responses of spectral indices to heat and drought differ by tree size in Douglas-fir by Olivia J.M. Waite, Nicholas C. Coops, Samuel Grubinger, Miriam Isaac-Renton, Jonathan Degner, Jacob King, Alex Liu

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Correction: Spatial and seasonal determinants of arthropod community composition across an agro-ecosystem landscape by P. Burgess, G.S. Betini, A. Cholewka, J.R. deWaard, S. deWaard, C. Griswold, P.D.N. Hebert, A. MacDougall, K.S. McCann, J. McGroarty, E. Miller, K. Perez, S. Ratnasingham, C. Reisiger, D. Steinke, E. Wright, E. Zakharov, J.M. Fryxell

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Humoral and cell-mediated immune responses to COVID-19 vaccines up to 6 months post three-dose primary series in adults with inborn errors of immunity and their breakthrough infect... by Dana Unninayar, Emilia L. Falcone, Hugo Chapdelaine, Donald C. Vinh, Karina A. Top, Beata Derfalvi, Thomas B. Issekutz, Hélène Decaluwe, Anne Pham-Huy, Julia Upton, Stephen D. Betschel, Tamar Rubin, Sneha Suresh, Nicola A. M. Wright, Luis Murguía-Favela, Tatiana Kalashnikova, Lisa Barrett, Sharon Oldford, Marc-Andre Langlois, Corey Arnold, Manish Sadarangani, Tinghua Zhang, Tim Ramsay, Dina Yazji, Juthaporn Cowan, Juthaporn Cowan

“…Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine HI and CMI responses up to 6 months post-COVID-19 vaccine dose 3 in adults with IEIs.MethodsA multi-center prospective observational study was conducted across Canada to collect severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)-specific HI and CMI data at 4- and 24-week intervals after vaccine doses 2 and 3 (D2 + 4wk/D2 + 24wk/D3 + 4wk/D3 + 24wk).ResultsA total of 149 adults with IEIs and 423 healthy controls were recruited from July 2021 to October 2023. …”
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Clinical Recommendations for the Use of Recombinant Human Erythropoietin in Patients with Hepatitis C Virus Being Treated with Ribavirin by Morris Sherman, Lawrence Cohen, Mary Anne Cooper, Magdy Elkashab, Victor Feinman, David Fletcher, Nigel Girgrah, Jenny Heathcote, Mark Levstik, William B McNaull, David Wong, Florence Wong, Colina Yim

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