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Department of Anesthesia

2020 Peer-Reviewed Publications

  1. Allen, M., Sproule, B., MacDougall, P., Furlan, A., Murphy, L., Debono, V., Buckley, N. Identifying appropriate outcomes to help evaluate the impact of the Canadian Guideline for Safe and Effective Use of Opioids for Non-Cancer Pain. BMC Anesthesiology. January 7, 2020. doi: 10/1186/s12871-020-0930-4
  2. Hamid A, Schmuck ML, Cordovani D. The lack of construct validity when assessing clinical clerks during their anesthesia rotations. Can J Anaesth. 2020 Feb 24. doi: 10.1007/s12630-020-01597-5. [Epub ahead of print]
  3. HIP ATTACK Investigators. Accelerated surgery versus standard care in hip fracture (HIP ATTACK): an international, randomised, controlled trial.Lancet. 2020 Feb 7. pii: S0140-6736(20)30058-1. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30058-1. [Epub ahead of print]
  4. Hossain, M.A., Asamoah-Boaheng, M., Badejo, O.A., Bell, L.V., Buckley, N., Busse, J., Campbell, T.S., Corace, K., Cooper, L.K., Flusk, D., Garcia, D.A., Ioirio, A., Lavoie, K.L., Poulin, P.A., Skidmore, B., Rash, J.A. Prescriber adherence to guidelines for chronic noncancer pain management with opioids: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Health Psychology. January 30, 2020. doi: 10.1037/hea0000830
  5. Kum, E., Buckley, N., de Leon-Casasola, O., Lema, M., Busse, J. Attitudes Towards and Management of Opioid-induced Hyperalgesia: A Survey of Chronic Pain Practitioners. The Clinical Journal of Pain. Feb 5, 2020. doi: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000814
  6. Ng, J., Garber, A., Luong, M., Cooley, K., Busse, J. No improvement in disclosure of natural health product use to primary care medical doctors in the last 15 years: A survey of naturopathic patients. ScienceDirect. January 23, 2020. doi: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2020.101106
  7. Packham TL, Spicher CJ, MacDermid JC, Buckley ND. Allodynography: Reliability of a New Procedure for Objective Clinical Examination of Static Mechanical Allodynia. Pain Med. 2020 Jan 1;21(1):101-108. doi: 10.1093/pm/pnz045.
  8. Shanthanna H, Turan A, Vincent J, Saab R, Shargall Y, O’Hare T, Davis K, Fonguh S, Balasubramaniam K, Paul J, Gilron I, Kehlet H, Sessler DI, Bhandari M, Thabane L, Devereaux PJ. N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Antagonists and Steroids for the Prevention of Persisting Post-Surgical Pain After Thoracoscopic Surgeries: A Randomized Controlled, Factorial Design, International, Multicenter Pilot Trial. J Pain Res. 2020 Feb 12;13:377-387. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S237058. eCollection 2020.
  9. Allen M, Sproule B, MacDougall P, Furlan A, Murphy L, Borg Debono V, Buckley N. Identifying appropriate outcomes to help evaluate the impact of the Canadian Guideline for Safe and Effective Use of Opioids for Non-Cancer Pain. BMC Anesthesiol. 2020 Jan 7;20(1):6. doi: 10.1186/s12871-020-0930-4. PMID: 31910806; PMCID: PMC6945645.
  10. Archer V, Robinson T, Kattail D, Fitzgerald P, Walton JM. Postoperative pain control following minimally invasive correction of pectus excavatum in pediatric patients: A systematic review. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 May;55(5):805-810. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2020.01.023. Epub 2020 Jan 30. PMID: 32081359.
  11. Asamoah-Boaheng M, Badejo OA, Bell LV, Buckley N, Busse JW, Campbell TS, Corace K, Cooper L, Flusk D, Garcia DA, Hossain MA, Iorio A, Lavoie KL, Poulin PA, Skidmore B, Rash JA. Interventions to influence opioid prescribing practices for chronic noncancer pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Am J Prev Med. 2021 Jan;60(1):e15-e26. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2020.07.012. Epub 2020 Nov 20. PMID: 33229143.
  12. Barrios A, Camelo J, Gomez J, Forero M, Peng PWH, Visbal K, Cadavid A. Evaluation of Sensory Mapping of Erector Spinae Plane Block. Pain Physician. 2020 Jun;23(3):E289-E296. PMID: 32517405.
  13. Busse JW, Douglas J, Chauhan TS, Kobeissi B, Blackmer J. Perceptions and Impact of the 2017 Canadian Guideline for Opioid Therapy and Chronic Noncancer Pain: A Cross-Sectional Study of Canadian Physicians. Pain Res Manag. 2020 Feb 17;2020:8380171. doi: 10.1155/2020/8380171. PMID: 32148601; PMCID: PMC7048936.
  14. Busse JW, Juurlink D, Buckley DN, Guyatt GH. Response to “understanding the behavioural determinants of opioid prescribing among family physicians: a qualitative study”.BMC Fam Pract. 2020 Jun 13;21(1):109. doi: 10.1186/s12875-020-01187-w. PMID: 32534565; PMCID: PMC7293785.
  15. Busse JW, Sadeghirad B, Oparin Y, Chen E, Goshua A, May C, Hong PJ, Agarwal A, Chang Y, Ross SA, Emary P, Florez ID, Noor ST, Yao W, Lok A, Ali SH, Craigie S, Couban R, Morgan RL, Culig K, Brar S, Akbari-Kelachayeh K, Pozdnyakov A, Shergill Y, Sivananthan L, Zihayat B, Das A, Guyatt GH. Management of Acute Pain From Non-Low Back, Musculoskeletal Injuries : A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis of Randomized Trials. Ann Intern Med. 2020 Nov 3;173(9):730-738. doi: 10.7326/M19-3601. Epub 2020 Aug 18. PMID: 32805127.
  16. Choinière M, Peng P, Gilron I, Buckley N, Williamson O, Janelle-Montcalm A, Baerg K, Boulanger A, Di Renna T, Finley GA, Intrater H, Lau B, Pereira J. Accessing care in multidisciplinary pain treatment facilities continues to be a challenge in Canada. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2020 Dec;45(12):943-948. doi: 10.1136/rapm-2020-101935. Epub 2020 Oct 6. PMID: 33024007.
  17. Côté P, Bussières A, Cassidy JD, Hartvigsen J, Kawchuk GN, Leboeuf-Yde C, Mior S, Schneider M; 140 signatories# call for an end to pseudoscientific claims on the effect of chiropractic care on immune function. A united statement of the global chiropractic research community against the pseudoscientific claim that chiropractic care boosts immunity. Chiropr Man Therap. 2020 May 4;28(1):21. doi: 10.1186/s12998-020-00312-x. PMID: 32366319; PMCID: PMC7197358.
  18. Czuczman M, Shanthanna H, Alolabi B, Moisiuk P, O’Hare T, Khan M, Forero M, Davis K, Moro J, Vanniyasingam T, Thabane L. Randomized control trial of ultrasound-guided erector spinae block versus shoulder periarticular anesthetic infiltration for pain control after arthroscopic shoulder surgery: Study protocol clinical trial (SPIRIT compliant).Medicine (Baltimore). 2020 Apr;99(15):e19721. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000019721. PMID: 32282729; PMCID: PMC7220186.
  19. Dhir S, Roy D, Hall T, Bureau Y, Yu J, Dhir AK.Relative Contributions of Intraoperative Low Dose Ketamine, Lidocaine and Ketamine-Lidocaine Combination in Addition to Intrathecal Morphine for Postoperative Analgesia in Open Liver Resection: A Prospective, Randomized, Four-Arm, Triple Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial. Open Journal of Anesthesiology 2020; 10:313-326.
  20. Douketis JD, Syed S, Li N, Narouze S, Radwi M, Duncan J, Schulman S, Spyropoulos AC. A physician survey of perioperative neuraxial anesthesia management in patients on a direct oral anticoagulant. Res Pract Thromb Haemost 2020;000:1-9 https://doi.org/10.1002/rth2.1243
  21. Fazzari J, Sidhu J, Motkur S, Inman M, Buckley N, Clemons M, Vandermeer L, Singh G. Applying Serum Cytokine Levels to Predict Pain Severity in Cancer Patients. J Pain Res. 2020 Feb 7;13:313-321. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S227175. PMID: 32104053; PMCID: PMC7012636.
  22. Findakli F, Busse JW, Schemitsch EH, Lonn E, Farrokhyar F, Bhandari M; and the TRUST Investigators. Smoking, obesity, and disability benefits or litigation are not associated with clinically important reductions in physical functioning after intramedullary nailing of tibial shaft fractures: a retrospective cohort study. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2020 Nov 13. doi: 10.1097/CORR.0000000000001573. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33196584.
  23. Forero M. Erector spinae plane block: RIP or VIP? Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2020 Nov 17:rapm-2020-102160. doi: 10.1136/rapm-2020-102160. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33203711.
  24. Ge L, Sadeghirad B, Ball GDC, da Costa BR, Hitchcock CL, Svendrovski A, Kiflen R, Quadri K, Kwon HY, Karamouzian M, Adams-Webber T, Ahmed W, Damanhoury S. Zeraatkar D, Nikolakopoulou A, Tsuyuki RT, Tian J, Yang K, Guyatt GH, Johnston BC. Comparison of dietary macronutrient patterns of 14 popular named dietary programmes for weight and cardiovascular risk factor reduction in adults: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised trials.BMJ. 2020 Apr 1;369:m696. doi: 10.1136/bmj.m696. Erratum in: BMJ. 2020 Aug 5;370:m3095. PMID: 32238384; PMCID: PMC7190064.
  25. Gryaznov D, Odutayo A, von Niederhäusern B, Speich B, Kasenda B, Ojeda-Ruiz E, Blümle A, Schandelmaier S, Mertz D, Tomonaga Y, Amstutz A, Pauli-Magnus C, Gloy V, Bischoff K, Wollmann K, Rehner L, Lohner S, Meerpohl JJ, Nordmann A, Klatte K, Ghosh N, Heravi AT, Wong J, Chow N, Hong PJ, Cord KM, Sricharoenchai S, Busse JW, Agarwal A, Saccilotto R, Schwenkglenks M, Moffa G, Hemkens LG, Hopewell S, von Elm E, Briel M.Rationale and design of repeated cross-sectional studies to evaluate the reporting quality of trial protocols: the Adherence to SPIrit REcommendations (ASPIRE) study and associated projects. Trials. 2020 Oct 28;21(1):896. doi: 10.1186/s13063-020-04808-y. PMID: 33115541; PMCID: PMC7594472.
  26. Hutton B, Hersi M, Cheng W, Pratt M, Barbeau P, Mazzarello S, Ahmadzai N, Skidmore B, Morgan SC, Bordeleau L, Ginex PK, Sadeghirad B, Morgan RL, Cole KM, Clemons M. Comparing Interventions for Management of Hot Flashes in Patients With Breast and Prostate Cancer: A Systematic Review With Meta-Analyses. Oncol Nurs Forum. 2020 Jul 1;47(4):E86-E106. doi: 10.1188/20.ONF.E86-E106. PMID: 32555553.
  27. Kahale LA, Khamis AM, Diab B, Chang Y, Lopes LC, Agarwal A, Li L, Mustafa RA, Koujanian S, Waziry R, Busse JW, Dakik A, Hooft L, Guyatt GH, Scholten RJPM, Akl EA. Meta-Analyses Proved Inconsistent in How Missing Data Were Handled Across Their Included Primary Trials: A Methodological Survey. Clin Epidemiol. 2020 May 27;12:527-535. doi: 10.2147/CLEP.S242080. PMID: 32547244; PMCID: PMC7266325.
  28. Kahale LA, Khamis AM, Diab B, Chang Y, Lopes LC, Agarwal A, Li L, Mustafa RA, Koujanian S, Waziry R, Busse JW, Dakik A, Schünemann HJ, Hooft L, Scholten RJ, Guyatt GH, Akl EA. Potential impact of missing outcome data on treatment effects in systematic reviews: imputation study. BMJ. 2020 Aug 26;370:m2898. doi: 10.1136/bmj.m2898. Erratum in: BMJ. 2020 Dec 14;371:m4783. PMID: 32847800; PMCID: PMC7448113.
  29. Kattail D, Niec A. Caregiver-fabricated illness in a child prescribed long-term opioids and benzodiazepines.J Opioid Manag. 2020 Mar/Apr;16(2):155-159. doi: 10.5055/jom.2020.0562. PMID: 32329891.
  30. Khemani E, Lampitoc M, Duvall D. Applying the principles of health technology assessments to intubation boxes for patients with COVID-19. BMJ Open Qual. 2020 Aug;9(3):e001010. doi: 10.1136/bmjoq-2020-001010. PMID: 32816801; PMCID: PMC7437704.
  31. Khemani E, Paul J, Nair SS. Non-Operating Room Anesthesia and the COVID-19 Patient: Evidence Based Strategies. Open J Anesthesiol 2020;10:213-223.
  32. Kim Y, Akhtar AM, Natalwalla S, Goshua A, Wilson K, Busse JW. Association between media attention and presentation of vaccination information on Canadian chiropractors’ websites: a prospective mixed-methods cohort study.CMAJ Open. 2020 May 5;8(2):E338-E345. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20190204. PMID: 32371527; PMCID: PMC7207039.
  33. Ladha KS, McLaren-Blades A, Goel A, Buys MJ, Farquhar-Smith P, Haroutounian S, Kotteeswaran Y, Kwofie K, Le Foll B, Lightfoot NJ, Loiselle J, Mace H, Nicholls J, Regev A, Rosseland LA, Shanthanna H, Sinha A, Sutherland A, Tanguay R, Yafai S, Glenny M, Choi P, Ladak SSJ, Leroux TS, Kawpeng I, Samman B, Singh R, Clarke H. Perioperative Pain and Addiction Interdisciplinary Network (PAIN): consensus recommendations for perioperative management of cannabis and cannabinoid-based medicine users by a modified Delphi process. Br J Anaesth. 2021 Jan;126(1):304-318. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2020.09.026. Epub 2020 Oct 29. PMID: 33129489.
  34. Le Manach Y, Meyhoff CS, Collins GS, Aasvang EK, London MJ. Of Railroads and Roller Coasters: Considerations for Perioperative Blood Pressure Management? Anesthesiology. 2020 Sep;133(3):489-492. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000003446. PMID: 32739992.
  35. Li L, Deng K, Busse JW, Zhou X, Xu C, Liu Z, Ren Y, Zou K, Sun X. A systematic survey showed important limitations in the methods for assessing drug safety among systematic reviews. J Clin Epidemiol. 2020 Jul;123:80-90. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2020.03.017. Epub 2020 Apr 1. PMID: 32247024.
  36. Liu AY, Dower A, Nair S. Dexmedetomidine infusion for sedation in a patient with myotonic dystrophy. Anaesth Rep. 2020 Oct 16;8(2):135-137. doi: 10.1002/anr3.12070. PMID: 33210091; PMCID: PMC7656316.
  37. Madden K, Busse JW. Cochrane in CORR®: Oral nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs versus other oral analgesic agents for acute soft tissue injury. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2021 Jan 1;479(1):17-23. doi: 10.1097/CORR.0000000000001595. PMID: 33239520.
  38. McCusker S, Chaudhary V, Blew P, Mak M, Barbosa J, Qian J, Shanthanna H, Ligori T. Sedation during vitreoretinal surgery: practice patterns in Canada. Can J Anaesth. 2020 Oct;67(10):1439-1441. doi: 10.1007/s12630-020-01689-2. Epub 2020 May 4. PMID: 32367490.
  39. Meineri M, Arellano R, Bryson G, Arzola C, Chen R, Collins P, Denault A, Desjardins G, Fayad A, Funk D, Hegazy AF, Kim H, Kruger M, Kruisselbrink R, Perlas A, Prabhakar C, Syed S, Sidhu S, Tanzola R, Van Rensburg A, Talab H, Vegas A, Bainbridge D. Canadian recommendations for training and performance in basic perioperative point-of-care ultrasound: recommendations from a consensus of Canadian anesthesiology academic centres. Can J Anaesth. 2020 Nov 24. English. doi: 10.1007/s12630-020-01867-2. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33236278.
  40. Morgan RL, Preidis GA, Kashyap PC, Weizman AV, Sadeghirad B; McMaster Probiotic, Prebiotic, and Synbiotic Work Group. Probiotics Reduce Mortality and Morbidity in Preterm, Low-Birth-Weight Infants: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis of Randomized Trials. Gastroenterology. 2020 Aug;159(2):467-480. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2020.05.096. Epub 2020 Jun 24. PMID: 32592699.
  41. Mundi R, Axelrod D, Chaudhry H, Sahota N, Heels-Ansdell D, Sprague S, Petrisor B, Schemitsch E, Busse JW, Thabane L, Bhandari M. Association of Three-Month Radiographic Union Score for Tibia Fractures (RUST) with Nonunion in Tibial Shaft Fracture Patients. Cureus. 2020 May 27;12(5):e8314. doi: 10.7759/cureus.8314. PMID: 32607297; PMCID: PMC7320642.
  42. Mundi R, Axelrod D, Heels-Ansdell D, Chaudhry H, Ayeni OR, Petrisor B, Busse JW, Thabane L, Bhandari M. Nonunion in Patients with Tibial Shaft Fractures: Is Early Physical Status Associated with Fracture Healing?Cureus. 2020 Apr 12;12(4):e7649. doi: 10.7759/cureus.7649. PMID: 32411550; PMCID: PMC7217237.
  43. Noori A, Sprague S, Bzovsky S, Schemitsch EH, Poolman RW, Frihagen F, Axelrod D, Heels-Ansdell D, Bhandari M, Busse JW; HEALTH Investigators. Predictors of Long-Term Pain After Hip Arthroplasty in Patients with Femoral Neck Fractures: A Cohort Study. J Orthop Trauma. 2020 Nov;34 Suppl 3:S55-S63. doi: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000001929. PMID: 33027167.
  44. Odutayo A, Gryaznov D, Copsey B, Monk P, Speich B, Roberts C, Vadher K, Dutton P, Briel M, Hopewell S, Altman DG; ASPIRE study group. Design, analysis and reporting of multi-arm trials and strategies to address multiple testing. Int J Epidemiol. 2020 Jun 1;49(3):968-978. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyaa026. PMID: 32176282.
  45. Parihar V, Katz L, Siyam MA, Rogers A, Patterson L, Zacharias R. Mandatory pharmacist-led education session for patients seeking medical cannabis. Pharm Pract (Granada). 2020 Oct-Dec;18(4):2088. doi: 10.18549/PharmPract.2020.4.2088. Epub 2020 Nov 30. PMID: 33343771; PMCID: PMC7732211.
  46. Parihar V, Rogers A, Blain AM, Zacharias SRK, Patterson LL, Siyam MA. Reduction in Tamoxifen Metabolites Endoxifen and N-desmethyltamoxifen With Chronic Administration of Low Dose Cannabidiol: A CYP3A4 and CYP2D6 Drug Interaction.J Pharm Pract. 2020 Nov 15:897190020972208. doi: 10.1177/0897190020972208. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33191836.
  47. Pérez Moreno DP, Forero Mantilla M, Castillo Rosado VP, Restrepo Garces CE. Erector spinae plane (ESP) block for pain management caused by acute herpes zoster during pregnancy: A case report. Int J Anesthesiol Sci 2020;2(1):29-32
  48. Pouramin P, Li CS, Busse JW, Sprague S, Devereaux PJ, Jagnoor J, Ivers R, Bhandari M; INORMUS investigators.Delays in hospital admissions in patients with fractures across 18 low-income and middle-income countries (INORMUS): a prospective observational study. Lancet Glob Health. 2020 May;8(5):e711-e720. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30067-X. PMID: 32353318.
  49. Qasem F, Singh SI, Alsaharty A, Sebbag I, Sharma M, Khemani E. Improving Patients’ Experience Undergoing Spinal Anesthesia for Cesarean Delivery: A Quality Improvement Initiative. Am J Med Qual. 2020 May 20:1062860620925537. doi: 10.1177/1062860620925537. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32432479.
  50. Rehman Y, Jones A, Madden K, Heels-Ansdell D, Busse JW; TRUST Investigators. Association of Disability Benefits and/or Litigation With Time to Return to Work After Tibia Shaft Fracture Fixation. J Occup Environ Med. 2020 May;62(5):370-374. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001841. PMID: 32149937.
  51. Riva JJ, Noor ST, Wang L, Ashoorion V, Foroutan F, Sadeghirad B, Couban R, Busse JW. Predictors of Prolonged Opioid Use After Initial Prescription for Acute Musculoskeletal Injuries in Adults : A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Observational Studies. Ann Intern Med. 2020 Nov 3;173(9):721-729. doi: 10.7326/M19-3600. Epub 2020 Aug 18. PMID: 32805130.
  52. Rodrigues S, Shin D, Conway M, Smulski S, Trenker E, Shanthanna H, Vanniyasingam T, Thabane L, Paul J.Hydromorphone versus morphine: a historical cohort study to evaluate the quality of postoperative analgesia. Can J Anaesth. 2021 Feb;68(2):226-234. English. doi: 10.1007/s12630-020-01849-4. Epub 2020 Nov 10. PMID: 33170454.
  53. Santesso N, Akl E, Bhandari M, Busse JW, Cook DJ, Greenhalgh T, Muti P, Schünemann H, Guyatt G. A practical guide for using a survey about attitudes and behaviors to inform health care decisions. J Clin Epidemiol. 2020 Dec;128:93-100. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2019.11.020. Epub 2020 Sep 25. PMID: 32987165.
  54. Shanthanna H, Bhatia A, Radhakrishna M, Belley-Cote E, Vanniyasingam T, Thabane L, Busse JW.Interventional pain management for chronic pain: a survey of physicians in Canada. Can J Anaesth. 2020 Mar;67(3):343-352. English. doi: 10.1007/s12630-019-01547-w. Epub 2019 Dec 4. PMID: 31802414.
  55. Shanthanna H, Busse J, Wang L, Kaushal A, Harsha P, Suzumura EA, Bhardwaj V, Zhou E, Couban R, Paul J, Bhandari M, Thabane L. Addition of corticosteroids to local anaesthetics for chronic non-cancer pain injections: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Br J Anaesth. 2020 Nov;125(5):779-801. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2020.06.062. Epub 2020 Aug 12. PMID: 32798067.
  56. Shanthanna H, Cohen SP, Strand N, Lobo C, Eldabe S, Bhatia A, Narouze S. Recommendations on Chronic Pain Practice during the COVID-19 Pandemic.A Joint Statement by American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA) and European Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Therapy (ESRA). https://www.asra.com/page/2903/recommendations-on-chronic-pain-practice-during-the-covid-19-pandemic
  57. Shanthanna H, Strand NH, Provenzano DA, Lobo CA, Eldabe S, Bhatia A, Wegener J, Curtis K, Cohen SP, Narouze S. Caring for patients with pain during the COVID-19 pandemic: consensus recommendations from an international expert panel. Anaesthesia. 2020 Jul;75(7):935-944. doi: 10.1111/anae.15076. Epub 2020 Apr 26. PMID: 32259288; PMCID: PMC7262200.
  58. Shanthanna H, Uppal V. Surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic. Lancet. 2020 Nov 7;396(10261):e74. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32279-0. PMID: 33160574; PMCID: PMC7834101. · Sharda S. I remember. Anesthesiology 2020;133(4): 938–939.
  59. Siemieniuk RA, Bartoszko JJ, Ge L, Zeraatkar D, Izcovich A, Kum E, Pardo-Hernandez H, Rochwerg B, Lamontagne F, Han MA, Liu Q, Agarwal A, Agoritsas T, Chu DK, Couban R, Darzi A, Devji T, Fang B, Fang C, Flottorp SA, Foroutan F, Ghadimi M, Heels-Ansdell D, Honarmand K, Hou L, Hou X, Ibrahim Q, Khamis A, Lam B, Loeb M, Marcucci M, McLeod SL, Motaghi S, Murthy S, Mustafa RA, Neary JD, Qasim A, Rada G, Riaz IB, Sadeghirad B, Sekercioglu N, Sheng L, Sreekanta A, Switzer C, Tendal B, Thabane L, Tomlinson G, Turner T, Vandvik PO, Vernooij RW, Viteri-García A, Wang Y, Yao L, Ye Z, Guyatt GH, Brignardello-Petersen R. Drug treatments for covid-19: living systematic review and network meta-analysis. BMJ. 2020 Jul 30;370:m2980. doi: 10.1136/bmj.m2980. Update in: BMJ. 2020 Sep 11;370:m3536. Update in: BMJ. 2020 Dec 17;371:m4852. PMID: 32732190; PMCID: PMC7390912.
  60. Singh M, Sharda S, Gautam M, Hawa R. Optimal sleep health among frontline healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Can J Anaesth. 2020 May 18:1-4. doi: 10.1007/s12630-020-01716-2. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32425331; PMCID: PMC7232925.
  61. Sommer DD, Engels PT, Weitzel EK, Khalili S, Corsten M, Tewfik MA, Fung K, Cote D, Gupta M, Sne N, Brown TFE, Paul J, Kost KM, Witterick IJ. Recommendations from the CSO-HNS taskforce on performance of tracheotomy during the COVID-19 pandemic. J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2020 Apr 27;49(1):23. doi: 10.1186/s40463-020-00414-9. PMID: 32340627; PMCID: PMC7184547.
  62. Sriganesh K, Syeda S, Shanthanna H, Venkataramaiah S, Palaniswamy SR. Effect of Opioid Versus Non-Opioid Analgesia on Surgical Pleth Index and Biomarkers of Surgical Stress During Neurosurgery for Brain Tumors: Preliminary Findings. Neurol India. 2020 Sep-Oct;68(5):1101-1105. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.294559. PMID: 33109859.
  63. Thompson JM, Heber A, Zacharias R, Besemann M, Gupta G, Hapidou E, Buckley N, Lamoureux MWOD, Begley K. Out of the shadows: Chronic pain in Canadian Armed Force Veterans – Proceedings of a Workshop at the 2019 Forum of the Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research. Can J Pain 2020: 199-204
  64. Turna J, Balodis I, Munn C, Van Ameringen M, Busse J, MacKillop J. Overlapping patterns of recreational and medical cannabis use in a large community sample of cannabis users. Comprehensive Psychiatry 2020 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2020.152188
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