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Open AccessNewborn readmissions and virtual primary care delivery: a population-based case-control study
Early post-discharge assessments for newborns are recommended. Virtual care has become more prevalent during the pandemic, providing an opportunity to better understand its impact on the quality of post-discha...
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A semi-Bregman proximal alternating method for a class of nonconvex problems: local and global convergence analysis
We focus on nonconvex and non-smooth block optimization problems, where the smooth coupling part of the objective does not satisfy a global/partial Lipschitz gradient continuity assumption. A general alternati...
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Open AccessAssociation between maternal employment status and presence of children with major congenital anomalies in Denmark
The burden of caring for children with complex medical problems such as major congenital anomalies falls principally on mothers, who in turn suffer a variety of potentially severe economic consequences. As wel...
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Open AccessABO and Rh blood groups and risk of infection: systematic review and meta-analysis
Persons with non-O and Rh-positive blood types are purported to be more susceptible to infection, including SARS-CoV-2, but there remains uncertainty about the degree to which this is so for both non-viral and...
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Open AccessGaps in childhood immunizations and preventive care visits during the COVID-19 pandemic: a population-based cohort study of children in Ontario and Manitoba, Canada, 2016–2021
We aimed to estimate the changes to the delivery of routine immunizations and well-child visits through the pandemic.
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Open AccessPharmacogenetic profiling via genome sequencing in children with medical complexity
Children with medical complexity (CMC) are a priority pediatric population, with high resource use and associated costs. Genome-wide sequencing is increasingly organized for CMC early in life as a diagnostic t...
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Use of machine learning to achieve keratoconus detection skills of a corneal expert
To construct an automatic machine-learning derived algorithm discriminating between normal corneas and suspect irregular or keratoconic corneas.
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A modified pediatric ocular trauma score for predicting visual outcome post open globe injury
To construct a new pediatric ocular trauma score for predicting visual outcome after open globe injuries (OGI) and to compare it to the ocular trauma score (OTS) and pediatric ocular trauma score (POTS).
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Open AccessThe impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children with medical complexity
Descriptions of the COVID-19 pandemic’s indirect consequences on children are emerging. We aimed to describe the impacts of the pandemic on children with medical complexity (CMC) and their families.
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A Dynamic Alternating Direction of Multipliers for Nonconvex Minimization with Nonlinear Functional Equality Constraints
This paper studies the minimization of a broad class of nonsmooth nonconvex objective functions subject to nonlinear functional equality constraints, where the gradients of the differentiable parts in the obje...
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Cash transfer programs and child health and family economic outcomes: a systematic review
Family income is an important determinant of child and parental health. In Canada, cash transfer programs to families with children have existed since 1945. This systematic review aimed to examine the associat...
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Open AccessPerspectives on team communication challenges in caring for children with medical complexity
Children with medical complexity (CMC) require the expertise of many care providers spanning different disciplines, institutions, and settings of care. This leads to duplicate health records, breakdowns in com...
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Predictors of traumatic eye injuries at high-risk for ophthalmic complications in children
Eye injuries are important cause of ocular morbidity in children. There is lack of data regarding predictors for high-risk injuries that will result in ophthalmic complications. Most cases are managed by the e...
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Pulse oximetry screening for critical congenital heart defects in Ontario, Canada: a cost-effectiveness analysis
Previously conducted cost-effectiveness analyses of pulse oximetry screening (POS) for critical congenital heart defects (CCHDs) have shown it to be a cost-effective endeavour, but the geographical setting of ...
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Open AccessIntrapleural Dornase and Tissue Plasminogen Activator in pediatric empyema (DTPA): a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
A randomized controlled trial of adults with empyema recently demonstrated decreased length of stay in hospital in patients treated with intrapleurally administered dornase alfa and fibrinolytics compared to f...
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Open AccessA case report of ophthalmic artery emboli secondary to Calcium Hydroxylapatite filler injection for nose augmentation- long-term outcome
Filler injection for face augmentation is a common cosmetic procedure in the last decades, in our case report we describe long-term outcomes of a devastating complication of ophthalmic artery emboli following ...
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Open AccessNeural networks within multi-core optic fibers
Hardware implementation of artificial neural networks facilitates real-time parallel processing of massive data sets. Optical neural networks offer low-volume 3D connectivity together with large bandwidth and ...
