Quality of warfarin management following transfer from an anticoagulation clinic to primary care.

Background: Advances in alternative oral anticoagulants has reduced use and clinician comfort with warfarin. Our specialty anticoagulation clinic (AC) operates at maximum capacity and must transfer patients to accept new referrals.

Objectives: To compare time within therapeutic range (TTR) during 6 months of AC care versus following transfer to primary care for a minimum of 6 months and to a maximum of 24 months.

Falls prevention interventions for community-dwelling older adults: systematic review and meta-analysis of benefits, harms, and patient values and preferences.

Background: About 20-30% of older adults (≥ 65 years old) experience one or more falls each year, and falls are associated with substantial burden to the health care system, individuals, and families from resulting injuries, fractures, and reduced functioning and quality of life. Many interventions for preventing falls have been studied, and their effectiveness, factors relevant to their implementation, and patient preferences may determine which interventions to use in primary care. The aim of this set of reviews was to inform recommendations by the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (task force) on fall prevention interventions.

Assessment of Usefulness of Randomized Control Trials in Child Health Research Published in 2007 and 2017.

Objective: To examine how clinical usefulness in pediatric research with randomized controlled trials (RCTs) has changed over a 10-year period via a research usefulness tool composed of unique clinical usefulness criteria.

Study Design: We leveraged a pre-existing sample of child health RCTs published in 2007, used by our team in a previous study. Using the same methods, a research librarian executed a literature search in the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials for the 2017 cohort.

Associations between SARS-CoV-2 infection and incidence of new chronic condition diagnoses: a systematic review.

Because of the large number of infected individuals, an estimate of the future burdens of the long-term consequences of SARS-CoV-2 infection is needed. This systematic review examined associations between SARS-CoV-2 infection and incidence of categories of and selected chronic conditions, by age and severity of infection (inpatient vs. outpatient/mixed care).