Publications by authors named "J B MacGillivray"

Introduction: Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) often switch between oral anticoagulants (OACs). It can be hard to know why a patient has switched outside of a clinical setting. Medication attribute comparisons can suggest benefits.

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Background: Tachycardia-mediated cardiomyopathy (TMC) is a reversible form of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), most commonly caused by atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter. Evidence for its management is scarce, and practice patterns are highly variable.

Objective: To describe management patterns for HFrEF and atrial arrhythmias in patients with TMC at a specialty heart failure clinic.

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Background: In North American countries, national guidelines have strongly recommended formula over breastmilk for people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) because of concern for HIV transmission. However, data from resource-limited settings suggest the risk is <1% among virally suppressed people. Information regarding breastfeeding experience in high-resource settings is lacking.

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Background: Adherence to oral anticoagulants (OACs) in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) is important in preventing stroke. The dominance of retrospective studies using administrative data has led to a lack of data on psychosocial determinants of adherence and prevented comparison of adherence between OAC drug classes. OAC switching is another aspect of adherence that is unexplored.

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Action on the World Health Organization requires evidence-based, equity-oriented, and regionally specific strategies centred on priorities of women living with HIV. Through community-academic partnership, we identified recommendations for developing a national action plan focused on enabling environments that shape sexual and reproductive health and rights by, with, and for women living with HIV in Canada. Between 2017 and 2019, leading Canadian women's HIV community, research, and clinical organizations partnered with the World Health Organization to convene a webinar series to describe the World Health Organization Consolidated guideline, define sexual and reproductive health and rights priorities in Canada, disseminate Canadian research and best practices in sexual and reproductive health and rights, and demonstrate the importance of community-academic partnerships and meaningful engagement of women living with HIV.

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