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Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine if intraindividual variability would be more sensitive than speed or accuracy in detecting subtle cancer-related cognitive disturbance.

Methods: Data were from a previous study in which 60 breast cancer (BC) patients underwent neuropsychological assessment before commencement of chemotherapy and again following each chemotherapy cycle. Sixty healthy controls were tested at equivalent intervals.

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Plain Language Summary: The PROMPT study is a community-based research project designed to understand the factors which affect smoking as well as ways to manage, reduce and quit smoking among people who use drugs in Ottawa. There is strong medical evidence that smoking tobacco is related to more than two dozen diseases and conditions. Smoking tobacco remains the leading cause of preventable death and has negative health impacts on people of all ages.

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Ultrasound-Guided Subclavian Vein Catheterization: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Crit Care Med

July 2015

1Department of Anesthesiology, The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada. 2The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada. 3Faculty of Medicine, The University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada. 4Department of Medicine, The University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada. 5Department of Surgery, The University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada. 6Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, The University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

Objective: Although ultrasound guidance for subclavian vein catheterization has been well described, evidence for its use has not been comprehensively appraised. Thus, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to determine whether ultrasound guidance of subclavian vein catheterization reduces catheterization failures and adverse events compared to the traditional "blind" landmark method. All forms of ultrasound were included (dynamic 2D ultrasound, static 2D ultrasound, and Doppler).

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