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Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec
Recent research
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Impact of Primary Health Care Reforms in Quebec’s Health Care System: A Systematic Review
Introduction: Primary health care (PHC) reforms in Quebec between 2000 and 2023 aimed to improve accessibility, continuity, efficiency, and equity through organisational transformation, notably the Family Medicine Groups (FMGs), centralised waiting lists (Guichets d’accès), the a...
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Association Between Donor HLA-DQ Heterodimers Group and Graft Loss in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Background: Combinations of HLA-DQ α1 and β1 chains are restricted to specific groups: group 1 (G1), comprising DQA1*02/03/04/05/06 with DQB1*02/03/04, and group 2 (G2), comprising DQA1*01 with DQB1*05/06. A recently discovered role of HLA-DQ heterodimers in hematopoietic cell tr...
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BACKGROUND: Although selective cyclooxygenase-2 (COX‑2) inhibitors are commonly used in perioperative pain management, it is uncertain whether these anti-inflammatory agents meaningfully improve postoperative recovery, including the impact of pain on daily functioning. METHODS: T...
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ABSTRACT Introduction In the province of Québec, Canada, a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) immunization program restricted to seniors residing in long-term care facilities (LTCF) and those aged ≥75 years from private senior residences (PSR) was implemented in Fall 2024, with ap...
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Objective To systematically review the evidence on the association between occupational exposure to pesticides and the risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Methods A systematic search, conducted in eight bibliographic databases for publications between 1990 and 2025, iden...