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Gerald Lebovic

Investigator/Biostatistician LKSKI, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto
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Temporal trends of women enrollment in major cardiovascular randomized clinical trials

IY Gong, NS Tan, SH Ali, G Lebovic, M Mamdani… - Canadian Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Although it is known that women do not participate in trials as frequently as
men, there are limited recent data examining how women recruitment has changed over …

First-year analysis of the operating room black box study

JJ Jung, P Jüni, G Lebovic, T Grantcharov - Annals of surgery, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To characterize intraoperative errors, events, and distractions, and measure
technical skills of surgeons in minimally invasive surgery practice. Background: Adverse …

Ventilator weaning and discontinuation practices for critically ill patients

KEA Burns, L Rizvi, DJ Cook, G Lebovic, P Dodek… - Jama, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Although most critically ill patients receive invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV),
few studies have characterized how IMV is discontinued in practice. Objective To describe …

Identifying locations for public access defibrillators using mathematical optimization

TCY Chan, H Li, G Lebovic, SK Tang, JYT Chan… - Circulation, 2013 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Geospatial methods using mathematical optimization to identify clusters of
cardiac arrests and prioritize public locations for defibrillator deployment have not been …

[HTML][HTML] A web-based intervention to support self-management of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: effect on self-efficacy, self-care and diabetes distress

CH Yu, JA Parsons, M Mamdani, G Lebovic… - BMC medical informatics …, 2014 - Springer
Background Management of diabetes mellitus is complex and involves controlling multiple
risk factors that may lead to complications. Given that patients provide most of their own …

[HTML][HTML] Validation of parent-reported physical activity and sedentary time by accelerometry in young children

H Sarker, LN Anderson, CM Borkhoff, K Abreo… - BMC research …, 2015 - Springer
Background It is unknown if young children's parent-reported physical activity and sedentary
time are correlated with direct measures. The study objectives were to compare parent …

[HTML][HTML] Association between noncow milk beverage consumption and childhood height

ME Morency, CS Birken, G Lebovic, Y Chen… - The American Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Cow milk consumption in childhood has been associated with increased height,
which is an important measure of children's growth and development. Many parents are …

Paediatric reference values for total psoas muscle area

E Lurz, H Patel, G Lebovic, C Quammie… - Journal of cachexia …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Sarcopenia, the unintentional loss of skeletal muscle mass, is associated with
poor outcomes in adult patient populations. In adults, sarcopenia is often ascertained by …

BMI-for-age and weight-for-length in children 0 to 2 years

KR Furlong, LN Anderson, H Kang, G Lebovic… - …, 2016 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVES: To determine the agreement between weight-for-length and BMI-for-age in
children 0 to< 2 years by using research-collected data, examine factors that may affect …

Association between total duration of breastfeeding and iron deficiency

JL Maguire, L Salehi, CS Birken, S Carsley… - …, 2013 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether there is an association between the total breastfeeding
duration and iron stores, iron deficiency, and iron deficiency anemia in healthy urban …