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Paula A Rochon

Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto
Verified email at utoronto.ca
Cited by 30046

Preventing pressure ulcers: a systematic review

M Reddy, SS Gill, PA Rochon - Jama, 2006 - jamanetwork.com
… Verhagen AP, de Vet HC, de Bie RA, Boers M, van den Brandt PA. The art of quality …
Funding/Support: Dr Rochon was supported by a Canadian Institutes of Health Research …

Optimising drug treatment for elderly people: the prescribing cascade

PA Rochon, JH Gurwitz - Bmj, 1997 - bmj.com
The most frequent medical intervention performed by a doctor is the writing of a prescription.
Because chronic illness increases with advancing age, older people are more likely to have …

Reader's guide to critical appraisal of cohort studies: 2. Assessing potential for confounding

…, SLT Normand, DL Streiner, PC Austin, PA Rochon… - Bmj, 2005 - bmj.com
In cohort studies, who does or does not receive an intervention is determined by practice
patterns, personal choice, or policy decisions. This raises the possibility that the intervention …

Antipsychotic drug use and mortality in older adults with dementia

…, N Herrmann, JH Gurwitz, PA Rochon - Annals of internal …, 2007 - acpjournals.org
Background: Antipsychotic drugs are widely used to manage behavioral and psychological
symptoms in dementia despite concerns about their safety. Objective: To examine the …

Differences in breast cancer stage at diagnosis and cancer-specific survival by race and ethnicity in the United States

J Iqbal, O Ginsburg, PA Rochon, P Sun, SA Narod - Jama, 2015 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Women with early-stage breast cancers are expected to have excellent survival
rates. It is important to identify factors that predict diagnosis of early-stage breast cancers. …

Cyclo-oxygenase-2 inhibitors versus non-selective non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and congestive heart failure outcomes in elderly patients: a population …

M Mamdani, DN Juurlink, DS Lee, PA Rochon, A Kopp… - The Lancet, 2004 - thelancet.com
… Paula A Rochon … M Mamdani, DN Juurlink, DS Lee, PA Rochon, G Naglie, and A Laupacis
designed the study; M Mamdani, DN Juurlink, DS Lee, PC Austin, and A Kopp undertook the …

The prevalence of low back pain in the elderly: a systematic review of the literature

HB Bressler, WJ Keyes, PA Rochon, E Badley - Spine, 1999 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. The prevalence of low back pain in the older population (≥ 65 years) was
reviewed in an analysis of the literature from 1966 to the present. Objective. To determine the …

A study of manufacturer-supported trials of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in the treatment of arthritis

PA Rochon, JH Gurwitz, RW Simms… - Archives of Internal …, 1994 - jamanetwork.com
Background: To study the relation between reported drug performance in published trials and
support of the trials by the manufacturer of the drug under evaluation, we studied a sample …

The effect of computerized physician order entry with clinical decision support on the rates of adverse drug events: a systematic review

…, TS Field, M Lee, S Kalkar, W Wu, PA Rochon - Journal of general …, 2008 - Springer
Context Computerized physician order entry (CPOE) with clinical decision support (CDS) has
been promoted as an effective strategy to prevent the development of a drug injury defined …

Syncope and its consequences in patients with dementia receiving cholinesterase inhibitors: a population-based cohort study

…, CM Bell, P Li, SLT Normand, PA Rochon - Archives of Internal …, 2009 - jamanetwork.com
Background Cholinesterase inhibitors are commonly prescribed to treat dementia, but their
adverse effect profile has received little attention. These drugs can provoke symptomatic …