Diagnostic accuracy of level 3 portable sleep tests versus level 1 polysomnography for sleep-disordered breathing: a systematic review and meta-analysis

M El Shayeb, LA Topfer, T Stafinski, L Pawluk… - Cmaj, 2014 - Can Med Assoc
… Leigh-Ann Topfer conducted the literature search, and edited and revised the manuscript.
Tania Stafinski helped conceive the design of the review, extracted the data, and edited and …

Adverse effects associated with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and tricyclic antidepressants: a meta-analysis

E Trindade, D Menon, LA Topfer, C Coloma - Cmaj, 1998 - Can Med Assoc
… On a aussi cherché à déterminer si la façon d’obtenir des patients de l… Les résultats ne
dépendaient pas de la façon d’obtenir les … la collecte prospective de données sur la qualité de vie. …

A structured review of studies on health-related quality of life and economic evaluation in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia

AS Pickard, LA Topfer, DH Feeny - JNCI Monographs, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Topfer). Papers that appeared to be relevant were retrieved and were included or rejected
on the basis of a review of the entire paper. Disagreements were resolved by consensus. …

Cost effectiveness of positron emission tomography in patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma in unconfirmed complete remission or partial remission after first-line therapy

…, J Soares Jr, D Delbeke, LA Topfer… - Journal of Clinical …, 2010 - ascopubs.org
Purpose To assess the cost effectiveness of fluorine-18–fluorodeoxyglucose positron
emission tomography (FDG-PET) in patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) with unconfirmed …

[HTML][HTML] GPS locator devices for people with dementia

LA Topfer - 2016 - europepmc.org
Topfer LA … Leigh-Ann Topfer. … A scoping review: Examen de la portée : Que savons-nous
à propos des technologies de gestion de l'errance liée à la démence? …

Comparison of literature searches on quality and costs for health technology assessment using the MEDLINE and EMBASE databases

LA Topfer, A Parada, D Menon, H Noorani… - International journal of …, 1999 - cambridge.org
Biomedical databases are an important source of information for health technology
assessment. However, there is considerable variation in the costs of accessing commercial …

Value of databases other than medline for rapid health technology assessments

DL Lorenzetti, LA Topfer, L Dennett… - International journal of …, 2014 - cambridge.org
Objectives: The objective of this study was to explore the degree to which databases other
than MEDLINE contribute studies relevant for inclusion in rapid health technology …

[HTML][HTML] New technologies for the treatment of peripheral artery disease

LA Topfer, C Spry - 2018 - europepmc.org
… Leigh-Ann Topfer and Carolyn Spry. … Bhat TM, Afari ME, Garcia LA. Atherectomy in
peripheral artery disease: a review. J Invasive Cardiol. … Chung J, Modrall JG, Ahn C …

[HTML][HTML] Wearable artificial kidneys for end-stage kidney disease

LA Topfer - CADTH issues in emerging health technologies, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Other than a kidney transplant, dialysis is the main treatment option for people with end-
stage kidney disease; but dialysis facilities have limited capacity and are associated with …

Health technology assessment in Canada: A decade in review

D Menon, LA Topfer - … Journal of Technology Assessment in Health …, 2000 - cambridge.org
Objectives: Since 1988, four government-funded health technology assessment (HTA)
agencies have been established in Canada. This paper is a descriptive review of reports issued …