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Murray Krahn

THETA, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University of Toronto
Verified email at theta.utoronto.ca
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[PDF][PDF] Estimation of stage‐specific fibrosis progression rates in chronic hepatitis C virus infection: a meta‐analysis and meta‐regression

HH Thein, Q Yi, GJ Dore, MD Krahn - Hepatology, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Published estimates of liver fibrosis progression in individuals with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV)
infection are heterogeneous. We aimed to estimate stage‐specific fibrosis …

Natural history of hepatitis C virus infection in HIV-infected individuals and the impact of HIV in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy: a meta-analysis

HH Thein, Q Yi, GJ Dore, MD Krahn - Aids, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: To estimate stage-specific transition probabilities in individuals coinfected with
HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV), to examine the effect of covariates on these rates, and to …

Screening for prostate cancer: a decision analytic view

MD Krahn, JE Mahoney, MH Eckman, J Trachtenberg… - Jama, 1994 - jamanetwork.com
Objective. —To determine the clinical and economic effects of screening for prostate cancer
with prostate-specific antigen (PSA), transrectal ultrasound (TRUS), and digital rectal …

Primer on medical decision analysis: part 3—estimating probabilities and utilities

G Naglie, MD Krahn, D Naimark… - Medical Decision …, 1997 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper describes how to estimate probabilities and outcome values for decision trees.
Probabilities are usually derived from published studies, but occasionally are derived from …

Primer on medical decision analysis: part 5—working with Markov processes

D Naimark, MD Krahn, G Naglie… - Medical decision …, 1997 - journals.sagepub.com
Clinical decisions often have long-term implications. Analysts encounter difficulties when
employing conventional decision-analytic methods to model these scenarios. This occurs …

Primer on medical decision analysis: part 2—building a tree

…, MD Krahn, DA Redelmeier, D Naimark - Medical Decision …, 1997 - journals.sagepub.com
This part of a five-part series covering practical issues in the performance of decision
analysis outlines the basic strategies for building decision trees. The authors offer six …

Primer on medical decision analysis: Part 1—Getting started

…, G Naglie, MD Krahn, D Naimark… - Medical Decision …, 1997 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper is Part 1 of a five-part series covering practical issues in the performance of decision
analysis. The intended audience is individuals who are learning how to perform decision …

30-day mortality and major complications after radical prostatectomy: influence of age and comorbidity

…, M Leach, G Tomlinson, MD Krahn… - Journal of the …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Background: Radical prostatectomy is associated with excellent long-term disease control
for localized prostate cancer. Prior studies have suggested an increased risk of short-term …

Direct and indirect costs of asthma in Canada, 1990.

MD Krahn, C Berka, P Langlois… - CMAJ: Canadian Medical …, 1996 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
OBJECTIVE: To calculate the direct and indirect costs of asthma in Canada. DESIGN: Cost-of-illness
study. SETTING: Canada. PATIENTS: All Canadians receiving inpatient or …

Kidney transplantation in the elderly: a decision analysis

SV Jassal, MD Krahn, G Naglie… - Journal of the …, 2003 - journals.lww.com
ABSTRACT. Transplantation offers superior life expectancy and quality of life compared with
dialysis in young patients with end-stage renal failure. However, the initial risks of mortality …