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Ernie Mak
Researcher at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Publications - 18
Citations - 500
Ernie Mak is an academic researcher from Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. The author has contributed to research in topics: Palliative care & Internal medicine. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 13 publications receiving 343 citations. Previous affiliations of Ernie Mak include University of Toronto & University Health Network.
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Simple prognostic model for patients with advanced cancer based on performance status.
Raymond Woo-Jun Jang,Valerie B. Caraiscos,Nadia Swami,Subrata Banerjee,Ernie Mak,Ebru Kaya,Gary Rodin,John Bryson,Julia Ridley,Lisa W. Le,Camilla Zimmermann +10 more
TL;DR: A simple tool is presented that uses PS alone to prognosticate in advanced cancer, and has similar discriminatory ability to more complex models.
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Modified Edmonton Symptom Assessment System including constipation and sleep: validation in outpatients with cancer.
Breffni Hannon,Breffni Hannon,Martin Dyck,Ashley Pope,Nadia Swami,Subrata Banerjee,Subrata Banerjee,Ernie Mak,Ernie Mak,John Bryson,John Bryson,Gary Rodin,Gary Rodin,Julia Ridley,Julia Ridley,Christopher Lo,Christopher Lo,Lisa W. Le,Camilla Zimmermann,Camilla Zimmermann +19 more
TL;DR: The NRS versions of ESAS and its revised version (ESAS-r), with the additional symptoms of constipation and sleep, are valid and reliable for measuring symptoms in this population of outpatients with advanced cancer.
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The oncology palliative care clinic at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre: an early intervention model for patients with advanced cancer
Breffni Hannon,Nadia Swami,Ashley Pope,Gary Rodin,Gary Rodin,Elizabeth Dougherty,Ernie Mak,Ernie Mak,Subrata Banerjee,Subrata Banerjee,John Bryson,John Bryson,Julia Ridley,Julia Ridley,Camilla Zimmermann +14 more
TL;DR: The development and expansion of an outpatient palliative care clinic at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Canada is described, demonstrating how the clinic functions at a local and regional level.
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Team-based outpatient early palliative care: a complex cancer intervention.
Camilla Zimmermann,Suzanne Ryan,Breffni Hannon,Alexandra Saltman,Gary Rodin,Ernie Mak,Ahmed Al-Awamer,Jenny Lau +7 more
TL;DR: The description of the iterative conception and systematic evaluation of a complex intervention called team-based outpatient early palliative care (TO-EPC), and the main principles are that care is flexible, attentive, patient-led and family-centred.
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Vascular binding, blood flow, transporter, and enzyme interactions on the processing of digoxin in rat liver.
Lichuan Liu,Ernie Mak,Rommel G. Tirona,Rommel G. Tirona,Eugene Tan,Eugene Tan,Phyllis M. Novikoff,Pijun Wang,Allan W. Wolkoff,K. Sandy Pang +9 more
TL;DR: The roles of vascular binding, flow, transporters, and enzymes as determinants of the clearance of digoxin were examined in the rat liver and it was found that the difference in digoxin clearance was attributed to binding to BSA and rbc and not to the Difference in flow rate and that clearance was unaffected by transporter or enzyme heterogeneity.