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Murray Krahn
Researcher at University Health Network
Publications - 188
Citations - 5407
Murray Krahn is an academic researcher from University Health Network. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Health care. The author has an hindex of 42, co-authored 188 publications receiving 4727 citations. Previous affiliations of Murray Krahn include International Council for the Exploration of the Sea & Toronto General Hospital.
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Acute appendicitis in young children: cost-effectiveness of US versus CT in diagnosis--a Markov decision analytic model.
Michael J. Wan,Murray Krahn,Wendy J. Ungar,Edona Çaku,Lillian Sung,L. Santiago Medina,Andrea Doria +6 more
TL;DR: In a Markov-based decision model of Pediatrics, the most cost-effective method of imaging pediatric appendicitis was to start with a US study and follow each negative US study with a CT examination.
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Impact of Androgen-Deprivation Therapy on Physical Function and Quality of Life in Men With Nonmetastatic Prostate Cancer
Shabbir M.H. Alibhai,Henriette Breunis,Narhari Timilshina,Calvin F. Johnston,George Tomlinson,Ian F. Tannock,Murray Krahn,Neil Fleshner,Padraig Warde,Sarah Duff Canning,L. Klotz,Gary Naglie +11 more
TL;DR: Endurance, upper extremity strength, and physical components of QOL are affected within 3 months of starting ADT, and up-front exercise interventions to counteract these losses are warranted.
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Kidney Transplantation in the Elderly: A Decision Analysis
Sarbjit V. Jassal,Murray Krahn,Gary Naglie,Jeffrey S. Zaltzman,Janet Roscoe,Edward H. Cole,Donald A. Redelmeier +6 more
TL;DR: Prolonged waiting times dramatically decrease the clinical benefits and economic attractiveness of transplantation, suggesting that living donor transplantation may be of particular benefit in this population of older patients with renal failure.
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Prostate Cancers Scored as Gleason 6 on Prostate Biopsy are Frequently Gleason 7 Tumors at Radical Prostatectomy: Implication on Outcome
Jehonathan H. Pinthus,Maciej Witkos,Neil Fleshner,Joan Sweet,Andrew Evans,M. A. Jewett,Murray Krahn,Shabir Alibhai,John Trachtenberg +8 more
TL;DR: The characteristics and outcomes of tumors that were scored 6 on prostate biopsy but were 7 on subsequent radical prostatectomy pathological evaluation to those in tumors with a consistent rating of Gleason score 6 or 7 at biopsy and surgery are compared.
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Modelling mitigation strategies for pandemic (H1N1) 2009
TL;DR: Early action, especially rapid vaccine deployment, is disproportionately effective in reducing the attack rate, particularly given the early appearance of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in many schools in September 2009.