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Silvia Alessi-Severini

Professor, University of Manitoba
Verified email at umanitoba.ca
Cited by 1770

[HTML][HTML] Clozapine: a review of clinical practice guidelines and prescribing trends

S Warnez, S Alessi-Severini - BMC psychiatry, 2014 - Springer
Background Clozapine effectiveness in the treatment of refractory schizophrenia has been
sustained by published evidence in the last two decades, despite the introduction of safer …

Sodium–glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors and the risk for diabetic ketoacidosis: a multicenter cohort study

…, É Tremblay, N Hu, S Alessi-Severini… - Annals of internal …, 2020 - acpjournals.org
Background: Sodium–glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors could increase the risk
for diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). Objective: To assess whether SGLT-2 inhibitors, compared …

Sodium glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors and risk of major adverse cardiovascular events: multi-database retrospective cohort study

…, A Fisher, E Tremblay, SC Bugden, S Alessi-Severini… - bmj, 2020 - bmj.com
Objective To compare the risk of cardiovascular events between sodium glucose cotransporter
2 (SGLT2) inhibitors and dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors among people with …

Ten years of antipsychotic prescribing to children: a Canadian population-based study

S Alessi-Severini, RG Biscontri… - The Canadian …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: To report the prescribing of antipsychotics to the youth population of the Canadian
province of Manitoba during the course of a decade. Methods: Use of antipsychotics in …

[HTML][HTML] Psychotropic medication use before and during COVID-19: a population-wide study

…, R Spiwak, S Logsetty, S Alessi-Severini - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and public health measures
that took place have led to concerns regarding mental health and receipt of psychotropic …

Use of benzodiazepines and related drugs in Manitoba: a population-based study

S Alessi-Severini, JM Bolton, MW Enns… - … Open Access Journal, 2014 - cmajopen.ca
… Contributors: Silvia Alessi-Severini and James M. Bolton … Silvia Alessi-Severini wrote the
paper, Matthew Dahl … (James Bolton and Silvia Alessi-Severini). Additional investigator support …

[HTML][HTML] Prenatal antibiotics exposure and the risk of autism spectrum disorders: A population-based cohort study

AF Hamad, S Alessi-Severini, SM Mahmud… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Prenatal antibiotic exposure induces changes in infants’ gut microbiota
composition and is suggested as a possible contributor in the development of autism spectrum …

[HTML][HTML] Cost of shingles: population based burden of disease analysis of herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia

KJ Friesen, D Chateau, J Falk, S Alessi-Severini… - BMC infectious …, 2017 - Springer
Background Around 30% of the population will experience herpes zoster (HZ), 10% of whom
develop postherpetic neuralgia (PHN). Together, these illnesses produce a significant …

[HTML][HTML] Utilization and costs of antipsychotic agents: a Canadian population-based study, 1996–2006

S Alessi-Severini, RG Biscontri, DM Collins… - Psychiatric …, 2008 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Methods This population-based study received ethics approval from the Research Ethics
Board of the University of Manitoba. The protocol was also approved by the Manitoba Health …

Sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors and the risk of below-knee amputation: a multicenter observational study

…, M Fralick, A Douros, N Hu, S Alessi-Severini… - Diabetes …, 2020 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE Reports of amputations associated with sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2)
inhibitors have been inconsistent. We aimed to compare the risk of below-knee …