Peter M Dodek

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Top papers

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1 Family satisfaction with care in the intensive care unit: results of a multiple center study. Crit Care Med 2002 3.36
2 Dying in the ICU: perspectives of family members. Chest 2003 2.25
3 Decision-making in the ICU: perspectives of the substitute decision-maker. Intensive Care Med 2002 2.09
4 Association between source of infection and hospital mortality in patients who have septic shock. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2014 2.05
5 Implementation of clinical practice guidelines for ventilator-associated pneumonia: a multicenter prospective study. Crit Care Med 2013 1.68
6 Defining priorities for improving end-of-life care in Canada. CMAJ 2010 1.59
7 The clinical impact and preventability of ventilator-associated conditions in critically ill patients who are mechanically ventilated. Chest 2013 1.46
8 Toward optimal end-of-life care for patients with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: insights from a multicentre study. Can Respir J 2008 1.45
9 Psychometric evaluation of a modified version of the family satisfaction in the ICU survey in parents/caregivers of critically ill children*. Pediatr Crit Care Med 2013 1.40
10 An official American Thoracic Society systematic review: the association between health insurance status and access, care delivery, and outcomes for patients who are critically ill. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2010 1.32
11 The development and validation of a novel questionnaire to measure patient and family satisfaction with end-of-life care: the Canadian Health Care Evaluation Project (CANHELP) Questionnaire. Palliat Med 2010 1.26
12 Most critically ill patients are perceived to die in comfort during withdrawal of life support: a Canadian multicentre study. Can J Anaesth 2004 1.03
13 Adjustment of intensive care unit outcomes for severity of illness and comorbidity scores. J Crit Care 2006 1.03
14 Prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia: current practice in Canadian intensive care units. J Crit Care 2002 0.99
15 Computerized physician order entry of diagnostic tests in an intensive care unit is associated with improved timeliness of service. Crit Care Med 2004 0.98
16 Pneumothorax after insertion of central venous catheters in the intensive care unit: association with month of year and week of month. Qual Saf Health Care 2007 0.97
17 DNR directives are established early in mechanically ventilated intensive care unit patients. Can J Anaesth 2004 0.95
18 Do specialist transport personnel improve hospital outcome in critically ill patients transferred to higher centers? A systematic review. J Crit Care 2006 0.88
19 Risk markers for thrombocytopenia in critically ill patients: a prospective analysis. Pharmacotherapy 2002 0.83
20 Reliability of intensive care unit admitting and comorbid diagnoses, race, elements of Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II score, and predicted probability of mortality in an electronic intensive care unit database. J Crit Care 2009 0.83
21 Attributable length of stay and mortality of major bleeding as a complication of therapeutic anticoagulation in the intensive care unit. J Patient Saf 2015 0.82
22 Canadian nurses' and respiratory therapists' perspectives on withdrawal of life support in the intensive care unit. J Crit Care 2005 0.82
23 Missed opportunities for noninvasive positive pressure ventilation: a utilization review. J Crit Care 2007 0.81
24 Differences in hospital mortality among critically ill patients of Asian, Native Indian, and European descent. Chest 2008 0.79
25 The role of transport intervals in outcomes for critically ill patients who are transferred to referral centers. J Crit Care 2007 0.76
26 Evaluation of an internal review process for grants and manuscripts in the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Can Respir J 2014 0.75
27 Ventilator-associated pneumonia--in the eyes of the beholder. Crit Care Med 2012 0.75
28 In-hospital death of critically ill patients who have congestive heart failure: does size of hospital matter? Am J Med Qual 2010 0.75