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Deborah J Cook

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1 Critically ill patients with 2009 influenza A(H1N1) infection in Canada. JAMA 2009 13.00
2 Vasopressin versus norepinephrine infusion in patients with septic shock. N Engl J Med 2008 11.00
3 Randomized trials stopped early for benefit: a systematic review. JAMA 2005 8.43
4 A guide for the design and conduct of self-administered surveys of clinicians. CMAJ 2008 6.72
5 High-frequency oscillation in early acute respiratory distress syndrome. N Engl J Med 2013 6.56
6 Ventilation strategy using low tidal volumes, recruitment maneuvers, and high positive end-expiratory pressure for acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA 2008 6.39
7 Intensive insulin therapy and mortality among critically ill patients: a meta-analysis including NICE-SUGAR study data. CMAJ 2009 6.27
8 Stopping randomized trials early for benefit and estimation of treatment effects: systematic review and meta-regression analysis. JAMA 2010 5.90
9 Comparison of mortality between private for-profit and private not-for-profit hemodialysis centers: a systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA 2002 5.57
10 An official ATS statement: grading the quality of evidence and strength of recommendations in ATS guidelines and recommendations. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2006 5.29
11 Prevention of VTE in nonsurgical patients: Antithrombotic Therapy and Prevention of Thrombosis, 9th ed: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines. Chest 2012 5.02
12 A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies comparing mortality rates of private for-profit and private not-for-profit hospitals. CMAJ 2002 4.84
13 Need for expertise based randomised controlled trials. BMJ 2005 4.34
14 An observational study of orthopaedic abstracts and subsequent full-text publications. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2002 4.25
15 Fluid resuscitation in sepsis: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. Ann Intern Med 2014 3.96
16 The effect of selenium therapy on mortality in patients with sepsis syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Crit Care Med 2013 3.43
17 Family satisfaction with care in the intensive care unit: results of a multiple center study. Crit Care Med 2002 3.36
18 Barriers to full-text publication following presentation of abstracts at annual orthopaedic meetings. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2003 3.36
19 Quality of care in for-profit and not-for-profit nursing homes: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ 2009 3.22
20 Intensive care unit quality improvement: a "how-to" guide for the interdisciplinary team. Crit Care Med 2006 3.15
21 Methodology for the development of antithrombotic therapy and prevention of thrombosis guidelines: Antithrombotic Therapy and Prevention of Thrombosis, 9th ed: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines. Chest 2012 3.14
22 Patient and healthcare professional factors influencing end-of-life decision-making during critical illness: a systematic review. Crit Care Med 2011 3.07
23 Canadian survey of the use of sedatives, analgesics, and neuromuscular blocking agents in critically ill patients. Crit Care Med 2006 3.06
24 Methodologic issues in systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Clin Orthop Relat Res 2003 2.90
25 Rationing critical care beds: a systematic review. Crit Care Med 2004 2.86
26 The efficacy and safety of heparin in patients with sepsis: a systematic review and metaanalysis. Crit Care Med 2015 2.85
27 Interaction of vasopressin infusion, corticosteroid treatment, and mortality of septic shock. Crit Care Med 2009 2.77
28 Payments for care at private for-profit and private not-for-profit hospitals: a systematic review and meta-analysis. CMAJ 2004 2.76
29 Clinical practice guidelines for the use of noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation and noninvasive continuous positive airway pressure in the acute care setting. CMAJ 2011 2.67
30 End-of-life care for the critically ill: A national intensive care unit survey. Crit Care Med 2006 2.61
31 Angiopoietin-1 and angiopoietin-2 as clinically informative prognostic biomarkers of morbidity and mortality in severe sepsis. Crit Care Med 2011 2.59
32 Age of transfused blood in critically ill adults. N Engl J Med 2015 2.52
33 Oral decontamination for prevention of pneumonia in mechanically ventilated adults: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ 2007 2.44
34 The design and interpretation of pilot trials in clinical research in critical care. Crit Care Med 2009 2.38
35 Effect of nitric oxide on oxygenation and mortality in acute lung injury: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ 2007 2.33
36 Mortality predictions in the intensive care unit: comparing physicians with scoring systems. Crit Care Med 2006 2.29
37 Written informed consent and selection bias in observational studies using medical records: systematic review. BMJ 2009 2.27
38 Perioperative cardiac events in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery: a review of the magnitude of the problem, the pathophysiology of the events and methods to estimate and communicate risk. CMAJ 2005 2.27
39 A systematic review of studies comparing health outcomes in Canada and the United States. Open Med 2007 2.26
40 Dying in the ICU: perspectives of family members. Chest 2003 2.25
41 Systematic reviewers neglect bias that results from trials stopped early for benefit. J Clin Epidemiol 2007 2.20
42 Diagnostic and prognostic implications of endotoxemia in critical illness: results of the MEDIC study. J Infect Dis 2004 2.17
43 Management of the critically ill patient with severe acute pancreatitis. Crit Care Med 2004 2.16
44 Failure of anticoagulant thromboprophylaxis: risk factors in medical-surgical critically ill patients*. Crit Care Med 2015 2.16
45 Integrating mortality and morbidity outcomes: using quality-adjusted life years in critical care trials. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2012 2.15
46 Randomized, controlled clinical trials in sepsis: has methodological quality improved over time? Crit Care Med 2002 2.10
47 Decision-making in the ICU: perspectives of the substitute decision-maker. Intensive Care Med 2002 2.09
48 Proton pump inhibitors versus histamine 2 receptor antagonists for stress ulcer prophylaxis in critically ill patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Crit Care Med 2013 2.01
49 Measures, markers, and mediators: toward a staging system for clinical sepsis. A report of the Fifth Toronto Sepsis Roundtable, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, October 25-26, 2000. Crit Care Med 2003 2.01
50 Does noninvasive positive pressure ventilation improve outcome in acute hypoxemic respiratory failure? A systematic review. Crit Care Med 2004 1.95
51 Which patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease benefit from noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation? A systematic review of the literature. Ann Intern Med 2003 1.95
52 Survey of interventions for the prevention and treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome. Crit Care Med 2004 1.90
53 Potential impact on estimated treatment effects of information lost to follow-up in randomised controlled trials (LOST-IT): systematic review. BMJ 2012 1.85
54 Bilevel noninvasive positive pressure ventilation for acute respiratory failure: survey of Ontario practice. Crit Care Med 2005 1.85
55 Systematic review of reviews including animal studies addressing therapeutic interventions for sepsis. Crit Care Med 2010 1.78
56 Heparin thromboprophylaxis in medical-surgical critically ill patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials. Crit Care Med 2013 1.77
57 Quality of professional society guidelines and consensus conference statements in critical care. Crit Care Med 2008 1.74
58 A randomized trial of daily awakening in critically ill patients managed with a sedation protocol: a pilot trial. Crit Care Med 2008 1.71
59 Pulmonary artery catheters: evolving rates and reasons for use. Crit Care Med 2011 1.70
60 Translating family satisfaction data into quality improvement. Crit Care Med 2004 1.68
61 Implementation of clinical practice guidelines for ventilator-associated pneumonia: a multicenter prospective study. Crit Care Med 2013 1.68
62 Practice guidelines as multipurpose tools: a qualitative study of noninvasive ventilation. Crit Care Med 2007 1.66
63 Noninvasive ventilation for acute respiratory failure near the end of life. Crit Care Med 2008 1.65
64 A study of the physiologic responses to a lung recruitment maneuver in acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome. Respir Care 2008 1.65
65 Research recruitment practices and critically ill patients. A multicenter, cross-sectional study (the Consent Study). Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2013 1.63
66 Abstract reporting in randomized clinical trials of acute lung injury: an audit and assessment of a quality of reporting score. Crit Care Med 2005 1.61
67 Defining priorities for improving end-of-life care in Canada. CMAJ 2010 1.59
68 Screening and prevention of venous thromboembolism in critically ill patients: a decision analysis and economic evaluation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2011 1.58
69 Evaluating meta-analyses in the general surgical literature: a critical appraisal. Ann Surg 2005 1.57
70 Elevated troponin and myocardial infarction in the intensive care unit: a prospective study. Crit Care 2005 1.57
71 Survey of pharmacologic thromboprophylaxis in critically ill children. Crit Care Med 2011 1.56
72 High-frequency oscillation in adults: a utilization review. Crit Care Med 2011 1.55
73 Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation in critical and palliative care settings: understanding the goals of therapy. Crit Care Med 2007 1.55
74 Quality of reporting of surveys in critical care journals: a methodologic review. Crit Care Med 2012 1.53
75 Knowledge translation interventions for critically ill patients: a systematic review*. Crit Care Med 2013 1.53
76 Evaluation of a practice guideline for noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation for acute respiratory failure. Chest 2003 1.52
77 Agreement in electrocardiogram interpretation in patients with septic shock. Crit Care Med 2011 1.52
78 The relationship between organizational culture and family satisfaction in critical care. Crit Care Med 2012 1.52
79 Resuscitating patients with early severe sepsis: a Canadian multicentre observational study. Can J Anaesth 2007 1.52
80 Reliability of electrocardiogram interpretation in critically ill patients. Crit Care Med 2006 1.51
81 Low-molecular-weight heparin vs unfractionated heparin for perioperative thromboprophylaxis in patients with cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Arch Intern Med 2008 1.51
82 Analgesic, sedative, antipsychotic, and neuromuscular blocker use in Canadian intensive care units: a prospective, multicentre, observational study. Can J Anaesth 2014 1.47
83 "Living with dying": the evolution of family members' experience of mechanical ventilation. Crit Care Med 2009 1.47
84 Cardiac ischemia in patients with septic shock randomized to vasopressin or norepinephrine. Crit Care 2013 1.46
85 Thrombocytopenia in medical-surgical critically ill patients: prevalence, incidence, and risk factors. J Crit Care 2005 1.46
86 Rationing in the intensive care unit. Crit Care Med 2006 1.45
87 Duration of Antimicrobial Treatment for Bacteremia in Canadian Critically Ill Patients. Crit Care Med 2016 1.44
88 Addressing dichotomous data for participants excluded from trial analysis: a guide for systematic reviewers. PLoS One 2013 1.40
89 A survey of Canadian intensivists' resuscitation practices in early septic shock. Crit Care 2007 1.37
90 The ethical conduct of clinical research involving critically ill patients in the United States and Canada: principles and recommendations. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2004 1.36
91 The effects of vasopressin on acute kidney injury in septic shock. Intensive Care Med 2009 1.34
92 LOST to follow-up Information in Trials (LOST-IT): a protocol on the potential impact. Trials 2009 1.32
93 Elevated cardiac troponin measurements in critically ill patients. Arch Intern Med 2006 1.29
94 Safety and efficacy of low molecular weight heparins for hemodialysis in patients with end-stage renal failure: a meta-analysis of randomized trials. J Am Soc Nephrol 2004 1.26
95 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
96 A pilot randomized trial of adjuvant rituximab or placebo for nonsplenectomized patients with immune thrombocytopenia. Blood 2012 1.22
97 A retrospective cohort pilot study to evaluate a triage tool for use in a pandemic. Crit Care 2009 1.21
98 Grades of recommendation for antithrombotic agents: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines (8th Edition). Chest 2008 1.20
99 How qualitative research can contribute to research in the intensive care unit. J Crit Care 2007 1.19
100 Prognostic utility and characterization of cell-free DNA in patients with severe sepsis. Crit Care 2012 1.18
101 Antibiotic management of suspected nosocomial ICU-acquired infection: does prolonged empiric therapy improve outcome? Intensive Care Med 2007 1.13
102 Prognostic value of myocardial perfusion studies in patients with end-stage renal disease assessed for kidney or kidney-pancreas transplantation: a meta-analysis. J Am Soc Nephrol 2003 1.12
103 Oxygenation response to positive end-expiratory pressure predicts mortality in acute respiratory distress syndrome. A secondary analysis of the LOVS and ExPress trials. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2014 1.11
104 Surfactant therapy for acute respiratory failure in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Crit Care 2007 1.11
105 Bleeding during critical illness: a prospective cohort study using a new measurement tool. Clin Invest Med 2007 1.10
106 The frequency and clinical significance of thrombocytopenia complicating critical illness: a systematic review. Chest 2010 1.10
107 Elevated cardiac troponin levels in critically ill patients: prevalence, incidence, and outcomes. Am J Crit Care 2006 1.09
108 Deep venous thrombosis: clinically silent in the intensive care unit. J Crit Care 2005 1.08
109 The design of randomized clinical trials in critically ill patients. Chest 2002 1.07
110 Corticosteroid therapy for acute lung injury, acute respiratory distress syndrome, and severe pneumonia: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. J Crit Care 2009 1.03
111 Avoiding transfusions in children undergoing cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis of randomized trials of aprotinin. Anesth Analg 2006 1.03
112 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
113 Pressure and volume limited ventilation for the ventilatory management of patients with acute lung injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS One 2011 1.02
114 Utilization of platelet transfusions in the intensive care unit: indications, transfusion triggers, and platelet count responses. Transfusion 2006 1.02
115 Burden of illness in venous thromboembolism in critical care: a multicenter observational study. J Crit Care 2005 1.01
116 The 4Ts scoring system for heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in medical-surgical intensive care unit patients. J Crit Care 2010 1.00
117 Investigator-led clinical research consortia: the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Crit Care Med 2009 0.99
118 Prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia: current practice in Canadian intensive care units. J Crit Care 2002 0.99
119 Interrater reliability of APACHE II scores for medical-surgical intensive care patients: a prospective blinded study. Am J Crit Care 2007 0.98
120 Dalteparin thromboprophylaxis for critically ill medical-surgical patients with renal insufficiency. J Crit Care 2005 0.98
121 Renal outcomes and mortality following hydroxyethyl starch resuscitation of critically ill patients: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials: ATTENTION: The analysis and conclusions of this article are being revised by the authors. This is due to the journal Anesthesia and Analgesia's retraction of a paper by Dr. Joachim Boldt, an author in seven of the studies analyzed in this review. As such, the editors of Open Medicine recommend interpreting this review with extreme caution until Zarychanski et al. publish a new analysis and interpretation in Open Medicine. For more information, see Anesthesia and Analgesia's press release. Open Med 2009 0.98
122 Central venous catheters and upper-extremity deep-vein thrombosis complicating immune heparin-induced thrombocytopenia. Blood 2002 0.97
123 Brief review: Practice variation in end of life care in the ICU: implications for patients with severe brain injury. Can J Anaesth 2006 0.96
124 Randomized controlled trials in pediatric critical care: a scoping review. Crit Care 2013 0.95
125 The VA and Medicare HMOs--complementary or redundant? N Engl J Med 2005 0.95
126 DNR directives are established early in mechanically ventilated intensive care unit patients. Can J Anaesth 2004 0.95
127 Trials and tribulations of systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program 2007 0.92
128 Influencing advance directive completion rates in non-terminally ill patients: a systematic review. J Crit Care 2004 0.92
129 Patients' preferences for enrolment into critical-care trials. Intensive Care Med 2009 0.91
130 A letter from CMAJ's editorial board to the CMA. CMAJ 2002 0.90
131 Procalcitonin as a diagnostic test for sepsis: health technology assessment in the ICU. J Crit Care 2003 0.90
132 Stopping randomized trials early for benefit: a protocol of the Study Of Trial Policy Of Interim Truncation-2 (STOPIT-2). Trials 2009 0.89
133 Pilot Randomized Trials in Pediatric Critical Care: A Systematic Review. Pediatr Crit Care Med 2015 0.88
134 Prediction scores do not correlate with clinically adjudicated categories of pulmonary embolism in critically ill patients. Can Respir J 2013 0.87
135 Vasopressor administration and sepsis: a survey of Canadian intensivists. J Crit Care 2011 0.87
136 Fluid Resuscitation with 5% albumin versus Normal Saline in Early Septic Shock: a pilot randomized, controlled trial. J Crit Care 2011 0.86
137 Thromboprophylaxis for patients with cancer and central venous catheters: a systematic review and a meta-analysis. Cancer 2008 0.86
138 Use of a daily goals checklist for morning ICU rounds: a mixed-methods study. Crit Care Med 2014 0.85
139 Fluid resuscitation in the management of early septic shock (FINESS): a randomized controlled feasibility trial. Can J Anaesth 2008 0.85
140 Surrogate decision makers' attitudes towards research decision making for critically ill patients. Intensive Care Med 2012 0.85
141 Strategies to enhance venous thromboprophylaxis in hospitalized medical patients (SENTRY): a pilot cluster randomized trial. Implement Sci 2013 0.84
142 The safety of percutaneous tracheostomy in patients with coagulopathy or thrombocytopenia. Middle East J Anaesthesiol 2007 0.84
143 Adjudication of bleeding outcomes in an international thromboprophylaxis trial in critical illness. Thromb Res 2013 0.83
144 The Completeness of Reporting (CORE) index identifies important deficiencies in observational study conference abstracts. J Clin Epidemiol 2008 0.83
145 Early mobilization in critically ill children: a survey of Canadian practice. Crit Care Med 2013 0.83
146 Corticosteroid use in the intensive care unit: a survey of intensivists. Can J Anaesth 2013 0.83
147 The Canadian CT Head Rule was as sensitive as, but more specific than, the New Orleans Criteria for identifying minor head injury. ACP J Club 2006 0.83
148 A randomized trial of an acid-peptic disease management program in a managed care environment. Am J Manag Care 2003 0.83
149 Barriers and potential solutions toward optimal prophylaxis against deep vein thrombosis for hospitalized medical patients: a survey of healthcare professionals. J Hosp Med 2011 0.82
150 The climate of patient safety in a Canadian intensive care unit. J Crit Care 2008 0.82
151 Canadian nurses' and respiratory therapists' perspectives on withdrawal of life support in the intensive care unit. J Crit Care 2005 0.82
152 Organizational and safety culture in Canadian intensive care units: relationship to size of intensive care unit and physician management model. J Crit Care 2011 0.82
153 Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in medical surgical critical illness. Chest 2013 0.82
154 Hand hygiene in the intensive care unit: prospective observations of clinical practice. Pol Arch Med Wewn 2008 0.81
155 Predictors of physical restraint use in Canadian intensive care units. Crit Care 2014 0.81
156 Increasing reliability of APACHE II scores in a medical-surgical intensive care unit: a quality improvement study. Am J Crit Care 2009 0.81
157 Laparoscopic versus open repair of recto-bladderneck and recto-prostatic anorectal malformations: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Pediatr Surg Int 2014 0.81
158 Prophylaxis against venous thromboembolism in neurointensive care patients: survey of Canadian practice. J Crit Care 2009 0.80
159 Empiric antimicrobial therapy in critical illness: results of a surgical infection society survey. Surg Infect (Larchmt) 2007 0.80
160 The PRECISE RCT: evolution of an early septic shock fluid resuscitation trial. Transfus Med Rev 2012 0.80
161 Premature Discontinuation of Randomized Trials in Critical and Emergency Care: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Crit Care Med 2016 0.80
162 Clinical experience may affect clinician compliance with assigned treatment in randomized trials. J Clin Epidemiol 2013 0.80
163 Consent in critical care trials: a survey of Canadian research ethics boards and critical care researchers. J Crit Care 2011 0.80
164 Health technology assessment in the ICU: noninvasive positive pressure ventilation for acute respiratory failure. J Crit Care 2003 0.79
165 The arc of the pulmonary artery catheter. JAMA 2003 0.79
166 Vasopressin or epinephrine for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Ann Emerg Med 2006 0.79
167 A multicenter survey of Ontario intensive care unit nurses regarding the use of sedatives and analgesics for adults receiving mechanical ventilation. J Crit Care 2007 0.79
168 Attitudes of the general public toward alternative consent models. Am J Crit Care 2010 0.79
169 Seasonal bed closures in an intensive care unit: a qualitative study. J Crit Care 2003 0.79
170 Competing Risk Analysis for Evaluation of Dalteparin Versus Unfractionated Heparin for Venous Thromboembolism in Medical-Surgical Critically Ill Patients. Medicine (Baltimore) 2015 0.78
171 Thromboprophylaxis in medical-surgical critically ill patients. Curr Opin Crit Care 2008 0.78
172 Prophylactic Diclectin reduces the incidence of postoperative vomiting. Can J Anaesth 2005 0.77
173 Intravenous immunoglobulin for severe infections: a survey of Canadian specialists. J Crit Care 2004 0.77
174 A Canadian Critical Care Trials Group project in collaboration with the international forum for acute care trialists - Collaborative H1N1 Adjuvant Treatment pilot trial (CHAT): study protocol and design of a randomized controlled trial. Trials 2011 0.77
175 Making decisions about medications in critically ill children: a survey of Canadian pediatric critical care clinicians. Pediatr Crit Care Med 2015 0.77
176 A multifaceted strategy to reduce inappropriate use of frozen plasma transfusions in the intensive care unit. J Crit Care 2011 0.77
177 Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis. Crit Care Med 2016 0.77
178 Enhancing the informed consent process for critical care research: strategies from a thromboprophylaxis trial. Intensive Crit Care Nurs 2013 0.76
179 Heparin, low molecular weight heparin, and heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in the ICU. Crit Care Clin 2005 0.76
180 Executive summary: management of the critically ill patient with severe acute pancreatitis. Proc Am Thorac Soc 2004 0.75
181 The authors reply. Crit Care Med 2013 0.75
182 Pharmaconutrition in acute lung injury. JAMA 2011 0.75
183 The authors reply. Crit Care Med 2013 0.75
184 Albumin administration in patients with sepsis--response. Ann Intern Med 2015 0.75
185 On the need for a workshop on venous thromboembolism in critical care. J Crit Care 2005 0.75
186 Critical care cardiology research: a call to action. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2013 0.75
187 The Use of Bowel Protocols in Critically Ill Adult Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Crit Care Med 2017 0.75
188 The authors reply. Crit Care Med 2017 0.75
189 Are we meeting nutritional targets for critically ill patients? Can J Anaesth 2014 0.75
190 High-Quality Randomized Controlled Trials in Pediatric Critical Care: A Survey of Barriers and Facilitators. Pediatr Crit Care Med 2017 0.75
191 Optimal PEEP guided by esophageal balloon manometry. Respir Care 2011 0.75
192 Pilot trials in transfusion medicine. Transfusion 2009 0.75
193 A systematic review of economic analyses of low-molecular-weight heparin for the treatment of venous thromboembolism. Thromb Res 2003 0.75
194 Preventing venous thromboembolism in critically ill patients. Semin Thromb Hemost 2008 0.75
195 The Impact of Clinical Trials Conducted by Research Networks in Pediatric Critical Care. Pediatr Crit Care Med 2016 0.75