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Damon C Scales

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1 Chronic dialysis and death among survivors of acute kidney injury requiring dialysis. JAMA 2009 6.06
2 Has mortality from acute respiratory distress syndrome decreased over time?: A systematic review. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2008 5.06
3 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
4 Association of ICU or hospital admission with unintentional discontinuation of medications for chronic diseases. JAMA 2011 2.67
5 A systematic review of the Charlson comorbidity index using Canadian administrative databases: a perspective on risk adjustment in critical care research. J Crit Care 2005 2.62
6 Variation in use of intensive care for adults with diabetic ketoacidosis*. Crit Care Med 2012 2.24
7 Integrating mortality and morbidity outcomes: using quality-adjusted life years in critical care trials. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2012 2.15
8 Prophylactic magnesium for improving neurologic outcome after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: systematic review and meta-analysis. J Crit Care 2012 2.08
9 Reducing time-to-treatment decreases mortality of trauma patients with acute subdural hematoma. Ann Surg 2011 2.06
10 Is a mass immunization program for pandemic (H1N1) 2009 good value for money? Evidence from the Canadian Experience. Vaccine 2010 1.91
11 Organ donation after death in Ontario: a population-based cohort study. CMAJ 2013 1.79
12 High-dose renal replacement therapy for acute kidney injury: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Crit Care Med 2010 1.77
13 Determination of neurologic prognosis and clinical decision making in adult patients with severe traumatic brain injury: a survey of Canadian intensivists, neurosurgeons, and neurologists. Crit Care Med 2013 1.72
14 Mortality associated with withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy for patients with severe traumatic brain injury: a Canadian multicentre cohort study. CMAJ 2011 1.72
15 Pay for performance in the intensive care unit--opportunity or threat? Crit Care Med 2009 1.55
16 Knowledge translation interventions for critically ill patients: a systematic review*. Crit Care Med 2013 1.53
17 Improving use of targeted temperature management after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a stepped wedge cluster randomized controlled trial. Crit Care Med 2015 1.52
18 Scarcity: the context of rationing in an Ontario ICU. Crit Care Med 2013 1.47
19 Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy: mostly safe, but do benefits outweigh risks? Crit Care 2014 1.43
20 Targeted temperature management processes and outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: an observational cohort study*. Crit Care Med 2014 1.43
21 Economic evaluation of decompressive craniectomy versus barbiturate coma for refractory intracranial hypertension following traumatic brain injury. Crit Care Med 2014 1.42
22 Outcomes of interfacility critical care adult patient transport: a systematic review. Crit Care 2006 1.40
23 The use of wireless e-mail to improve healthcare team communication. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2009 1.39
24 The accuracy of administrative data for identifying the presence and timing of admission to intensive care units in a Canadian province. Med Care 2012 1.22
25 Tracheostomy timing in traumatic brain injury: a propensity-matched cohort study. J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2014 1.22
26 An official American Thoracic Society policy statement: pay-for-performance in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2010 1.20
27 Critical care trainees' career goals and needs: A Canadian survey. Can Respir J 2014 1.18
28 Routine chest x-rays in intensive care units: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Crit Care 2012 1.11
29 Predictors of adopting therapeutic hypothermia for post-cardiac arrest patients among Canadian emergency and critical care physicians. Resuscitation 2009 1.11
30 Intracranial pressure monitoring in severe traumatic brain injury: results from the American College of Surgeons Trauma Quality Improvement Program. J Neurotrauma 2013 0.99
31 Registration and design alterations of clinical trials in critical care: a cross-sectional observational study. Intensive Care Med 2014 0.99
32 Predicting neurologic outcome after targeted temperature management for cardiac arrest: systematic review and meta-analysis. Crit Care Med 2014 0.98
33 Emergency department length of stay for patients requiring mechanical ventilation: a prospective observational study. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 2012 0.97
34 Variation of arterial and central venous catheter use in United States intensive care units. Anesthesiology 2014 0.86
35 Lost in (knowledge) translation: "All breakthrough, no follow through"? Crit Care Med 2008 0.86
36 Implementation and Evaluation of a Wiki Involving Multiple Stakeholders Including Patients in the Promotion of Best Practices in Trauma Care: The WikiTrauma Interrupted Time Series Protocol. JMIR Res Protoc 2015 0.85
37 Surrogate decision makers' attitudes towards research decision making for critically ill patients. Intensive Care Med 2012 0.85
38 Considering the vulnerabilities of surrogate decision-makers when obtaining consent for critical care research. Intensive Care Med 2011 0.84
39 Economics of ICU organization and management. Crit Care Clin 2011 0.84
40 Update in critical care 2007. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2008 0.84
41 Factors associated with the withdrawal of life-sustaining therapies in patients with severe traumatic brain injury: a multicenter cohort study. Neurocrit Care 2013 0.83
42 Competition in collaborative clothing: a qualitative case study of influences on collaborative quality improvement in the ICU. BMJ Qual Saf 2013 0.83
43 A knowledge translation collaborative to improve the use of therapeutic hypothermia in post-cardiac arrest patients: protocol for a stepped wedge randomized trial. Implement Sci 2011 0.83
44 Tracheostomy: it's time to move from art to science. Crit Care Med 2006 0.81
45 Tracheostomy timing, enrollment and power in ICU clinical trials. Intensive Care Med 2008 0.80
46 Corticosteroids for acute respiratory distress syndrome. BMJ 2008 0.80
47 Improving intensive care unit quality using collaborative networks. Crit Care Clin 2013 0.78
48 Evidence of airborne transmission of SARS. N Engl J Med 2004 0.78
49 Documentation of best interest by intensivists: a retrospective study in an Ontario critical care unit. BMC Med Ethics 2010 0.78
50 Research to inform the consent-to-research process. Intensive Care Med 2013 0.78
51 Ultrasound-guided tracheostomy--not for the many, but perhaps the few... or the one. Crit Care 2011 0.78
52 Patient contact recall after SARS exposure. Emerg Infect Dis 2005 0.78
53 Ethical challenges in conducting research on dying patients and those at high risk of dying. Account Res 2012 0.78
54 Pneumonia in the ICU: a lethal or VAPid complication? Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2011 0.78
55 Validity of physician billing claims to identify deceased organ donors in large healthcare databases. PLoS One 2013 0.78
56 Early vs late tracheotomy in ICU patients. JAMA 2010 0.77
57 Nimodipine in the current era of subarachnoid hemorrhage management: standard of care or primed for a definitive randomized trial? J Crit Care 2013 0.77
58 Use of mechanical ventilation protocols in intensive care units: a survey of current practice. J Crit Care 2012 0.77
59 Acute respiratory distress syndrome mortality--easier to predict, still hard to be certain. Crit Care Med 2009 0.76
60 "Stop right there...I gotta know right now!" Do steroids really help for CAP? Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2005 0.76
61 High-dose renal replacement therapy for acute kidney injury: Systematic review and meta-analysis--addendum. Crit Care Med 2010 0.75
62 Critical Care Canada Forum 2008, 11-13 November 2008, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Crit Care 2009 0.75
63 Variation in intensive care unit outcomes by day of week: no weak-end. Intensive Care Med 2004 0.75
64 Can CPAP prevent the need for endotracheal intubation in patients with hypoxemia after abdominal surgery? CMAJ 2005 0.75
65 Predictive score for estimating cancer after venous thromboembolism: a cohort study. BMC Cancer 2013 0.75
66 Reply: Quality-adjusted life years or composite outcomes? Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2013 0.75
67 Does beta-blocker prophylaxis improve survival after major noncardiac surgery? CMAJ 2005 0.75
68 Statin therapy in critical illness: an international survey of intensive care physicians' opinions, attitudes and practice. BMC Clin Pharmacol 2012 0.75
69 Pyrexia of uncertain overtones. Crit Care Med 2008 0.75
70 Infection prevention and control in the intensive care unit: open versus closed models of care. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2013 0.75
71 Timing of withdrawal of life-sustaining therapies in severe traumatic brain injury: Impact on overall mortality. J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2016 0.75
72 Impact of Public Reporting of 30-day Mortality on Timing of Death after Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery. Anesthesiology 2017 0.75
73 Concordance of performance metrics among U.S. trauma centers caring for injured children. J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2015 0.75
74 Update in critical care 2008. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2009 0.75
75 Partnering with health care payers to advance the science of quality improvement: lessons from the field. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2011 0.75
76 Determining Associations and Estimating Effects with Regression Models in Clinical Anesthesia. Anesthesiology 2020 0.75
77 System-level quality improvement initiatives: lessons from Keystone and other large-scale projects. Semin Respir Crit Care Med 2012 0.75
78 The Postcardiac Arrest Consult Team: Impact on Hospital Care Processes for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Patients. Crit Care Med 2016 0.75