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Ian G Stiell

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1 Outpatient oral prednisone after emergency treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. N Engl J Med 2003 5.12
2 High risk clinical characteristics for subarachnoid haemorrhage in patients with acute headache: prospective cohort study. BMJ 2010 4.65
3 Clinical decision rules to rule out subarachnoid hemorrhage for acute headache. JAMA 2013 4.34
4 Derivation of the San Francisco Syncope Rule to predict patients with short-term serious outcomes. Ann Emerg Med 2004 4.12
5 CATCH: a clinical decision rule for the use of computed tomography in children with minor head injury. CMAJ 2010 4.03
6 Out-of-hospital pediatric cardiac arrest: an epidemiologic review and assessment of current knowledge. Ann Emerg Med 2005 3.79
7 A trial of an impedance threshold device in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. N Engl J Med 2011 3.76
8 Comparison of the 20-hour intravenous and 72-hour oral acetylcysteine protocols for the treatment of acute acetaminophen poisoning. Ann Emerg Med 2009 3.67
9 Derivation and validation of an index to predict early death or unplanned readmission after discharge from hospital to the community. CMAJ 2010 3.60
10 The Canadian C-spine rule performs better than unstructured physician judgment. Ann Emerg Med 2003 3.12
11 Out-of-hospital hypertonic resuscitation after traumatic hypovolemic shock: a randomized, placebo controlled trial. Ann Surg 2011 2.85
12 Sensitivity of computed tomography performed within six hours of onset of headache for diagnosis of subarachnoid haemorrhage: prospective cohort study. BMJ 2011 2.82
13 Prevalence of information gaps in the emergency department and the effect on patient outcomes. CMAJ 2003 2.76
14 Prospective validation of the ABCD2 score for patients in the emergency department with transient ischemic attack. CMAJ 2011 2.45
15 Optimal defibrillation response intervals for maximum out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival rates. Ann Emerg Med 2003 2.42
16 Effect of real-time feedback during cardiopulmonary resuscitation outside hospital: prospective, cluster-randomised trial. BMJ 2011 2.22
17 The out-of-hospital validation of the Canadian C-Spine Rule by paramedics. Ann Emerg Med 2009 2.17
18 Retrospective application of the NEXUS low-risk criteria for cervical spine radiography in Canadian emergency departments. Ann Emerg Med 2004 2.15
19 The chest pain choice decision aid: a randomized trial. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2012 2.15
20 A prospective cohort study of patients with transient ischemic attack to identify high-risk clinical characteristics. Stroke 2013 2.03
21 The impact of increased chest compression fraction on return of spontaneous circulation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients not in ventricular fibrillation. Resuscitation 2011 1.98
22 A prospective cohort study found that provider and information continuity was low after patient discharge from hospital. J Clin Epidemiol 2010 1.95
23 Mapping out the emergency department disposition decision for high-acuity patients. Ann Emerg Med 2012 1.90
24 Development of a clinical prediction rule for 30-day cardiac events in emergency department patients with chest pain and possible acute coronary syndrome. Ann Emerg Med 2011 1.78
25 Understanding and improving low bystander CPR rates: a systematic review of the literature. CJEM 2008 1.77
26 Predicting survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: role of the Utstein data elements. Ann Emerg Med 2009 1.77
27 External validation of the San Francisco Syncope Rule in the Canadian setting. Ann Emerg Med 2009 1.69
28 Effect of transport interval on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival in the OPALS study: implications for triaging patients to specialized cardiac arrest centers. Ann Emerg Med 2009 1.69
29 Cardiac arrest care and emergency medical services in Canada. Can J Cardiol 2004 1.69
30 Information exchange among physicians caring for the same patient in the community. CMAJ 2008 1.67
31 Survival increases with CPR by Emergency Medical Services before defibrillation of out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation or ventricular tachycardia: observations from the Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium. Resuscitation 2009 1.62
32 Should spectrophotometry be used to identify xanthochromia in the cerebrospinal fluid of alert patients suspected of having subarachnoid hemorrhage? Stroke 2006 1.61
33 Mentoring in emergency medicine: the art and the evidence. CJEM 2010 1.60
34 Clinically important change in the visual analog scale after adequate pain control. Acad Emerg Med 2003 1.60
35 Effect of arthroscopic débridement for osteoarthritis of the knee on health-related quality of life. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2003 1.54
36 Vernakalant hydrochloride for rapid conversion of atrial fibrillation: a phase 3, randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Circulation 2008 1.51
37 Nontraumatic out-of-hospital hypotension predicts inhospital mortality. Ann Emerg Med 2004 1.44
38 Failure of prospective validation and derivation of a refined clinical decision rule for chest radiography in emergency department patients with chest pain and possible acute coronary syndrome. Acad Emerg Med 2012 1.44
39 Clinical decision rules "in the real world": how a widely disseminated rule is used in everyday practice. Acad Emerg Med 2005 1.43
40 Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium (ROC) PRIMED cardiac arrest trial methods part 1: rationale and methodology for the impedance threshold device (ITD) protocol. Resuscitation 2008 1.43
41 What are the etiology and epidemiology of out-of-hospital pediatric cardiopulmonary arrest in Ontario, Canada? Acad Emerg Med 2006 1.34
42 The Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium Epistry-Trauma: design, development, and implementation of a North American epidemiologic prehospital trauma registry. Resuscitation 2008 1.30
43 Prevalence of information gaps for seniors transferred from nursing homes to the emergency department. CJEM 2009 1.25
44 A clinical decision rule for cranial computed tomography in minor pediatric head trauma. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2008 1.24
45 Is the combination of negative computed tomography result and negative lumbar puncture result sufficient to rule out subarachnoid hemorrhage? Ann Emerg Med 2008 1.21
46 A randomized, controlled trial of RSD1235, a novel anti-arrhythmic agent, in the treatment of recent onset atrial fibrillation. J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 1.17
47 Performance of the Canadian CT Head Rule and the New Orleans Criteria for predicting any traumatic intracranial injury on computed tomography in a United States Level I trauma center. Acad Emerg Med 2012 1.17
48 Diagnostic accuracy of the TIMI risk score in patients with chest pain in the emergency department: a meta-analysis. CMAJ 2010 1.14
49 An international view of how recent-onset atrial fibrillation is treated in the emergency department. Acad Emerg Med 2012 1.14
50 The independent association of provider and information continuity on outcomes after hospital discharge: implications for hospitalists. J Hosp Med 2010 1.13
51 Will a new clinical decision rule be widely used? The case of the Canadian C-spine rule. Acad Emerg Med 2006 1.12
52 Predicting intervention in renal colic patients after emergency department evaluation. CJEM 2005 1.09
53 Pragmatic interpretation of the study of nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage in the setting of negative cranial computed tomography results: external validation of a clinical and imaging prediction rule. Ann Emerg Med 2013 1.08
54 Impact of clinical decision rules on clinical care of traumatic injuries to the foot and ankle, knee, cervical spine, and head. Injury 2006 1.07
55 Evaluating the effectiveness of dispatch-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation instructions. Acad Emerg Med 2007 1.07
56 Maintaining continuity of care: a look at the quality of communication between Ontario emergency departments and community physicians. CJEM 2005 1.06
57 International survey of emergency physicians' priorities for clinical decision rules. Acad Emerg Med 2008 1.05
58 The San Francisco Syncope Rule vs physician judgment and decision making. Am J Emerg Med 2005 1.04
59 External validation of the Glasgow-Blatchford Bleeding Score and the Rockall Score in the US setting. Am J Emerg Med 2012 1.03
60 Comparison of early mortality of paramedic-diagnosed ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction with immediate transport to a designated primary percutaneous coronary intervention center to that of similar patients transported to the nearest hospital. Am J Cardiol 2006 1.02
61 Diagnostic accuracy of clinical prediction rules to exclude acute coronary syndrome in the emergency department setting: a systematic review. CJEM 2008 1.02
62 Severe traumatic injury: regional variation in incidence and outcome. Ann Surg 2010 1.01
63 A critical assessment of the out-of-hospital trauma triage guidelines for physiologic abnormality. J Trauma 2010 1.00
64 International survey of emergency physicians' awareness and use of the Canadian Cervical-Spine Rule and the Canadian Computed Tomography Head Rule. Acad Emerg Med 2008 0.99
65 A clinical decision rule to identify which chest pain patients can safely be removed from cardiac monitoring in the emergency department. Ann Emerg Med 2007 0.98
66 An international study of emergency physicians' practice for acute headache management and the need for a clinical decision rule. CJEM 2009 0.97
67 Emergency physicians' management of transient ischemic attack and desired sensitivity of a clinical decision rule for stroke in three countries. CJEM 2011 0.96
68 Association of injury mechanism with the risk of cervical spine fractures. CJEM 2009 0.96
69 A study to derive a clinical decision rule for triage of emergency department patients with chest pain: design and methodology. BMC Emerg Med 2008 0.94
70 The Chest Pain Choice trial: a pilot randomized trial of a decision aid for patients with chest pain in the emergency department. Trials 2010 0.93
71 Attitudes and judgment of emergency physicians in the management of patients with acute headache. Acad Emerg Med 2005 0.93
72 Measuring acceptability of clinical decision rules: validation of the Ottawa acceptability of decision rules instrument (OADRI) in four countries. Med Decis Making 2009 0.92
73 Prospective validation of a modified thrombolysis in myocardial infarction risk score in emergency department patients with chest pain and possible acute coronary syndrome. Acad Emerg Med 2010 0.92
74 Initial emergency department trauma scores from the OPALS study: the case for the motor score in blunt trauma. Acad Emerg Med 2004 0.91
75 Differential survival for men and women from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest varies by age: results from the OPALS study. Acad Emerg Med 2014 0.91
76 Sex differences in clinical presentation, management and outcome in emergency department patients with chest pain. CJEM 2010 0.89
77 Clinical characteristics associated with adverse events in patients with exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a prospective cohort study. CMAJ 2014 0.89
78 Emergency Medical Services Outcomes Project III (EMSOP III): the role of risk adjustment in out-of-hospital outcomes research. Ann Emerg Med 2002 0.88
79 Increased survival after EMS witnessed cardiac arrest. Observations from the Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium (ROC) Epistry-Cardiac arrest. Resuscitation 2010 0.88
80 Defining abnormal electrocardiography in adult emergency department syncope patients: the Ottawa Electrocardiographic Criteria. CJEM 2012 0.88
81 Experiential and rational decision making: a survey to determine how emergency physicians make clinical decisions. Emerg Med J 2011 0.88
82 Survey of emergency physicians' requirements for a clinical decision rule for acute respiratory illnesses in three countries. CJEM 2012 0.87
83 Comparison of CT head interpretation between emergency physicians and neuroradiologists. Eur J Emerg Med 2010 0.87
84 Predictors of hospital admission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations in Canadian emergency departments. Acad Emerg Med 2009 0.87
85 Evaluation of the safety of C-spine clearance by paramedics: design and methodology. BMC Emerg Med 2011 0.86
86 What are the characteristics and outcomes of nontransported pediatric patients? Prehosp Emerg Care 2006 0.86
87 Structure and function of emergency care research networks: strengths, weaknesses, and challenges. Acad Emerg Med 2009 0.85
88 Triple rule-out computed tomographic angiography for chest pain: a diagnostic systematic review and meta-analysis. Acad Emerg Med 2013 0.84
89 Epidemiology of out-of hospital pediatric cardiac arrest due to trauma. Prehosp Emerg Care 2012 0.84
90 A survey of attitudes and factors associated with successful cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) knowledge transfer in an older population most likely to witness cardiac arrest: design and methodology. BMC Emerg Med 2008 0.84
91 Management and outcomes of pediatric patients transported by emergency medical services in a Canadian prehospital system. CJEM 2006 0.82
92 Derivation of a clinical decision rule for chest radiography in emergency department patients with chest pain and possible acute coronary syndrome. CJEM 2010 0.82
93 National survey of Canadian neurologists' current practice for transient ischemic attack and the need for a clinical decision rule. Stroke 2010 0.82
94 Is the combination of vasopressin and epinephrine superior to repeated doses of epinephrine alone in the treatment of cardiac arrest-a systematic review. Resuscitation 2008 0.82
95 Establishing the scope and methodological approach to out-of-hospital outcomes and effectiveness research. Acad Emerg Med 2004 0.81
96 Risk stratification of adult emergency department syncope patients to predict short-term serious outcomes after discharge (RiSEDS) study. BMC Emerg Med 2014 0.81
97 Emergency Medical Services Outcomes Project (EMSOP) IV: pain measurement in out-of-hospital outcomes research. Ann Emerg Med 2002 0.81
98 Barriers and facilitators to CPR training and performing CPR in an older population most likely to witness cardiac arrest: a national survey. Resuscitation 2013 0.80
99 Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest surveillance in Canada: a survey of national resources. CJEM 2010 0.80
100 Outcomes in Canadian emergency department syncope patients--are we doing a good job? J Emerg Med 2012 0.79
101 An evaluation of 9-1-1 calls to assess the effectiveness of dispatch-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) instructions: design and methodology. BMC Emerg Med 2008 0.79
102 Theory of planned behaviour can help understand processes underlying the use of two emergency medicine diagnostic imaging rules. Implement Sci 2014 0.79
103 Clinical features of head injury patients presenting with a Glasgow Coma Scale score of 15 and who require neurosurgical intervention. Ann Emerg Med 2006 0.78
104 Rates and correlates of relapse following ED discharge for acute asthma: a Canadian 20-site prospective cohort study. Chest 2015 0.78
105 Emergency department management of syncope: need for standardization and improved risk stratification. Intern Emerg Med 2015 0.78
106 Print format and sender recognition were related to survey completion rate. J Clin Epidemiol 2006 0.78
107 Perceived facilitators and barriers to clinical clearance of the cervical spine by emergency department nurses: A major step towards changing practice in the emergency department. Int Emerg Nurs 2011 0.77
108 Derivation of a risk scale and quantification of risk factors for serious adverse events in adult emergency department syncope patients. CJEM 2014 0.77
109 Is this subarachnoid hemorrhage significant? A National Survey of Neurosurgeons. Can J Neurol Sci 2012 0.76
110 A simple three-step dispatch rule may reduce lights and sirens responses to motor vehicle crashes. Emerg Med J 2011 0.76
111 Use of rate control medication before cardioversion of recent-onset atrial fibrillation or flutter in the emergency department is associated with reduced success rates. CJEM 2012 0.76
112 Clinical research in the emergency department conducted by non-emergency physicians: potential problems and proposed recommendations. CJEM 2005 0.76
113 Prehospital non-drug assisted intubation for adult trauma patients with a Glasgow Coma Score less than 9. Emerg Med J 2012 0.76
114 Clinical sensibility and barriers to knowledge translation. Ann Intern Med 2006 0.75
115 CT scanning for minor head injury. JAMA 2006 0.75
116 A survey of factors associated with the successful recognition of agonal breathing and cardiac arrest by 9-1-1 call takers: design and methodology. BMC Emerg Med 2009 0.75
117 Response to letter regarding article, "A prospective cohort study of patients with transient ischemic attack to identify high-risk clinical characteristics". Stroke 2014 0.75
118 Radiation doses to emergency department patients undergoing computed tomography. CJEM 2014 0.75
119 Factors associated with the successful recognition of abnormal breathing and cardiac arrest by ambulance communications officers: a qualitative iterative survey. Prehosp Emerg Care 2012 0.75
120 Risk adjustment and outcome measures for out-of-hospital respiratory distress. Acad Emerg Med 2004 0.75