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Deborah J. Cook

Researcher at McMaster University

Publications -  942
Citations -  165225

Deborah J. Cook is an academic researcher from McMaster University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Intensive care & Randomized controlled trial. The author has an hindex of 173, co-authored 907 publications receiving 148928 citations. Previous affiliations of Deborah J. Cook include McMaster University Medical Centre & Queen's University.

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High-frequency oscillation in adults: a utilization review.

TL;DR: Most patients treated with high- frequencies oscillation have acute respiratory distress syndrome and severe hypoxemia that modestly improves 2 hrs after high-frequency oscillation application, however, oxygenation worsens in some patients, complications are common, and mortality is high.
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Premature Discontinuation of Randomized Trials in Critical and Emergency Care: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

TL;DR: The results highlight the need for strategies to reliably prevent and resolve slow patient recruitment in randomized clinical trials conducted in the critical and emergency care setting and have an approximately four-fold higher risk of discontinuation due to slow recruitment.
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Clonidine in the sedation of mechanically ventilated children: a pilot randomized trial.

TL;DR: This pilot trial demonstrated feasibility of a larger randomized controlled trial, and recommends that future trials capitalize on the experience gained and use these results to design a larger trial focusing on clinically important outcomes.
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Influencing advance directive completion rates in nonterminally ill patients: a systematic review.

TL;DR: A priori documentation and subsequent availability of ADs at the point of care increases the probability that diagnostic, therapeutic and palliative interventions will be administered to patients within the framework of these preferences.