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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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Clinically important venous thromboembolism in pediatric critical care: a Canadian survey
Afrothite Kotsakis,Deborah J. Cook,Lauren Griffith,Natalie Anton,Patti Massicotte,Kelly MacFarland,Rosemarie Farrell,Jamie Hutchison +7 more
TL;DR: Pediatric venous thromboembolism is becoming an increasingly recognized morbidity associated with critical illness and pediatric intensivists rely on several specific patient factors and thrombus characteristics to label a VTE as clinically important.
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Which Patients with Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Benefit from Noninvasive Positive-Pressure Ventilation?
TL;DR: In this article, patients receiving standard therapy for severe exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) benefit from noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV).
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Influence of perceived functional and employment status on cardiopulmonary resuscitation directives
Gordon H. Guyatt,Deborah J. Cook,Bruce Weaver,Graeme Rocker,Peter Dodek,Peter Sjokvist,Cindy Hamielec,Serge Puksa,John Marshall,Debra Foster,Mitchell M. Levy,Joseph Varon,Kevin E. Thorpe,M. McD. Fisher,Stephen D. Walter +14 more
TL;DR: Functional status impairment perceived by the ICU team is associated clearly with do-not-resuscitate directives in patients unable to participate in decision making, but the association appears much weaker in patients able to participateIn decision making.
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Lowering of Glucose in Critical Care (LOGIC): pilot trial in medical–surgical ICU patients
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Increasing Reliability of APACHE II Scores in a Medical-Surgical Intensive Care Unit: A Quality Improvement Study
Laura Donahoe,Ellen McDonald,Michelle E. Kho,Margaret Maclennan,Paul W. Stratford,Deborah J. Cook +5 more
TL;DR: To determine reliability of APACHE II scores calculated by a clinical information system and by health care personnel before and after a multifaceted quality improvement intervention, a database clerk and a research coordinator and a data analyst collected data on 32 consecutive patients.