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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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A Comparison of Sucralfate and Ranitidine for the Prevention of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Patients Requiring Mechanical Ventilation
Deborah J. Cook,Gordon H. Guyatt,John Marshall,David Leasa,H. D. Fuller,Richard I. Hall,Sharon Peters,Frank Rutledge,Lauren Griffith,Allan Mclellan,Gordon Wood,Ann Kirby +11 more
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Evidence-Based Disease Management
TL;DR: This work presents a method for developing and implementing evidence-based clinical guidelines, clinical pathways, and algorithms and describes the creation of systems to measure and report processes and outcomes that could drive quality improvement in diabetes care.
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Determinants in Canadian health care workers of the decision to withdraw life support from the critically ill
Deborah J. Cook,Gordon H. Guyatt,Roman Jaeschke,Joan Reeve,Allen Spanier,Derek King,D. Willie Molloy,Andrew R. Willan,David L. Streiner,D. J. Cook,Martin G. Tweeddale,C. Bradley,V. Eliopoulos,M. L. Hales,K. Boroomand,V. Berstein,C. Mackenzie,S. Wannamaker,D. E. Stollery,Matthew Anderson,Hamilton,R. Johnston,M.K. Heule,Derek J. Roberts,S. Bodnar,L. Pronger,B. Light,Keith O'Rourke,J. Thomas,G. Diehl,S. Ihme,Ann Kirby,K. Perkin,R. Wexler,L. Robinson,Frank Rutledge,G. Janus,K. Petti,J. Kojlak,C. Hamielec,R. Santucci,P. Powles,H. D. Fuller,P. Upton,J. Hewson,A. Kidd,A. Grilli,A. P. McLellan,M. Miller,G. Buczko,M. Cassidy,E. Ferris,S. R. Reid,M. Burke,N. Lazar,M. Medaglia,C. McLeod,P. Houston,A. Hall,R. Hyland,I. Ip,L. Hulton,B. Mahon,S. Moffatt,J. Menard,R. McIntyre,J. Armstrong,S. Izzi,G. Jones,W. Fortier,A. Spanier,D. Fleiszer,C. Stone,J. Boyer,M. Piccirilli,P. LaRiccia,Sheldon Magder,F. Beauchamps,N. Desbiens,L. DiLorenzo,J. Quesnel,J. Bilodeau,C. Pelletier,A. R. MacNeil,Richard I. Hall,C. Hay,C. Aquino-Russell,P. Wong,C. Fraser,P. Poirier,Sharon Peters,C. Kunz,E. Warren,G. H. Guyatt,R. Jaeschke,David William Molloy,J. Reeve,D. R. King,A. Willan,D. L. Streiner,D. Maddock,L. Buckingham,E. Ling,B. K. Reeve,S. Reeve +104 more
TL;DR: While ICU health care workers consistently identify a number of patient factors as important in decisions to withdraw care, there is extreme variability, which may be explained in part by the values of individual health care providers.
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Which patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease benefit from noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation: a systematic review of the literature
TL;DR: A meta-analysis of 15 trials found that adding NPPV to standard care reduced rates of endotracheal intubation, length of hospital stay, and in-hospital mortality rates in patients with severe exacerbations but not in those with milder exacerbations.
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Deep venous thrombosis in medical-surgical critically ill patients: prevalence, incidence, and risk factors.
Deborah J. Cook,Mark Crowther,Maureen O. Meade,Christian Rabbat,Lauren Griffith,David Schiff,William Geerts,Gordon H. Guyatt +7 more
TL;DR: Despite universal thromboprophylaxis, medical-surgical critically ill patients remain at risk for lower extremity deep venousThrombosis, and further research is needed to evaluate the risks and benefits of more intense venous thromboembolism prophylaxis.