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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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Interobserver variation in interpreting chest radiographs for the diagnosis of acute respiratory distress syndrome.
Maureen O. Meade,Richard J. Cook,Gordon H. Guyatt,Ryan Groll,John R. Kachura,Michel Bédard,Deborah J. Cook,Arthur S. Slutsky,Thomas E. Stewart +8 more
TL;DR: An observer agreement study in which two of eight intensivists and a radiologist, blinded to one another's interpretation, reviewed 778 radiographs from 99 critically ill patients concludes that intensivist without formal consensus training can achieve moderate levels of agreement.
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Is nedocromil sodium effective treatment for asthma
Paul M. O'Byrne,Deborah J. Cook +1 more
TL;DR: A recent addition to the physicians therapeutic armament for asthma treatment is nedocromil sodium, which was originally developed as an agent which would inhibit the release of mediators from inflammatory cells present in the airways of all (even mild, stable) asthmatics.
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Prevalence, risk factors, and outcomes of delirium in mechanically ventilated adults.
Sangeeta Mehta,Deborah J. Cook,John W. Devlin,Yoanna Skrobik,Maureen O. Meade,Dean Fergusson,Margaret S. Herridge,Marilyn Steinberg,John Granton,Niall D. Ferguson,Maged Tanios,Peter Dodek,Robert A. Fowler,Karen E. A. Burns,Michael J. Jacka,Kendiss Olafson,Ranjeeta Mallick,Steven J. Reynolds,Sean P. Keenan,Lisa Burry +19 more
TL;DR: In mechanically ventilated adults, Delirium was common and associated with longer duration of ventilation and hospitalization and physical restraint was most strongly associated with delirium.
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Barriers to Full-Text Publication Following Presentation of Abstracts at Annual Orthopaedic Meetings
Sheila Sprague,Mohit Bhandari,Philip J. Devereaux,Marc F. Swiontkowski,Paul Tornetta,Deborah J. Cook,Douglas R. Dirschl,Emil H. Schemitsch,Gordon H. Guyatt +8 more
TL;DR: In a survey of investigators who had not had a full-text article published after presenting the abstract at a national meeting, it was found that the failure to publish was due to one of three main reasons: they did not have enough time to prepare a manuscript for publication, relationships with co-authors sometimes presented a barrier to final publication.
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Once-Daily Aminoglycoside Dosing in Immunocompetent Adults: A Meta-Analysis
TL;DR: In this article, the authors compared the efficacy, nephrotoxicity, and ototoxicity of once-daily aminoglycoside dosing with those of standard aminoglobal peptide regimens in immunocompetent adults.