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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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Dying in the ICU: Perspectives of Family Members
TL;DR: Overall satisfaction with end-of-life care was significantly associated with completeness of information received by the family member, respect and compassion shown to patient and family members, and satisfaction with amount or level of health care received.
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Selective Decontamination of the Digestive Tract: An Overview
Daren K. Heyland,Deborah J. Cook,Deborah J. Cook,Roman Jaeschke,Lauren Griffith,Hui N. Lee,Gordon H. Guyatt,Gordon H. Guyatt +7 more
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The design and interpretation of pilot trials in clinical research in critical care
Donald M. Arnold,Karen E. A. Burns,Neill K. J. Adhikari,Michelle E. Kho,Maureen O. Meade,Deborah J. Cook +5 more
TL;DR: This review highlights the importance of randomized pilot trials and to describe key features of their design and interpretation using examples from critical care to identify optimal pilot trial design, indexing, and reporting.
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Angiopoietin-1 and angiopoietin-2 as clinically informative prognostic biomarkers of morbidity and mortality in severe sepsis.
Daniel R. Ricciuto,Claudia C. dos Santos,Michael Hawkes,Lisa J. Toltl,Andrea L. Conroy,Nimerta Rajwans,Erin I. Lafferty,Deborah J. Cook,Alison Fox-Robichaud,Kamyar Kahnamoui,Kevin C. Kain,Patricia C. Liaw,W. Conrad Liles +12 more
TL;DR: The use of angiopoietins as clinically informative biomarkers of disease severity and patient outcome in severe sepsis is suggested.
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Grades of recommendation for antithrombotic agents: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines (8th Edition).
TL;DR: This chapter describes the system used by the American College of Chest Physicians to grade recommendations for antithrombotic and thrombolytic therapy as part of the AntithromBotic and Thromboleytic Therapy: Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines (8th Edition).