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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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Influence of Airway Management on Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Evidence From Randomized Trials
TL;DR: Some ventilator circuit and secretion management strategies may influence VAP rates in critically ill patients, and whether these strategies are adopted in practice depends on several factors such as the magnitude and precision of estimates of benefit and harm, as well as access, availability, and costs.
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Elevated Cardiac Troponin Measurements in Critically Ill Patients
Wendy Lim,Ismael Qushmaq,Philip J. Devereaux,Diane Heels-Ansdell,François Lauzier,Afisi S. Ismaila,Mark Crowther,Deborah J. Cook +7 more
TL;DR: Elevated cTn measurements among critically ill patients are associated with increased mortality and ICU length of stay and research is needed to clarify the underlying causes and examine their clinical significance.
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Recovery after critical illness in patients aged 80 years or older: a multi-center prospective observational cohort study.
Daren K. Heyland,Allan Garland,Sean M. Bagshaw,Deborah J. Cook,Kenneth Rockwood,Henry T. Stelfox,Peter Dodek,Robert A. Fowler,Alexis F. Turgeon,Karen E. A. Burns,John Muscedere,Jim Kutsogiannis,Martin Albert,Sangeeta Mehta,Xuran Jiang,Andrew G. Day +15 more
TL;DR: One-quarter of patients aged 80 years or older who are admitted to ICU survived and returned to baseline levels of physical function at 1 year and routine assessment of baseline physical function and frailty status could aid in prognostication and informed decision-making for very old critically ill patients.
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Prognostic Value of Myocardial Perfusion Studies in Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease Assessed for Kidney or Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation: A Meta-Analysis
TL;DR: It is concluded that positive MPS are useful in identifying patients with significantly increased risk of future myocardial infarction and cardiac death in both diabetic and nondiabetic ESRD patients.
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Benefit of heparin in peripheral venous and arterial catheters: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
TL;DR: Infusion of low dose heparin through a peripheral arterial catheter prolonged the duration of patency but further study is needed to establish its benefit for peripheral venous catheters.