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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 guide for the design and conduct of self-administered surveys of clinicians
Karen E. A. Burns,Mark Duffett,Michelle E. Kho,Maureen O. Meade,Neill K. J. Adhikari,Tasnim Sinuff,Deborah J. Cook +6 more
TL;DR: The aim of a survey is to gather reliable and unbiased data from a representative sample of respondents to help investigators administer questionnaires to clinicians about clinical practice.
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Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: III. How to Use an Article About a Diagnostic Test A. Are the Results of the Study Valid?
Roman Jaeschke,Gordon H. Guyatt,David L. Sackett,Eric Bass,Patrick Brill-Edwards,George P. Browman,Deborah J. Cook,Michael E. Farkouh,Hertzel C. Gerstein,Brian Haynes,Robert Hayward,Anne Holbrook,Elizabeth F. Juniper,Hui Lee,Mitchell Levine,Virginia Moyer,Jim Nishikawa,Andrew D Oxman,Ameen Patel,John Philbrick,W. Scott Richardson,Stephane Sauve,David L. Sackett,Jack Sinclair,K. S. Trout,Peter Tugwell,Sean Tunis,Stephen D. Walter,Mark C. Wilson +28 more
TL;DR: A 78-year-old woman, now 10 days after abdominal surgery, who has become increasingly short of breath over the last 24 hours, is seen by a medical consultant asked by a surgical colleague to see her.
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Users' guides to the medical literature. ii: how to use an article about therapy or prevention a. are the results of the study valid ?
Gordon H. Guyatt,David L. Sackett,Deborah J. Cook,Gordon Guyatt,Eric B Bass,Patrick Brill-Edwards,George P. Browman,Deborah Cook,Michael E. Farkouh,Hertzel C. Gerstein,Brian Haynes,Robert Hayward,Anne Holbrook,Roman Jaeschke,Elizabeth F. Juniper,Andreas Laupacis,Hui Lee,Mitchell Levine,Virginia Moyer,Jim Nishikawa,Andrew D Oxman,Ameen Patel,John Philbrick,W. Scott Richardson,Stephane Sauve,David L. Sackett,Jack Sinclair,K. S. Trout,Peter Tugwell,Sean Tunis,Stephen D. Walter,John W Williams,Mark Wilson +32 more
TL;DR: An internal medicine resident in a rheumatology rotation and seeing a 19-year-old woman who has had systemic lupus erythematosus diagnosed on the basis of a characteristic skin rash, arthritis, and renal disease is distressed by the rising creatinine level.
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Incidence of and Risk Factors for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Critically Ill Patients
Deborah J. Cook,Stephen D. Walter,Richard J. Cook,Lauren Griffith,Gordon H. Guyatt,David Leasa,Roman Jaeschke,Christian Brun-Buisson +7 more
TL;DR: This study examined factors associated with ventilator-associated pneumonia and explored baseline and time-dependent characteristics, including measures of illness severity, factors relating to mechanical ventilation, variables in the gastropulmonary route of infection, and drug exposure.
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Ultrasound guidance for placement of central venous catheters: a meta-analysis of the literature.
TL;DR: When used for vessel location andCatheter placement real-time, ultrasound guidance or Doppler ultrasound guidance improves success rates and decreases the complications associated with internal jugular and subclavian venous catheter placement.