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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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Influencing advance directive completion rates in non-terminally ill patients: a systematic review
TL;DR: Advance directive completion rates documenting patient preferences for end-of-life care may be increased by simple patient-directed educational interventions.
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Microbial dysbiosis and mortality during mechanical ventilation: a prospective observational study
Daphnée Lamarche,Jennie Johnstone,Nicole Zytaruk,Nicole Zytaruk,Lori Hand,Lori Hand,Dessi Loukov,Jake C. Szamosi,Laura Rossi,Louis P. Schenck,Chris P. Verschoor,Ellen McDonald,Maureen O. Meade,Maureen O. Meade,John C. Marshall,Dawn M. E. Bowdish,Tim Karachi,Tim Karachi,Diane Heels-Ansdell,Deborah J. Cook,Deborah J. Cook,Michael G. Surette +21 more
TL;DR: The composition of the host-associated microbial communities is severely perturbed during critical illness, and reduced microbial diversity reflects high illness severity and is associated with mortality.
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Admission of the very elderly to the intensive care unit: family members' perspectives on clinical decision-making from a multicenter cohort study.
Daren K. Heyland,Peter Dodek,Sangeeta Mehta,Deborah J. Cook,Allan Garland,Henry T. Stelfox,Sean M. Bagshaw,Demetrios J. Kutsogiannis,Karen E. A. Burns,John Muscedere,Alexis F. Turgeon,Rob Fowler,Xuran Jiang,Andrew G. Day +13 more
TL;DR: There is incongruity between family values and preferences for end-of-life care and actual care received for very elderly patients who are admitted to the intensive care unit, and defects in communication and decision-making may be associated with prolonged use of life-sustaining treatments in very elderly critically ill patients.
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Factors affecting consent in pediatric critical care research.
Kusum Menon,Roxanne Ward,Isabelle Gaboury,Margot Thomas,Ari R. Joffe,Karen E. A. Burns,Deborah J. Cook +6 more
TL;DR: Future pediatric critical care studies should consider incorporating the lower consent rates in cardiac surgery patients and routine introduction of the research assistant to the family by a member of the patient’s care team into their study designs.
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Practice guidelines as multipurpose tools: a qualitative study of noninvasive ventilation.
TL;DR: This qualitative study illustrated how the NIV guideline at the authors' institution is understood as a tool that facilitates the multidisciplinary care of patients with ARF and may be enhanced through education to improve guideline awareness and increase comfort with recommended practices.