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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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Cost-effectiveness of dalteparin vs unfractionated heparin for the prevention of venous thromboembolism in critically ill patients
Robert A. Fowler,Nicole Mittmann,Nicole Mittmann,William Geerts,Diane Heels-Ansdell,Michael K. Gould,Gordon H. Guyatt,Murray Krahn,Simon Finfer,Ruxandra Pinto,Brian Chan,Orges Ormanidhi,Yaseen M. Arabi,Ismael Qushmaq,Marcelo G. Rocha,Peter Dodek,Lauralyn McIntyre,Richard Hall,Niall D. Ferguson,Sangeeta Mehta,Sangeeta Mehta,John C. Marshall,John C. Marshall,Christopher J. Doig,John Muscedere,Michael J. Jacka,James R. Klinger,Nicholas E. Vlahakis,Neil Orford,Ian Seppelt,Yoanna K. Skrobik,Sachin Sud,John F. Cade,Jamie Cooper,Deborah J. Cook +34 more
TL;DR: From a health care payer perspective, the use of the LMWH dalteparin for VTE prophylaxis among critically ill medical-surgical patients was more effective and had similar or lower costs than the use for UFH, consistent among higher- and lower-spending health care systems.
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Experiences and Expressions of Spirituality at the End of Life in the Intensive Care Unit
Marilyn Swinton,Mauro Giacomini,Feli Toledo,Trudy Rose,Tracey Hand-Breckenridge,Anne Boyle,Anne Woods,F Clarke,Melissa Shears,Robert Sheppard,Deborah J. Cook +10 more
TL;DR: The Three Wishes Project invites and supports the expression of myriad forms of spirituality during the dying process in the ICU, and family members and clinicians consider spirituality an important dimension of end‐of‐life care.
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Most critically ill patients are perceived to die in comfort during withdrawal of life support: a Canadian multicentre study.
Graeme Rocker,Daren K. Heyland,Daren K. Heyland,Deborah J. Cook,Peter Dodek,Demetrios J. Kutsogiannis,Christopher J. O'Callaghan +6 more
TL;DR: Most patients were perceived by family members to die in comfort during a withdrawal of LS, and perceptions of patient comfort and drug use in the hours before death were not associated with the mode or sequence of withdrawal ofLS, or the time to death.
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Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism in Critically Ill Medical Patients: A Franco-Canadian Cross-sectional Study
Jean Claude Lacherade,Deborah J. Cook,Daren K. Heyland,Carla Chrusch,Laurent Brochard,Christian Brun-Buisson +5 more
TL;DR: In this binational cross-sectional observational study of medical ICU patients, it was found that 92% of eligible patients received either UFH or LWMH for VTE prophylaxis, and differences in prescribing between countries include significantly greater use of LMWH in France, but use of lower doses than in Canada, and greater use in Canada.
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Trials of Corticosteroids to Prevent Postextubation Airway Complications
TL;DR: Overall, it is found that corticosteroids decreased the risk of postextubation stridor in children by about 40%, however, the effect of cortICosteroids in children and adults to reduce postextUBation complications such as reintubation is uncertain.