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Ian M Ball
Researcher at University of Western Ontario
Publications - 79
Citations - 1065
Ian M Ball is an academic researcher from University of Western Ontario. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Intensive care unit. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 63 publications receiving 625 citations. Previous affiliations of Ian M Ball include London Health Sciences Centre & Lawson Health Research Institute.
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Early mobilization in the critical care unit: A review of adult and pediatric literature.
Saoirse Cameron,Ian M Ball,Gediminas Cepinskas,Karen Choong,Timothy J. Doherty,Christopher G. Ellis,Claudio Martin,Tina Mele,Michael D. Sharpe,J. Kevin Shoemaker,Douglas D. Fraser +10 more
TL;DR: This review provides a current and comprehensive appraisal of ICU mobilization techniques in both adult and pediatric critically ill patients and methods of overcoming barriers to early mobilization and enhancing sustainability of mobilization programs are discussed.
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Single induction dose of etomidate versus other induction agents for endotracheal intubation in critically ill patients
TL;DR: No strong evidence exists that etomidate increases mortality in critically ill patients when compared to other bolus dose induction agents, and single (bolus) dose Etomidate for emergency airway intervention compared to any other rapid-acting intravenous bolus single-dose induction agent.
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Effect of Probiotics on Incident Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Critically Ill Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Jennie Johnstone,Maureen O. Meade,François Lauzier,John Marshall,Erick Duan,Joanna C. Dionne,Yaseen M. Arabi,Diane Heels-Ansdell,Lehana Thabane,Daphnée Lamarche,Michael G. Surette,Nicole Zytaruk,Sangeeta Mehta,Peter Dodek,Lauralyn McIntyre,Shane W. English,Bram Rochwerg,Tim Karachi,William R. Henderson,Gordon Wood,Daniel Ovakim,Margaret S. Herridge,John Granton,M. Elizabeth Wilcox,Alberto Goffi,Henry T. Stelfox,Daniel J. Niven,John Muscedere,Francois Lamontagne,Frédérick D’Aragon,Charles St-Arnaud,Ian M Ball,Dave Nagpal,Martin Girard,Pierre Aslanian,Emmanuel Charbonney,David Williamson,Wendy I. Sligl,Jan O. Friedrich,Neill K. J. Adhikari,François Marquis,Patrick Archambault,Kosar Khwaja,Arnold S. Kristof,James Kutsogiannis,Ryan Zarychanski,Bojan Paunovic,Brenda Reeve,François Lellouche,Paul Hosek,Jennifer L Y Tsang,Alexandra Binnie,Sébastien Trop,Osama Loubani,Richard I. Hall,Robert Cirone,Steve Reynolds,Paul J Lysecki,Eyal Golan,Rodrigo Cartin-Ceba,Robert W. Taylor,Deborah J. Cook,Endotracheal Colonization Trial (Prospect) Investigators +62 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated the effect of L rhamnosus GG on preventing VAP, additional infections, and other clinically important outcomes in the intensive care unit (ICU).
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Closed Or Open after Source Control Laparotomy for Severe Complicated Intra-Abdominal Sepsis (the COOL trial): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Andrew W Kirkpatrick,Federico Coccolini,Luca Ansaloni,Derek J. Roberts,Matti Tolonen,Jessica L. McKee,Ari Leppäniemi,Peter Faris,Christopher J. Doig,Fausto Catena,Timothy C. Fabian,Craig N. Jenne,Osvaldo Chiara,Paul Kubes,Braden J. Manns,Yoram Kluger,Gustavo Pereira Fraga,Bruno M. Pereira,Jose J. Diaz,Michael Sugrue,Ernest E. Moore,Jianan Ren,Chad G. Ball,Raul Coimbra,Raul Coimbra,Zsolt J. Balogh,Zsolt J. Balogh,Fikri M. Abu-Zidan,Elijah Dixon,Walter L. Biffl,Anthony MacLean,Ian M Ball,John W. Drover,Paul B. McBeth,Juan G. Posadas-Calleja,Neil Parry,Salomone Di Saverio,Carlos A. Ordoñez,Jimmy Xiao,Massimo Sartelli +39 more
TL;DR: This trial will be powered to demonstrate a mortality difference in this highly lethal and morbid condition to ensure critically ill patients are receiving the best care possible and not being harmed by inappropriate therapies based on opinion only.
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Multicentre pilot randomised clinical trial of early in-bed cycle ergometry with ventilated patients.
Michelle E. Kho,Alexander J. Molloy,Julie C. Reid,Margaret S. Herridge,Tim Karachi,Bram Rochwerg,Alison Fox-Robichaud,Andrew J.E. Seely,Sunita Mathur,Vincent Lo,Karen E. A. Burns,Ian M Ball,Joseph R. Pellizzari,Jean-Eric Tarride,Jill C. Rudkowski,Karen Koo,Diane Heels-Ansdell,Deborah J. Cook +17 more
TL;DR: The pilot RCT suggests that a future multicentre RCT of early in-bed cycling for MV patients in the ICU is feasible and ascertainment rates for the primary outcome for the main trial (Physical Function ICU Test-scored at hospital discharge) are reported.