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Margaret S. Herridge

Researcher at University of Toronto

Publications -  219
Citations -  19278

Margaret S. Herridge is an academic researcher from University of Toronto. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Intensive care unit. The author has an hindex of 52, co-authored 180 publications receiving 16075 citations. Previous affiliations of Margaret S. Herridge include St. Michael's Hospital & Brigham and Women's Hospital.

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Functional disability 5 years after acute respiratory distress syndrome.

TL;DR: Exercise limitation, physical and psychological sequelae, decreased physical quality of life, and increased costs and use of health care services are important legacies of severe lung injury.
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One-Year Outcomes in Survivors of the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated 109 survivors of the acute respiratory distress syndrome 3, 6, and 12 months after discharge from the intensive care unit, and found that muscle weakness and fatigue were the reasons for their functional limitation.
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Hapten-Induced Model of Chronic Inflammation and Ulceration in the Rat Colon

TL;DR: A simple and reproducible rat model of chronic colonic inflammation by the intraluminal instillation of a solution containing a "barrier breaker" and a hapten to study the pathophysiology of colonic inflammatory disease in a specifically controlled fashion and to evaluate new treatments potentially applicable to inflammatory bowel disease in humans.
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Weaning from mechanical ventilation

TL;DR: Weaning covers the entire process of liberating the patient from mechanical support and from the endotracheal tube and many controversial questions remain concerning the best methods for conducting this process as discussed by the authors.