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Vincent I Lau
Researcher at University of Western Ontario
Publications - 37
Citations - 286
Vincent I Lau 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 6, co-authored 16 publications receiving 104 citations. Previous affiliations of Vincent I Lau include University of Alberta & London Health Sciences Centre.
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Point-of-care transcranial Doppler by intensivists
TL;DR: The proposed scope for point-of-care transcranial Doppler for the intensivist will be put forth and illustrated using four representative cases: presence of midline shift, vasospasm, raised intra-cranial pressure, and progression of cerebral circulatory arrest.
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Factors Associated With the Increasing Rates of Discharges Directly Home From Intensive Care Units—A Direct From ICU Sent Home Study:
TL;DR: The DDH rates have been increasing over time at this institution and were inversely correlated with ICU bed occupancy but were not associated with ward occupancy, leading to increased ICU LOS and likely increased overall hospital LOS as well.
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Diagnostic Accuracy of Critical Care Transesophageal Echocardiography vs Cardiology-Led Echocardiography in ICU Patients
TL;DR: It is shown that ccTEE has a high sensitivity, specificity, PPV, NPV, and accuracy compared with the gold standard cardiology TEE or TTEs in critically ill patients, when performed by advanced echocardiogram‐trained/experienced intensivists.
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Impact of Critical Care Transesophageal Echocardiography in Medical-Surgical ICU Patients: Characteristics and Results From 274 Consecutive Examinations.
TL;DR: The observational data support intensivist-performed TEE as being safe and therapeutically influential across a broad range of indications, and may act as a model for TEE adoption in other North American ICUs.
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Parenteral Vitamin C in Patients with Severe Infection: A Systematic Review
Arnav Agarwal,John Basmaji,Shannon M. Fernando,Fangxia Ge,Yingqi Xiao,Haseeb Faisal,Kimia Honarmand,Mathieu Hylands,Vincent I Lau,Kimberley Lewis,Rachel Couban,Francois Lamontagne,Neill K. J. Adhikari +12 more
TL;DR: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of parenteral vitamin C as combined therapy or monotherapy versus no PVR administered to adults hospitalized with severe infection was conducted in this article .