Publications

Lin K, Xu K, Daoust R, Taylor J, Rosychuk RJ, Hau JP, Davis P, Clark G, McRae AD, Hohl CM; Canadian COVID-19 Emergency Department Rapid Response Network (CCEDRRN) investigators for the Network of Canadian Emergency Researchers, the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Prognostic association between d-dimer thresholds and 30-day pulmonary embolism diagnosis among emergency department patients with suspected SARS-CoV-2 infection: a Canadian COVID-19 Emergency Department Rapid Response Network study. CJEM. 2023 Jan 10. doi: 10.1007/s43678-022-00440-8. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36624252.

McIntyre LA, Fergusson DA, McArdle T, Fox-Robichaud A, English SW, Martin C, Marshall J, Cook DJ, Graham ID, Hawken S, McCartney C, Menon K, Saginur R, Seely A, Stiell I, Thavorn K, Weijer C, Iyengar A, Muscedere J, Forster AJ, Taljaard M; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. FLUID trial: a hospital-wide open-label cluster cross-over pragmatic comparative effectiveness randomised pilot trial comparing normal saline to Ringer's lactate. BMJ Open. 2023 Feb 3;13(2):e067142. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067142. PMID: 36737087; PMCID: PMC9900065.

Bosma KJ, Martin CM, Burns KEA, Mancebo Cortes J, Suárez Montero JC, Skrobik Y, Thorpe KE, Amaral ACK, Arabi Y, Basmaji J, Beduneau G, Beloncle F, Carteaux G, Charbonney E, Demoule A, Dres M, Fanelli V, Geagea A, Goligher E, Lellouche F, Maraffi T, Mercat A, Rodriguez PO, Shahin J, Sibley S, Spadaro S, Vaporidi K, Wilcox ME, Brochard L; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group and; REVA Network. Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial of Proportional Assist Ventilation for Minimizing the Duration of Mechanical Ventilation: the PROMIZING study. Trials. 2023 Mar 27;24(1):232. doi: 10.1186/s13063-023-07163-w. PMID: 36973743

Johnstone J, Muscedere J, Dionne J, Duan E, Rochwerg B, Centofanti J, Oczkowski S, Lauzier F, Marshall J, Heels-Ansdell D, Daneman N, Mehta S, Arabi Y, Zytaruk N, Dodek P, Adhikari NK, Karachi T, Charbonney E, Stelfox HT, Kristof AS, Ball I, Hand L, Fowler R, Zarychanski R, Arnaud CS, Takaoka A, Kutsogiannis J, Khwaja K, Sligl W, Loubani O, Tsang J, Lamarche D, Bowdish D, Surette M, Cook D; Prevention of Severe Pneumonia and Endotracheal Colonization Trial (PROSPECT) Investigators and the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Definitions, rates and associated mortality of ICU-acquired pneumonia: A multicenter cohort study. J Crit Care. 2023 Mar 2:154284. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2023.154284. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36870801

Hohl CM, Hau JP, Vaillancourt S, Grant J, Brooks SC, Morrison LJ, Perry JJ, Rosychuk RJ; CCEDRRN investigators for the Network of Canadian Emergency Researchers and the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Sensitivity and Diagnostic Yield of the First SARS-CoV-2 Nucleic Acid Amplification Test Performed for Patients Presenting to the Hospital. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Oct 3;5(10):e2236288. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.36288. PMID: 36223119; PMCID: PMC9557877

Li Y, Fiest K, Burns KEA, O'Hearn K, Maratta C, Menon K, Rochwerg B, Murthy S, Fowler R, Mehta S; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Addressing health care inequities in Canadian critical care through inclusive science: a pilot tool for standardized data collection. Can J Anaesth. 2023 May 10. English. doi: 10.1007/s12630-023-02450-1. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37165123.

Sarti AJ, Sutherland S, Meade M, Hornby L, Wilson LC, Landriault A, Vanderspank-Wright B, Valiani S, Keenan S, Weiss MJ, Werestiuk K, Beed S, Kramer AH, Kawchuk J, Cardinal P, Dhanani S, Lotherington K, Pagliarello G, Chassé M, Gatien M, Parsons K, Chandler JA, Nickerson P, Shemie SD; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group (CCCTG). Death determination by neurologic criteria-what do families understand? Can J Anaesth. 2023 Apr;70(4):637-650. doi: 10.1007/s12630-023-02416-3. Epub 2023 May 2. Erratum in: Can J Anaesth. 2023 May 30;: PMID: 37131029; PMCID: PMC10203015.

Full article: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37131029/

Correction: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37253861/

Martin SM, Tucci M, Spinella PC, Ducruet T, Fergusson DA, Freed DH,
Lacroix J, Poirier N, Ben Sivarajan V, Steiner ME, Willems A, Guerra GG, on behalf of the ABC-PICU
Investigators, the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group, the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis
Investigators (PALISI) Network, the BloodNet Pediatric Critical Care Blood Research Network, and the
Groupe Francophone de Réanimation et Urgences Pédiatriques, Effect of red blood cell storage time in
pediatric cardiac surgical patients: a subgroup analysis of a randomized controlled trial, JTCVS Open
(2023), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjon.2023.04.022.

Burns KEA, Heels-Ansdell D, Thabane L, Kahn SR, Lauzier F, Mehta S, Ostermann M, Bhuptani P, Crowther MA, Finfer S, Cook DJ; PROTECT Investigators, the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group, and the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group. Sex differences in thromboprophylaxis of the critically ill: a secondary analysis of a randomized trial. Can J Anaesth. 2023 Jun 13. English. doi: 10.1007/s12630-023-02457-8. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37310606.

Kho ME, Reid J, Molloy AJ, Herridge MS, Seely AJ, Rudkowski JC, Buckingham L, Heels-Ansdell D, Karachi T, Fox-Robichaud A, Ball IM, Burns KEA, Pellizzari JR, Farley C, Berney S, Pastva AM, Rochwerg B, D'Aragon F, Lamontagne F, Duan EH, Tsang JLY, Archambault P, English SW, Muscedere J, Serri K, Tarride JE, Mehta S, Verceles AC, Reeve B, O'Grady H, Kelly L, Strong G, Hurd AH, Thabane L, Cook DJ; CYCLE Investigators and the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Critical Care Cycling to Improve Lower Extremity Strength (CYCLE): protocol for an international, multicentre randomised clinical trial of early in-bed cycling for mechanically ventilated patients. BMJ Open. 2023 Jun 23;13(6):e075685. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075685. PMID: 37355270.

Archambault PM, Rosychuk RJ, Audet M, Bola R, Vatanpour S, Brooks SC, Daoust R, Clark G, Grant L, Vaillancourt S, Welsford M, Morrison LJ, Hohl CM; Canadian COVID-19 Emergency Department Rapid Response Network (CCEDRRN) investigators; Network of Canadian Emergency Researchers; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Accuracy of Self-Reported COVID-19 Vaccination Status Compared With a Public Health Vaccination Registry in Québec: Observational Diagnostic Study. JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2023 Jun 16;9:e44465. doi: 10.2196/44465. PMID: 37327046; PMCID: PMC10278735.

Teo K, Fowler RA, Adhikari NKJ, Rishu A, Tsang JLY, Binnie A, Murthy S; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Time required to initiate a clinical trial in Canada at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic: an observational research-in-motion study. CMAJ Open. 2023 Jul 4;11(4):E615-E620. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20220129. PMID: 37402556.

O'Hearn K, Menon K, Weiler HA, Amrein K, Fergusson D, Gunz A, Bustos R, Campos R, Catalan V, Roedl S, Tsampalieros A, Barrowman N, Geier P, Henderson M, Khamessan A, Lawson ML, McIntyre L, Redpath S, Jones G, Kaufmann M, McNally D; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. A phase II dose evaluation pilot feasibility randomized controlled trial of cholecalciferol in critically ill children with vitamin D deficiency (VITdAL-PICU study). BMC Pediatr. 2023 Aug 14;23(1):397. doi: 10.1186/s12887-023-04205-9. PMID: 37580663; PMCID: PMC10424361.

Foster JR, Lee LA, Seabrook JA, Ryan M, Slumkoski C, Walls M, Betts LJ, Burgess SA, Moghadam N, Garros D; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. A survey of pediatric intensive care unit clinician experience with restricted family presence during COVID-19. Can J Anaesth. 2023 Aug 23. English. doi: 10.1007/s12630-023-02547-7. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37610552.

Dennis BB, Thabane L, Heels-Ansdell D, Dionne JC, Binnie A, Tsang J, Guyatt G, Ahmed A, Lauzier F, Deane A, Arabi Y, Marshall J, Zytaruk N, Saunders L, Finfer S, Myburgh J, Muscedere J, English S, Ostermann M, Hardie M, Knowles S, Cook D; REVISE Investigators the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Proton pump inhibitors in critically ill mechanically ventilated patients with COVID-19: protocol for a substudy of the Re-EValuating the Inhibition of Stress Erosions (REVISE) Trial. Trials. 2023 Aug 30;24(1):561. doi: 10.1186/s13063-023-07589-2. PMID: 37644556; PMCID: PMC10466724.

Fontela PS, Gaudreault J, Dagenais M, Noël KC, Déragon A, Lacroix J, Razack S, Rennick J, Quach C, McNally JD, Carnevale FA; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Clinical Reasoning Behind Antibiotic Use in PICUs: A Qualitative Study. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2022 Jan 11. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000002886 

Ali K, Azher T, Baqi M, Binnie A, Borgia S, Carrier FM, Cavayas YA, Chagnon N, Cheng MP, Conly J, Costiniuk C, Daley P, Daneman N, Douglas J, Downey C, Duan E, Duceppe E, Durand M, English S, Farjou G, Fera E, Fontela P, Fowler R, Fralick M, Geagea A, Grant J, Harrison LB, Havey T, Hoang H, Kelly LE, Keynan Y, Khwaja K, Klein G, Klein M, Kolan C, Kronfli N, Lamontagne F, Lau R, Fralick M, Lee TC, Lee N, Lim R, Longo S, Lostun A, MacIntyre E, Malhamé I, Mangof K, McGuinty M, Mergler S, Munan MP, Murthy S, O'Neil C, Ovakim D, Papenburg J, Parhar K, Parvathy SN, Patel C, Perez-Patrigeon S, Pinto R, Rajakumaran S, Rishu A, Roba-Oshin M, Rushton M, Saleem M, Salvadori M, Scherr K, Schwartz K, Semret M, Silverman M, Singh A, Sligl W, Smith S, Somayaji R, Tan DHS, Tobin S, Todd M, Tran TV, Tremblay A, Tsang J, Turgeon A, Vakil E, Weatherald J, Yansouni C, Zarychanski R; Canadian Treatments for COVID-19 (CATCO); Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada (AMMI) Clinical Research Network and the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group.  CMAJ. 2022 Jan 19:cmaj.211698. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.211698.

Mehta S, Ahluwalia N, Heybati K, Burns KEA, Owais S, Cook DJ, Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Diversity of Authors of Publications From the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Crit Care Med. 2022 Apr 1;50(4):535-542PMID: 34473658

Mehta S, Yarnell C, Shah S, Dodek P, Parsons-Leigh J, Maunder R, Kayitesi J, Eta-Ndu C, Priestap F, LeBlanc D, Chen J, Honarmand K; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on intensive care unit workers: a nationwide survey.Can J Anaesth. 2021 Dec 23:1-13. PMID: 34940952

Fiest KM, Krewulak KD, Hernández LC, Jaworska N, Makuk K, Schalm E, Bagshaw SM, Bernet X, Burns KEA, Couillard P, Doig CJ, Fowler R, Kho ME, Kupsch S, Lauzier F, Niven DJ, Oggy T, Rewa OG, Rochwerg B, Spence S, West A, Stelfox HT, Parsons Leigh J, Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Evidence-informed consensus statements to guide COVID-19 patient visitation policies: results from a national stakeholder meeting. Can J Anaesth 2022; Jul;69(7):868-879. PMID: 35359262 Read the full article

Takaoka A, Zytaruk N, Davis M, Matte A, Johnstone J, Lauzier F, Marshall J, Adhikari N, Clarke FJ, Rochwerg B, Lamontagne F,  Hand L, Watpool I, Porteous RK, Masse M, D'Aragon F, Niven D, Heels-Ansdell D, Duan E, Dionne J, English S, St-Arnaud C, Millen T, Cook DJ, PROSPECT Investigators and the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Monitoring and auditing protocol adherence, data integrity and ethical conduct of a randomized clinical trial: A case study. J Crit Care 2022 Jun 17;71:154094. PMID: 35724443

Hohl CM, Rosychuk RJ, Hau JP, Hayward  J, Landes M, Yan JW, Ting DK, Welsford M, Archambault PM, Mercier E, Chandra K, Davis P, Vaillancourt S, Leeies M, Small S, Morrison LJ, Canadian COVID-19 Rapid Response Network (CCEDRRN) investigators for the Network of Canadian Emergency Researchers, for the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Treatments, resource utilization, and outcomes of COVID-19 patients presenting to emergency departments across pandemic waves: an observational study by the Canadian COVID-19 Emergency Department Rapid Response Network (CCEDRRN). CJEM 2022 Jun;24(4):397-407. PMID: 35362857

Foster JR, Lee LA, Seabrook JA, Ryan M Betts LJ, Burgess SA, Slumkoski C, Walls M, Garros D, and Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Family presence in Canadian PICUs during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-methods environmental scan of policy and practice. CMAJ Jul-Sep 2022. PMID: 35790228

F. Lamontagne, M.-H. Masse, J. Menard, S. Sprague, R. Pinto, D.K. Heyland, D.J Cook, M.-C. Battista, A.G. Day, G.H. Guyatt, S. Kanji, R. Parke, S.P. McGuinness, B.-K. Tirupakuzhi Vijayaraghavan, D. Annane, D. Cohen, Y.M. Arabi, B. Bolduc, N. Marinoff, B. Rochwerg, T. Millen, M.O. Meade, L. Hand, I. Watpool, R. Porteous, P.J. Young, F. D’Aragon, E.P. Belley-Cote, E. Carbonneau, F. Clarke, D.M. Maslove, M. Hunt, M. Chassé, M. Lebrasseur, F. Lauzier, S. Mehta, H. Quiroz-Martinez, O.G. Rewa, E. Charbonney, A.J.E. Seely, D.J. Kutsogiannis, R. LeBlanc, A. Mekontso-Dessap, T.S. Mele, A.F. Turgeon, G. Wood, S.S. Kohli, J. Shahin, P. Twardowski, and N.K.J. Adhikari, for the LOVIT Investigators and the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Intravenous Vitamin C in Adults with Sepsis in the Intensive Care Unit. NEJM. June 15, 2022
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2200644