Publications

O'Hearn K, Gibson J, Krewulak K, Porteous R, Saigle V, Sampson M, Tsampalieros A, Barrowman N, Cameron S; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Consent models in Canadian critical care randomized controlled trials: a scoping review. Can J Anaesth. 2022 Apr;69(4):513-526. English. doi: 10.1007/s12630-021-02176-y. Epub 2021 Dec 14. PMID: 34907503.

Newman ANL, Kho ME, Harris JE, Zamir N, McDonald E, Fox-Robichaud A, Solomon P; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. CardiO Cycle: a pilot feasibility study of in-bed cycling in critically ill patients post cardiac surgery. Pilot Feasibility Stud. 2021 Jan 7;7(1):13. doi: 10.1186/s40814-020-00760-5. PMID: 33407923; PMCID: PMC7788703.

Masse MH, Ménard J, Sprague S, Battista MC, Cook DJ, Guyatt GH, Heyland DK, Kanji S, Pinto R, Day AG, Cohen D, Annane D, McGuinness S, Parke R, Carr A, Arabi Y, Vijayaraghavan BKT, D'Aragon F, Carbonneau É, Maslove D, Hunt M, Rochwerg B, Millen T, Chassé M, Lebrasseur M, Archambault P, Deblois E, Drouin C, Lellouche F, Lizotte P, Watpool I, Porteous R, Clarke F, Marinoff N, Belley-Côté É, Bolduc B, Walker S, Iazzetta J, Adhikari NKJ, Lamontagne F; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Lessening Organ dysfunction with VITamin C (LOVIT): protocol for a randomized controlled  trial. Trials. 2020 Jan 8;21(1):42. PMID: 31915072

McDonald E, Zytaruk N, Heels-Ansdell D, Smith O, Borges D, Hand L, Clarke F, Nassar A, Bennardo M, Cook D; Canadian Critical Care Research Coordinators’ Group. Motivators and Stressors for Canadian Research Coordinators in Critical Care: The MOTIVATE Survey.Am J Crit Care. 2020 Jan 1;29(1):41-48. PMID: 31968081

Chornenki JN, Liaw P, Bagshaw S, Burns K, Dodek P, English S, Fan E, Ferrari N, Fowler R, Fox-Robichaud A, Garland A, Green R, Hebert P, Kho M, Martin C, Maslove D, McDonald E, Menon K, Murthy S, Muscedere J, Scales D, Stelfox HT, Wang HT, Weiss M; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group (CCCTG) and Canadian Critical Care Translational Biology Group (CCCTBG). Data initiatives supporting critical care research and quality improvement in Canada: an environmental scan and narrative review. Can J Anaesth. 2020 Apr;67(4):475-484.

McNally JD, O'Hearn K, Fergusson DA, Lougheed J, Doherty DR, Maharajh G, Weiler H, Jones G, Khamessan A, Redpath S, Geier P, McIntyre L, Lawson ML, Girolamo T, Menon K; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Prevention of post-cardiac surgery vitamin D deficiency in children with congenital heart disease: a pilot feasibility dose evaluation randomized controlled trial. Pilot Feasibility Stud. 2020 Oct 22;6:159. doi: 10.1186/s40814-020-00700-3. PMID: 33110622; PMCID: PMC7583219.

Masse MH, Battista MC, Wilcox ME, Pinto R, Marinoff N, D'Aragon F, St-Arnaud C, Mayette M, Leclair MA, Quiroz Martinez H, Grondin-Beaudoin B, Poulin Y, Carbonneau É, Seely AJE, Watpool I, Porteous R, Chassé M, Lebrasseur M, Lauzier F, Turgeon AF, Bellemare D, Mehta S, Charbonney E, Belley-Côté É, Botton É, Cohen D, Lamontagne F, Adhikari NKJ; OVATION-65 team members; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Optimal VAsopressor TitraTION in patients 65 years and older (OVATION-65): protocol and statistical analysis plan for a randomised clinical trial. BMJ Open. 2020 Nov 14;10(11):e037947

Griesdale DEG, Sekhon MS, Wood MD, Cardim D, Brasher PMA, McCredie V, Sirounis D, Foster D, Krasnogolova Y, Smielewski P, Scales DC, Ainslie PN, Menon DK, Boyd JG, Field TS, Dorian P; Cerebral Oximetry to Assess Cerebral Autoregulation in Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury (CONCEPT) Research Group, on behalf of the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Near-Infrared Spectroscopy to Assess Cerebral Autoregulation and Optimal Mean Arterial Pressure in Patients With Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury: A Prospective Multicenter Feasibility Study. Crit Care Explor. 2020 Sep 25;2(10):e0217. doi: 10.1097/CCE.0000000000000217. PMID: 33063026; PMCID: PMC7523861

D'Aragon F, Lamontagne F, Cook D, Dhanani S, Keenan S, Chassé M, English S, Burns KEA, Frenette AJ, Ball I, Boyd JG, Masse M, Breau R, Akhtar A, Kramer A, Rochwerg B, Lauzier F, Kutsogiannis DJ, Ibrahim Q, Hand L, Zhou Q, Meade MO, Canadian Critical Care Trials Group and the Canadian Donation and Transplant Research Program. Variability in deceased donor care in Canada: a report of the Canada-DONATE cohort study. Can J Anaesth. 2020 Aug;67(8):992-1004.  doi: 10.1007/s12630-020-01692-7

Johnstone J, Heels-Ansdell D, Thabane L, Meade M, Marshall J, Lauzier F, Duan EH, Zytaruk N, Lamarche D, Surette M, Cook DJ; PROSPECT Investigators and the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group.Evaluating probiotics for the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia: a randomised placebo-controlled multicentre trial protocol and statistical analysis plan for PROSPECT. BMJ Open. 2019 Jun 20;9(6):e025228. PMID: 31227528

Wood MD, Khan J, Lee KFH, Maslove DM, Muscedere J, Hunt M, Scott SH, Day A, Jacobson JA, Ball I, Slessarev M, O'Regan N, English SW, McCredie V, Chasse M, Griesdale D, Boyd JG. Assessing the relationship between near-infrared spectroscopy-derived regional cerebral oxygenation and neurological dysfunction in critically ill adults: a prospective observational multicentre protocol, on behalf of the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. BMJ Open. 2019 Jun 25;9(6):e029189. PMID: 31243036

McIntyre LA, Stewart DJ, Mei SHJ, Courtman D, Watpool I, Granton J, Marshall J, Dos Santos C, Walley KR, Winston BW, Schlosser K, Fergusson DA; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group and the Canadian Critical Care Translational Biology Group. Cellular Immunotherapy for Septic Shock (CISS): A Phase I Clinical Trial. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2018 Feb 1;197(3):337-347. PMID: 28960096

Garcia Guerra G, Joffe AR, Sheppard C, Pugh J, Moez EK, Dinu IA, Jou H, Hartling L, Vohra S; Sedation Withdrawal and Analgesia Team (SWAT); Canadian Critical Care Trials Group (CCCTG). Prospective cohort study on noise levels in a pediatric cardiac intensive care unit.  J Crit Care. 2018 Apr;44:318-322. PMID: 29274594

Daneman N, Rishu AH, Pinto R, Aslanian P, Bagshaw SM, Carignan A, Charbonney E, Coburn B, Cook DJ, Detsky ME, Dodek P, Hall R, Kumar A, Lamontagne F, Lauzier F, Marshall JC, Martin CM, McIntyre L, Muscedere J, Reynolds S, Sligl W, Stelfox HT, Wilcox ME, Fowler RA; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. 7 versus 14 days of antibiotic treatment for critically ill patients with bloodstream infection: a pilot randomized clinical trial. Trials. 2018 Feb 17;19(1):111. doi: 10.1186/s13063-018-2474-1. PMID: 29452598

Lamarche D, Johnstone J, Zytaruk N, Clarke F, Hand L, Loukov D, Szamosi JC, Rossi L, Schenck LP, Verschoor CP, McDonald E, Meade MO, Marshall JC, Bowdish DME, Karachi T, Heels-Ansdell D, Cook DJ, Surette MG; PROSPECT Investigators; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group; Canadian Critical Care Translational Biology Group. Microbial dysbiosis and mortality during mechanical ventilation: a prospective observational study. Respir Res. 2018 Dec 7;19(1):245. PMID: 30526610

Burns KEA, Juando Prats C, Maione M, Lanceta M, Zubrinich C Md, Jeffs L PhD, Smith OM; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. A Multicenter Study of Surrogate Decision-Makers Experiences in Being Approached for Consent for Patient Participation in Research. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2017 Feb;14(2):238-245. PMID: 27849142

McCredie VA, Ferguson ND, Pinto RL, Adhikari NK, Fowler RA, Chapman MG, Burrell A, Baker AJ, Cook DJ, Meade MO, Scales DC; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group.Airway Management Strategies for Brain-injured Patients Meeting Standard Criteria to Consider Extubation. A Prospective Cohort Study. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2017 Jan;14(1):85-93. PMID: 27870576

Rishu AH, Marinoff N, Julien L, Dumitrascu M, Marten N, Eggertson S, Willems S, Ruddell S, Lane D, Light B, Stelfox HT, Jouvet P, Hall R, Reynolds S, Daneman N, Fowler RA; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Time required to initiate outbreak and pandemic observational research. J Crit Care. 2017 Mar 1;40:7-10. PMID: 28288355

Alhazzani W, Guyatt G, Alshahrani M, Deane AM, Marshall JC, Hall R, Muscedere J, English SW, Lauzier F, Thabane L, Arabi YM, Karachi T, Rochwerg B, Finfer S, Daneman N, Alshamsi F, Zytaruk N, Heel-Ansdell D, Cook D; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group.Withholding Pantoprazole for Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis in Critically Ill Patients: A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial and Meta-Analysis. Crit Care Med. 2017 Jul;45(7):1121-1129. PMID: 28459708

Jung JJ, Pinto R, Zarychanski R, Cook DJ, Jouvet P, Marshall JC, Kumar A, Long J, Rodin R, Fowler RA; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group H1N1 Collaborative. 2009-2010 Influenza A(H1N1)-related critical illness among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians. PLoS One. 2017 Oct 19;12(10):e0184013. eCollection 2017. PMID: 29049285

McNally D, Amrein K, O'Hearn K, Fergusson D, Geier P, Henderson M, Khamessan A, Lawson ML, McIntyre L, Redpath S, Weiler HA, Menon K; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group.. Study protocol for a phase II dose evaluation randomized controlled trial of cholecalciferol in critically ill children with vitamin D deficiency (VITdAL-PICU study). Pilot Feasibility Stud. 2017 Dec 8;3:70. PMID: 29234503

McNally JD, Nama N, O'Hearn K, Sampson M, Amrein K, Iliriani K, McIntyre L, Fergusson D, Menon K. Vitamin D deficiency in critically ill children: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Crit Care. 2017 Nov 23;21(1):287. PMID: 29169388

Menon K, McNally JD, Zimmerman JJ, Agus MS, O'Hearn K, Watson RS, Wong HR, Duffett M, Wypij D, Choong K. Primary Outcome Measures in Pediatric Septic Shock Trials: A Systematic Review. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2017 Mar;18(3):e146-e154. PMID: 28099233

Menon K, O'Hearn K, McNally JD, Acharya A, Wong HR, Lawson M, Ramsay T, McIntyre L, Gilfoyle E, Tucci M, Wensley D, Gottesman R, Morrison G, Choong K. Comparison of Consent Models in a Randomized Trial of Corticosteroids in Pediatric Septic Shock. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2017 Nov;18(11):1009-1018. PMID: 28817507.