Publications

Lamontagne F, Meade MO, Hébert PC, Asfar P, Lauzier F, Seely AJ, Day AG, Mehta S, Muscedere J, Bagshaw SM, Ferguson ND, Cook DJ, Kanji S, Turgeon AF, Herridge MS, Subramanian S, Lacroix J, Adhikari NK, Scales DC, Fox-Robichaud A, Skrobik Y, Whitlock RP, Green RS, Koo KK, Tanguay T, Magder S, Heyland DK; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Higher versus lower blood pressure targets for vasopressor therapy in shock: a multicentre pilot randomized controlled trial. Intensive Care Med. 2016 Feb 18. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 26891677

Delaney JW, Pinto R, Long J, Lamontagne F, Adhikari NK, Kumar A, Marshall JC, Cook DJ, Jouvet P, Ferguson ND, Griesdale D, Burry LD, Burns KE, Hutchison J, Mehta S, Menon K, Fowler RA; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group H1N1 Collaborative. The influence of corticosteroid treatment on the outcome of influenza A(H1N1pdm09)-related critical illness. Crit Care. 2016 Mar 30;20(1):75. PMID: 27036638

O'Hearn K, McNally D, Choong K, Acharya A, Wong HR, Lawson M, Ramsay T, McIntyre L, Gilfoyle E, Tucci M, Wensley D, Gottesman R, Morrison G, Menon K; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Steroids in fluid and/or vasoactive infusion dependent pediatric shock: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2016 May 6;17(1):238. PMID: 27153945

Guerra GG, Joffe AR, Cave D, Duff J, Duncan S, Sheppard C, Tawfik G, Hartling L, Jou H, Vohra S; Sedation Withdrawal and Analgesia Team, and the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Survey of Sedation and Analgesia Practice Among Canadian Pediatric Critical Care Physicians. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2016 Sep;17(9):823-30. PMID: 27467012

Jain S, Menon K, Piquette D, Gottesman R, Hutchison J, Gilfoyle E, Group CC. The Development of a Critical Care Resident Research Curriculum: A Needs Assessment. Can Respir J. 2016; Epub 2016 Aug 16. PMID: 27610029

Parker MJ, Thabane L, Fox-Robichaud A, Liaw P, Choong K; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group and the Canadian Critical Care Translational Biology Group.A trial to determine whether septic shock-reversal is quicker in pediatric patients randomized to an early goal-directed fluid-sparing strategy versus usual care (SQUEEZE): study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2016 Nov 22;17(1):556. PMID: 27876084

Choong K, Al-Harbi S, Siu K, Wong K, Cheng J, Baird B, Pogorzelski D, Timmons B, Gorter JW, Thabane L, Khetani M; on behalf of the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group.Functional Recovery Following Critical Illness in Children: The "Wee-Cover" Pilot Study. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2015 May;16(4):310-8. PMID: 25651047

Lacroix, J, Hébert, PC, Fergusson, DA, Tinmouth, A, Cook, DJ, Marshall, JC, Clayton, L, McIntyre, L, Callum, J, Turgeon, AF, Blajchman, MA, Walsh, TS, Stanworth, SJ, Campbell, H, Capellier, G, Tiberghien, P, Bardiaux, L, van de Watering, L, van der Meer, NJ, Sabri, E, Vo, D for the ABLE Investigators and the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Age of Transfused Blood in Critically Ill Adults.N Engl J Med. 2015, 372(15):1410-8. PMID: 25776801 

Parshuram CS, Amaral AC, Ferguson ND, Baker GR, Etchells EE, Flintoft V, Granton J, Lingard L, Kirpalani H, Mehta S, Moldofsky H, Scales DC, Stewart TE, Willan AR, Friedrich JO; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Patient safety, resident well-being and continuity of care with different resident duty schedules in the intensive care unit: a randomized trial. CMAJ. 2015 Mar 17;187(5):321-9. PMID: 25667258

Karam O, Demaret P, Shefler A, Leteurtre S, Spinella P, Stanworth S, Tucci M; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group (CCCTG), Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI), BloodNet, and the PlasmaTV investigators. Indications and Effects of Plasma Transfusions in Critically Ill Children. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2015 Jun 15;191(12):1395-402. PMID: 25859890

Fowler RA, Abdelmalik P, Wood G, Foster D, Gibney N, Bandrauk N, Turgeon AF, Lamontagne F, Kumar A, Zarychanski R, Green R, Bagshaw SM, Stelfox HT, Foster R, Dodek P, Shaw S, Granton J, Lawless B, Hill A, Rose L, Adhikari NK, Scales DC, Cook DJ, Marshall JC, Martin C, Jouvet P; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group and The Canadian ICU Capacity Group. Critical Care capacity in Canada: results of a national cross-sectional study. Crit Care. 2015 Apr 1;19(1):133. PMID: 25888116

Parshuram CS, Dryden-Palmer K, Farrell C, Gottesman R, Gray M, Hutchison JS, Helfaer M, Hunt E, Joffe A, Lacroix J, Nadkarni V, Parkin P, Wensley D, Willan AR; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group .Evaluating processes of care and outcomes of children in hospital (EPOCH): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2015;16(1):245. PMID: 26033094

Lacroix J, Hébert PC, Fergusson D, Tinmouth A, Capellier G, Tiberghien P, Bardiaux L; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. The ABLE study: A randomized controlled trial on the efficacy of fresh red cell units to improve the outcome of transfused critically ill adults. Transfus Clin Biol. 2015 Aug;22(3):107-11. French. PMID: 26049675

McNally JD, O'Hearn K, Lawson ML, Maharajh G, Geier P, Weiler H, Redpath S, McIntyre L, Fergusson D, Menon K; Canadian Critical Care Trials Groups. Prevention of vitamin D deficiency in children following cardiac surgery: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2015 Sep 9;16(1):402. PMID: 26353829

Menon K, McNally JD, Choong K, Lawson ML, Ramsay T, Hutchison JS, Foster J, Wong HR; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group STRIPES Investigators. A Cohort Study of Pediatric Shock: Frequency of Corticosteriod Use and Association with Clinical Outcomes. Shock. 2015 Nov;44(5):402-9. PMID: 25692259

Choong K1, Foster G, Fraser DD, Hutchison JS, Joffe AR, Jouvet PA, Menon K, Pullenayegum E, Ward RE. Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Acute rehabilitation practices in critically ill children: a multicenter study. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2014;15(6):e270-9. PMID:24777303

Dhanani S, Hornby L, Ward R, Baker A, Dodek P, Chamber-Evans J, Fowler R, Friedrich JO, Gow RM, Kutsogiannis DJ, Mcintyre L, Momoli F, Morin K, Ramsay T, Scales D, Writer H, Yildirim S, Young B, Shemie S; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group and in collaboration with the Bertram Loeb Chair and Research Consortium in Organ and Tissue Donation.Vital signs after cardiac arrest following withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy: a multicenter prospective observational study*. Crit Care Med. 2014 Nov;42(11):2358-69. PMID: 24810533

Menon K, Ward R. A Study of Consent for Participation in a Non-Therapeutic Study in the Pediatric Intensive Care Population. J Med Ethics 2014;40(2):123-6. PMID: 23345569

Karam O, Tucci M, Lacroix J, Rimensberger PC; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group and of the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigator Network.. International survey on plasma transfusion practices in critically ill children. Transfusion. 2014 Apr;54(4):1125-32. PMID: 24032693

Dhanani S, Ward R, Hornby L, Barrowman NJ, Hornby K, Shemie SD for the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Survey of determination of death after cardiac arrest by intensive care physicians. Crit Care Med 2012;40:1449-55. PMID: 22430244

McNally JD, Menon K, Williams K, Chakraborty P, Doherty D for the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Vitamin D Status in Pediatric Critical Illness. Pediatrics. 2012;130(3):429-36. PMID:22869837

Duffett M, Burns KEA, Kho M, Lauzier L, Meade M,, Arnold D, Adhikari N,  Lamontagne L, Cook DJ for ACCADEMY and for the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Consent in critical care trials: a survey of Canadian research ethics boards and critical care researchers. J Crit Care. 2011;26(5):533. PMID: 21376518

Karam O, Tucci M, Ducruet T, Hume HA, Lacroix J, Gauvin F; for the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group and the PALISI Network. Red blood cell transfusion thresholds in pediatric patients with sepsis. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2011 Sep;12(5):512-518. PMID: 21057356

Gauvin F, Spinella PC, Lacroix J, Choker G, Ducruet T, Karam O, Hébert PC, Hutchison JS, Hume HA, Tucci M, on behalf of the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group and the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI) Network.  Association between length of storage of transfused red blood cells and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome in pediatric intensive care patients. Transfusion. 2010 Sep;50(9):1902-13 PMID: 20456697