- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
- Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Anesthesia and Sedative Agents
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Genital Health and Disease
- Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Issues
- Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
- COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction
- Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders
- Health and Conflict Studies
- Maternal and fetal healthcare
- Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Urologic and reproductive health conditions
- Disaster Response and Management
- Blood disorders and treatments
- Preterm Birth and Chorioamnionitis
- Pregnancy and Medication Impact
- Inflammatory Myopathies and Dermatomyositis
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences
2023
University of Toronto
2013-2023
Sunnybrook Health Science Centre
2023
Health Sciences Centre
2023
St Michaels Hospital
2016
St. Michael's Hospital
2016
Physical restraint (PR) use in the intensive care unit (ICU) has been associated with higher rates of self-extubation and prolonged ICU length stay. Our objectives were to describe patterns predictors PR use. We conducted a secondary analysis prospective observational study analgosedation, antipsychotic, neuromuscular blocker, practices 51 Canadian ICUs. Data collected prospectively for all mechanically ventilated adults admitted during two-week period. tested patient, treatment, hospital...
Nearly all patients receive sedation and neuromuscular blockers (NMBs) during high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV).To describe analgo-sedation NMB use prior to HFOV in adults with acute respiratory distress syndrome.Retrospective single-center study of 131 consecutive whose care was managed from 2002 2011.During the first 4 days HFOV, 89% 95% received opioids, respectively. Upon initiation, 119 (90.8%) fentanyl doses higher than 200 µg/h; these, 48 also more 20 mg/h midazolam....
A 62-year-old Caucasian female ex-smoker presented to the emergency department with progressive shortness of breath associated pleuritic chest pain, new arthralgias, and muscle weakness for two months. She had already been treated courses antibiotics suspected community acquired pneumonia (CAP) no improvement in her respiratory symptoms. This is a case that illustrates eventual diagnosis antisynthetase syndrome, subtype idiopathic inflammatory myopathies. Current standard diagnostic criteria...