Funded Research Outcomes
Papers Published on Foundation Funded Projects - 2011
Title |
Grantee |
Journal |
Functional Electrical Stimulation Therapy of Voluntary Grasping Versus Only Conventional Rehabilitation for Patients With Subacute Incomplete Tetraplegia: A Randomized Clinical Trial |
Dr. Colleen McGillivray |
Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair |
Influence of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure on Outcomes of Rehabilitation in Stroke Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea |
Dr. Douglas Bradley |
Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association |
Transient lipopolysaccharide-induced cytokine responses in the maternal serum and amniotic fluid of the guinea pig |
Dr. Graeme Smith |
American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology |
A multifaceted strategy to reduce inappropriate use of frozen plasma transfusions in the intensive care unit |
Dr. Donald M. Arnold |
Journal of Critical Care |
Functional Disability 5 Years after Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome |
Dr. Margaret S. Herridge |
The New England Journal of Medicine |
Recombinant factor VIIa affects anastomotic patency of vascular grafts in a rabbit model |
Dr. David Mazer |
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery |
Comparison of the In Vitro Safety of Intraocular Dyes using Two Retinal Cell Lines: A Focus on Brilliant Blue G and Indocyanine Green |
Dr. Darana Yuen |
American Journal of Ophthalmology |
Ultrasound reduces the minimum effective local anaesthetic volume compared with peripheral nerve stimulation for interscalene block |
Dr. Uma Shastri |
British Journal of Anaesthesia |
Automating the weaning process with advanced closed-loop systems |
Dr. Karen Elizabeth-Ann Burns |
Intensive Care Medience |
Wean Earlier and Automatically with New technology (the WEAN study): a protocol of a multicentre, pilot randomized controlled trial |
Dr. Karen Elizabeth-Ann Burns |
Trials BioMed Central |
Failure of pediatric and neonatal trainees to meet Canadian Neonatal Resuscitation Program standards for neonatal intubation |
Dr. Zia Bismilla |
Journal of Perinatology |
Atrophy among Mucosa-Only versus Muscular Mucosa Superiorly Based Pharyngeal Flaps: A Pilot Animal Study |
Drs. Murad Husein and Damir Matic |
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery |
Effect of N-Acetylcysteine on Serum Creatinine and Kidney Function: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial |
Dr. Louise Moist |
American Journal of Kidney Diseases |
Nocturnal Hemodialysis Is Associated with Restoration of Early-Outgrowth Endothelial Progenitor-Like Cell Function |
Drs. Darren A. Yuen, Howard Leong-Poi and Christopher T. Chan |
Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology |
Prevalence of Nocturnal Hypoglycemia in Pediatric Type 1 Diabetes: A Pilot Study Using Continuous Glucose Monitoring |
Dr. Alexandra Ahmet |
The Journal of Pediatrics |
Angiotensin converting enzyme-2 confers endothelial protection and attenuates atherosclerosis. |
Dr. Kevin Levitt and Dr. Subodh Verma |
American Journal of Physiology, Heart and Circulatory Physiology |
Effect of a Multifaceted Intervention on Adherence to Hand Hygiene among Healthcare Workers: A Cluster-Randomized Trial |
Dr. Mark Loeb |
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology |
Incidence and Characteristics of Facial Nerve Stimulation in Children With Cochlear Implants |
Dr. Sharon Cushing and Dr. Blake Papsin |
Laryngoscope |
Facial Nerve Electromyography: A Useful Tool in Detecting Nonauditory Side Effects of Cochlear Implantation |
Dr. Sharon Cushing and Dr. Blake Papsin |
Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery |
Norflaxacin Therapy for Hepatopulmonary Syndrome: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial |
Dr. Marie Faughnan |
Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology |
A framework for applying unfamiliar trial designs in studies of rare diseases |
Dr. Marie Faughnan |
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology *accepted Dec 2010 |
Effect of Human Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Gene Transfer on Endogenous Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor mRNA Expression in a Rat Fibroblast and Osteoblast Culture Model |
Drs. Emil Schemitsch, Ru Li and Duncan John Stewart |
Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma |
Effect of Cell-Based VEGF Gene Therapy on Healing of a Segmental Bone Defect |
Drs. Emil Schemitsch, Ru Li and Duncan John Stewart |
Journal of Orthopaedic Research |
Endothelial Progenitor Cells Promote Fracture Healing in a Segmental Bone Defect Model |
Drs. Emil Schemitsch, Ru Li and Duncan John Stewart |
Journal of Orthopaedic Research |
Endothelial Progenitor Cells for Fracture Healing: A Microcomputed Tomography and Biomechanical Analysis |
Drs. Emil Schemitsch, Ru Li and Duncan John Stewart |
Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma *accepted March 2011 for publication August 2011 |
Changes in Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Cortical Activation After Decompression of Cervical Spondylosis: Case Report |
Dr. Neil Duggal |
Neurosurgery |
Brain reorganization in patients with spinal cord compression evaluated using fMRI |
Dr. Neil Duggal |
Neurology |
Prevalence and Predictors of Urethral Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Infection in Male Inmates in an Ontario Correctional Facility |
Drs. Fiona Kouyoumdjian, Cheryl Main, Liviana Calzavara and Lori Keifer |
Canadian Journal of Public Health |
Combined oro-caecal scintigraphy and lactulose hydrogen breath testing demonstrate that breath testing detects oro-caeceal transit, not small intestinal bacterial overgrowth in patients with IBS |
Drs. Derek Yu and Stephen Vanner |
Gut |
A Moderated Journal Club Is More Effective than an Internet Journal Club in Teaching Critical Appraisal Skills: Results of a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial |
Dr. Robin McLeod |
Journal of the American College of Surgeons |
Activating Transcription Factor 3 Confers Protection against Ventilator-induced Lung Injury |
Dr. Claudia dos Santos |
American Journal of Respiratory Critical Care Medicine |
Neuroimmune Regulation of Ventilator-induced Lung Injury |
Dr. Claudia dos Santos |
American Journal of Respiratory Critical Care Medicine |
Hand Motion Analysis Using the Imperial College Surgical Assessment Device: Validation of a Novel and Objective Performance Measure in Ultrasound-Guided Peripheral Nerve Blockade |
Drs. Megan Hayter and Vincent Chan |
Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine |
Endothelial Progenitor Cells for Fracture Healing: A Microcomputed Tomography and Biomechanical Analysis |
Drs. Aaron Nauth and Emil Schemitsch |
Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma |
Slowing Down to Stay Out of Trouble in the Operating Room: Remaining Attentive in Automaticity |
Drs. Carol-anne Moulton, Glenn Regehr and Helen MacRae |
Academic Medicine |
‘Slowing Down When You Should’: Initiators and Influences of the Transition from the Routine to the Effortful |
Drs. Carol-anne Moulton, Glenn Regehr and Helen MacRae |
Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery |
Operating from the Other Side of the Table: Control Dynamics and the Surgeon Educator |
Drs. Carol-anne Moulton, Glenn Regehr and Helen MacRae |
Journal of the American College of Surgeons |
A Comparison of Sartorius Versus Quadriceps Stimulation for Femoral Nerve Block: A Prospective Randomized Double-Blind Controlled Trial |
Drs. Imad T. Awad, Colin J. McCartney and Jonathan P. Anns |
Anesthesia & Analgesia |
Increased lung clearance of isoflurane shortens emergence in obesity: a prospective randomized-controlled trial |
Drs. Rita Katznelson, Zeev Friedman and Joseph Fisher |
Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica |
A Molecular Signature of Proteinuria in Glomerulonephritis |
Drs. Heather N. Reich and Andrew M. Herzenberg (deceased) |
PLoS ONE |
The novel immunoregulatory molecule FGL2: A potential biomarker for severity of chronic hepatitis C virus infection |
Drs. Gary A. Levy and E. Jenny Heathcote |
Journal of Hepatology |
A comparison between the Boussignac™ continuous positive airway pressure mask and the venturi mask in terms of improvement in the PaO2/FIO2 ratio in morbidly obese patients undergoing bariatric surgery: a randomized controlled trial |
Dr. David Wong |
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia |
Statins and renovascular disease in the elderly: a population-based cohort study |
Dr. Daniel Hackam |
European Heart Journal |
Biomechanical Analysis of Lateral Pin Placements for Pediatric Supracondylar Humerus Fractures |
Drs. Amre Hamdi and Ken Kontio |
Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics |
The Extra-Hematopoietic Role of Erythropoietin in Diabetes Mellitus |
Drs. Minna Woo and Ravi Retnakaran |
Current Diabetes Reviews |
Erythropoietin protects against diabetes through direct effects on pancreatic β cells |
Drs. Minna Woo and Ravi Retnakaran |
The Journal of Experimental Medicine |
Warfarin Dose Assessment Every 4 Weeks Versus Every 12 Weeks in Patients With Stable International Normalized Ratios |
Dr. Sam Schulman |
Annals of Internal Medicine |
Rapid versus standard intravenous rehydration in paediatric gastroenteritis: pragmatic blinded randomised clinical trial |
Dr. Stephen B. Freedman |
British Medical Journal |
Open Reduction Internal Fixation Versus Percutaneous Pinning With External Fixation of Distal Radius Fractures: A Prospective, Randomized Clinical Trial |
Dr. Kenneth J. Faber and Dr. Joy C. MacDermid |
Journal of Hand Surgery |
