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Andrew McRae

Assistant Professor, Depts of Emergency Medicine & Community Health Sciences …
Verified email at ucalgary.ca
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[HTML][HTML] The Ottawa statement on the ethical design and conduct of cluster randomized trials

C Weijer, JM Grimshaw, MP Eccles, AD McRae… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
… Use of electronic medical record or administrative data sources is to be recommended, as the
burden and risk of data collection is much reduced, provided that (1) the raw data are fully …

[HTML][HTML] Ethical issues posed by cluster randomized trials in health research

…, JC Brehaut, A Donner, MP Eccles, A Gallo, AD McRae… - Trials, 2011 - Springer
The cluster randomized trial (CRT) is used increasingly in knowledge translation research,
quality improvement research, community based intervention studies, public health research, …

Chest ultrasonography versus supine chest radiography for diagnosis of pneumothorax in trauma patients in the emergency department

KK Chan, DA Joo, AD McRae… - Cochrane database …, 2020 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Chest X‐ray (CXR) is a longstanding method for the diagnosis of pneumothorax
but chest ultrasonography (CUS) may be a safer, more rapid, and more accurate modality …

[HTML][HTML] When is informed consent required in cluster randomized trials in health research?

AD McRae, C Weijer, A Binik, JM Grimshaw, R Boruch… - Trials, 2011 - Springer
This article is part of a series of papers examining ethical issues in cluster randomized trials
(CRTs) in health research. In the introductory paper in this series, we set out six areas of …

Electrical versus pharmacological cardioversion for emergency department patients with acute atrial fibrillation (RAFF2): a partial factorial randomised trial

…, D Birnie, A Vadeboncoeur, CM Hohl, AD McRae… - The Lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Acute atrial fibrillation is the most common arrythmia treated in the emergency
department. Our primary aim was to compare conversion to sinus rhythm between …

Multicenter emergency department validation of the Canadian syncope risk score

…, M Mukarram, MJ Nemnom, AD McRae… - JAMA internal …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The management of patients with syncope in the emergency department (ED) is
challenging because no robust risk tool available has been recommended for clinical use. …

Prospective and explicit clinical validation of the Ottawa heart failure risk scale, with and without use of quantitative NT‐pro BNP

…, BH Rowe, SD Aaron, AD McRae… - Academic …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives We previously developed the Ottawa Heart Failure Risk Scale ( OHFRS ) to assist
with disposition decisions for acute heart failure patients in the emergency department ( ED …

[HTML][HTML] What is the role and authority of gatekeepers in cluster randomized trials in health research?

…, JC Brehaut, A Donner, MP Eccles, AD McRae… - Trials, 2012 - Springer
This article is part of a series of papers examining ethical issues in cluster randomized trials
(CRTs) in health research. In the introductory paper in this series, we set out six areas of …

Duration of electrocardiographic monitoring of emergency department patients with syncope

…, BH Rowe, MLA Sivilotti, AD McRae… - Circulation, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: The optimal duration of cardiac rhythm monitoring after emergency department
(ED) presentation for syncope is poorly described. We sought to describe the incidence and …

CAEP acute atrial fibrillation/flutter best practices checklist

…, T Tebbenham, K de Wit, AD McRae… - Canadian Journal of …, 2018 - cambridge.org
Checklist was created to assist emergency physicians in Canada and elsewhere manage
patients who present to the emergency department (ED) with acute/recentonset atrial …