Hospital length of stay following admission for traumatic brain injury in a Canadian integrated trauma system: a retrospective multicenter cohort study

PA Tardif, L Moore, A Boutin, P Dufresne, M Omar… - Injury, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the leading cause of disability in children and
young adults and costs CAD$3 billion annually in Canada. Stakeholders have expressed the …

Complications following hospital admission for traumatic brain injury: a multicenter cohort study

…, P Dufresne, A Boutin, P Lessard-Bonaventure… - Journal of critical …, 2017 - Elsevier
Purpose To evaluate the incidence, determinants and impact on outcome of in-hospital
complications in adults with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Materials and methods We conducted a …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating the effectiveness of a multifaceted intervention to reduce low-value care in adults hospitalized following trauma: a protocol for a pragmatic cluster …

…, M Sykes, H Witteman, P Lessard-Bonaventure… - Implementation …, 2023 - Springer
Background While simple Audit & Feedback (A&F) has shown modest effectiveness in
reducing low-value care, there is a knowledge gap on the effectiveness of multifaceted …

Impact of early tracheostomy versus late or no tracheostomy in nonneurologically injured adult patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

N Villemure-Poliquin, PL Bonaventure… - Critical Care …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: The optimal timing of tracheostomy in nonneurologically injured mechanically
ventilated critically ill adult patients is uncertain. We conducted a systematic review of …

Low-value clinical practices in adult traumatic brain injury: an umbrella review

…, F Lecky, J Kortbeek, P Lessard Bonaventure… - Journal of …, 2020 - liebertpub.com
Despite numerous interventions and treatment options, the outcomes of traumatic brain injury
(TBI) have improved little over the last 3 decades, which raises concern about the value of …

Quality indicators targeting low-value clinical practices in trauma care

L Moore, M Bérubé, PA Tardif, F Lauzier… - JAMA …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The use of quality indicators has been shown to improve injury care processes
and outcomes. However, trauma quality indicators proposed to date exclusively target the …

Hemoglobin thresholds and red blood cell transfusion in adult patients with moderate or severe traumatic brain injuries: a retrospective cohort study

A Boutin, L Moore, RS Green, R Zarychanski… - Journal of critical …, 2018 - Elsevier
Purpose We aimed to evaluate the association between transfusion practices and clinical
outcomes in patients with traumatic brain injury. Material and methods We conducted a …

Low-value clinical practices in injury care: a scoping review and expert consultation survey

L Moore, F Lauzier, PA Tardif, KM Boukar… - Journal of Trauma …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND Tests and treatments that are not supported by evidence and could expose
patients to unnecessary harm, referred to here as low-value clinical practices, consume up …

Posterior cingulate epilepsy: a systematic review

…, K Brochu, P Lessard-Bonaventure… - Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
In this review, authors discuss epilepsy originating from posterior cingulate regions, a
challenging entity to diagnose and most likely underrecognized. A systematic review of posterior …

Haemoglobin transfusion threshold in traumatic brain injury optimisation (HEMOTION): a multicentre, randomised, clinical trial protocol

AF Turgeon, DA Fergusson, L Clayton, MP Patton… - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the leading cause of mortality and long-term disability
in young adults. Despite the high prevalence of anaemia and red blood cell transfusion …