CCM Resident Research Exchange Day Results
Our trainees present their projects at a joint McMaster-Western Research Exchange Day held each spring. This friendly competition began over 25 years ago and is an event the trainees look forward to yearly. Please find the results below.
2022 Results
Composite Endpoints in Critical Care Randomized Clinical Trials: A Systematic Review and Critical Appraisal of the Literature
Critical Care Ultrasonography in Shock Management: A Pilot Perspective Observational Study
Evidence-Based Considerations for the Design of an Open-Sourced Ventilator: A Systematic Review
The Cardiac Intensive Care Medical Education Project: An Evidence-Based Medical Education Curriculum
2021 Results
Retrievable Inferior Vena Cava Filter for Primary Prophylaxis of Pulmonary Embolism in at-risk Trauma patients: a feasibility trial
Efficacy and Safety of Transexamic Acid in Acute Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
The Improving HandOver Quality (IHOQ) ProjectThe Improving HandOver Quality (IHOQ) Project
2020 Results
Neuromuscular blocking agents in acute respiratory distress syndrome: updated systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials
The AORTUS trial: Ultrasound guided resuscitation after open abdominal aortic surgery
The proportion & characteristics of positive & negative trials in adult critical care from 2013-2019, a systematic review/meta epidemiological study.
2019 Results
Cuff Leak Test and Airway Obstruction in Mechanically Ventilated ICU Patients (COMIC): A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Interim Analysis
Benzodiazepine-free Cardiac Anesthesia for Reduction of Delirium (B-Free): A Pilot Study to Determine the Feasibility of a Multi-Centre, Randomized Cluster Crossover Trial
The Use of Central Venous to Arterial Carbon Dioxide Tension Gap for Outcome Prediction in Critically Ill Patients. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analaysis
2018 Results
Randomized point of care ultrasound guided resuscitation and usual care comparison in the management of undifferentiated shock: The CRiXUS study
Diarrhea: Interventions, Consequences and Epidemiology in the Intensive Care Unit (ICE-ICU Study): A Prospective Multicenter Cohort Study
Predicting survival after VA-ECMO for refractory cardiogenic shock: validating the SAVE-score
2017 Results
Early Rescue from Severe Clostridium difficile Colitis: A Pilot RCT of Intestinal Lavage for the Treatment of Severe-Complicated CDI
MetaClinician – Clinical Practice: Its Variability and Consistency with SSC Guidelines
Dexemedetomindine vs. Propofol for Sedation in Patients after Cardiac Surgery: Systematic Review and Meta Analysis
2016 Results
Directly from ICU Sent to Home: Factors Associations with Increasing Rates of Discharges Directly Home from ICU (DISH Study)
Comprehensive Ultrasound Evaluation of the Failure-to-Wean Patient: a Pilot Study
Resident Reflections on End-of-Life Education: a Mixed-Methods Study of the 3 Wishes Project
2015 Results
OSCILLATE Knowledge Translation – An Audit of ARDS Management
Design of Headrest for Patients Undergoing Prone Ventilation in the ICU
The Development of a Critical Care Ultrasound Curriculum for Faculty and Fellows
2014 Results
Use of a Daily Goals Checklist on Morning Rounds: A Mixed Methods Study
Fluid Resuscitation in Sepsis: A Network Meta-Analysis
The Physical Exam in Critical Illness
2013 Results
Monitoring of Medical and Surgical Patients in Mulago Hospital, Uganda: A Pilot Observational Study Using the Modified Early Warning Score
A 12 Year Review of the Beneficial Effects of a Non-Operative Management Algorithm for Splenic Trauma
2012 Results
Sepsis Module – An Educational Tool for the Management of Sepsis
Neuromuscular Blocking Agents in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
2011 Results
Starch or Saline after Cardiac Surgery: Results of a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Resuscitative Outcomes for Surgeon vs. Non-Surgeon Trauma Team Leaders – 10 Year Experience at a Canadian Trauma Centre
Proton Pump Inhibitor vs. Histamine 2 Receptor Antagonist for Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis: a meta-analysis