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CCM Research

The program structure is well-suited for trainees that are self-directed in their learning as well as those that are motivated to complete scholarly projects during the course of their training. This may be original research or a quality assurance project. Research mentors, Dr. Kim Lewis and Dr. Bram Rochwerg currently oversee the Research-in-Progress meetings on a quarterly basis to monitor trainee progress and provide guidance on their research process.

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