Michelle E Kho

Summary

Affiliation: McMaster University
Country: Canada

Publications

  1. ncbi Process description and evaluation of Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines development
    Mark S Tremblay
    Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group HALO, Children s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L1 Canada
    Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 7:42. 2010
  2. ncbi Safety Climate Survey: reliability of results from a multicenter ICU survey
    M E Kho
    McMaster University, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
    Qual Saf Health Care 14:273-8. 2005
  3. ncbi Riding the knowledge translation roundabout: lessons learned from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Summer Institute in knowledge translation
    Michelle E Kho
    Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
    Implement Sci 4:33. 2009
  4. ncbi The climate of patient safety in a Canadian intensive care unit
    Michelle E Kho
    Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    J Crit Care 24:469.e7-13. 2009
  5. ncbi Written informed consent and selection bias in observational studies using medical records: systematic review
    Michelle E Kho
    Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, Canada L8S 4L8
    BMJ 338:b866. 2009
  6. ncbi Interrater reliability of APACHE II scores for medical-surgical intensive care patients: a prospective blinded study
    Michelle E Kho
    Health Research Methodology Program, at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    Am J Crit Care 16:378-83. 2007
  7. ncbi Development of the AGREE II, part 1: performance, usefulness and areas for improvement
    Melissa C Brouwers
    McMaster University, Program in Evidence based Care, Cancer Care Ontario, ON, Canada
    CMAJ 182:1045-52. 2010
  8. ncbi The Global Rating Scale complements the AGREE II in advancing the quality of practice guidelines
    Melissa C Brouwers
    McMaster University, Department of Oncology, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Program in Evidence based Care, Cancer Care Ontario, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    J Clin Epidemiol 65:526-34. 2012
  9. ncbi Quality of reporting of surveys in critical care journals: a methodologic review
    Mark Duffett
    Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    Crit Care Med 40:441-9. 2012
  10. ncbi Hypotonic versus isotonic saline in hospitalised children: a systematic review
    K Choong
    Department of Paediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    Arch Dis Child 91:828-35. 2006

Detail Information

Publications15

  1. ncbi Process description and evaluation of Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines development
    Mark S Tremblay
    Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group HALO, Children s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L1 Canada
    Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 7:42. 2010
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  2. ncbi Safety Climate Survey: reliability of results from a multicenter ICU survey
    M E Kho
    McMaster University, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
    Qual Saf Health Care 14:273-8. 2005
    ..It is important to understand the clinical properties of instruments used to measure patient safety before they are used in the setting of an intensive care unit (ICU)...
  3. ncbi Riding the knowledge translation roundabout: lessons learned from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Summer Institute in knowledge translation
    Michelle E Kho
    Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
    Implement Sci 4:33. 2009
    ..There is science and the application of science, and these two are linked as the fruit is to the tree.' - Louis Pasteur, 1871 (from presentation by Ian Graham, 2008 CIHR Knowledge Translation Summer Institute)...
  4. ncbi The climate of patient safety in a Canadian intensive care unit
    Michelle E Kho
    Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    J Crit Care 24:469.e7-13. 2009
    ..We assessed multidisciplinary team members' perspectives of patient safety climate in a 15-bed, closed medical-surgical intensive care unit through a self-administered questionnaire...
  5. ncbi Written informed consent and selection bias in observational studies using medical records: systematic review
    Michelle E Kho
    Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, Canada L8S 4L8
    BMJ 338:b866. 2009
    ..To determine whether informed consent introduces selection bias in prospective observational studies using data from medical records, and consent rates for such studies...
  6. ncbi Interrater reliability of APACHE II scores for medical-surgical intensive care patients: a prospective blinded study
    Michelle E Kho
    Health Research Methodology Program, at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    Am J Crit Care 16:378-83. 2007
    ..Despite widespread use of the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II), its interrater reliability has not been well studied...
  7. ncbi Development of the AGREE II, part 1: performance, usefulness and areas for improvement
    Melissa C Brouwers
    McMaster University, Program in Evidence based Care, Cancer Care Ontario, ON, Canada
    CMAJ 182:1045-52. 2010
    ..We tested a new seven-point scale, evaluated the usefulness of the original items in the instrument, investigated evidence to support shorter, tailored versions of the tool, and identified areas for improvement...
  8. ncbi The Global Rating Scale complements the AGREE II in advancing the quality of practice guidelines
    Melissa C Brouwers
    McMaster University, Department of Oncology, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Program in Evidence based Care, Cancer Care Ontario, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    J Clin Epidemiol 65:526-34. 2012
    ..To explore the role of a four-item Global Rating Scale (GRS) that could be used in place of the Appraisal of Guidelines, Research and Evaluation II (AGREE II)...
  9. ncbi Quality of reporting of surveys in critical care journals: a methodologic review
    Mark Duffett
    Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    Crit Care Med 40:441-9. 2012
    ..Adequate reporting is needed to judge methodologic quality and assess the risk of bias of surveys. The objective of this study is to describe the methodology and quality of reporting of surveys published in five critical care journals...
  10. ncbi Hypotonic versus isotonic saline in hospitalised children: a systematic review
    K Choong
    Department of Paediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    Arch Dis Child 91:828-35. 2006
    ..v.) maintenance fluids are the solutions of choice in paediatric patients have not been rigorously tested in clinical trials, and may not be appropriate for all children...
  11. ncbi Consent in critical care trials: a survey of Canadian research ethics boards and critical care researchers
    Mark Duffett
    McMaster Children s Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    J Crit Care 26:533.e11-22. 2011
    ..We compared the attitudes and beliefs of Canadian research ethics boards (REBs) and intensive care unit researchers toward the use of various consent models for a low-risk randomized controlled trial...
  12. ncbi Recruitment of multiple stakeholders to health services research: lessons from the front lines
    Michelle E Kho
    Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Henderson Site, 60 G Wing, 2nd Floor, 711 Concession Street, Hamilton, ON L8V 1C3, Canada
    BMC Health Serv Res 10:123. 2010
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  13. ncbi The Completeness of Reporting (CORE) index identifies important deficiencies in observational study conference abstracts
    Michelle E Kho
    Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
    J Clin Epidemiol 61:1241-9. 2008
    ..The aim was to develop, test, and apply an index to assess the completeness of reporting in a cohort of observational studies of conference abstracts...
  14. ncbi Development of the AGREE II, part 2: assessment of validity of items and tools to support application
    Melissa C Brouwers
    McMaster University, Cancer Care Ontario, Hamilton, Ont, Canada
    CMAJ 182:E472-8. 2010
    ..We established a program of research to improve the development, reporting and evaluation of practice guidelines. We assessed the construct validity of the items and user's manual in the beta version of the AGREE II...
  15. ncbi Comparison of referring and final pathology for patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
    Ann S LaCasce
    Department of Medical Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    J Clin Oncol 26:5107-12. 2008
    ..We sought to estimate the impact of expert review in the modern era by comparing final pathologic diagnoses at five comprehensive cancer centers with diagnoses assigned at referring centers...