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| Henry T StelfoxSummaryAffiliation: University of Calgary Country: Canada Publications
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A qualitative analysis of a consensus process to develop quality indicators of injury careNiklas Bobrovitz
Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
Implement Sci 8:45. 2013..However, there are limited studies of the key domains that are considered during panel discussion when developing quality indicators...
Prospective cohort study protocol to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Quality of Trauma Care Patient-Reported Experience Measure (QTAC-PREM)Niklas Bobrovitz
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 4Z6, Canada
BMC Health Serv Res 13:98. 2013..The objective of this study is to test the reliability, validity, and feasibility of the QTAC-PREM in multiple Canadian trauma centers and to refine the measure based on the results...
Developing a patient and family-centred approach for measuring the quality of injury care: a study protocolHenry T Stelfox
Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services, Calgary Zone, Canada
BMC Health Serv Res 13:31. 2013..The primary objective of this research protocol is to develop and evaluate the first set of patient and family-centred QIs of injury care for critically injured patients..
Trauma center quality improvement programs in the United States, Canada, and AustralasiaHenry T Stelfox
Departments of Critical Care Medicine, Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Canada
Ann Surg 256:163-9. 2012..To compare quality improvement (QI) programs of trauma centers in 4 high-income countries...
Assessment of the safety and feasibility of administering anti-pyretic therapy in critically ill adults: study protocol of a randomized trialDaniel J Niven
Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Calgary, and Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
BMC Res Notes 5:147. 2012..The biologic response to these two different temperature control strategies will also be assessed through analysis of a panel of inflammatory mediators...
Trauma quality improvement in low and middle income countries of the Asia-Pacific region: a mixed methods studyHenry Thomas Stelfox
Department of Critical Care Medicine, Medicine and Community Health Sciences, Institute for Public Health, University of Calgary, Teaching Research and Wellness Building, 3280 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4Z6, Canada
World J Surg 36:1978-92. 2012..We sought to explore opportunities to improve trauma QI activities in LMIC, focusing on the Asia-Pacific region...
Trauma center volume and quality improvement programsHenry T Stelfox
Department of Critical Care Medicine, Institute for Public Health, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
J Trauma Acute Care Surg 72:962-7. 2012..This relationship is less clear in injury management. We sought to evaluate whether a relationship exists between trauma center volume and the nature of quality improvement (QI) programs...
Intensive care unit bed availability and outcomes for hospitalized patients with sudden clinical deteriorationHenry T Stelfox
Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Calgary, Teaching, Research and Wellness Building, 3280 Hospital Dr NW, Calgary, AB, Canada
Arch Intern Med 172:467-74. 2012..We evaluated the effect of ICU bed availability on processes and outcomes of care for hospitalized patients with sudden clinical deterioration...
Evidence for quality indicators to evaluate adult trauma care: a systematic reviewHenry T Stelfox
Department of Critical Care Medicine, Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Crit Care Med 39:846-59. 2011..We sought to systematically review the evidence about the reliability, validity, and implementation of quality indicators for evaluating trauma care...
A systematic review of quality indicators for evaluating pediatric trauma careHenry T Stelfox
Department of Critical Care Medicine, Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
Crit Care Med 38:1187-96. 2010..We sought to systematically review the literature on quality indicators for evaluating pediatric trauma care...
Quality indicators used by trauma centers for performance measurementMaria Jose Santana
Department Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
J Trauma Acute Care Surg 72:1298-302; discussion 12303. 2012..Measuring and reporting quality of care is a critical step to improve the quality of care. QIs compare actual trauma care against ideal criteria and identify patients in whom care may have been suboptimal and should be further reviewed...
A qualitative study to identify opportunities for improving trauma quality improvementMaria Jose Santana
Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
J Crit Care 27:738.e1-7. 2012..Quality improvement (QI) is a central tenant of trauma center accreditation in most countries, but its effectiveness is largely unknown. We sought to explore opportunities for improving trauma QI...
Fever in the critically ill: a review of epidemiology, immunology, and managementDaniel J Niven
Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
J Intensive Care Med 27:290-7. 2012..As such, a review of the epidemiology, molecular mechanisms, and immunology of fever as well as the evidence behind management of fever in the critically ill is pertinent to all critical care practitioners...
Access to trauma systems in CanadaSyed Morad Hameed
Research Committee of the Trauma Association of Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
J Trauma 69:1350-61; discussion 1361. 2010..We sought to describe the current status of trauma systems in Canada and Canadians' access to acute, multidisciplinary trauma care...
Clinical review: Intra-abdominal hypertension: does it influence the physiology of prone ventilation?Andrew W Kirkpatrick
Regional Trauma Services, Foothills Medical Centre, 1403 29 Street NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Crit Care 14:232. 2010..Theories relating inter-relations between prone positioning and the abdominal condition are presented to aid in designing these studies...
Temporal Artery versus Bladder Thermometry during Adult Medical-Surgical Intensive Care Monitoring: An Observational StudyHenry T Stelfox
Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
BMC Anesthesiol 10:13. 2010....
