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Damon C. Scales MD PhD

University of Toronto
Verified email at sunnybrook.ca
Cited by 16822

Has mortality from acute respiratory distress syndrome decreased over time? A systematic review

…, RA Fowler, JM Singh, DC Scales… - American journal of …, 2009 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: It is commonly stated that mortality from acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
and acute lung injury (ALI) is decreasing. Objectives: To systematically review the …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical practice guidelines for the use of noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation and noninvasive continuous positive airway pressure in the acute care …

…, DJ Cook, N Ayas, NKJ Adhikari, L Hand, DC Scales… - Cmaj, 2011 - Can Med Assoc
© 2011 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors CMAJ, February 22, 2011, 183 (3)
E195 backgrounds in clinical and/or nonclinical expertise: 15 were experts in critical care …

A systematic review of the Charlson comorbidity index using Canadian administrative databases: a perspective on risk adjustment in critical care research

DM Needham, DC Scales, A Laupacis… - Journal of critical care, 2005 - Elsevier
The Charlson index is commonly used for risk adjustment in critical care health services
research. However, the literature supporting this methodology has not been thoroughly explored…

Chronic dialysis and death among survivors of acute kidney injury requiring dialysis

R Wald, RR Quinn, J Luo, P Li, DC Scales… - Jama, 2009 - jamanetwork.com
Context Severe acute kidney injury among hospitalized patients often necessitates initiation
of short-term dialysis. Little is known about the long-term outcome of those who survive to …

[HTML][HTML] Convalescent plasma for hospitalized patients with COVID-19: an open-label, randomized controlled trial

…, A McGeer, N Robitaille, BS Sachais, DC Scales… - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
The efficacy of convalescent plasma for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is unclear.
Although most randomized controlled trials have shown negative results, uncontrolled studies …

Mechanical ventilation–induced diaphragm atrophy strongly impacts clinical outcomes

…, M Dres, E Fan, GD Rubenfeld, DC Scales… - American journal of …, 2018 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Diaphragm dysfunction worsens outcomes in mechanically ventilated patients,
but the clinical impact of potentially preventable changes in diaphragm structure and function …

[HTML][HTML] Defibrillation strategies for refractory ventricular fibrillation

…, LJ Morrison, P Dorian, DC Scales - … England Journal of …, 2022 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Despite advances in defibrillation technology, shock-refractory ventricular
fibrillation remains common during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Double sequential external …

Mortality associated with withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy for patients with severe traumatic brain injury: a Canadian multicentre cohort study

AF Turgeon, F Lauzier, JF Simard, DC Scales… - Cmaj, 2011 - Can Med Assoc
… patient-level covariates (sex, age, pupillary reactivity and score on the Glasgow coma scale).
… Sixteen patients were missing scores on the Glasgow coma scale; we included data from …

[HTML][HTML] One-year outcomes in caregivers of critically ill patients

…, N Ayas, K Choong, R Fowler, DC Scales… - … England Journal of …, 2016 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Few resources are available to support caregivers of patients who have survived
critical illness; consequently, the caregivers’ own health may suffer. We studied caregiver …

The RECOVER program: disability risk groups and 1-year outcome after 7 or more days of mechanical ventilation

…, N Ayas, K Choong, R Fowler, DC Scales… - American journal of …, 2016 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Disability risk groups and 1-year outcome after greater than or equal to 7 days of
mechanical ventilation (MV) in medical/surgical intensive care unit (ICU) patients are …