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List of works by Diane Heels-Ansdell

(Sample) Size Matters! An Examination of Sample Size From the SPRINT Trial Study to Prospectively Evaluate Reamed Intramedullary Nails in Patients With Tibial Fractures

scientific article published on April 1, 2013

A Trial of Wound Irrigation in the Initial Management of Open Fracture Wounds

scientific article published on 08 October 2015

A randomized multicenter trial to evaluate simple utility elicitation techniques in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease

scientific article published in November 2004

A randomized trial of Pegaptanib sodium for age-related macular degeneration used an innovative design to explore disease-modifying effects

scientific article published on 11 December 2006

A randomized trial of strategies for assessing eligibility for long-term domiciliary oxygen therapy

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Addressing continuous data for participants excluded from trial analysis: a guide for systematic reviewers

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Addressing continuous data measured with different instruments for participants excluded from trial analysis: a guide for systematic reviewers

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Adjudication of bleeding outcomes in an international thromboprophylaxis trial in critical illness

scientific article published on 12 January 2013

An analysis of general medical and specialist journals that endorse CONSORT found that reporting was not enforced consistently

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An international prospective cohort study evaluating major vascular complications among patients undergoing noncardiac surgery: the VISION Pilot Study

scientific article published on December 13, 2011

An observational study found that authors of randomized controlled trials frequently use concealment of randomization and blinding, despite the failure to report these methods

scientific article published in December 2004

Application of generalizability theory confirmed lower reliability of the standard gamble than the feeling thermometer

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Arthroplasty Versus Internal Fixation for the Treatment of Undisplaced Femoral Neck Fractures: A Retrospective Cohort Study

scientific article published on 01 November 2020

Association Between Myocardial Injury and Cardiovascular Outcomes of Orthopaedic Surgery: A Vascular Events in Noncardiac Surgery Patients Cohort Evaluation (VISION) Substudy

scientific article published on 02 March 2020

Association between complications and death within 30 days after noncardiac surgery

scientific article published on 1 July 2019

Association between postoperative troponin levels and 30-day mortality among patients undergoing noncardiac surgery

scientific article published in June 2012

Association of Disability Benefits and/or Litigation with Time to Return to Work after Tibia Fracture Fixation

scientific article published on 05 March 2020

Association of Postoperative High-Sensitivity Troponin Levels With Myocardial Injury and 30-Day Mortality Among Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery

scientific article published on April 2017

Association of Three-Month Radiographic Union Score for Tibia Fractures (RUST) with Nonunion in Tibial Shaft Fracture Patients

scientific article published on 27 May 2020

Association of psychotherapy with disability benefit claim closure among patients disabled due to depression

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Association of worker characteristics and early reimbursement for physical therapy, chiropractic and opioid prescriptions with workers' compensation claim duration, for cases of acute low back pain: an observational cohort study

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Author reply: the master-question: meta-analyses and stopped-early randomized trials—a problem?

Bilevel noninvasive positive pressure ventilation for acute respiratory failure: survey of Ontario practice

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Bleeding during critical illness: a prospective cohort study using a new measurement tool.

scientific article published on January 2007

Capability of ischemia-modified albumin to predict serious cardiac outcomes in the short term among patients with potential acute coronary syndrome

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Clinician Perspectives on Caring for Dying Patients During the Pandemic : A Mixed-Methods Study

scientific article published on 08 December 2020

Co-enrollment of critically ill patients into multiple studies: patterns, predictors and consequences

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Compassionate End-of-Life Care: Mixed-Methods Multisite Evaluation of the 3 Wishes Project

scientific article published on 12 November 2019

Competing Risk Analysis for Evaluation of Dalteparin Versus Unfractionated Heparin for Venous Thromboembolism in Medical-Surgical Critically Ill Patients

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Correction to: Efficacy and safety of stress ulcer prophylaxis in critically ill patients: a network meta-analysis of randomized trials.

scientific article published on 11 December 2017

Correction: Association of Psychotherapy with Disability Benefit Claim Closure among Patients Disabled Due to Depression.

scientific article published on 3 January 2014

Correction: Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression in Patients Receiving Disability Benefits: A Systematic Review and Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis.

scientific article published on 14 June 2013

Cost-effectiveness of dalteparin vs unfractionated heparin for the prevention of venous thromboembolism in critically ill patients

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Credibility of claims of subgroup effects in randomised controlled trials: systematic review

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Critical-sized defect in the tibia: is it critical? Results from the SPRINT trial

scientific article published in November 2014

Dalteparin versus Unfractionated Heparin in Critically Ill Patients

scientific article (publication date: 7 April 2011)

Development and validation of an instrument to predict functional recovery in tibial fracture patients: the Somatic Pre-Occupation and Coping (SPOC) questionnaire

scientific article published on June 2012

Disease-specific education in the primary care setting increases the knowledge of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 22 October 2009

Drug treatments for covid-19: living systematic review and network meta-analysis

scientific article published on 30 July 2020

Early Radiographic Union Score for Hip Is Predictive of Femoral Neck Fracture Complications within 2 Years

scientific article published on 22 November 2019

Economic Evaluation of Reamed versus Unreamed Intramedullary Nailing in Patients with Closed and Open Tibial Fractures: Results from the Study to Prospectively Evaluate Reamed Intramedullary Nails in Patients with Tibial Fractures (SPRINT)

scientific article published on May 25, 2011

Economic evaluation alongside the Probiotics to Prevent Severe Pneumonia and Endotracheal Colonization Trial (E-PROSPECT): study protocol

scientific article published on 28 June 2020

Economic evaluation of the prophylaxis for thromboembolism in critical care trial (E-PROTECT): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 20 December 2014

Effectiveness of Iodophor vs Chlorhexidine Solutions for Surgical Site Infections and Unplanned Reoperations for Patients Who Underwent Fracture Repair: The PREP-IT Master Protocol

scientific article published on 1 April 2020

Effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy for depression in patients receiving disability benefits: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis

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Efficacy and safety of stress ulcer prophylaxis in critically ill patients: a network meta-analysis of randomized trials

scientific article published on 4 December 2017

Electronic nicotine delivery systems and/or electronic non-nicotine delivery systems for tobacco smoking cessation or reduction: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Elevated cardiac troponin measurements in critically ill patients

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Elevated troponin and myocardial infarction in the intensive care unit: a prospective study

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Enrollment of intensive care unit patients into clinical studies: a trinational survey of researchers' experiences, beliefs, and practices

scientific article published on July 2008

Etiology of troponin elevation in critically ill patients

scientific article published on 24 September 2009

Evaluating probiotics for the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia: a randomised placebo-controlled multicentre trial protocol and statistical analysis plan for PROSPECT

scientific article published on 20 June 2019

Factors Associated With Mortality After Surgical Management of Femoral Neck Fractures

scientific article published on 01 November 2020

Factors Associated With Revision Surgery After Internal Fixation of Hip Fractures.

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Factors Associated with Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Open Fractures

scientific article published on 26 July 2017

Factors associated with the duration of disability benefits claims among Canadian workers: a retrospective cohort study

scientific article published on January 2017

Failure of anticoagulant thromboprophylaxis: risk factors in medical-surgical critically ill patients*.

scientific article published on February 2015

Fiber for the treatment of hemorrhoids complications: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Fixation using Alternative Implants for the Treatment of Hip Fractures (FAITH-2): The Clinical Outcomes of a Multi-Centre 2x2 Factorial Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial in Young Femoral Neck Fracture Patients

scientific article published on 24 July 2020

Fixation using alternative implants for the treatment of hip fractures (FAITH-2): design and rationale for a pilot multi-centre 2 × 2 factorial randomized controlled trial in young femoral neck fracture patients

scientific article published on 28 May 2019

Fluid Resuscitation in Sepsis

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GRADE guidelines 17: assessing the risk of bias associated with missing participant outcome data in a body of evidence

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Hand hygiene in the intensive care unit: prospective observations of clinical practice

scientific article published on 01 October 2008

Hemicraniectomy versus medical treatment with large MCA infarct: a review and meta-analysis

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Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in medical surgical critical illness

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Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in the critically ill: interpreting the 4Ts test in a randomized trial

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Identifying adults at risk of COPD who need confirmatory spirometry in primary care: Do symptom-based questions help?

scientific article published on February 1, 2011

Incidence and Remission of Nocturia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

scientific article published on 19 February 2016

Internal consistency reliability is a poor predictor of responsiveness

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Interobserver reliability of classification systems to rate the quality of femoral neck fracture reduction

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Is Total Hip Arthroplasty a Cost-Effective Option for Management of Displaced Femoral Neck Fractures? A Trial-Based Analysis of the HEALTH Study

scientific article published on 01 November 2020

Is a pre-operative brain natriuretic peptide or N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide measurement an independent predictor of adverse cardiovascular outcomes within 30 days of noncardiac surgery? A systematic review and meta-analysis of observat

scientific article published on October 2009

Is a subgroup claim believable? A user's guide to subgroup analyses in the surgical literature

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Is blinding the endoscopists to bowel preparations in randomized-controlled trials a reality?

scientific article published on 20 November 2006

Laxatives for the treatment of hemorrhoids

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Long-term Impact of Mode of Delivery on Stress Urinary Incontinence and Urgency Urinary Incontinence: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

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Loss of Independence After Operative Management of Femoral Neck Fractures

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

Low intensity pulsed ultrasound for bone healing: systematic review of randomized controlled trials

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Low-molecular-weight heparin venous thromboprophylaxis in critically ill patients with renal dysfunction: A subgroup analysis of the PROTECT trial.

scientific article published in June 2018

Lowering of glucose in critical care: a randomized pilot trial

scientific article published on 31 January 2007

Microbial dysbiosis and mortality during mechanical ventilation: a prospective observational study

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Motivators and Stressors for Canadian Research Coordinators in Critical Care: The MOTIVATE Survey

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

Multicentre pilot randomised clinical trial of early in-bed cycle ergometry with ventilated patients

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Myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery: a large, international, prospective cohort study establishing diagnostic criteria, characteristics, predictors, and 30-day outcomes

scientific article published in March 2014

Narrative medicine and death in the ICU: word clouds as a visual legacy

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Nonleg venous thrombosis in critically ill adults: a nested prospective cohort study

scientific article published on May 2014

Nonunion in Patients with Tibial Shaft Fractures: Is Early Physical Status Associated with Fracture Healing?

scientific article published on 12 April 2020

Osteochondroplasty and Labral Repair for the Treatment of Young Adults With Femoroacetabular Impingement: A Randomized Controlled Trial

scientific article published on 24 September 2020

PROphylaxis for ThromboEmbolism in Critical Care Trial protocol and analysis plan

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Payments for care at private for-profit and private not-for-profit hospitals: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Perceptions of authors' contributions are influenced by both byline order and designation of corresponding author.

scientific article published on 26 June 2014

Personalizing death in the intensive care unit: the 3 Wishes Project: a mixed-methods study

scientific article published on 14 July 2015

Prediction scores do not correlate with clinically adjudicated categories of pulmonary embolism in critically ill patients

scientific article published on 30 September 2013

Predictors of Long-Term Pain After Hip Arthroplasty in Patients With Femoral Neck Fractures: A Cohort Study

scientific article published on 01 November 2020

Predictors of Medical Serious Adverse Events in Hip Fracture Patients Treated With Arthroplasty

scientific article published on 01 November 2020

Preoperative N-Terminal Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide and Cardiovascular Events After Noncardiac Surgery: A Cohort Study

scientific article published on 24 December 2019

Preoperative levels of natriuretic peptides and the incidence of postoperative atrial fibrillation after noncardiac surgery: a prospective cohort study

scientific article published on 01 December 2020

Probiotics: Prevention of Severe Pneumonia and Endotracheal Colonization Trial-PROSPECT: a pilot trial

scientific article published on 02 August 2016

Problems with use of composite end points in cardiovascular trials: systematic review of randomised controlled trials

scientific article published on 2 April 2007

Prognostic capabilities of coronary computed tomographic angiography before non-cardiac surgery: prospective cohort study

scientific article published on 22 April 2015

Prognostic value of troponin and creatine kinase muscle and brain isoenzyme measurement after noncardiac surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on April 2011

Prophylaxis against deep vein thrombosis in critically ill patients with severe renal insufficiency with the low-molecular-weight heparin dalteparin: an assessment of safety and pharmacodynamics: the DIRECT study

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Radiographs of hip fractures were digitally altered to mask surgeons to the type of implant without compromising the reliability of quality ratings or making the rating process more difficult

scientific article published on 7 September 2008

Rates and determinants of informed consent: A case study of an international thromboprophylaxis trial

scientific article published on October 22, 2012

Re-evaluation of low intensity pulsed ultrasound in treatment of tibial fractures (TRUST): randomized clinical trial

scientific article published on 25 October 2016

Reliability of electrocardiogram interpretation in critically ill patients*

scientific article published on 01 May 2006

Research ethics board approval for an international thromboprophylaxis trial

scientific article published on 04 February 2012

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Risk factors and impact of major bleeding in critically ill patients receiving heparin thromboprophylaxis

scientific article published on 14 August 2013

Risk factors for and prediction of mortality in critically ill medical-surgical patients receiving heparin thromboprophylaxis

scientific article published on 27 February 2016

Specific HRQL instruments and symptom scores were more responsive than preference-based generic instruments in patients with GERD.

scientific article published on 10 July 2008

Specific instructions for estimating unclearly reported blinding status in randomized trials were reliable and valid

scientific article published on 24 December 2011

Stopping randomized trials early for benefit and estimation of treatment effects: systematic review and meta-regression analysis

scientific article published on March 2010

Stopping randomized trials early for benefit: a protocol of the Study Of Trial Policy Of Interim Truncation-2 (STOPIT-2)

scientific article published on 06 July 2009

Systematic reviewers neglect bias that results from trials stopped early for benefit

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The Impact of Nocturia on Falls and Fractures: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

scientific article published on 26 July 2019

The Impact of Nocturia on Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

scientific article published on 31 July 2019

The Work Productivity and Activity Impairment Questionnaire for Patients with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (WPAI-GERD): responsiveness to change and English language validation

scientific article published on 01 January 2007

The association between platelet transfusions and bleeding in critically ill patients with thrombocytopenia

scientific article published on 31 May 2017

The diagnosis of myocardial infarction in critically ill patients: an agreement study.

scientific article published on 17 January 2009

The effect of bright light therapy on depression associated with premenstrual dysphoric disorder

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The impact of illness in patients with moderate to severe gastro-esophageal reflux disease

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The influence of demographic factors and health-related quality of life on treatment satisfaction in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease treated with esomeprazole

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The influence of study characteristics on reporting of subgroup analyses in randomised controlled trials: systematic review

scientific article published on 28 March 2011

Thrombocytopenia in critically ill patients receiving thromboprophylaxis: frequency, risk factors, and outcomes

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Thromboprophylaxis patterns and determinants in critically ill patients: a multicenter audit

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Total Hip Arthroplasty or Hemiarthroplasty for Hip Fracture

scientific article published on 26 September 2019

Treatment effects on patient-important outcomes can be small, even with large effects on surrogate markers

scientific article published on May 18, 2012

Use of both Short Musculoskeletal Function Assessment questionnaire and Short Form-36 among tibial-fracture patients was redundant

scientific article published on 11 April 2009

Venous thromboembolism and bleeding in critically ill patients with severe renal insufficiency receiving dalteparin thromboprophylaxis: prevalence, incidence and risk factors

scientific article published on 3 March 2008

What Factors Increase Revision Surgery Risk When Treating Displaced Femoral Neck Fractures With Arthroplasty: A Secondary Analysis of the HEALTH Trial

scientific article published on 01 November 2020

What Predicts Health-Related Quality of Life for Patients With Displaced Femoral Neck Fractures Managed With Arthroplasty? A Secondary Analysis of the HEALTH Trial

scientific article published on 01 November 2020

Which Surgical Treatment for Open Tibial Shaft Fractures Results in the Fewest Reoperations? A Network Meta-analysis

scientific article published on 28 February 2015