Carmel Montgomery

Research

Aging Covid-19 Frailty

Latest papers

Bridging Diffusion of Innovation and CNS Practice Frameworks Using Digital Chest Drainage: A Clinical Exemplar.
Clinical nurse specialist CNS · 2026
Enhancing the adoption of patient engagement in critical care research: Insights from a qualitative study.
Australian critical care : official journal of the Confederation of Australian Critical Care Nurses · 2026
Psychological distress in patients receiving critical care: An evolutionary concept analysis.
Australian critical care : official journal of the Confederation of Australian Critical Care Nurses · 2026

All 11 publications

Latest funding

Co-creating Understandings of Métis Peoples' Experiences in the ICU
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$623,474
Co-creating a person-centered strategy to manage psychological stress in critically ill patients
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$100,000
REVIVe: Frailty, Rehabilitation, and Hospitalization Outcomes in Adult and Pediatric Survivors of COVID-19
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$738,224

All 4 grants and awards

11 publications.

01

Bridging Diffusion of Innovation and CNS Practice Frameworks Using Digital Chest Drainage: A Clinical Exemplar.

Picard C, Rebello L, Demmy J, Picard K, Kruger C, Grewal A, O'Dochartaigh D, Douma MJ, Middleton S, Norris CM, Montgomery C, Kim D, Culp G

Clinical nurse specialist CNS2026

DOI: 10.1097/nur.0000000000000976 PMID: 42555767

02

Enhancing the adoption of patient engagement in critical care research: Insights from a qualitative study.

Kusi-Appiah E, Allana S, Rewa O, Montgomery C, Papathanassoglou E

Australian critical care : official journal of the Confederation of Australian Critical Care Nurses2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.aucc.2026.101630 PMID: 42320372

03

Psychological distress in patients receiving critical care: An evolutionary concept analysis.

Kusi-Appiah E, Saleema A, Rewa O, Montgomery C, Olson J, Papathanassoglou E

Australian critical care : official journal of the Confederation of Australian Critical Care Nurses2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.aucc.2026.101606 PMID: 42139837

04

A national survey of factors leading to health care worker turnover in Canadian intensive care units.

Kilcommons S, Du Toit J, Deschenes S, Mellett J, Douma M, Alagadan I, Opgenorth D, Baig N, Bagshaw SM, Rewa OG, Fiest K, Montgomery C, Lau V, Andersen SK

Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie2026

DOI: 10.1007/s12630-026-03112-8 PMID: 42098427

05

'Aint We Women?' A Narrative Review of Intensive and Acute Care Experiences of Black Women Through an Intersectional Lens.

Kusi-Appiah E, Rewa O, Allana S, Montgomery C, Papathanassoglou E

Nursing in critical care2026

DOI: 10.1111/nicc.70336 PMID: 41556469

06

Cost-Utility Analysis of Accelerated and Standard Strategies for Renal Replacement Therapy Initiation

Round J, Akpinar I, Yan C, Patel N, van Katwyk S, Montgomery C, Wald R, Bagshaw SM, Bellomo R, Eastwood GM

JAMA Network Open2025

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.35343

07

Use of nursing care bundles for the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia in low-middle income countries: A scoping review.

Rehmani AI, Au A, Montgomery C, Papathanassoglou E

Nursing in critical care2024

DOI: 10.1111/nicc.13076 PMID: 38613215

08

The Use and Structure of Emergency Nurses' Triage Narrative Data: Scoping Review.

Picard C, Kleib M, Norris C, O'Rourke HM, Montgomery C, Douma M

JMIR nursing2023

DOI: 10.2196/41331 PMID: 36637881

09

Sex-specific prevalence and outcomes of frailty in critically ill patients.

Hessey E, Montgomery C, Zuege DJ, Rolfson D, Stelfox HT, Fiest KM, Bagshaw SM

Journal of intensive care2020

DOI: 10.1186/s40560-020-00494-9 PMID: 33005426

10

Frailty in the age of VIPs (very old intensive care patients).

Montgomery C, Bagshaw SM

Intensive care medicine2017First author

DOI: 10.1007/s00134-017-4974-y PMID: 29085974

Co-creating Understandings of Métis Peoples' Experiences in the ICU

Co-investigatorCIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Deschenes, Sadie; James, Ashton; Tate, Kaitlyn

Keywords: Caregivers; Community-Based Care; Critical Care; Indigenous Peoples; Mixed Methods; Métis Nation Within Alberta; Métis Peoples; Participatory Action Research

$623,474

Co-creating a person-centered strategy to manage psychological stress in critically ill patients

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant - Priority Announcement: Patient-Oriented Research

Principal investigators: Papathanasoglou, Elisavet; Crowe, Sarah

Keywords: Critical Care; Intersectionality; Participatory Action Research; Patient Engagement; Patient-Oriented Research; Qualitative Research; Sex/ Gender; Stress

$100,000

REVIVe: Frailty, Rehabilitation, and Hospitalization Outcomes in Adult and Pediatric Survivors of COVID-19

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Kho, Michelle E; Choong, Karen; Rewa, Oleksa G

Keywords: Critical Care; Frailty; Intensive Care Unit; Mechanical Ventilation; Rehabilitation

$738,224

COVID-19 Associated Outcomes of Critical Illness in Patients with Frailty

Principal investigatorCIHR2020Operating Grant: Frailty and COVID-19

Principal investigators: Rolfson, Darryl; Bagshaw, Sean M; Montgomery, Carmel; Rewa, Oleksa G

Keywords: Aging; Covid-19; Frailty

$46,194

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Critical Care Medicine
Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing
Medicine/Nephrology
Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science
Medicine
Nephrology
Other

Co-authors at University of Alberta, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Oleksa Rewa

Critical Care Medicine

2 shared papers, latest 2026

Saleema Allana

Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing

2 shared papers, latest 2026

Kelly Picard

Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science

1 shared papers, latest 2026

Kirsten Fiest

Critical Care Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2026

Colleen Norris

Medicine/Nephrology

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Darryl Rolfson

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2020

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Aging Dear Professor Montgomery, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Bridging Diffusion of Innovation and CNS Practice Frameworks Using Digital Chest Drainage: A Clinical Exemplar." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "COVID-19 Associated Outcomes of Critical Illness in Patients with Frailty" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]