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Henry Ajzenberg

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Assistant ProfessorMedicineMcMaster University

Research

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23 publications.

01

Slow Codes—It’s Time for an Honest Approach

Ajzenberg H, Oczkowski SJW

Critical Care Medicine2026First author
DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000007252
02

Palliative Care Consultations Improve End-of-Life Decision-Making and Patient/Family Outcomes in Hospitalized Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Chak CSL, Ma A, Rana E, Haddad G, Ajzenberg H, Davis FD, Fogelman PA, Korzick K, Marshall MF, Nayor D

2026
DOI: 10.15173/mumj.v22i2.4144
03

Palliative care consultation for end-of-life decision-making in hospitalised patients: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

Haddad G, Ajzenberg H, Davis FD, Fogelman PA, Korzick K, Marshall MF, Naylor D, Swoboda SM, Reid J, Oczkowski S

BMJ Open2025
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-110582
04

Just the Facts: role of corticosteroids for patients with septic shock, community-acquired pneumonia, and acute respiratory distress syndrome

Skitch S, Ajzenberg H, Rochwerg B

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine2025
DOI: 10.1007/s43678-025-00863-z
05

Exercising medical judgement: resuscitation and “Decision-Making for End-of-Life Care,” a new policy from the College of Physician and Surgeons of Ontario

Ajzenberg H, Connolly E, Morrison K, Oczkowski S

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia20247 citationsFirst author
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-024-02724-2PMID: W4392637559
06

Critical Care: What You May Have Missed in 2023.

Ajzenberg H, Binhashr MAN, Hewitt MK, Unger M

ACP journal club2024First author
DOI: 10.7326/m24-0565
07

Just the Facts: an update on the management of traumatic hemothorax and pneumothorax

Ajzenberg H, Skitch S, Engels PT

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine2024First author
DOI: 10.1007/s43678-024-00741-0
08

Trauma in the Aging Population Geriatric Trauma Pearls

Lau L, Ajzenberg H, Haas B, Wong CL

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America202319 citations
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2022.09.006
09

Principles of resource allocation and triage during COVID-19

Ajzenberg H, Oczkowski S

University of Toronto Medical Journal20234 citationsFirst authorOpen Access
DOI: 10.33137/utmj.v100i1.40353PMID: W4360620759
10

Recommendation‐making in the emergency department: A qualitative study of how Canadian emergency physicians guide treatment decisions about resuscitation in critically ill patients

Ajzenberg H, Dainty KN, O'Connor E

Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open20231 citationsFirst author
DOI: 10.1002/emp2.12962

Frequent collaborators

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Henry AjzenbergSimon OczkowskiSteven SkitchBram RochwergPaul Engels
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Simon Oczkowski

Medicine

5 shared papers, latest 2026

Steven Skitch

Medicine

2 shared papers, latest 2025

Bram Rochwerg

Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Paul Engels

Surgery

1 shared papers, latest 2024

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Mark Soth

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