Andre Amaral, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest papers

Association Between Inability to Stand at ICU Discharge and Readmission: A Historical Cohort Study.
Critical care medicine · 2024
A Canadian survey of perceptions and practices related to ordering of blood tests in the intensive care unit
Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia · 2024
"It's better to have three brains working instead of one": a qualitative study of building therapeutic alliance with family members of critically ill patients.
BMC health services research · 2018

All 5 publications

Latest funding

Improving Transitions in Care from ICU: Evaluation of an Electronic Communication Tool
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$198,535
Co-designing a Patient and Family Caregiver-Oriented Transitions in Care Bundle
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$958,006
Canadian Adaptive Platform Trial in Intensive Care (CAPTIC) Program
CIHR · 2018 · Co-investigator
$1,497,200

All 7 grants and awards

5 publications.

01

Association Between Inability to Stand at ICU Discharge and Readmission: A Historical Cohort Study.

Brosseau M, Shahin J, Fan E, Amaral A, Wang HT

Critical care medicine202417 citations

DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000006413 PMID: 39298561

02

A Canadian survey of perceptions and practices related to ordering of blood tests in the intensive care unit

Rahman MO, Charbonney E, Vaisler R, Khalifa A, Alhazzani W, Gossack-Keenan K, Garland A, Karachi T, Duan E, Bagshaw SM

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia2024Open Access

DOI: 10.1007/s12630-024-02745-x

03

"It's better to have three brains working instead of one": a qualitative study of building therapeutic alliance with family members of critically ill patients.

Kalocsai C, Amaral A, Piquette D, Walter G, Dev SP, Taylor P, Downar J, Gotlib Conn L

BMC health services research201835 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-018-3341-1 PMID: 29986722

04

Liberation from Mechanical Ventilation in Critically Ill Adults. An Official ATS/ACCP Clinical Practice Guideline.

Fan E, Zakhary B, Amaral A, McCannon J, Girard TD, Morris PE, Truwit JD, Wilson KC, Thomson CC

Annals of the American Thoracic Society2017128 citations

DOI: 10.1513/annalsats.201612-993cme PMID: 28029806

05

Knowledge Translation Interventions for Critically Ill Patients

Sinuff T, Muscedere J, Adhikari NKJ, Stelfox HT, Dodek P, Heyland DK, Rubenfeld GD, Cook DJ, Pinto R, Manoharan V

Critical Care Medicine201375 citations

DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0b013e3182982b03

Improving Transitions in Care from ICU: Evaluation of an Electronic Communication Tool

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Operating Grant: Transitions in Care - Evaluation Grants

Principal investigators: Parsons Leigh, Jeanna J; Farrier, Christian E; Fiest, Kirsten M; Kupsch, Shelly; Niven, Daniel; Oxland, Peter R; Sept, Bonnie G; Stelfox, Henry T; Straus, Sharon E

Keywords: Clinical Trial; Critical Care Medicine; Electronic Medical Charting; Family-Caregiver Engagement; Health Systems Communication; Intensive Care Unit; Knowledge Translation; Mixed Methods; New Aging Population; Transitions In Care

$198,535

Co-designing a Patient and Family Caregiver-Oriented Transitions in Care Bundle

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Team Grant: TiC - Stream 1 - PHSI solutions for transitions in care gaps

Principal investigators: Fiest, Kirsten M; Farrier, Christian E; Foster, Nadine K; Kupsch, Shelly; Niven, Daniel; Oxland, Peter R; Parsons Leigh, Jeanna J; Sept, Bonnie G; Stelfox, Henry T; Straus, Sharon E

Keywords: Clinical Trial; Critical Care Medicine; Family Caregiver Engagement; Intensive Care Unit; Knowledge Translation; Mixed Methods; Patient Centered Care; Transitions In Care

$958,006

Canadian Adaptive Platform Trial in Intensive Care (CAPTIC) Program

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Operating Grant: SPOR Innovative Clinical Trial Multi-Year Grant

Principal investigators: Marshall, John C; Foster, Nadine K; Guerriero, Lynn; Misak, Cheryl; Fowler, Robert A; Murthy, Srinivas

Keywords: Comparative Effectiveness Research; Implementation Science

$1,497,200

Process Evaluation of the SuDDICU trial: An international randomized cluster crossover trial of the impact of a preventative antibiotic regimen (SDD) on patient outcome and antibiotic resistance within intensive care

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Rose, Louise; Cuthbertson, Brian H; Murthy, Srinivas

Keywords: Critical Care; Process Evaluation; Prophylactic Antibiotics; Randomized Controlled Trial

$165,000

The Intensive Care Unit Resident Scheduling (InCURS) trial: A cluster RCT of 16 and 24 hour schedules in Canadian ICUs

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Parshuram, Christopher S; Imrie, Kevin R; Piquette, Dominique

Keywords: Patient Safety; Post-Graduate Medical Education; Rct; Resident Wellbeing

$3,048,525

InCURS: Intensive Care Unit Residents Scheduling Study

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Parshuram, Christopher S; Piquette, Dominique

Keywords: Duty Hours; Intensive Care Unit; Patient Safety; Resident Schedules; Wellbeing

$100,000

A National Strategy on Quality of Care Research and Evaluation - With the Patient for the Patient

Co-investigatorCIHR2015Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Hebert, Paul C

Keywords: Adult Critical Care; Clinical Trials; Critical Care; Pediatric Critical Care; Quality Improvement; Quality Indicators; Quality Of Care

$25,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Frequent collaborators

Deborah Cook and Maureen Meade: 244 shared papers
Deborah Cook and Bram Rochwerg: 121 shared papers
Henry Stelfox and Sean Bagshaw: 112 shared papers
Deborah Cook and John Muscedere: 104 shared papers
Deborah Cook and Daren Heyland: 96 shared papers
Deborah Cook and Erick Duan: 83 shared papers
Maureen Meade and Neill Adhikari: 78 shared papers
Jan Friedrich and Neill Adhikari: 77 shared papers
Deborah Cook and Neill Adhikari: 74 shared papers
Deborah Cook and Sean Bagshaw: 59 shared papers
Damon Scales and Ruxandra Pinto: 57 shared papers
Damon Scales and Neill Adhikari: 54 shared papers
Bram Rochwerg and Erick Duan: 52 shared papers
Bram Rochwerg and Maureen Meade: 51 shared papers
Daren Heyland and John Muscedere: 50 shared papers
Bram Rochwerg and Sean Bagshaw: 49 shared papers
Neill Adhikari and Ruxandra Pinto: 46 shared papers
Sean Bagshaw and John Muscedere: 45 shared papers
Deborah Cook and Shane English: 43 shared papers
Deborah Cook and Henry Stelfox: 39 shared papers
Bram Rochwerg and Shane English: 39 shared papers
Bram Rochwerg and Damon Scales: 36 shared papers
Deborah Cook and Jan Friedrich: 34 shared papers
Deborah Cook and Ruxandra Pinto: 33 shared papers
Bram Rochwerg and Eddy Fan: 32 shared papers
Shane English and John Muscedere: 32 shared papers
Eddy Fan and Damon Scales: 28 shared papers
Bram Rochwerg and Henry Stelfox: 27 shared papers
Maureen Meade and Erick Duan: 26 shared papers
Jan Friedrich and Damon Scales: 25 shared papers
Eddy Fan and Neill Adhikari: 23 shared papers
Christopher Hillis and Deborah Siegal: 22 shared papers
Damon Scales and Allan Garland: 22 shared papers
Daren Heyland and Neill Adhikari: 19 shared papers
Bram Rochwerg and Lawrence Mbuagbaw: 18 shared papers
Bram Rochwerg and Deborah Siegal: 15 shared papers
Dominique Piquette and Ruxandra Pinto: 13 shared papers
Deborah Cook and Lawrence Mbuagbaw: 12 shared papers
Deborah Cook and James Downar: 11 shared papers
Deborah Cook and Allan Garland: 11 shared papers
Sean Bagshaw and James Downar: 11 shared papers
Deborah Cook and Peter Kavsak: 10 shared papers
Deborah Cook and Dominique Piquette: 10 shared papers
Henry Stelfox and Allan Garland: 10 shared papers
James Downar and Csilla Kalocsai: 10 shared papers
Bram Rochwerg and Peter Kavsak: 8 shared papers
Lawrence Mbuagbaw and Deborah Siegal: 8 shared papers
Damon Scales and Dominique Piquette: 8 shared papers
Bram Rochwerg and Abubaker Khalifa: 7 shared papers
Deborah Cook and Abubaker Khalifa: 6 shared papers
Erick Duan and Abubaker Khalifa: 6 shared papers
Deborah Cook and Csilla Kalocsai: 5 shared papers
Maureen Meade and Peter Kavsak: 5 shared papers
Bram Rochwerg and Christopher Hillis: 4 shared papers
Peter Kavsak and Christopher Hillis: 3 shared papers
Christopher Hillis and Karen Born: 3 shared papers
Deborah Cook and Karen Born: 2 shared papers
Deborah Cook and Andre Amaral: 2 shared papers
Bram Rochwerg and Karen Born: 2 shared papers
Eddy Fan and Andre Amaral: 2 shared papers
Damon Scales and Andre Amaral: 2 shared papers
Dominique Piquette and Csilla Kalocsai: 2 shared papers
Dominique Piquette and Andre Amaral: 2 shared papers
Allan Garland and Andre Amaral: 2 shared papers
Bram Rochwerg and Andre Amaral: 1 shared paper
Maureen Meade and Andre Amaral: 1 shared paper
Lawrence Mbuagbaw and Andre Amaral: 1 shared paper
Peter Kavsak and Andre Amaral: 1 shared paper
Christopher Hillis and Andre Amaral: 1 shared paper
Erick Duan and Andre Amaral: 1 shared paper
Deborah Siegal and Andre Amaral: 1 shared paper
Abubaker Khalifa and Andre Amaral: 1 shared paper
Henry Stelfox and Andre Amaral: 1 shared paper
Jan Friedrich and Andre Amaral: 1 shared paper
Daren Heyland and Andre Amaral: 1 shared paper
Shane English and Andre Amaral: 1 shared paper
Neill Adhikari and Andre Amaral: 1 shared paper
Sean Bagshaw and Andre Amaral: 1 shared paper
James Downar and Andre Amaral: 1 shared paper
John Muscedere and Andre Amaral: 1 shared paper
Csilla Kalocsai and Andre Amaral: 1 shared paper
Ruxandra Pinto and Andre Amaral: 1 shared paper
Karen Born and Andre Amaral: 1 shared paper

Department of Medicine
Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
Department of Critical Care
Critical Care Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
Department of Oncology
Department of Psychiatry
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Paper to mention

Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Amaral, 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 "Association Between Inability to Stand at ICU Discharge and Readmission: A Historical Cohort Study." (2024), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] 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]