Bourke Tillmann, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest papers

An evaluation of the association between patient sociodemographic factors and delayed time to analgesia in the trauma bay.
Injury · 2026
Association of Prolonged Emergency Department Length of Stay With Process of Care Measures for Critically Ill Patients.
Critical care medicine · 2026
Beta-blockers in adults with acute traumatic brain injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
Journal of anesthesia, analgesia and critical care · 2025

All 7 publications

Latest funding

Approaches to routine evaluation of long-term, patient-reported outcomes following traumatic injury
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$459,000

All 1 grants and awards

7 publications.

01

An evaluation of the association between patient sociodemographic factors and delayed time to analgesia in the trauma bay.

Yibrehu B, Khalid M, Tillmann B, da Luz L, Guttman MP, Phillips A, Freedman C, Nathens A, Haas B

Injury2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2026.113065 PMID: 41644342

02

Association of Prolonged Emergency Department Length of Stay With Process of Care Measures for Critically Ill Patients.

Saoraya J, Amaral ACK, Tillmann B, Angriman F

Critical care medicine2026

DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000007028 PMID: 41498610

03

Beta-blockers in adults with acute traumatic brain injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Bouras M, Beaulieu N, Torkomyan TH, O'Connor S, Costerousse O, Lauzier F, Zarychanski R, Verret M, English SW, Tillmann B, Ball I, Slessarev M, Turgeon AF, Canadian Traumatic Brain Injury Research Consortium

Journal of anesthesia, analgesia and critical care20252 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s44158-025-00316-0 PMID: 41331710

04

Comparison of out-of-hospital mortality following injury in Canadian provinces and territories: a historical cohort study.

Lapierre A, Nkeshimana A, Yanchar N, Haas B, Evans DC, Ziesman M, McFarlan AW, Mercier É, Lampron J, Tillmann B, Moore L

Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie2025

DOI: 10.1007/s12630-025-02964-w PMID: 40474031

05

Surgical stabilization of rib fractures for flail chest: Analysis of center-based variability in practice and outcomes.

Hylands M, Gomez D, Tillmann B, Haas B, Nathens A

The journal of trauma and acute care surgery20248 citations

DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000004254 PMID: 38196120

06

Mortality Among Severely Injured Adolescents Admitted to Pediatric vs Adult Trauma Centers.

Muttalib F, Tillmann B, Ernst G, Murthy S, Bhutta Z, Hansen B, Adhikari NKJ

JAMA network open20246 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.50647 PMID: 39666336

07

Care at a non-university hospital: an independent risk factor for mortality in ARDS?

Tillmann B, Wunsch H

Critical care (London, England)2017First authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s13054-017-1778-y PMID: 28756768

Approaches to routine evaluation of long-term, patient-reported outcomes following traumatic injury

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Haas, Barbara; Nathens, Avery B

Keywords: Focus Groups; Functional Outcomes; Injury; Long-Term Outcomes; Patient-Centred Outcomes; Patient-Reported Outcomes; Trauma

$459,000

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

David Gomez Jaramillo and David Gomez: 139 shared papers
Barbara Haas and Avery Nathens: 84 shared papers
Ryan Zarychanski and François Lauzier: 71 shared papers
François Lauzier and Shane English: 60 shared papers
Avery Nathens and David Gomez Jaramillo: 51 shared papers
Avery Nathens and David Gomez: 51 shared papers
Neill Adhikari and Srinivas Murthy: 43 shared papers
François Lauzier and Neill Adhikari: 37 shared papers
Barbara Haas and David Gomez Jaramillo: 34 shared papers
Barbara Haas and David Gomez: 34 shared papers
Barbara Haas and Matthew Guttman: 30 shared papers
Ryan Zarychanski and Srinivas Murthy: 28 shared papers
Ryan Zarychanski and Shane English: 26 shared papers
François Lauzier and Ian Ball: 26 shared papers
Avery Nathens and Matthew Guttman: 25 shared papers
François Lauzier and Natalie Yanchar: 23 shared papers
Shane English and Ian Ball: 23 shared papers
Marat Slessarev and Ian Ball: 23 shared papers
Zulfiqar Bhutta and Srinivas Murthy: 18 shared papers
Ryan Zarychanski and Neill Adhikari: 17 shared papers
Hannah Wunsch and Neill Adhikari: 17 shared papers
François Lauzier and Eric Mercier: 15 shared papers
Neill Adhikari and Federico Angriman: 12 shared papers
Barbara Haas and Natalie Yanchar: 10 shared papers
Avery Nathens and Natalie Yanchar: 10 shared papers
Eric Mercier and Natalie Yanchar: 10 shared papers
François Lauzier and Marat Slessarev: 8 shared papers
François Lauzier and Michael Verret: 8 shared papers
Shane English and Marat Slessarev: 8 shared papers
Eric Mercier and Alexandra Lapierre: 8 shared papers
Ryan Zarychanski and Michael Verret: 7 shared papers
Hannah Wunsch and Federico Angriman: 7 shared papers
Ryan Zarychanski and Hannah Wunsch: 5 shared papers
Barbara Haas and Alexandra Lapierre: 5 shared papers
Natalie Yanchar and Alexandra Lapierre: 5 shared papers
Michael Verret and Ian Ball: 4 shared papers
Barbara Haas and Bourke Tillmann: 3 shared papers
Avery Nathens and Bourke Tillmann: 2 shared papers
Avery Nathens and Luis Da Luz: 2 shared papers
Matthew Guttman and Natalie Yanchar: 2 shared papers
Ryan Zarychanski and Bourke Tillmann: 1 shared paper
François Lauzier and Bourke Tillmann: 1 shared paper
Hannah Wunsch and Bourke Tillmann: 1 shared paper
Zulfiqar Bhutta and Neill Adhikari: 1 shared paper
Zulfiqar Bhutta and Bourke Tillmann: 1 shared paper
Shane English and Federico Angriman: 1 shared paper
Shane English and Bourke Tillmann: 1 shared paper
Neill Adhikari and Bourke Tillmann: 1 shared paper
Barbara Haas and Luis Da Luz: 1 shared paper
Srinivas Murthy and Bourke Tillmann: 1 shared paper
David Gomez Jaramillo and Bourke Tillmann: 1 shared paper
Marat Slessarev and Bourke Tillmann: 1 shared paper
Eric Mercier and Bourke Tillmann: 1 shared paper
Michael Verret and Bourke Tillmann: 1 shared paper
Matthew Guttman and Bourke Tillmann: 1 shared paper
Matthew Guttman and Luis Da Luz: 1 shared paper
Ian Ball and Bourke Tillmann: 1 shared paper
Natalie Yanchar and Bourke Tillmann: 1 shared paper
Federico Angriman and Bourke Tillmann: 1 shared paper
Bourke Tillmann and David Gomez: 1 shared paper
Bourke Tillmann and Luis Da Luz: 1 shared paper
Bourke Tillmann and Alexandra Lapierre: 1 shared paper

Department of Surgery
Department of Medicine
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
Faculté des sciences infirmières
Médecine
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Medicine
Other

1 shared papers, latest 2025

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