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Michael Detsky

ResearcherUniversity of Toronto

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Michael Detsky

Researcher

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
8 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2020.

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Publications

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Research

Aging Covid Frailty

Latest papers

Procalcitonin to Guide 7 vs 14 Days of Antibiotics in Bloodstream Infections
JAMA Network Open · 2026
Association of anti-anaerobic antibiotics with mortality and the gut microbiome: a sub-study of the BALANCE randomized clinical trial
Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2026
Antibiotic Treatment for 7 versus 14 Days in Patients with Bloodstream Infections
New England Journal of Medicine · 2025

All 14 publications

Latest funding

BALANCE+: A Platform Trial for Gram Negative Bloodstream Infections
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$729,947
Evaluating Subphenotypes in Immunocompromised Patients with Acute Respiratory Failure
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$455,176
BALANCE+: A Platform Trial for Gram Negative Bloodstream Infections
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$2,919,785

All 9 grants and awards

14 publications.

Procalcitonin to Guide 7 vs 14 Days of Antibiotics in Bloodstream Infections

Ramendra R, Wright JK, Kain KC, Kim B, Mishra H, Zhong K, Aslanian P, Carignan A, Conly J, Detsky M

JAMA Network Open20262 citations

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.20973

Association of anti-anaerobic antibiotics with mortality and the gut microbiome: a sub-study of the BALANCE randomized clinical trial

Armstrong E, Pinto R, Kulikova M, Yee NR, Rishu A, Muscedere J, Sibley S, Maslove DM, Boyd JG, Evans GA

Clinical Infectious Diseases2026

DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciag460

Antibiotic Treatment for 7 versus 14 Days in Patients with Bloodstream Infections

Daneman N, Rishu A, Pinto R, Rogers BA, Shehabi Y, Parke R, Cook D, Arabi Y, Muscedere J, Reynolds S

New England Journal of Medicine2025167 citations

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa2404991

Impact of Antibiotic Duration on Gut Microbiome Composition and Antimicrobial Resistance: A Substudy of the BALANCE Randomized Controlled Trial

Armstrong E, Kulikova M, Yee N, Rishu A, Muscedere J, Sibley S, Maslove D, Boyd JG, Evans G, Detsky M

Open Forum Infectious Diseases20255 citations

DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaf137

A Comparison of Palliative Care Delivery between Ethnically Chinese and Non-Chinese Canadians in the Last Year of Life.

Jia Z, Kurahashi A, Sharma RK, Mahtani R, Zagorski BM, Sanders JJ, Yarnell C, Detsky M, Lindvall C, Teno JM, Bell CM, Quinn KL

Journal of general internal medicine2024

DOI: 10.1007/s11606-024-08859-8 PMID: 38926319

Critical Care Education and the ICU Care Continuum.

Sehgal P, Piquette D, Detsky M, Maham N, Jogova M, Hall D, Wozniak H, Herridge M

American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine2024

DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202310-1734vp PMID: 37824734

Long-term survival and functional outcomes of critically ill patients with hematologic malignancies: a Canadian multicenter prospective study

Munshi L, Dumas G, Rochwerg B, Shoukat F, Detsky M, Fergusson DA, Ferreyro BL, Heffernan P, Herridge M, Magder S

Intensive Care Medicine202459 citations

DOI: 10.1007/s00134-024-07349-z

Clinical diagnostic accuracy of respiratory failure in critically ill hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients.

Barua R, Ferreyro B, Detsky M, Thyagu S, Law A, Munshi L

International journal of hematology2022

DOI: 10.1007/s12185-022-03429-2 PMID: 35962275

Perspectives on Advance Care Planning for Patients with Hematologic Malignancy: An International Clinician Questionnaire.

Spring J, McKinlay J, Puxty K, Metaxa V, Detsky M, Mehta S, Thyagu S, McGuigan K, Munshi L

Annals of the American Thoracic Society2021

DOI: 10.1513/annalsats.202006-678oc PMID: 33400904

Severe Hyponatremia and Seizure From Peripheral Infusion of Norepinephrine Diluted in Dextrose 5% in Water: A Case Report.

Alibhai N, Detsky M, Wunsch H, Teja B

A&A practice2021

DOI: 10.1213/xaa.0000000000001479 PMID: 33988526

BALANCE+: A Platform Trial for Gram Negative Bloodstream Infections

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Operating Grant: Clinical Trials Projects - Indirect Costs

Principal investigators: Daneman, Nick; Murthy, Srinivas; Yamamura, Deborah L; Fowler, Robert A; Johnstone, Jennie; Lee, Todd C; MacFadden, Derek R; McDonald, Emily G; Paterson, David L; Rogers, Benjamin A; Yahav, Dafna

Keywords: Adaptive Platform Trial; Antibiotic De-Escalation; Antibiotic Step-Down; Antimicrobial Resistance; Bloodstream Infection; Central Venous Catheter Infection; Gram Negative Bacteremia; Randomized Controlled Trial

$729,947

Evaluating Subphenotypes in Immunocompromised Patients with Acute Respiratory Failure

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Munshi, Laveena; Fan, Eddy; Ferreyro, Bruno L

Keywords: Acute Respiratory Failure; Biomarkers; Immunocompromised; Latent Class Analysis; Phenotypes; Respiratory Mechanics

$455,176

BALANCE+: A Platform Trial for Gram Negative Bloodstream Infections

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Operating Grant: Clinical Trials Projects

$2,919,785

CANCOV2.0: 2-year follow up of the Canadian COVID-19 Prospective Cohort Study

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Op. Gr: Emer. COVID Res. Gaps/Prior- Dif. Impacts on Hist. Excl/Underserved Pops

Principal investigators: Herridge, Margaret S; Cheung, Angela M

Keywords: Caregiver Health; Clinical Presentations & Trajectories; Covid-19 Research Gaps; Determinants And Prevalence Of Long-Term Outcomes Of Covid; Functional And Neuropsychological Health & Quality Of Life; Long Covid Serologic, Immunologic & Inflammatory Biomarkers; Longitudinal Study; Mitigating Factors For Disability & Impact Of Rehabilitation; Neurocognitive, Respiratory, Cardiac & Muscle Systems

$500,000

Bacteremia Antibiotic Length Actually Needed for Clinical Effectiveness (BALANCE): A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Daneman, Nick; Fowler, Robert A

Keywords: Antibiotic Treatment; Bacteremia; Critical Care / Intensive Care; Duration Of Therapy; Randomized Controlled Trial

$531,675

Canadian COVID-19 Prospective Cohort Study (CanCOV)

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Op Gr: COVID-19 Rapid Research FO - Clinical Mgmt/Health System Interventions

Principal investigators: Cheung, Angela M; Ahmed, Sofia B; Batt, Jane Andrea E; Binnie, Alexandra; Dos Santos, Claudia C; Ghassemi, Marzyeh; Herridge, Margaret S; Lamontagne, Francois; Morin, Suzanne N; Palepu, Anita; Razak, Fahad; Stelfox, Henry T; Strug, Lisa J; Tsang, Jennifer L; Verma, Amol; Yeung, Rae S

Keywords: Caregiver Health; Clinical Presentations & Trajectories; Full Spectrum Of Covid-19 Disease (Mild To Severe); Host Genetic Profiling; Knowledge To Action Cycles; Mental Health & Stigma; Prediction Models Using Machine Learning; Prospective Cohort Study; Sociodemographic And Clinical Predictors Of Outcomes; Transcriptomic, Epigenomic And Immunologic Host Response

$2,112,500

Developing a Frailty Cohort in the Ontario COVID-19 Prospective Cohort Study

Principal investigatorCIHR2020Operating Grant: Frailty and COVID-19

Principal investigators: Verma, Amol; Cheung, Angela M; Detsky, Michael E; Razak, Fahad

Keywords: Aging; Covid; Frailty

RECOVER Program: A Care Continuum after Critical Illness

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

Principal investigators: Herridge, Margaret S; Lawless, Bernard; Bayley, Mark T; Flannery, John F; Flockhart, Linda; Misak, Cheryl; Rush, Raphael; Tran, Jake

Keywords: Caregivers Outcomes,; Feasibility And Implementation; Health Care System; Knowledge Translation And Exchange; Patient And Family Engagement; Patient-Centred Outcomes; Post-Icu Care Continuum; Transitions In Care

$932,280

Bacteremia Antibiotic Length Actually Needed for Clinical Effectiveness (BALANCE): A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Daneman, Nick; Fowler, Robert A

Keywords: Antibiotic Treatment; Bacteremia; Critical Care / Intensive Care; Duration Of Therapy; Randomized Controlled Trial

$2,010,635

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

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Michael Detsky

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Procalcitonin to Guide 7 vs 14 Days of Antibiotics in Bloodstream Infections

Association of anti-anaerobic antibiotics with mortality and the gut microbiome: a sub-study of the BALANCE randomized clinical trial

Antibiotic Treatment for 7 versus 14 Days in Patients with Bloodstream Infections

Impact of Antibiotic Duration on Gut Microbiome Composition and Antimicrobial Resistance: A Substudy of the BALANCE Randomized Controlled Trial

A Comparison of Palliative Care Delivery between Ethnically Chinese and Non-Chinese Canadians in the Last Year of Life.

Critical Care Education and the ICU Care Continuum.

Long-term survival and functional outcomes of critically ill patients with hematologic malignancies: a Canadian multicenter prospective study

Clinical diagnostic accuracy of respiratory failure in critically ill hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients.

Perspectives on Advance Care Planning for Patients with Hematologic Malignancy: An International Clinician Questionnaire.

Severe Hyponatremia and Seizure From Peripheral Infusion of Norepinephrine Diluted in Dextrose 5% in Water: A Case Report.

Frequent collaborators

Laveena Munshi

John Muscedere

Nick Daneman

Erick Duan

Jennifer Tsang

Ruxandra Pinto

Sangeeta Mehta

Bryan Coburn

John Marshall

Eddy Fan

Francois Lamontagne

Sylvain Lother

Peter Daley

Stephanie Sibley

John Conly

Andrew Morris

François Lauzier

Aidan Findlater

Andrew Morris

Lauralyn McIntyre

Margaret Herridge

Bijan Teja

Jennifer Foster

Ian Ball

Lorenzo Del Sorbo

Sheldon Magder

Bruno Ferreyro

Michael Fralick

David Maslove

Jennifer Grant

Peter Dodek

Dominique Piquette

Anand Kumar

Mark Minden

Salman Qureshi

Deborah Cook