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François Lauzier

ResearcherAnesthesiology & Critical Care MedicineUniversité Laval

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François Lauzier

Researcher

Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine

Health Sciences

Université Laval

Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
18 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 6 research grants (6 CIHR), most recently in 2023.

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Publications

721

Citations

h-index

115

Collaborators

Grants

Publications by year

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Research

Traumatic Brain Injury Critical Care Medicine Intensive Care Medicine Multicenter Trial Neurocritical Care Platform Trial Adaptive Platform Trial Critical Care Care Medicine

Latest papers

Excitatory amino acid inhibitors in adults with acute moderate to severe traumatic brain injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
BMJ open · 2026
Procalcitonin to Guide 7 vs 14 Days of Antibiotics in Bloodstream Infections
JAMA Network Open · 2026
Prognostic Factors Associated with Pneumonia in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Neurocritical Care · 2026

All 30 publications

Latest funding

Co-Design and Usability Testing of a Sustainable Behavioural Intervention to Optimise Opioid Use Following Traumatic Injuries
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$244,800
Multistakeholder Knowledge Dissemination Meeting REVISE: Re-Evaluating the Inhibition of Stress Erosions in the ICU Trial
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$20,000
Optimizing Patient-centred outcomes Using opioid minimization Strategies (OPUS) Pilot Trial
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$386,326

All 43 grants and awards

30 publications.

Excitatory amino acid inhibitors in adults with acute moderate to severe traumatic brain injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Bouras M, Costerousse O, Verret M, O'connor S, Zarychanski R, Gagnon MA, Torkomyan TH, Ouellet A, Lauzier F, English S, Moore L, Turgeon AF

BMJ open2026

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-108337 PMID: 41856577

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

Prognostic Factors Associated with Pneumonia in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Bitonti TM, Durr KM, Rochwerg B, Fernando S, English S, Meggison H, Kubelik D, Neilipovitz D, Millington S, Turgeon AF

Neurocritical Care2026

DOI: 10.1007/s12028-026-02459-6

Effect of statins on neurological functional outcomes in critically ill adult patients with traumatic brain injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Veillette C, Umana M, Gagnon MA, Costerousse O, Zarychanski R, McAuley DF, Lawler P, Lauzier F, English SW, Moore L, Isaac CJ, Turgeon AF

BMJ open2025

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-091971 PMID: 39971597

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

Prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism in traumatic brain injury: protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Pirouzmand F, Mathieu F, Mansouri A, Kavikondala K, Alkins R, Boyd JG, Christie S, Couillard P, Cusimano MD, Engels PT

BMJ Open2025

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-114158

Reply to Wang et al.: Closing the Gaps: Enhancing Risk Factor Evaluation for Patient-Important Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding.

Deane AM, Heels-Ansdell D, Lauzier F, Adhikari NKJ, Cook D

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine2025

DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202506-1513le PMID: W4414282892

Proton-Pump Inhibitors to Prevent Gastrointestinal Bleeding - An Updated Meta-Analysis.

Wang Y, Parpia S, Ge L, Heels-Ansdell D, Lai H, Esfahani MA, Pan B, Alhazzani W, Schandelmaier S, Lauzier F

202444 citations

DOI: 10.1056/evidoa2400134

Calcineurin Inhibitor in NEuRoloGically deceased donors to decrease kidney delayed graft function study: study protocol of the CINERGY Pilot randomised controlled trial

D'Aragon F, Selzner M, Breau R, Masse M-H, Lamontagne F, Masse M, Chassé M, Carrier F-M, Cardinal H, Chaudhury P

BMJ Open20243 citations

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-086777

Proton pump inhibitors for gastrointestinal bleeding prophylaxis in critically ill patients: A systematic review protocol

Wang Y, Heels‐Ansdell D, Ge L, Parpia S, Ibrahim Q, Cook D, Deane A, Lauzier F, Hammond N, Møller MH

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica20242 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1111/aas.14426 PMID: W4394012306

Co-Design and Usability Testing of a Sustainable Behavioural Intervention to Optimise Opioid Use Following Traumatic Injuries

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Bérubé, Mélanie

Keywords: Intervention Development; Opioids; Prevention Of Opioid Use Disorders; Traumatic Injuries

$244,800

Multistakeholder Knowledge Dissemination Meeting REVISE: Re-Evaluating the Inhibition of Stress Erosions in the ICU Trial

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Cook, Deborah J

Keywords: Critical Care; Evidence Based Practice; Gastrointestinal Bleeding; Intensive Care Unit; Knowledge Dissemination; Knowledge Translation; Patient And Family Centered Care; Pharmacists; Stakeholders; Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis

$20,000

Optimizing Patient-centred outcomes Using opioid minimization Strategies (OPUS) Pilot Trial

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Verret, Michael; Fergusson, Dean A; Lalu, Manoj M; Turgeon, Alexis F

Keywords: Anesthesiology; Clinical Trial; Integrated Knowledge Translation; Opioid Minimization Strategies; Patient-Centred Outcomes; People With Lived Experience; Persistent Postoperative Opioid Use; Pragmatic; Recovery; Surgery

$386,326

Improving mental health practices in patients recovering from traumatic injuries: Identifying priorities based on knowledge to practice gaps and interested parties needs and preferences

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Bérubé, Mélanie; Panenka, William J

Keywords: Knowledge To Action; Mental Health; Patient Oriented Research; Traumatic Injury

$558,452

BRAINapt: TBI International Adaptive Platform Trial

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Turgeon, Alexis F; English, Shane W; Lauzier, François; McDonald, Michelle; Moore, Lynne; Park, Jay; Zarychanski, Ryan

Keywords: Adaptive Platform Trial; Critical Care Care Medicine; Intensive Care Medicine; Randomized Controlled Trial; Trauma; Traumatic Brain Injury

$4,846,275

BRAINapt: TBI International Adaptive Platform Trial

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Turgeon, Alexis F; English, Shane W; Lauzier, François; McDonald, Michelle; Moore, Lynne; Park, Jay; Zarychanski, Ryan

Keywords: Critical Care Medicine; Intensive Care Medicine; Multicenter Trial; Neurocritical Care; Platform Trial; Traumatic Brain Injury

$100,000

Reducing low-value practices in acute trauma care: a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Moore, Lynne; Bérubé, Mélanie

Keywords: Injury; Low Value Care; Multifacted Intervention; Trauma System

$608,176

activated CHARcoal in Poisoned Patients (CHARPP): a pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: St-Onge, Maude; Elliott, Audrée

Keywords: Activated Charcoal; Clinical Trial; Decontamination; Intoxication; Poisoning; Toxicology

$100,000

Non-invasive ventilation and dexmedetomidine in critically ill adults: An international pragmatic randomized controlled trial (inDEX trial)

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Operating Grant: Clinical Trials Projects - Indirect Costs

Principal investigators: Lewis, Kim; Perri, Dan; Alhazzani, Waleed; Arabi, Yaseen; Lau, Vincent I; Moeller, Morten H; Shehabi, Yahya

Keywords: Dexmedetomidine; Non-Invasive Ventilation; Randomized Controleld Trial; Re-Purposed Phamraceutical

$914,654

Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis in the Critically Ill; REVISE Renewal Grant

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Operating Grant: Clinical Trials Projects-Canadian sites of international trials

Principal investigators: Cook, Deborah J

Keywords: Clinically Important Gastrointestinal Bleeding; Clostridioides Difficile; Covid-19; Critical Care; Invasive Mechanical Ventilation; Mortality; Neurological Critical Illness; Pneumonia; Randomized Clinical Trial; Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis

$1,863,000

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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François Lauzier

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Excitatory amino acid inhibitors in adults with acute moderate to severe traumatic brain injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

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

Prognostic Factors Associated with Pneumonia in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Effect of statins on neurological functional outcomes in critically ill adult patients with traumatic brain injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

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

Prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism in traumatic brain injury: protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Reply to Wang et al.: Closing the Gaps: Enhancing Risk Factor Evaluation for Patient-Important Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding.

Proton-Pump Inhibitors to Prevent Gastrointestinal Bleeding - An Updated Meta-Analysis.

Calcineurin Inhibitor in NEuRoloGically deceased donors to decrease kidney delayed graft function study: study protocol of the CINERGY Pilot randomised controlled trial

Proton pump inhibitors for gastrointestinal bleeding prophylaxis in critically ill patients: A systematic review protocol

Frequent collaborators

Deborah Cook

Diane Heels-Ansdell

John Muscedere

Shane English

Francois Lamontagne

Peter Dodek

Lauralyn McIntyre

Lehana Thabane

Ryan Zarychanski

Erick Duan

Nick Daneman

Jennie Johnstone

Sangeeta Mehta

Lynne Moore

John Marshall

Maureen Meade

Karen Burns

Ian Ball

Anand Kumar

Bram Rochwerg

Joanna Dionne

Sonny Dhanani

Donald Griesdale

Ruxandra Pinto

Jennifer Tsang

Gordon Guyatt

Simon Oczkowski

Michael Surette

Timothy A Karachi

Andy Freitag

Matthew Weiss

Michael Detsky

John Conly

Bryan Coburn

Margaret Herridge

John Granton

Claudio Martin

Mitchell Levine

Mypinder Sekhon

Francois Lamontagne