Publication Results (27)

• Effect of donor sex on recipient mortality in transfusion

  Chassé M, Fergusson DA, Tinmouth A, Acker JP, Perelman I, Tuttle A, English SW, Hawken S, Forster AJ, Shehata N, Thavorn K, Wilson K, Cober N, Maddison H, Tokessy M. N Engl J Med. 2023; 388:1386-1395. Epub 2023 Apr 12. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa2211523

• Predicting postoperative surgical site infection with administrative data: a random forests algorithm

  Petrosyan Y, Thavorn K, Smith G, Maclure M, Preston R, van Walravan C, Forster AJ. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2021; 21(1):179. Epub 2021 Aug 28. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-021-01369-9

• Peripheral nerve blocks and potentially attributable adverse events in older people with hip fracture: a retrospective population-based cohort study

  Melton N, Talarico R, Abdallah F, Beaulé PE, Boet S, Forster AJ, Fernando SM, Huang A, McCartney CJL, Meulenkamp B, Perry J, Power B, Ramlogan R, Taljaard M, Tanuseputro P, van Walraven C, Wijeysundera DN, McIsaac DI. Anesthesiology. 2021; 135(3):454-62. Epub 2021 Jun 1. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/aln.0000000000003863

• Sepsis-associated mortality, resource use, and healthcare costs: a propensity-matched cohort study

  Farrah K, McIntyre L, Doig CJ, Talarico R, Taljaard M, Krahn M, Fergusson D, Forster AJ, Coyle D, Thavorn K. Crit Care Med. 2021; 49(2):215-27. Epub 2020 Dec 17. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0000000000004777

• Association between neuraxial anaesthesia or general anaesthesia for lower limb revascularisation surgery in adults and clinical outcomes: population based comparative effectiveness study

  Roberts DJ, Nagpal SK, Kubelik D, Brandys T, Stelfox HT, Lalu MM, Forster AJ, McCartney CJL, McIsaac DI. BMJ. 2020;371:m4104. Epub 2020 Nov 25. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m4104

• Long-term health outcomes and health system costs associated with surgical site infections: a retrospective cohort study

  Petrosyan Y, Thavorn K, Maclure M, Smith G, McIsaac DI, Schramm D, Moloo H, Preston R, Forster AJ. Ann Surg. 2021; 273(5):917-23. Epub 2019 Mar 19. DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003285.

• HOMR-now! model accurately predicts 1-year death risk for hospitalized patients on admission

  van Walraven C, Forster AJ. Am J Med. 2017; 130(8):991.e9-16. Epub 2017 Mar 30.

• Validation of international algorithms to identify adults with inflammatory bowel disease in health administrative data from Ontario, Canada

  Benchimol EI, Guttmann A, Mack DR, Nguyen GC, Marshall JK, Gregor JC, Wong J, Forster AJ, Manuel DG. J Clin Epidemiol. 2014; 67(8):887-96. Epub 2014 Apr 26.

• One- and five-year risk of death and cardiovascular complications for hospitalized patients with hyperglycemia without diagnosed diabetes: an observational study.

  Tuna M, Manuel DG, Bennett C, Lawrence N, van Walraven C, Keely E, Malcolm J, Reid RD, Forster AJ. J Hosp Med. 2014; 9(6):365-71.

• Influence of neighborhood household income on early death or urgent hospital readmission

  van Walraven C, Wong J, Forster AJ. J Hosp Med. 2013; 8(5):261-6. Epub 2013 Apr 10.

• Nephrologist follow-up improves all-cause mortality of severe acute kidney injury survivors

  Harel Z, Wald R, Bargman JM, Mamdani M, Etchells E, Garg AX, Ray JG, Luo J, Li P, Quinn RR, Forster A, Perl J, Bell CM. Kidney Int. 2013; 83(5):901-8. Epub 2013 Jan 16.

• Predicting post-discharge death or readmission: deterioration of model performance in population having multiple admissions per patient

  van Walraven C, Wong J, Forster AJ, Hawken S. J Eval Clin Pract. 2013; 19(6):1012-8. Epub 2012 Nov 19.

• Comparing methods to calculate hospital-specific rates of early death or urgent readmission

  van Walraven C, Wong J, Hawken S, Forster AJ. CMAJ. 2012; 184(15):E810-7. Epub 2012 Oct 9.

• Urgent readmission rates can be used to infer differences in avoidable readmission rates between hospitals

  van Walraven C, Austin PC, Forster AJ. J Clin Epidemiol. 2012; 65(10):1124-30. Epub 2012 Jul 23.

• LACE+ index: extension of a validated index to predict early death or urgent readmission after hospital discharge using administrative data

  van Walraven C, Wong J, Forster AJ. Open Med. 2012; 6(3):e80-90.

• The effect of hospital-acquired infection with Clostridium difficile on length of stay in hospital

  Forster AJ, Taljaard M, Oake N, Wilson K, Roth V, van Walraven C. CMAJ. 2011; 184(1):37-42. Epub 2011 Dec 5.

• Radiographic monitoring of incidental abdominal aortic aneurysms: a retrospective population-based cohort

  van Walraven C, Wong J, Morant K, Jennings A, Austin PC, Forster AJ. Open Med. 2011; 5(2):e67-76. Epub 2011 Apr 12.

• Derivation and validation of an index to predict early death or unplanned readmission after discharge from hospital to the community

  van Walraven C, Dhalla IA, Bell C, Etchells E, Stiell IG, Zarnke K, Austin PC, Forster AJ. CMAJ. 2010; 182(6):551-7. Epub 2010 Mar 1.

• A modification of the Elixhauser comorbidity measures into a point system for hospital death using administrative data

  van Walraven C, Austin PC, Jennings A, Quan H, Forster AJ. Med Care. 2009; 47(6):626-33.

• Information exchange among physicians caring for the same patient in the community

  van Walraven C, Taljaard M, Bell CM, Etchells E, Zarnke KB, Stiell IG, Forster AJ. CMAJ. 2008; 179(10):1013-8.

• Anticoagulation intensity and outcomes among patients prescribed oral anticoagulant therapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

  Oake N, Jennings A, Forster AJ, Fergusson D, Doucette S, van Walraven C. CMAJ. 2008; 179(3):235-44.

• Anticoagulation control in the peri-hospitalization period

  van Walraven C, Forster AJ. J Gen Intern Med. 2007; 22(6):727-35. Epub 2007 Mar 31.

• Burden of potentially avoidable anticoagulant-associated hemorrhagic and thromobembolic events in the elderly

  van Walraven C, Oake N, Wells PS, Forster AJ. Chest. 2007; 131(5):1508-15. Epub 2007 Feb 22.

• The effect of hospitalization on oral anticoagulation control: a population-based study

  van Walraven C, Austin PC, Oake N, Wells P, Mamdani M, Forster AJ. Thromb Res. 2007; 119(6):705-14. Epub 2006 Jul 17.

• Adverse events among medical patients after discharge from hospital

  Forster AJ, Clark HD, Menard A, Dupuis N, Chernish R, Chandok N, Khan A, van Walraven C. CMAJ. 2004; 170(3):345-9.

• Prevalence of information gaps in the emergency department and the effect on patient outcomes

  Stiell A, Forster AJ, Stiell IG, van Walraven C. CMAJ. 2003; 169(10):1023-8.

• The effect of hospital occupancy on emergency department length of stay and patient disposition

  Forster AJ, Stiell I, Wells G, Lee AJ, van Walraven C. Ann Emerg Med. 2003; 10(2):127-33.