Variation in the practice of preoperative medical consultation for major elective noncardiac surgery: a population-based study
Wijeysundera DN, Austin PC, Beattie WS, Hux JE, Laupacis A. Anesthesiology. 2012; 116(1):25-34.
Publications
Determinants of variations in coronary revascularization practices
Tu JV, Ko DT, Guo H, Richards JA, Walton N, Natarajan MK, Wijeysundera HC, So D, Latter DA, Feindel CM, Kingsbury K, Cohen EA; Cardiac Care Network of Ontario’s Variations in Revascularization Practice in Ontario Working Group. CMAJ. 2012; 184(2):179-86. Epub 2011 Dec 12.
An international environmental scan of quality indicators for cardiovascular care
Abrahamyan L, Boom N, Donovan LR, Tu JV; Canadian Cardiovascular Society Quality Indicators Steering Committee. Can J Cardiol. 2012; 28(1):110-8. Epub 2011 Dec 10.
Reinitiation of anticoagulation after warfarin-associated intracranial hemorrhage and mortality risk: the Best practice for Reinitiating Anticoagulation therapy after INtracranial bleeding (BRAIN) study
Yung D, Kapral MK, Asllani E, Fang J, Lee DS; Investigators of the Registry of the Canadian Stroke Network. Can J Cardiol. 2012; 28(1):33-9. Epub 2011 Dec 7.
Administrative database research has unique characteristics that can risk biased results
van Walraven C, Austin P. J Clin Epidemiol. 2011; 65(2):126-31 Epub 2011 Nov 9.
Care and outcomes in patients with ischemic stroke with and without preexisting dementia
Saposnik G, Cote R, Rochon PA, Mamdani M, Liu Y, Raptis S, Kapral MK, Black SE; Registry of the Canadian Stroke Network; Stroke Outcome Research Canada (SORCan) Working Group. Neurology. 2011; 77(18):1664-73.
Using the Johns Hopkins Aggregated Diagnosis Groups (ADGs) to predict mortality in a general adult population cohort in Ontario, Canada
Austin PC, van Walraven C, Wodchis WP, Newman A, Anderson GM. Med Care. 2011; 49(10):932-9. Epub 2011 Oct 1.
The mortality risk score and the ADG score: two points-based scoring systems for the Johns Hopkins aggregated diagnosis groups to predict mortality in a general adult population cohort in Ontario, Canada
Austin PC, van Walraven C. Med Care. 2011; 49(10):940-7. Epub 2011 Oct 1.
The iScore predicts poor functional outcomes early after hospitalization for an acute ischemic stroke
Saposnik G, Raptis S, Kapral MK, Liu Y, Tu JV, Mamdani M, Austin PC; Investigators of the Registry of the Canadian Stroke Network and the Stroke Outcome Research Canada Working Group. Stroke. 2011; 42(12):3421-8. Epub 2011 Sep 29.
Why are implantable cardioverter defibrillator outcomes in practice different from clinical trials?
Krishnakumar N, Tu JV, Lee DS. Card Electrophysiol Clin. 2011; 3(4):511-20. Epub 2011 Sep 26.