Department of Critical Care Medicine Research

Want to learn more about our current and past research projects?  You have come to the right place.

Read more about the areas of research, find research, and learn how we are impacting the care of critically ill patients and loved ones.

Department of Critical Care Medicine Research

Research Studies

The Department of Critical Care Medicine Research endeavours span a broad range of topics with an overarching goal to improve patient health and outcomes in critical care medicine.

These studies are a culmination of the efforts of the investigators and team members that bring their unique skill set and knowledge to the studies.

Clinical

Research that involved people, or data/samples from people which are then studied in a variety of ways.

Biomedical

Research that involved the investigation of the biological process and the causes of illness though careful experimentation, observation, laboratory work, analysis, and testing.

Health Sciences

  1. The study, research, and knowledge of health and the application of that knowledge to improve health, cure diseases,
  2. Understanding how humans function.

Medical Education

Research may include evaluation of the transfer or acquisition of knowledge, attitudes or skills in any topic relevant to human health among any type of learner, including health professionals, students in the health professions, and patients.

Departmental Research

Filters

Results for:

(FIDDS) Family ICU Delirium Detection Study
(iFAM-ED) ICU Family Education on Delirium
(INFORM) Development and Evaluation of a Patient and Caregiver Centered Transition in Care Bundle for Critically Ill Patients
(NDID) Delirium severity, subsyndromal delirium, and inflammation-associated biomarkers in mechanically ventilated patients with sepsis
(TPE in Spesis Shock) PILOT STUDY in the use of Therapeutic Plasma Exchange in Adult Patients with Severe Sepsis
(Transfer Summary) Evaluating the Effectiveness of an Electronic Medical Transfer Tool to Improve Communication During Transfers from ICU
COLLABORATE
De-Adoption in the ICU
Late Life: IMPACT, INFORM, INSPIRE

Pandemic Studies

Pandemic Studies

The Department of Critical Care Medicine Research investigators are leading several pandemic studies led by Drs. Parsons Leigh, Parhar, Fiest, Stelfox, Weatherald and Niven. Thank you to the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Research Nova Scotia and the UofC for funding this work. 

Pandemic Studies

Research Professionals Directory

Research Professionals Directory

The Department of Critical Care Medicine Research peer-reviewed literature is one of many ways we disseminate our research findings to audiences. 

Research Professionals Directory

Kirsten Fiest's Research