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Matthew Stanbrook

Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto
Verified email at utoronto.ca
Cited by 4742

One-year outcomes and health care utilization in survivors of severe acute respiratory syndrome

…, D Yamamura, M Gerson, MB Stanbrook… - Archives of internal …, 2007 - jamanetwork.com
Background Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) became a global epidemic in
2003. Comprehensive information on 1-year outcomes and health care utilization is lacking. …

Prevalence and underdiagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among patients at risk in primary care

…, PJ Bragaglia, IE Tamari, R Hodder, MB Stanbrook - Cmaj, 2010 - Can Med Assoc
Background: People with known risk factors for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
are important targets for screening and early intervention. We sought to measure the …

A 1980 letter on the risk of opioid addiction

…, EM Macdonald, MB Stanbrook… - … England Journal of …, 2017 - Mass Medical Soc
A five-sentence letter published in the Journal in 1980 has been heavily cited as evidence
that long-term opioid therapy has seldom been associated with addiction. Of the 608 …

Cardiovascular safety of inhaled long-acting bronchodilators in individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

…, A Calzavara, T To, MB Stanbrook… - JAMA internal …, 2013 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common and deadly disease.
Long-acting inhaled β-agonists and anticholinergics, first-line medications for COPD, …

A substantial and confusing variation exists in handling of baseline covariates in randomized controlled trials: a review of trials published in leading medical journals

…, M Zwarenstein, DN Juurlink, MB Stanbrook - Journal of clinical …, 2010 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Statisticians have criticized the use of significance testing to compare the distribution
of baseline covariates between treatment groups in randomized controlled trials (RCTs…

Combination long-acting β-agonists and inhaled corticosteroids compared with long-acting β-agonists alone in older adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary …

AS Gershon, MA Campitelli, R Croxford, MB Stanbrook… - Jama, 2014 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a manageable respiratory
condition, is the third leading cause of death worldwide. Knowing which prescription medications …

[HTML][HTML] Smoking prevalence, behaviours, and cessation among individuals with COPD or asthma

NT Vozoris, MB Stanbrook - Respiratory medicine, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Smoking prevalence, behaviours, physician counselling regarding smoking
cessation, and smoking cessation medications were evaluated among male and female …

Hyperbaric oxygen for carbon monoxide poisoning

DN Juurlink, N Buckley, MB Stanbrook… - Cochrane database …, 2005 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Poisoning with carbon monoxide (CO) remains an important cause of
accidental and intentional injury worldwide. Several unblinded non‐randomized trials have …

Health services burden of undiagnosed and overdiagnosed COPD

…, KR Chapman, SD Aaron, MB Stanbrook… - Chest, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Misdiagnosis of COPD is common. The goal of this study was to quantify the
health services burden of undiagnosed and overdiagnosed COPD in a real-world, North …

Does this patient have an exudative pleural effusion?: The rational clinical examination systematic review

ME Wilcox, CAKY Chong, MB Stanbrook, AC Tricco… - Jama, 2014 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Thoracentesis is performed to identify the cause of a pleural effusion. Although
generally safe, thoracentesis may be complicated by transient hypoxemia, bleeding, patient …