Evolution of the medical practices and modes of death on pediatric intensive care units in southern Brazil

…, P Lago, T Rocha, AE Schein, PS Fontela… - Pediatric Critical Care …, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: To study the possible change on mode of deaths, medical decision practices, and
family participation on decisions for limiting life-sustaining treatments (L-LST) over a period …

[HTML][HTML] Remdesivir for the treatment of patients in hospital with COVID-19 in Canada: a randomized controlled trial

…, M Durand, S English, G Farjou, E Fera, P Fontela… - Cmaj, 2022 - Can Med Assoc
Background: The role of remdesivir in the treatment of patients in hospital with COVID-19
remains ill defined in a global context. The World Health Organization Solidarity randomized …

Risk factors for extubation failure in mechanically ventilated pediatric patients

PS Fontela, JP Piva, PC Garcia… - Pediatric Critical Care …, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To describe the incidence of extubation failure and its associated risk factors among
mechanically ventilated children. Method: Prospective cohort study. Children who were …

Use of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) in acute viral bronchiolitis: a systematic review

M Donlan, PS Fontela, PS Puligandla - Pediatric pulmonology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
… collected the data; Mathew Donlan and Patricia Fontela analyzed the data; Patricia Fontela,
… Donlan, Patricia Fontela, and Pramod Puligandla wrote the paper; Patricia Fontela and …

[HTML][HTML] ISARIC-COVID-19 dataset: a prospective, standardized, global dataset of patients hospitalized with COVID-19

…, C Foley, J Foley, V Fomin, T Fonseca, P Fontela… - Scientific data, 2022 - nature.com
The International Severe Acute Respiratory and Emerging Infection Consortium (ISARIC)
COVID-19 dataset is one of the largest international databases of prospectively collected …

Use of C-reactive protein to tailor antibiotic use: a systematic review and meta-analysis

…, J Papenburg, M Beltempo, J Lacroix, PS Fontela - BMJ open, 2018 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Background and objectives C-reactive protein (CRP) has been proposed to guide the use of
antibiotics. However, study results are controversial regarding the benefits of such a strategy…

[HTML][HTML] Quality and reporting of diagnostic accuracy studies in TB, HIV and malaria: evaluation using QUADAS and STARD standards

PS Fontela, N Pant Pai, I Schiller, N Dendukuri… - PloS one, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Background Poor methodological quality and reporting are known concerns with diagnostic
accuracy studies. In 2003, the QUADAS tool and the STARD standards were published for …

Inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for acute bronchiolitis in US emergency departments, 2007–2015

J Papenburg, PS Fontela, RR Freitas… - Journal of the Pediatric …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
One-fourth of patients with bronchiolitis seen in US emergency departments between 2007
and 2015 received antibiotics; 70% of them had no documented bacterial coinfection. …

Moral distress and other wellness measures in Canadian critical care physicians

…, DJ Kutsogiannis, M Chassé, P Fontela… - Annals of the …, 2021 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Understanding the magnitude of moral distress and its associations may point to
solutions. Objectives: To understand the magnitude of moral distress and other measures of …

Treatment of severe bronchiolitis: a survey of Canadian pediatric intensivists

…, G Emeriaud, AM Canakis, PS Fontela - Pediatric …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To describe management practices and the factors guiding admission and treatment
decisions for viral bronchiolitis across Canadian pediatric intensive care units (PICUs). …