Daneman, Nick
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Rishu, Asgar H.
Pinto, Ruxandra
Aslanian, Pierre
Bagshaw, Sean M.
Carignan, Alex
Charbonney, Emmanuel
Coburn, Bryan
Cook, Deborah J.
Detsky, Michael E.
Dodek, Peter
Hall, Richard
Kumar, Anand
Lamontagne, Francois
Lauzier, Francois
Marshall, John C.
Martin, Claudio M.
McIntyre, Lauralyn
Muscedere, John
Reynolds, Steven
Sligl, Wendy
Stelfox, Henry T.
Wilcox, M. Elizabeth
Fowler, Robert A.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Academic Health Sciences Centre Alternative Funding Plan (AFP) Innovation Fund Awards
Canadian Institute of Health research
Article History
Received: 3 August 2017
Accepted: 16 January 2018
First Online: 17 February 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Informed consent as approved by the following Research Ethics Boards was obtained from all the participants or substitute decision-maker (SDM) as appropriate.Research Ethics Committee approval was obtained at the following participating sites:Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center Research Ethics Board, Toronto, ON.Research Ethics Board, Queen’s university, Kingston, ON.Capital Health Research Ethics Board, Halifax, NS.Ottawa Hospital Research Ethics Boards, Ottawa, ON.Comité d’éthique de la recherché du CIUSSS de l’Estrie – CHUS, Sherbrooke, QC.University of Manitoba Health Research Ethics Board, Winnipeg, MB.Comité d’évaluation scientifique, Centre de Recherche CHUS, Québec, QC.Research Ethics Board, Mount Sinai Hospital, ON.Research Ethics Board, University of Western Ontario, London, ON.Research Ethics Office, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
: Not applicable
: Dr. Nick Daneman is supported by a Clinician Scientist salary award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Dr. Rob Fowler is supported by a personnel award from the Heart and Stroke Foundation, Ontario Provincial Office. Dr. Deborah Cook holds a Canada Research Chair of Research Transfer in Intensive Care. Drs. Lauzier and Lamontagne hold a career award from the Fonds de Recherche du Québec-Santé. Dr. John Marshall is an associate editor for Critical Care. Dr. Sean Bagshaw holds a Canada Research Chair in Critical Care Nephrology. Dr. HT Stelfox is supported by a Population Health Investigator Award from Alberta Innovates and an Embedded Clinician Researcher Award from CIHR. This pilot randomized controlled trial was supported by operating funds from the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Academic Health Sciences Alternate Funding Plan Innovation Fund Award, and bridge funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. The BALANCE main trial is supported by a Project Grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
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