Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Maureen Meade
BSc. (Ottawa), MSc. (McMaster), MD (McGill)Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Joint Member, Dept of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Member, CLARITY (Clinical Advances through Research and Information Translation)
Attending Staff, Hamilton Health Sciences, Intensive Care Unit
905.525.9140 x22900
905.524.3841
meadema@hhsc.ca
Faculty of Health Sciences
Health Sciences Centre, HSC-2C10
1280 Main Street West
Hamilton, Ontario
L8N 4K1
Office location: HSC-2C10
Administrative Assistant: Deborah Maddock
905.525.9140 x22900
905.524.3841
maddock@mcmaster.ca
Academic Interests
Dr. Meade's interests include acute lung injury, lung protective ventilation strategies, clinical trials in mechanical ventilation, weaning from mechanical ventilation, systematic reviews, critical appraisal of the medical literature, and supervising critical care research trainees
Recent Graduate Students
Neill Adhikari, MD, MSc.
Karen E Burns MD, MSc.
Selected Publications
- Meade MO, Cook DJ, Guyatt GH, Slutsky AS, Arabi YM, Cooper DJ, Davies AR, Hand LE, Zhou Q, Thabane L, Austin P, Lapinsky S, Baxter A, Russell J, Skrobik Y, Ronco JJ, Stewart TE, for the Lung Open Ventilation Study Investigators. Ventilation strategy using low tidal volumes, recruitment maneuvers, and high positive end-expiratory pressure for acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome. JAMA 2008; 299(6): 637-645.
- Meade MO, Jacka MJ, Cook DJ, Dodek P, Griffith L, Guyatt GH for the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. A survey of interventions for the prevention and treatment of the acute respiratory distress syndrome. Crit Care Med 2004; 32:946-954.
- Meade MO, Granton JT, Matte-Martyn A, McRae K, Weaver B, Cripps P, Keshavjee SH. A randomized trial of inhaled nitric oxide to prevent ischemia-reperfusion injury following lung transplantation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2003; 167:1483-1489.
- Meade MO, Ely EW. Protocols to improve the care of critically ill pediatric and adult patients. JAMA 2002;288: 2601-2603.
- Meade MO, Cook RJ, Guyatt GH, et al. Interobserver variation in interpreting chest radiographs for the diagnosis of acute respiratory distress syndrome. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000; 161:85-90.
- Stewart TE, Meade MO, Cook DJ, et al. A pressure and volume limited ventilation strategy (PLVS) for patients at high risk for ARDS. New Engl J Med 1998; 338:355-361.