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John Sampalis

Professor of Medicine, McGill
Verified email at mcgill.ca
Cited by 15184

Advanced or basic life support for trauma: meta-analysis and critical review of the literature

M Liberman, D Mulder, J Sampalis - Journal of Trauma and Acute …, 2000 - journals.lww.com
Background The question of whether to use advanced life support (ALS) or basic life support
(BLS) for trauma patients in the prehospital setting has been much debated and still lacks a …

Surgery decreases long-term mortality, morbidity, and health care use in morbidly obese patients

NV Christou, JS Sampalis, M Liberman, D Look… - Annals of …, 2004 - journals.lww.com
Objective: This study tested the hypothesis that weight-reduction (bariatric) surgery reduces
long-term mortality in morbidly obese patients. Background: Obesity is a significant cause of …

Adult Still's disease: manifestations, disease course, and outcome in 62 patients

J POUCHOT, JS SAMPALIS, F BEAUDET… - Medicine, 1991 - journals.lww.com
POUCHOT, JACQUES 1; SAMPALIS, JOHN S. 2; BEAUDET, FRANÇOIS 3; CARETTE,
SIMON 4; DÉCARY, FRANCINE 5; SALUSINSKY-STERNBACH, MARION 6; HILL, ROSS O. 7; …

Randomised controlled trial of laparoscopic versus mini cholecystectomy

…, B Taylor, AN Barkun, CA Goresky, JS Sampalis… - The Lancet, 1992 - Elsevier
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) has gained wide acceptance for treatment of cholelithiasis
in preference to open cholecystectomy, though it has not been formally compared with …

Breast cancer diagnosis by scintimammography: a meta-analysis and review of the literature

…, F Sampalis, DS Mulder, JS Sampalis - Breast cancer research …, 2003 - Springer
Scintimammography is a relatively new, non-invasive diagnostic modality in the evaluation
of breast cancer. The purpose of the current study was to review the existing literature on the …

Trauma care regionalization: a process-outcome evaluation

JS Sampalis, R Denis, A Lavoie… - Journal of Trauma …, 1999 - journals.lww.com
Sampalis and his colleagues in Montreal are to be doubly congratulated, for not only
presenting a very important paper, but for the establishment of a trauma system in the province of …

Direct transport to tertiary trauma centers versus transfer from lower level facilities: impact on mortality and morbidity among patients with major trauma

JS Sampalis, R Denis, P Frechette… - Journal of Trauma …, 1997 - journals.lww.com
Background The purpose of the study was to compare the outcome of severely injured
patients who were transported directly to a Level I, tertiary trauma center with those who were …

Impact of on-site care, prehospital time, and level of in-hospital care on survival in severely injured patients

JS Sampalis, A Lavoie, JI Williams… - Journal of Trauma …, 1993 - journals.lww.com
A sample of 360 severely injured patients was selected from a cohort of 8007 trauma victims
followed prospectively from the time of injury to death or discharge. A case referent study …

[PDF][PDF] Tramiprosate in mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease–a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multi-centre study (the Alphase Study)

…, A Duong, J Suhy, J Oh, WC Lau, J Sampalis - Archives of Medical …, 2011 - termedia.pl
Results: A total of 1,052 patients were enrolled and 790 (75.1%) completed the 78-week trial.
Patient discontinuation and reasons for withdrawal were similar across groups. Planned …

Bariatric surgery reduces cancer risk in morbidly obese patients

…, M Lieberman, F Sampalis, JS Sampalis - Surgery for obesity and …, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: To assess the effect of bariatric surgery on the cancer risk of patients with
morbid obesity because evidence is mounting of an association between obesity and cancer. …