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Andrew R. Willan

Andrew R. Willan

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Medicine

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94
Citations
42678
World Ranking
10310
National Ranking
413

Overview

Andrew R. Willan is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Their research spans multiple areas within medicine and health professions, with a particular focus on child and adolescent health as well as pediatric care.

The main fields of study covered in their research include:

  • Medicine
  • Health Professions

Within these broad fields, notable subfields of their work involve:

  • General Health Professions
  • Surgery
  • Epidemiology
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Their research topics highlight areas including:

  • Child and Adolescent Health
  • Infant Development and Preterm Care
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
  • Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management
  • Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies
  • Intestinal Malrotation and Obstruction Disorders

Andrew R. Willan has contributed to several recent papers, such as:

  • A randomized trial evaluating virus-specific effects of a combination probiotic in children with acute gastroenteritis, 2020, published in Nature Communications
  • Effect of Nebulized Magnesium vs Placebo Added to Albuterol on Hospitalization Among Children With Refractory Acute Asthma Treated in the Emergency Department, 2020, published in JAMA
  • Effectiveness of Structured Care Coordination for Children With Medical Complexity, 2023, published in JAMA Pediatrics
  • Intermittent vs Continuous Pulse Oximetry in Hospitalized Infants With Stabilized Bronchiolitis, 2021, published in JAMA Pediatrics
  • A suicide prevention strategy for youth presenting to the emergency department with suicide related behaviour: protocol for a randomized controlled trial, 2020, published in BMC Psychiatry

The frequent venues where their work has appeared include:

  • JAMA Pediatrics
  • Trials
  • Journal of Public Health
  • JAMA
  • The Lancet

Collaboration is a key aspect of their scientific work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Myla E. Moretti
  • Yaron Finkelstein
  • Melanie Barwick
  • Suzanne Schuh
  • Stephen B. Freedman

Best Publications

  • Planned Caesarean Section Versus Planned Vaginal Birth for Breech Presentation at Term: A Randomised Multicentre Trial

    Mary E. Hannah;Walter J. Hannah;Sheila A. Hewson;Ellen D. Hodnett

  • Determining a minimal important change in a disease-specific quality of life questionnaire

    Elizabeth F. Juniper;Gordon H. Guyatt;Andrew Willan;Lauren E. Griffith

  • A longitudinal, population-based, cohort study of childhood asthma followed to adulthood

    Malcolm R. Sears;Justina M. Greene;Andrew R. Willan;Elizabeth M. Wiecek

  • A comparison of low-molecular-weight heparin administered primarily at home with unfractionated heparin administered in the hospital for proximal deep-vein thrombosis.

    Mark Levine;Michael Gent;Jack Hirsh;Jacques Leclerc

  • Family caregiver burden: results of a longitudinal study of breast cancer patients and their principal caregivers

    Eva Grunfeld;Doug Coyle;Timothy Whelan;Jennifer Clinch

  • Chemotherapy can prolong survival in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer--report of a Canadian multicenter randomized trial.

    E Rapp;J L Pater;A Willan;Y Cormier

  • Long-term relation between breastfeeding and development of atopy and asthma in children and young adults: a longitudinal study

    Malcolm R Sears;Justina M Greene;Andrew R Willan;D Robin Taylor

  • Laboratory diagnosis of iron-deficiency anemia: an overview.

    Gordon H. Guyatt;Andrew D. Oxman;Mahmoud Ali;Andrew Willan

  • Risk Factors for Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Critically Ill Patients

    Deborah J. Cook;Hugh D. Fuller;John C. Marshall;David Leasa

  • Interventions to reduce unintended pregnancies among adolescents: systematic review of randomised controlled trials

    Alba DiCenso;Gordon Guyatt;A Willan;L Griffith

  • Randomized Clinical Trial of Breast Irradiation Following Lumpectomy and Axillary Dissection for Node-Negative Breast Cancer: an Update

    R. M. Clark;T. Whelan;M. Levine;R. Roberts

  • Cancer care workers in Ontario: prevalence of burnout, job stress and job satisfaction

    Eva Grunfeld;Timothy J. Whelan;Louise Zitzelsberger;Andrew R. Willan

  • Systematic Implementation of an Advance Directive Program in Nursing Homes: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    D W Molloy;G H Guyatt;R Russo;R Goeree

  • Meta-Analyses of Therapies for Postmenopausal Osteoporosis

    Ann Cranney;Peter Tugwell;George Wells;Andrew Willan

  • Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue: a framework for the marriage of health econometrics and cost-effectiveness analysis.

    Jeffrey S. Hoch;Andrew H. Briggs;Andrew R. Willan

  • INDUCTION OF LABOR COMPARED WITH EXPECTANT MANAGEMENT FOR PRELABOR RUPTURE OF THE MEMBRANES AT TERM

    Mary E. Hannah;Arne Ohlsson;Dan Farine;Sheila A. Hewson

  • Effect of Smoking Cessation on Mortality After Myocardial Infarction: Meta-analysis of Cohort Studies

    Kumanan Wilson;Neil Gibson;Andrew Willan;Deborah Cook

  • Natural history of cervical squamous intraepithelial lesions : A meta-analysis

    Joy Melnikow;James Nuovo;Andrew R. Willan;Benjamin K.S. Chan

  • In search of power and significance: issues in the design and analysis of stochastic cost-effectiveness studies in health care.

    O'Brien Bj;Drummond Mf;Labelle Rj;Willan A

  • Induction of labor as compared with serial antenatal monitoring in post-term pregnancy. A randomized controlled trial. The Canadian Multicenter Post-term Pregnancy Trial Group.

    Mary E. Hannah;Walter J. Hannah;Jonathan Hellmann;Sheila Hewson

Frequent Co-Authors

Amiram Gafni
Amiram Gafni McMaster University
Arne Ohlsson
Arne Ohlsson University of Toronto
Saroj Saigal
Saroj Saigal McMaster University
Stephen G. Matthews
Stephen G. Matthews University of Toronto
Gordon H. Guyatt
Gordon H. Guyatt McMaster University
Bernie J. O'Brien
Bernie J. O'Brien McMaster University
Andrew Briggs
Andrew Briggs University of Glasgow
Timothy J. Whelan
Timothy J. Whelan McMaster University
Mark Levine
Mark Levine McMaster University
Bonnie Stevens
Bonnie Stevens University of Toronto

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