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Programs & Services

Critical Care

Fabrice Brunet

Dr. Fabrice Brunet, MD, PhD, FRCPC

Chief of Critical Care Department
Medical Speciality: Cardiology, Critical Care, Emergency Medicine
University of Toronto Professor of Medicine
University of Paris V Professor of Critical Care

Clinical Activities

Medical/surgical and cardiovascular intensive care

Major Interests

1. Acute inflammatory diseases: ARDS, sepsis, multiple organ failure, infectious diseases

2. Heart and lung interaction in mechanical ventilation, lung mechanics, new modes of mechanical ventilation

3. Organisation of health care system: health economy, network of care, emergency medicine and critical care medicine as a continuum of care, disaster medicine, telemedicine


Select Recent Publications

Management and relief of pain in an emergency department from the adult patient's perspective. S. Tcherny-Lessenot, F. Karwowski-Soulié, A.Lamarche-Vadel, C. Ginsburg, F. Brunet, G. Vidal-Trecan. J. of Pain and Symptom Management; 2003; 25: 539-46

Inducibility of the 70 kD heat shock protein in peripheral blood monocytes is decreased in human acute respiratory distress syndrome and recovers over time. Durand P, Bachelet M, Brunet F, Richard MJ, Dhainaut JF, Dall'Ava J, Polla BS. Am J Respir Crit Care Med; 2000; 161:286-92.

Effects of dobutamine on gastric mucosal perfusion and hepatic metabolism in patients with septic shock.Joly LM, Monchi M, Cariou A, Chiche JD, Bellenfant F, Brunet F, Dhainaut JF. Am J Respir Crit Care Med; 1999;160:1983-6.

The use and misuse of exogenous endothelial-derived vasoactif factors in acute lung injury. A.T. Dinh-Xuan, F. Brunet, J.F. Dhainaut. Intensive Care Med; 1997; 23 : 1110-1118

Should mechanical ventilation be optimized to blood gases, lung mechanics, or thoracic CT scan ? F. Brunet, D. Jeanbourquin, M. Monchi, J.P. Mira, L. Fierobe, A. Armaganidis, B. renaud, M. Belghith, S. Nouira, J.F. Dhainaut and J. Dall'ava Santucci. Am J Respir Crit Care Med; 1995; 152 : 524-530.