Pavillon Jean-Coutu, Room 2181
Phone: 514-343-6111 #1924
Fax: 514-343-6120
E-mail: david.williamson@umontreal.ca

Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal
Phone: 338-2222 #2666

Teaching Domains

• Pharmacothérapy

• Critical care

• Infectious diseases

• Hematology

Research Themes

• Thromboembolic diseases

• Infectious complications in the ICU

• Septic and cardiogenic choc

• Hematologic complications in the ICU

Current Research Projects

• Comparative effects of milrinone, prostacyclin and NO in ARDS

• Candida spp lower airway colonization in critically ill patients

• Thrombocytopenia in the ICU

Selected Publications

Beaulieu M, Williamson DR, Sirois C, Lachaine J. Do proton-pump inhibitors increase the risk for nosocomial pneumonia? J Crit Care 2008;23:513-518. 

Delisle MS, Williamson DR, Perreault MM, Albert M, Jiang X, Heyland DK. The Clinical Significance of Candida Colonization of Respiratory Tract Secretions in Critically Ill Patients.  J Crit Care 2008;23:11-17.

Bouchard P, Frenette AJ, Williamson DR, Perreault MM. Thiopental-associated dyskalemia in severe head trauma. J Trauma 2008;64:838-42.

Beaulieu M, Williamson DR, Pichette G, Lachaine J. Proton-pump Inhibitors as a Risk Factor for Clostridium difficile diarrhea in a Medical Intensive Care Unit. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2007;28:1305-7.

Notabaert E, Chauny JM, Albert M, Fortier S, Leblanc N, Williamson DR. Short Term Benefits and Risks of Intravenous Iron: A Meta-Analysis. Transfusion 2007;47:1905-18.

Kanji S, Perreault MM, Chant C, Williamson DR, Burry L. Evaluating the use of drotrecogin alfa (activated) in adult severe sepsis: a Canadian multicenter observational study. Intensive Care Med 2007;33:517-23.

Lacasse H, Perreault MM, Williamson DR. Systematic review of antipsychotics in the treatment of hospital associated delirium. Ann Pharmacother 2006;40:1966-1973.

Darveau M, Notebaert E, Denault A, Williamson DR, Albert M, Bélisle S, Lachaine J. Erythropoeitic response to two epoetin alfa regimens in critically ill patients: a pilot study. Pharmacotherapy 2006;26:1587-94.

 

Last update :  2010-04-14