Dr. Vivian McAlister at field hospital.

Publications

Publications

Dr. Vivian McAlister at field hospital.

Publications

2026

  • Wang JB, Russell J, Law B, et al. Testosterone for the Management of Traumatic Hemorrhage: A Systematic Review. J Spec Oper Med. 2026. doi:10.55460/J.Spec.Oper.Med.2026.YT5S-X925
  • Côté M, Smith D, Orozco N, et al. Artificial Intelligence Interpretation of Point-of-Care Lung Ultrasound in Microgravity. Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2026;97(7):505-509. doi:10.3357/AMHP.6852.2026
  • Bengizi A, Qureshi ARM, Incze T, et al. Prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder among current and former members of the Canadian Armed Forces: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies. BMJ Mil Health. 2026. doi:10.1136/military-2025-003186
  • O'Donnell ML, Arjmand HA, Lumley MA, et al. Systematic review and meta-analyses of nonpharmacological interventions for co-occurring chronic pain and posttraumatic stress disorder. Pain. 2026;167(4):756-766. doi:10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003880
  • Cote M, Prager R, Tran K, et al. AI-Assisted Lung Sliding Detection in Point-of-Care Ultrasound by Marine Corps Corpsmen: A Multi-Reader Study. J Spec Oper Med. 2026;26(1). doi:10.55460/J.Spec.Oper.Med.2026.1SDN-NWTW
  • Cote M, Smith D, Orozco N, et al. Diagnostic Accuracy of Automated Pneumothorax Detection Via Novice-Acquired Ultrasound After Chest Tube Removal: Comparison With Expert Interpretation and Chest Radiography. Chest Pulm. 2026;4(2):100246. doi:10.1016/j.chpulm.2026.100246
  • Chaulk RC, Allen L, Priestap F, et al. Reinforcing the role of rural trauma laparotomy. Can J Surg. 2026;69(2):E108-E113. doi:10.1503/cjs.013325
  • Bouras M, Lauzier F, Fergusson DA, et al. Influence of multiple trauma on the effect of transfusion strategies in patients with traumatic brain injury: a sub-study of the HEMOTION trial. Intensive Care Med. 2026;52(2):211-229. doi:10.1007/s00134-025-08290-5
  • Muth T, Ball I, Oleksin R, et al. Just the facts: calcium administration in trauma patients receiving massive blood transfusions. CJEM. 2026;28(1):15-17. doi:10.1007/s43678-025-00994-3
  • Bouras M, Beaulieu N, Torkomyan T, et al. Beta-blockers in adults with acute traumatic brain injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. J Anesth Analg Crit Care. 2026;6(1):2. doi:10.1186/s44158-025-00316-0

2025

  • Law B, Côté M, Muyal A, et al. Zone 3 resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta: Deflating doubts, one trauma at a time. J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech. 2025;12(1):102069. doi:10.1016/j.jvscit.2025.102069
  • Priestap F, Armstrong A, Allen L, et al. Impact of the rural trauma team development course in Southwestern Ontario: change in practice and course evaluation. Injury. 2025;56(9):112414. doi:10.1016/j.injury.2025.112414
  • Yu S, Patton P, Vogt K, et al. Examining Canadian Trauma Centres' Analgesic Protocols for Rib Fractures. West J Emerg Med. 2025;26(5):1367-1373. doi:10.5811/westjem.24945
  • Zhu C, Liu Q, Su Y, et al. Overexpression of GDF15 protects kidneys from ischemia reperfusion injury and affects circular RNA expression. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2025;13:1577625. doi:10.3389/fcell.2025.1577625
  • D'Alessandro-Lowe AM, Scott AM, Patel H, et al. Exploring the association between moral injury and posttraumatic stress symptoms among Canadian public safety personnel. J Trauma Stress. 2025;38(2):272-283. doi:10.1002/jts.23122
  • Brand BL, Schielke HJ, Putnam K, et al. A randomized controlled trial assists individuals with complex trauma and dissociation in Finding Solid Ground. Psychol Trauma. 2025;17(8):1717-1727. doi:10.1037/tra0001871
  • Nicholson AA, Lieberman JM, Hosseini-Kamkar N, et al. Exploring the impact of biological sex on intrinsic connectivity networks in PTSD: A data-driven approach. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2025;136:111180. doi:10.1016/j.pnpbp.2024.111180
  • Smith S, Priestap F, Parry N, et al. Intraabdominal hypertension is less common than it used to be: A pilot step wedge trial. J Crit Care Med (Targu Mures). 2025;11(1):95-100. doi:10.2478/jccm-2025-0002

2024

  • Basmaji J, Arntfield R, Desai K, et al. The Impact of Point-of-Care Ultrasound-Guided Resuscitation on Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Shock: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Crit Care Med. 2024;52(11):1661-1673. doi:10.1097/CCM.0000000000006399
  • Risha M, Alotaibi A, Smith S, et al. Does early transfusion of cold-stored whole blood reduce the need for component therapy in civilian trauma patients? A systematic review. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2024;97(5):822-829. doi:10.1097/TA.0000000000004429
  • Nelson P, Dugbartey GJ, McFarlane L, et al. Effect of Sodium Thiosulfate Pre-Treatment on Renal Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Kidney Transplantation. Int J Mol Sci. 2024;25(17):9529. doi:10.3390/ijms25179529
  • Turgeon AF, Fergusson DA, Clayton L, et al. Liberal or Restrictive Transfusion Strategy in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury. N Engl J Med. 2024;391(8):722-735. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa2404360
  • Jae J, Li Y, Sun C, et al. Preclinical Studies on Mechanisms Underlying the Protective Effects of Propranolol in Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review. J Neuroimmune Pharmacol. 2024;19(1):33. doi:10.1007/s11481-024-10121-1
  • Smith S, Cantle P, Mador B, et al. Damage-control vascular surgery in Canada: supporting surgeons and teams. Can J Surg. 2024;67(3):E247-E249. doi:10.1503/cjs.010123
  • Lanius RA, Kearney BE. Contextualized hippocampal-cortical dynamics underlying traumatic memory. Trends Neurosci. 2024;47(6):400-401. doi:10.1016/j.tins.2024.04.009
  • Momic J, Yassin N, Kim MY, et al. Antiplatelets versus anticoagulants in the treatment of blunt cerebrovascular injury (BCVI): A systematic review and meta-analysis. Injury. 2024;55(4):111485. doi:10.1016/j.injury.2024.111485
  • Smith SA, Hilsden R, Patton P, et al. Management of Rib Fractures in the Combat Environment. J Spec Oper Med. 2024;24(1):85-87. doi:10.55460/FTLJ-MQXX
  • Prager R, Walser E, Balta KY, et al. Resuscitative transesophageal echocardiography during the acute resuscitation of trauma: A retrospective observational study. J Crit Care. 2024;79:154426. doi:10.1016/j.jcrc.2023.154426
  • Houle S, Ein N, Gervasio J, et al. Measuring moral distress and moral injury: A systematic review and content analysis of existing scales. Clin Psychol Rev. 2024;108:102377. doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2023.102377

2023

  • Smith SA, White J, McGuire T, et al. Combat Vascular Access: A Scoping Review. J Spec Oper Med. 2023;23(3):32-38. doi:10.55460/4WHG-X7ZZ
  • Andrews K, Lloyd CS, Densmore M, et al. "I am afraid you will see the stain on my soul": Direct gaze neural processing in individuals with PTSD after moral injury recall. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci. 2023;18(1):nsad053. doi:10.1093/scan/nsad053
  • Smith SA, McAlister VC. A simple perfused cadaver model for damage control vascular surgery training. Can J Surg. 2023;66(5):E476. doi:10.1503/cjs.98037
  • Kearney BE, Corrigan FM, Frewen PA, et al. A randomized controlled trial of Deep Brain Reorienting: A neuroscientifically guided treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder. Eur J Psychotraumatol. 2023;14(2):2240691. doi:10.1080/20008066.2023.2240691
  • Taylor J, Gezer R, Ivkov V, et al. Do patient outcomes differ when the trauma team leader is a surgeon or non-surgeon? A multicentre cohort study. CJEM. 2023;25(6):489-497. doi:10.1007/s43678-023-00516-z
  • Kearney BE, Terpou BA, Densmore M, et al. How the body remembers: Examining the default mode and sensorimotor networks during moral injury autobiographical memory retrieval in PTSD. Neuroimage Clin. 2023;38:103426. doi:10.1016/j.nicl.2023.103426
  • Smith S, Liu M, Ball I, et al. A Systematic Review of Prehospital Combat Airway Management. J Spec Oper Med. 2023;23(1):31-37. doi:10.55460/S3MI-TFX5
  • Hmidan Simsam M, Delorme L, Grimm D, et al. Efficacy of high dose tranexamic acid (TXA) for hemorrhage: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Injury. 2023;54(3):857-870. doi:10.1016/j.injury.2022.12.029
  • McFarlane L, Dugbartey GJ, Juriasingani S, et al. Pre-Treatment of Transplant Donors with Hydrogen Sulfide to Protect against Warm and Cold Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Kidney and Other Transplantable Solid Organs. Int J Mol Sci. 2023;24(4):3518. doi:10.3390/ijms24043518
  • Plouffe RA, Easterbrook B, Liu A, et al. Psychometric Evaluation of the Moral Injury Events Scale in Two Canadian Armed Forces Samples. Assessment. 2023;30(1):111-123. doi:10.1177/10731911211044198

2022

  • Miller, M. R., DiBattista, A., Patel, M. A., Daley, M., Tenn, C., Nakashima, A., Rhind, S. G., Vartanian, O., Shiu, M. Y., Caddy, N., Garrett, M., Saunders, D., Smith, I., Jetly, R., & Fraser, D. D. (2022). A distinct metabolite signature in military personnel exposed to repetitive low-level blasts. Frontiers in Neurology, 13, 831792. https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2022.831792
  • McPherson J, Kennedy C, Slobogean G, Hilsden R, Talbot M. Augmented-reality telementoring for leg fasciotomy: a proof-of-concept study. BMJ Mil Health. 2022;e001975. doi:10.1136/bmjmilitary-2021-001975
  • Ein N, Liu JJW, Houle SA, et al. The effects of child encounters during military deployments on the well-being of military personnel: a systematic review. Eur J Psychotraumatol. 2022;13(2):2132598. doi:10.1080/20008066.2022.2132598
  • Patton P, Vogt K, Priestap F, et al. Intravenous lidocaine for the management of traumatic rib fractures: A double-blind randomized controlled trial (INITIATE program of research). J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2022;93(4):496-502. doi:10.1097/TA.0000000000003562
  • Easterbrook B, Brown A, Millman H, et al. The mental health experience of treatment-seeking military members and public safety personnel: a qualitative investigation of trauma and non-trauma-related concerns. Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can. 2022;42(6):252-260. doi:10.24095/hpcdp.42.6.03
  • Easterbrook B, Plouffe RA, Houle SA, et al. Risk Factors for Moral Injury Among Canadian Armed Forces Personnel. Front Psychiatry. 2022;13:892320. doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2022.892320
  • Protopopescu A, O'Connor C, Cameron D, et al. A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of Goal Management Training in Canadian Military Members, Veterans, and Public Safety Personnel Experiencing Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms. Brain Sci. 2022;12(3):377. doi:10.3390/brainsci12030377
  • Terpou BA, Lloyd CS, Densmore M, et al. Moral wounds run deep: exaggerated midbrain functional network connectivity across the default mode network in posttraumatic stress disorder. J Psychiatry Neurosci. 2022;47(1):E56-E66. doi:10.1503/jpn.210117
  • Smith S, Allen L, Khwaja K, et al. Management of vascular trauma across Canada: A cohort study with implications for practice. Injury. 2022;53(5):1662-1666. doi:10.1016/j.injury.2021.12.052

2021

  • Smith SA, McAlister VC, Dubois L, Beckett A, Hilsden R. Managing junctional haemorrhage in the combat environment. BMJ Mil Health. 2021;167(2):114-117. doi:10.1136/bmjmilitary-2019-001336
  • Parry NG. Stopping extremity hemorrhage: More than just a tourniquet. Surg Open Sci. 2021;7:42-45. doi:10.1016/j.sopen.2021.11.003
  • Curtis RM, Vogt K, Parry N, et al. Retrievable inferior vena cava filter for primary prophylaxis of pulmonary embolism in at-risk trauma patients: A feasibility trial. Injury. 2021;52(5):1210-1214. doi:10.1016/j.injury.2020.11.073

2020

  • Hilsden, Richard MD, MBA; McPherson, John MD; Power, Daniel MD; Taylor, Allan MD; Colley, Dee BSN; Parkinson, Laura LPN; Smith, Shane A. MD, MSC. Development of a combat surgical safety checklist. Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. December 2020;89(6):e182-e186. doi:10.1097/TA.0000000000002921

2019

  • Smith S, McAlister V, Parry N, Power A, Vogt K. Vascular trauma: Does experience in the United States apply to a Canadian centre? Can J Surg. 2019;62(6):499-501. doi:10.1503/cjs.002317
  • Smith S, White J, Wanis KN, Beckett A, McAlister VC, Hilsden R. The effectiveness of junctional tourniquets: A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2019 Mar;86(3):532-539. doi:10.1097/TA.0000000000002159. PubMed PMID: 30507857.
  • Nicholson AA, Densmore M, McKinnon MA, Neufeld RWJ, Frewen PA, Theberge J, Jetly R, Richardson JD, Lanius RA. (2019). Machine learning multivariate pattern analysis predicts classification of posttraumatic stress disorder and its dissociative subtype: A multimodal neuroimaging approach. Psychological Medicine. 2019 Sep;49(12):2049-2059. doi:10.1017/S0033291718002866. Epub 2018 Oct 11. PMID: 30306886.
  • Moffat B, Vogt KN, Inaba K, et al. Introduction of a mobile device based tertiary survey application reduces missed injuries: A multi-center prospective study. Injury. 2019;50(11):1938-1943. doi:10.1016/j.injury.2019.08.020

2018

  • Hyatt AMJ, Beckett A, McAlister VC. After the war is over: the role of General Sir Arthur Currie in the development of academic medicine in Canada. Can J Surg. 2018 Dec 1;61(6):367-369. PubMed PMID: 30468370; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6281458. doi:10.1503/cjs.017118
  • Smith SA, DaCambra MP, McAlister VC. Impact of traumatic upper-extremity amputation on the outcome of injury caused by an antipersonnel improvised explosive device. Can J Surg. 2018 Dec 1;61(6):S203-S207. PubMed PMID: 30418007; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6281463. doi:10.1503/cjs.014518
  • DaCambra MP, Kao RL, Berger C, McAlister VC. Utilization profile of the Canadian-led coalition Role 2 Medical Treatment Facility in Iraq: the growing requirement for multinational interoperability. Can J Surg. 2018 Dec 1;61(6):S195-S202. PubMed PMID: 30418004; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6281465. doi:10.1503/cjs.015218
  • Kao RL, McAlister VC. Care of victims of suicide bombing. Can J Surg. 2018 Dec 1;61(6):S184-S187. PubMed PMID: 30417639; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6281468. doi:10.1503/cjs.015618
  • Leasiolagi J, Holton T, Doyle K, Parkinson L, Kao R, McAlister VC. Proposed specifications of a mobile operating room for far-forward surgery. Can J Surg. 2018 Dec 1;61(6):S180-S183. PubMed PMID: 30417638; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6281464. doi:10.1503/cjs.014718
  • Doucet J, Haley G, McAlister V. Massacre of Canadian Army Medical Corps personnel after the sinking of HMHS Llandovery Castle and the evolution of modern war crime jurisprudence. Can J Surg. 2018 Jun;61(3):155-157. PubMed PMID: 29806812; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5973902. doi:10.1503/cjs.006518
  • Istl AC, McAlister VC. Medical response to the declaration of the First World War: The case of Edwin Seaborn. J Med Biogr. 2018 Nov;26(4):234-242. doi:10.1177/0967772017752897. Epub 2018 May 4. PubMed PMID: 29724148.
  • Bernier JR, McAlister VC. The Canadian Army Medical Corps affair of 1916 and Surgeon General Guy Carleton Jones. Can J Surg. 2018 Apr;61(2):85-87. PubMed PMID: 29582742; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5866141. doi:10.1503/cjs.003818
  • Nicholson AA, Rabellino D, Densmore M, Frewen PA, Paret C, Kluetsch R, Schmahl C, Theberge J, Ros T, Neufeld RWJ, McKinnon MC, Reiss JP, Jetly R, Lanius RA. (2018). Intrinsic connectivity network dynamics in PTSD during amygdala downregulation using real-time fMRI neurofeedback: A preliminary analysis. Hum Brain Mapp. 2018 Nov;39(11):4258-4275. doi:10.1002/hbm.24244. Epub ahead of print Jul 13 2018. PMID: 30004602.
  • Lanius RA, Boyd J, McKinnon MC, Nicholson AA, Frewen P, Vermetten E, Jetly R, Spiegel D. (2018). A review of the neurobiological basis of trauma-related dissociation and its relation to cannabinoid- and opioid-mediated stress response: A transdiagnostic, translational approach. Current Psychiatry Reports. 2018 Nov 7;20(12):118. doi:10.1007/s11920-018-0983-y. Review. PMID: 30402683.
  • Pace J, Parry N, Vogt K, et al. A clinical prediction model for raised intracranial pressure in patients with traumatic brain injuries. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2018;85(2):380-386. doi:10.1097/TA.0000000000001965

2017

  • Da Cambra MP, McAlister VC. Calgary, Edmonton and the University of Alberta: the extraordinary medical mobilization by Canada's newest province. Can J Surg. 2017 Sep;60(5):296-299. PubMed PMID: 28930035; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5608576. doi:10.1503/cjs.012117
  • Smith S, Devine M, Taddeo J, McAlister VC. Injury profile suffered by targets of antipersonnel improvised explosive devices: prospective cohort study. BMJ Open. 2017 Aug 7;7(7):e014697. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014697. PubMed PMID: 28835410; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5691184.
  • Smith SA, Hilsden R, Beckett A, McAlister VC. The future of resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion in combat operations. J R Army Med Corps. 2017 Aug 9. pii: jramc-2017-000788. doi:10.1136/jramc-2017-000788. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28794007.
  • McAlister V. Somewhere in France (9 April 17): a centenary review of medical arrangements at Vimy Ridge. Can J Surg. 2017 Apr;60(2):83-85. PubMed PMID: 28338467; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5373720. doi:10.1503/cjs.003417
  • Lanius RA, Rabellino D, Boyd JE, Harricharan S, Frewen PA, McKinnon MC. (2017). The innate alarm system in PTSD: conscious and subconscious processing of threat. Curr Opin Psychol. 2017 Apr;14:109-115. doi:10.1016/j.copsyc.2016.11.006. Epub 2016 Nov 26. PMID: 28813307.
  • Nicholson AA, Friston KJ, Zeidman P, Harricharan S, McKinnon MC, Densmore M, Neufeld RWJ, Theberge J, Corrigan F, Jetly R, Spiegel D, Lanius RA. (2017). Dynamic causal modeling in PTSD and its dissociative subtype: bottom-up versus top-down processing within fear and emotion regulation circuitry. Hum Brain Mapp. 2017 Nov;38(11):5551-5561. doi:10.1002/hbm.23748. Epub 2017 Aug 24. PMID: 28836726.

2016

  • Istl AC, McAlister VC. Western University (No. 10 Canadian Stationary Hospital and No. 14 Canadian General Hospital): a study of medical volunteerism in the First World War. Can J Surg. 2016 Dec;59(6):371-373. PubMed PMID: 27827791; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5125918. doi:10.1503/cjs.013716
  • Smith SA, Livingston MH, Merritt NH. Early coagulopathy and metabolic acidosis predict transfusion of packed red blood cells in pediatric trauma patients. J Pediatr Surg. 2016 May;51(5):848-52. doi:10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2016.02.034. Epub 2016 Feb 13. PubMed PMID: 26960738.
  • Shrum B, Church B, McArthur E, Burns KE, Znajda T, McAlister V. Hypertonic salt solution for peri-operative fluid management. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2016 Jun 6;(6):CD005576. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD005576.pub3. Review. PubMed PMID: 27271480.

2015

  • Taddeo J, Devine M, McAlister VC. Cervical spine injury in dismounted improvised explosive device trauma. Can J Surg. 2015 Jun;58(3 Suppl 3):S104-7. PubMed PMID: 26100769; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4467503. doi:10.1503/cjs.013114
  • Lanius R, Frewen PA, Tursich M, Jetly R, McKinnon MC. (2015). Restoring large scale brain networks in PTSD and related disorders: a proposal for neuroscientifically-informed treatment interventions. Eur J Psychotraumatol. Mar 31;6:27313. doi:10.3402/ejpt.v6.27313. eCollection 2015. PMID: 25854674.

2014

  • McAlister V. Surgery in patients with Ebola virus disease. Can J Surg. 2014 Dec;57(6):364-5. doi:10.1503/cjs.015514. PubMed PMID: 25354163; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4245263.
  • van Waes OJ, Halm JA, Vermeulen J, McAlister VC. Treatment of rectal war wounds. J R Army Med Corps. 2014 Sep;160(3):255-7. doi:10.1136/jramc-2013-000144. Epub 2013 Aug 6. PubMed PMID: 24109119.

2013

  • Sabalbal M, Johnson M, McAlister V. Absence of the genicular arterial anastomosis as generally depicted in textbooks. Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2013 Sep;95(6):405-9. doi:10.1308/003588413X13629960046831. PubMed PMID: 24025288; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4188287.
  • McAlister VC, Trottier V. Role of persistent processus vaginalis in hydroceles found in a tropical population. Can J Surg. 2013 Jun;56(3):E29-31. doi:10.1503/cjs.000112. PubMed PMID: 23706855; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3672441.

2012

  • Talbot M, Meunier B, Trottier V, Christian M, Hillier T, Berger C, McAlister V, Taylor S. 1 Canadian Field Hospital in Haiti: surgical experience in earthquake relief. Can J Surg. 2012 Aug;55(4):271-4. doi:10.1503/cjs.001411. Review. PubMed PMID: 22854149; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3404149.
  • Rui T, Zhang J, Xu X, Yao Y, Kao R, Martin CM. Reduction in IL-33 expression exaggerates ischaemia/reperfusion-induced myocardial injury in mice with diabetes mellitus. Cardiovasc Res. 2012 May 1;94(2):370-8. doi:10.1093/cvr/cvs015. Epub 2012 Jan 18. PubMed PMID: 22258632.

2011

  • Kao RL, Martin CM, Xenocostas A, Huang W, Rui T. Erythropoietin improves skeletal muscle microcirculation through the activation of eNOS in a mouse sepsis model. J Trauma. 2011 Nov;71(5 Suppl 1):S462-7. doi:10.1097/TA.0b013e318232e7a2. PubMed PMID: 22072004.
  • Xu H, Yao Y, Su Z, Yang Y, Kao R, Martin CM, Rui T. Endogenous HMGB1 contributes to ischemia-reperfusion-induced myocardial apoptosis by potentiating the effect of TNF-α/JNK. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2011 Mar;300(3):H913-21. doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00703.2010. Epub 2010 Dec 24. PubMed PMID: 21186276; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3302194.
  • Mickleborough MJ, Daniels JK, Coupland NJ, Kao R, Williamson PC, Lanius UF, Hegadoren K, Schore A, Densmore M, Stevens T, Lanius RA. Effects of trauma-related cues on pain processing in posttraumatic stress disorder: an fMRI investigation. J Psychiatry Neurosci. 2011 Jan;36(1):6-14. doi:10.1503/jpn.080188. PubMed PMID: 20964954; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3004970.
  • Pannell D, Brisebois R, Talbot M, Trottier V, Clement J, Garraway N, McAlister V, Tien HC. Causes of death in Canadian Forces members deployed to Afghanistan and implications on tactical combat casualty care provision. J Trauma. 2011 Nov;71(5 Suppl 1):S401-7. doi:10.1097/TA.0b013e318232e53f. PubMed PMID: 22071995.
  • Shah K, Pirie S, Compton L, McAlister V, Church B, Kao R. Utilization profile of the trauma intensive care unit at the Role 3 Multinational Medical Unit at Kandahar Airfield between May 1 and Oct. 15, 2009. Can J Surg. 2011 Dec;54(6):S130-4. doi:10.1503/cjs.006611. PubMed PMID: 22099326; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3322654.
  • Brisebois R, Hennecke P, Kao R, McAlister V, Po J, Stiegelmar R, Tien H; Canadian Forces Health Services Research Consortium. The Role 3 Multinational Medical Unit at Kandahar Airfield 2005-2010. Can J Surg. 2011 Dec;54(6):S124-9. doi:10.1503/cjs.024811. PubMed PMID: 22099325; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3322658.
  • McAlister VC. Drills and exercises: the way to disaster preparedness. Can J Surg. 2011 Feb;54(1):7-8. PubMed PMID: 21251426; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3038369. doi:10.1503/cjs.036910

2010

  • Kao RL, Xenocostas A, Rui T, Huang W, Martin CM. The effect of erythropoietin on microcirculation perfusion and tissue bioenergetics of the small intestine in a hemorrhagic shock and resuscitation rat model. J Trauma. 2010 Jun;68(6):1342-8. doi:10.1097/TA.0b013e3181d27dbe. PubMed PMID: 20539178.
  • Pina JS, Moghadam S, Cushner HM, Beilman GJ, McAlister VC. In-theater peritoneal dialysis for combat-related renal failure. J Trauma. 2010 May;68(5):1253-6. doi:10.1097/TA.0b013e3181d99089. PubMed PMID: 20453775.

2009

  • McAlister VC. Catastrophe surgery: response to multiple casualties or individual patients with devastating injuries. Can J Surg. 2009 Jun;52(3):175-6. PubMed PMID: 19503659; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2689756.

2007

  • McAlister VC. Origins of the Canadian school of surgery. Can J Surg. 2007 Oct;50(5):357-63. Review. PubMed PMID: 18031633; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2386184.