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David Wensley

BSc, MBBS, FRCPC

Investigator, BC Children's Hospital

My interest is in improving care for critically ill children mainly with respiratory problems and utilizing emerging technologies.

I have managed an international discussion forum for health care professionals interested in pediatric lung diseases for 20 years.

I am developing mobile applications to improve the prescribing of drugs for children.

I am working on improving in-hospital care of children using standardized tools to provide early warning of changes in their conditions so that they can be treated before they deteriorate.

I have also utilized technology to provide access for children to simple diagnostic tests (oximetry) in their home to assess breathing disorders during sleep and in the developing world to provide access to oximetry in the diagnosis of pneumonia.

Academic Affiliations

Clinical Professor, Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
Research Theme: Evidence to Innovation

Contact Information

Location

4500 Oak St, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6H 3N1

(604) 875-2119

dwensley@cw.bc.ca

Lung Volume Recruitment and Quality of Life in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Secondary Analysis of the STEADFAST Randomized Controlled Trial

Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Tsampalieros, A. and McKim, D. and Barrowman, N. and Bijelic, V. and Mah, J.K. and McMillan, H.J. and Campbell, C. and Momoli, F. and Blinder, H. and McAdam, L. and Nguyen, T.T.D. and Tarnopolsky, M. and Wensley, D.F. and Zielinski, D. and Katz, S.L.

DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202404-360OC

A mixed-methods exploration of the Real-Time Virtual Support pathway Child Health Advice in Real-Time Electronically in Northwestern BC

Paediatrics and Child Health Canada

Duke, S. and Treissman, J. and Freeman, S. and Rossnagel, E. and Somani, S. and Lakhani, A. and Miller, K. and Pawlovich, J. and Wensley, D.

DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxae063

Iron Deficiency and Restless Sleep/Wake Behaviors in Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Mental Health Conditions

Nutrients

Ipsiroglu, O.S. and Pandher, P.K. and Hill, O. and McWilliams, S. and Braschel, M. and Edwards, K. and Friedlander, R. and Keys, E. and Kuo, C. and Lewis, M.S. and Richardson, A. and Wagner, A.L. and Wensley, D.

DOI: 10.3390/nu16183064

Orthodontic and Facial Characteristics of Craniofacial Syndromic Children with Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Diagnostics

Alsaeed, S. and Huynh, N. and Wensley, D. and Lee, K. and Hamoda, M.M. and Ayers, E. and Sutherland, K. and Almeida, F.R.

DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics13132213

Chronic tracheostomy care of ventilator-dependent and -independent children: Clinical practice patterns of pediatric respirologists in a publicly funded (Canadian) healthcare system

Pediatric Pulmonology

St-Laurent, A. and Zielinski, D. and Qazi, A. and AlAwadi, A. and Almajed, A. and Adamko, D.J. and Alabdoulsalam, T. and Chiang, J. and Derynck, M. and Gerdung, C. and Kam, K. and Katz, S.L. and MacLusky, I. and Mehta, K. and Mateos, D. and Nguyen, T.T.D. and Praud, J.-P. and Proulx, F. and Seear, M. and Smith, M.J. and Wensley, D. and Amin, R.

DOI: 10.1002/ppul.26171

Routine lung volume recruitment in boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: a randomised clinical trial

Thorax

Katz, S.L. and Mah, J.K. and McMillan, H.J. and Campbell, C. and Bijeli?, V. and Barrowman, N. and Momoli, F. and Blinder, H. and Aaron, S.D. and McAdam, L.C. and Nguyen, T.T.D. and Tarnopolsky, M. and Wensley, D.F. and Zielinski, D. and Rose, L. and Sheers, N. and Berlowitz, D.J. and Wolfe, L. and McKim, D.

DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2021-218196

Death and Dying in Hospitalized Pediatric Patients: A Prospective Multicenter, Multinational Study

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Nicoll, J. and Dryden-Palmer, K. and Frndova, H. and Gottesman, R. and Gray, M. and Hunt, E.A. and Hutchison, J.S. and Joffe, A.R. and Lacroix, J. and Middaugh, K. and Nadkarni, V. and Szadkowski, L. and Tomlinson, G.A. and Wensley, D. and Parshuram, C.S. and Farrell, C.

DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2021.0205

Socioeconomic inequalities in pediatric obstructive sleep apnea

Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine

Park, J.W. and Hamoda, M.M. and Almeida, F.R. and Wang, Z. and Wensley, D. and Alalola, B. and Alsaloum, M. and Tanaka, Y. and Huynh, N.T. and Conklin, A.I.

DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.9494

Understanding patient characteristics and medication prescriptions in children with mental health and neurodevelopmental disorders referred to a sleep clinic"A quality improvement/quality assurance analysis

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Ipsiroglu, O.S. and Bhathella, J. and Boldut, R.P. and Elbe, D. and Hill, O. and Keys, E. and McWilliams, S. and Silvestri, R. and Wensley, D.F.

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.878356

Trametinib therapy for children with neurofibromatosis type 1 and life-threatening plexiform neurofibroma or treatment-refractory low-grade glioma

Cancer Medicine

Ronsley, R. and Hounjet, C.D. and Cheng, S. and Rassekh, S.R. and Duncan, W.J. and Dunham, C. and Gardiner, J. and Ghag, A. and Ludemann, J.P. and Wensley, D. and Rehmus, W. and Sargent, M.A. and Hukin, J.

DOI: 10.1002/cam4.3910

Bronchial casts

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Kevat, A. and Wensley, D. and Popescu, O. and Seear, M.

DOI: 10.1111/jpc.14587

Pediatric pulse oximetry-based OSA screening at different thresholds of the apnea-hypopnea index with an expression of uncertainty for inconclusive classifications

Sleep Medicine

Garde, A. and Hoppenbrouwer, X. and Dehkordi, P. and Zhou, G. and Rollinson, A.U. and Wensley, D. and Dumont, G.A. and Ansermino, J.M.

DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2018.08.027

Implementation study of a 5-component pediatric early warning system (PEWS) in an emergency department in British Columbia, Canada, to inform provincial scale up

BMC Emergency Medicine

McElroy, T. and Swartz, E.N. and Hassani, K. and Waibel, S. and Tuff, Y. and Marshall, C. and Chan, R. and Wensley, D. and O'Donnell, M.

DOI: 10.1186/s12873-019-0287-5

Effect of a pediatric early warning system on all-cause mortality in Hospitalized pediatric patients: The epoch randomized clinical trial

JAMA Journal of the American Medical Association

Parshuram, C.S. and Dryden-Palmer, K. and Farrell, C. and Gottesman, R. and Gray, M. and Hutchison, J.S. and Helfaer, M. and Hunt, E.A. and Joffe, A.R. and Lacroix, J. and Moga, M.A. and Nadkarni, V. and Ninis, N. and Parkin, P.C. and Wensley, D. and Willan, A.R. and Tomlinson, G.A. and Willems, A. and Hazim, M. and Wenderickx, B. and Kotsakis, A. and Gander, S. and Harris, W. and Holland, J. and MacLean, J. and Boliver, D. and Zavalkoff, S. and Dagenais, M. and Shea, S. and Gaudreault, J. and Dugas, M.-A. and Gosselin, L. and Proulx-Clerc, C. and Bertout, L. and Grisoni, I. and Duff, J. and Pugh, J. and Capito, D. and Krahn, G. and Barclay, A. and Auld, F. and Robson, L. and Carrick, E. and Gilleland, J. and Saunders, L. and Fraser, D. and Bechard, P. and Martin, C. and Spear, L. and Tobler, K. and Kulbaba, K. and Peiris, N. and Doherty, D.R. and Fjficmi, F. and Ladewig, E. and Somanadhan, S. and Greensmith, L. and Breatnach, C. and O'Rourke, C. and Ges, B. and Cecchetti, C. and Gawronski, O. and Ruscitto, A. and Cabillon, E.P. and Atti, M.C.D. and Raponi, M. and Nuthall, G. and Williams, G.D. and Sherring, C. and Bushell, T. and Rea, M. and Armriding, L. and Olykan, G. and Van Der Starre, C. and Hogeboom, A. and De Oude-Lubbers, A. and Hemat, N. and Broughton, S. and Harris, S. and Downing, E. and Inwald, D. and Sinha, R. and Raghunanan, S. and Vaidya, M. and Reardon, L. and Burmester, M. and Kailay, K. and Haidu, L. and Ferri, S. and Grillo, J. and Shahid, N. and Ashley, S. and Singh, S. and Byrne, K. and Kamath, A. and Middaugh, K.

DOI: 10.1001/jama.2018.0948

Clinician-Driven Design of VitalPAD-An Intelligent Monitoring and Communication Device to Improve Patient Safety in the Intensive Care Unit

IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine

Flohr, L. and Beaudry, S. and Johnson, K.T. and West, N. and Burns, C.M. and Ansermino, J.M. and Dumont, G.A. and Wensley, D. and Skippen, P. and Gorges, M.

DOI: 10.1109/JTEHM.2018.2812162

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Corticosteroids in Pediatric Septic Shock: A Pilot Feasibility Study

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Menon, K. and McNally, D. and O'Hearn, K. and Acharya, A. and Wong, H.R. and Lawson, M. and Ramsay, T. and McIntyre, L. and Gilfoyle, E. and Tucci, M. and Wensley, D. and Gottesman, R. and Morrison, G. and Choong, K.

DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000001121

Comparison of consent models in a randomized trial of corticosteroids in pediatric septic shock

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Menon, K. and O'Hearn, K. and McNally, J.D. and Acharya, A. and Wong, H.R. and Lawson, M. and Ramsay, T. and McIntyre, L. and Gilfoyle, E. and Tucci, M. and Wensley, D. and Gottesman, R. and Morrison, G. and Choong, K.

DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000001301

Caregiver knowledge and skills to safely care for pediatric tracheostomy ventilation at home

Pediatric Pulmonology

Amin, R. and Parshuram, C. and Kelso, J. and Lim, A. and Mateos, D. and Mitchell, I. and Patel, H. and Roy, M. and Syed, F. and Troini, R. and Wensley, D. and Rose, L.

DOI: 10.1002/ppul.23842

Evaluation of cardiac modulation in children in response to apnea/hypopnea using the Phone Oximeter

Physiological Measurement

Dehkordi, P. and Garde, A. and Karlen, W. and Petersen, C.L. and Wensley, D. and Dumont, G.A. and Mark Ansermino, J.

DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/37/2/187

Performance of the PEdiatric Logistic Organ Dysfunction-2 score in critically ill children requiring plasma transfusions

Annals of Intensive Care

Karam, O. and Demaret, P. and Duhamel, A. and Shefler, A. and Spinella, P.C. and Stanworth, S.J. and Tucci, M. and Leteurtre, S. and for the PlasmaTV investigators and Butt, W. and Delzoppo, C. and Bain, K. and Erickson, S. and Smalley, N. and Dorofaeff, T. and Long, D. and Wiseman, G. and Clnent de~Clty, S. and Berghe, C. and de~Jaeger, A. and Demaret, P. and Trippaerts, M. and Willems, A. and Rooze, S. and De~Dooy, J. and Gilfoyle, E. and Wohlgemuth, L. and Tucci, M. and Dumitrascu, M. and Withington, D. and Hickey, J. and Choong, K. and Sanders, L. and Morrison, G. and Tijssen, J. and Wensley, D. and Krahn, G. and Dugas, M.-A. and Gosselin, L. and Santschi, M. and Von~Dessauer, B. and Ordenes, N. and Afshari, A. and Andersen, L.H. and Nilsson, J.C. and Johansen, M. and Baek~Jensen, A.-M. and Campos~Mino, S. and Grunauer, M. and Joram, N. and Roullet-Renoleau, N. and Javouhey, E. and Cour-Andlauer, F. and Portefaix, A. and Brissaud, O. and Guichoux, J. and Payen, V. and Lger, P.-L. and Afanetti, M. and Mortamet, G. and Maria, M. and Breining, A. and Tissieres, P. and Dorkenoo, A. and Deho, A. and Steinherr, H. and Nikolaou, F. and Camporesi, A. and Mario, F. and Kawasaki, T. and Miura, S. and Beca, J. and Rea, M. and Sherring, C. and Bushell, T. and Bentsen, G. and Dinis, A. and Pereira, G. and Vieira, M. and Moniz, M. and Alshehri, S. and Alasnag, M. and Pisarcikova, M. and Jordan, I. and Balcells, J. and Perez-Ferrer, A. and de~Vicente Snchez, J. and Vazquez~Moyano, M. and Morales~Martinez, A. and Lopez-Herce, J. and Solana, M.J. and Flores~Gonzlez, J.C. and Alonso, M.T. and Nieto~Faza, M. and Perez, M.-H. and Amiet, V. and Doell, C. and Bordessoule, A. and Cochius-den Otter, S. and Kapitein, B. and Kneyber, M. and Brierley, J. and Rea, V. and McKeever, S. and Kelleher, A. and Scholefield, B. and Top, A. and Kelly, N. and Virdee, S. and Davis, P. and George, S. and Hawkins, K.C. and McCall, K. and Brown, V. and Sykes, K. and Levin, R. and MacLeod, I. and Horan, M. and Jirasek, P. and Inwald, D. and Abdulla, A. and Raghunanan, S. and Taylor, B. and Shefler, A. and Sparkes, H. and Hanson, S. and Woods, K. and Triscari, D. and Murkowski, K. and Ozment, C. and Steiner, M. and Nerheim, D. and Galster, A. and Higgerson, R. and Christie, L.A. and Spinella, P.C. and Martin, D. and Rourke, L. and Muszynski, J. and Steele, L. and Ajizian, S. and McCrory, M.C. and O?Brien, K. and Babbitt, C. and Felkel, E. and Levine, G. and Truemper, E.J. and Zink, M. and Nellis, M. and Thomas, N.J. and Spear, D. and Markovitz, B. and Terry, J. and Morzov, R. and Montgomery, V. and Michael, A. and Thomas, M. and Singleton, M. and Jarvis, D. and Nett, S. and Willson, D. and Hoot, M. and Bembea, M. and Yiu, A. and McKinley, D. and Scarlett, E. and Sankey, J. and Parikh, M. and Vincent, E. and Faustino, S. and Michelson, K. and Rilinger, J. and Campbell, L. and Gertz, S. and Cholette, J.M. and Jeyapalan, A. and Parker, M. and Bateman, S. and Johnson, A.

DOI: 10.1186/s13613-016-0197-6

The quality of life of home-ventilated children and their primary caregivers plus the associated social and economic burdens: A prospective study

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Seear, M. and Kapur, A. and Wensley, D. and Morrison, K. and Behroozi, A.

DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2015-309796

Phenotypic expansion of TBX4 mutations to include acinar dysplasia of the lungs

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Szafranski, P. and Coban-Akdemir, Z.H. and Rupps, R. and Grazioli, S. and Wensley, D. and Jhangiani, S.N. and Popek, E. and Lee, A.F. and Lupski, J.R. and Boerkoel, C.F. and Stankiewicz, P.

DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.37822

Steroids in fluid and/or vasoactive infusion dependent pediatric shock: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Trials

O'Hearn, K. and McNally, D. and Choong, K. and Acharya, A. and Wong, H.R. and Lawson, M. and Ramsay, T. and McIntyre, L. and Gilfoyle, E. and Tucci, M. and Wensley, D. and Gottesman, R. and Morrison, G. and Menon, K.

DOI: 10.1186/s13063-016-1365-6

Hyperthyroidism hidden by congenital central hypoventilation syndrome

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Fox, D.A. and Weese-Mayer, D.E. and Wensley, D.F. and Stewart, L.L.

DOI: 10.1515/jpem-2014-0174

Using oximetry dynamics to screen for sleep disordered breathing at varying thresholds of severity

2015 23rd European Signal Processing Conference, EUSIPCO 2015

Garde, A. and Dehkordi, P. and Wensley, D. and Ansermino, J.M. and Dumonf, G.A.

DOI: 10.1109/EUSIPCO.2015.7362421

Pulse oximetry recorded from the Phone Oximeter for detection of obstructive sleep apnea events with and without oxygen desaturation in children

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Garde, A. and Dehkordi, P. and Wensley, D. and Ansermino, J.M. and Dumont, G.A.

DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2015.7320174

Evaluating processes of care and outcomes of children in hospital (EPOCH): Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Trials

Parshuram, C.S. and Dryden-Palmer, K. and Farrell, C. and Gottesman, R. and Gray, M. and Hutchison, J.S. and Helfaer, M. and Hunt, E. and Joffe, A. and Lacroix, J. and Nadkarni, V. and Parkin, P. and Wensley, D. and Willan, A.R.

DOI: 10.1186/s13063-015-0712-3

Casting a look at pediatric plastic bronchitis

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Jasinovic, T. and Kozak, F.K. and Moxham, J.P. and Chilvers, M. and Wensley, D. and Seear, M. and Campbell, A. and Ludemann, J.P.

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2015.07.011

Sleep stage classification in children using photo plethysmogram pulse rate variability

Computing in Cardiology

Dehkordi, P. and Garde, A. and Karlen, W. and Wensley, D. and Ansermino, J.M. and Dumont, G.A.

Development of a screening tool for sleep disordered breathing in children using the phone oximeterTM

Plos One

Garde, A. and Dehkordi, P. and Karlen, W. and Wensley, D. and Ansermino, J.M. and Dumont, G.A.

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112959

Pulse rate variability compared with heart rate variability in children with and without sleep disordered breathing

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Dehkordi, P. and Garde, A. and Karlen, W. and Wensley, D. and Ansermino, J.M. and Dumont, G.A.

DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2013.6611059

Long-term ventilation in children: Longitudinal trends and outcomes

Archives of Disease in Childhood

McDougall, C.M. and Adderley, R.J. and Wensley, D.F. and Seear, M.D.

DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2012-303062

Bronchial balloon occlusion in children with complex pulmonary air leaks

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Hathorn, C. and Armitage, N. and Wensley, D. and Seear, M.

DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2012-302529

Oxygen saturation in children with and without obstructive sleep apnea using the phone-oximeter

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Garde, A. and Karlen, W. and Dehkordi, P. and Wensley, D. and Ansermino, J.M. and Dumont, G.A.

DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2013.6610055

Pulse rate variability in children with disordered breathing during different sleep stages

Computing in Cardiology

Dehkordi, P. and Garde, A. and Karlen, W. and Wensley, D. and Ansermino, J.M. and Dumont, G.A.

Multicentre validation of the bedside paediatric early warning system score: A severity of illness score to detect evolving critical illness in hospitalised children

Critical Care

Parshuram, C.S. and Duncan, H.P. and Joffe, A.R. and Farrell, C.A. and Lacroix, J.R. and Middaugh, K.L. and Hutchison, J.S. and Wensley, D. and Blanchard, N. and Beyene, J. and Parkin, P.C.

DOI: 10.1186/cc10337

Comparison of two red-cell transfusion strategies after pediatric cardiac surgery: A subgroup analysis

Critical Care Medicine

Willems, A. and Harrington, K. and Lacroix, J. and Biarent, D. and Joffe, A.R. and Wensley, D. and Ducruet, T. and Hbert, P.C. and Tucci, M.

DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181bc816c

Iatrogenic hyponatremia in hospitalized children: Can it be avoided?

Paediatrics and Child Health

Skippen, P. and Adderley, R. and Bennett, M. and Cogswell, A. and Froese, N. and Seear, M. and Wensley, D.

DOI: 10.1093/pch/13.6.502

Anemia, blood loss, and blood transfusions in North American children in the intensive care unit

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Bateman, S.T. and Lacroix, J. and Boven, K. and Forbes, P. and Barton, R. and Thomas, N.J. and Jacobs, B. and Markovitz, B. and Hanson, J.H. and Li, H.A. and Abd-Allah, S. and Randolph, A. and Healey, H. and Besunder, J. and Blumer, J. and Cheiftez, I. and Bass, A. and Dalton, H. and Dobyns, E. and Fitch, J. and Gedeit, R. and Goldstein, B. and Grzeszczak, M. and Hasan, R. and Jefferson, L. and Levin, D. and Jarvis, D. and Newth, C. and Randolph, A.G. and Auw, L. and Patel, V. and Ron, S. and Correa, C.S. and Seferian, E. and Hess, J. and Stokes, J. and Willson, D. and Cox, P. and Joffe, A. and Menon, K. and Wensley, D.

DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200711-1637OC

Good work! Could do better

British Columbia Medical Journal

Baillie, H. and Baker, M. and Burrill, D. and Hayward, J. and Rae, A. and Sherlock, C. and Smith, D. and Sutter, M. and Thompson, C. and Wensley, D.

How to approach pediatric sleep medicine in British Columbia: A consensus paper

British Columbia Medical Journal

Ipsiroglu, O.S. and Jan, J.E. and Freeman, R.D. and Laswick, A.J. and Milner, R.A. and Mitton, C. and Wasdell, M.B. and Wensley, D.F. and McKellin, W.H.

How accurate is the diagnosis of exercise induced asthma among Vancouver schoolchildren?

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Seear, M. and Wensley, D. and West, N.

DOI: 10.1136/adc.2004.063974

The first international consensus conference on continuous renal replacement therapy

Kidney International

Kellum, J.A. and Mehta, R.L. and Angus, D.C. and Palevsky, P. and Ronco, C. and Bellomo, R. and Bunchman, T. and Clark, W. and Davenport, A. and Depner, T. and Gibney, R.T.N. and Kellum, J.A. and Kimmel, P. and Lazarus, J. and Leblanc, M. and Levin, N. and Mehta, R.L. and Mehta, S. and Murray, P.T. and Paganini, E.P. and Palevsky, P. and Ronco, C. and Schetz, M. and Star, R.A. and Tetta, C. and Wensley, D.

DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2002.00613.x

The acute dialysis quality initiative - Part III: Solute control (treatment dose)

Advances in Renal Replacement Therapy

Paganini, E.P. and Depner, T. and Wensley, D.

DOI: 10.1053/jarr.2002.35569

Cost-benefit of trained transport teams: Estimates for head-injured children

Prehospital Emergency Care

Macnab, A.J. and Wensley, D.F. and Sun, C.

DOI: 10.1080/10903120190940227

Outcome and predictors of mortality in pediatric oncology patients requiring intensive care

Journal of Intensive Care Medicine

Parsons, S.J. and Tomas, K. and Wensley, D.F.

DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1489.2001.00029.x

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for cerebral palsy: two complications of treatment.

Pediatrics

Nuthall, G. and Seear, M. and Lepawsky, M. and Wensley, D. and Skippen, P. and Hukin, J.

DOI: 10.1542/peds.106.6.e80

Respirology manpower in Canada - A report for the Canadian Thoracic Society Education Committee

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Cockcroft, D.W. and Wensley, D.

DOI: 10.1155/2000/704369

Chronic cough and wheeze in children: Do they all have asthma?

European Respiratory Journal

Seear, M. and Wensley, D.

DOI: 10.1183/09031936.97.10020342

Peritoneal dialysis in children after cardiopulmonary bypass

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Werner, H.A. and Wensley, D.F. and Lirenman, D.S. and LeBlanc, J.G. and Jonas, R.A. and Mee, R.B.

DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(97)70400-8

Heterogeneous Serratia marcescens genotypes from a nosocomial pediatric outbreak

Chest

Cimolai, N. and Trombley, C. and Wensley, D. and LeBlanc, J.

DOI: 10.1378/chest.111.1.194

Midazolam following open heart surgery in children: Haemodynamic effects of a loading dose

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Macnab, A.J. and Levine, M. and Glick, N. and Macready, J. and Susak, L. and Elliott, M. and Wensley, D.

DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.1996.d01-6.x

Inhaled anaesthetics for refractory childhood asthma

Clinical Intensive Care

Handel, J. and Radderley, R. and Bennett, M. and Skippen, P. and Wensley, D. and Rhodes, P.

Mycoplasma pneumoniae as a cofactor in severe respiratory infections

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Cimolai, N. and Wensley, D. and Seear, M. and Thomas, E.T.

DOI: 10.1093/clinids/21.5.1182

Association of gastroesophageal reflux with obstructive lung disease in children after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation [3]

Blood

Schultz, K.R. and Fernandez, C.V. and Israel, D.M. and Magee, F. and Wensley, D. and Sargent, M.A. and Abella, E. and Karanes, C.

DOI: 10.1182/blood.v85.12.3763b.bloodjournal85123763b

Obstructive lung disease in children after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation: Evaluation with high-resolution CT

American Journal of Roentgenology

Sargent, M.A. and Cairns, R.A. and Murdoch, M.J. and Nadel, H.R. and Wensley, D. and Schultz, K.R.

DOI: 10.2214/ajr.164.3.7863896

Obstructive lung disease in children after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation

Blood

Schultz, K.R. and Green, G.J. and Wensley, D. and Sargent, M.A. and Magee, J.F. and Spinelli, J.J. and Pritchard, S. and Davis, J.H. and Rogers, P.C.J. and Chan, K.W. and Phillips, G.L.

DOI: 10.1182/blood.v84.9.3212.bloodjournal8493212

Unilateral cervical spinal cord lesion in a term newborn, associated with ipsilateral diaphragmatic atrophy and pulmonary hypoplasia

Pediatric Pulmonology

Rotschild, A. and Ling, E.W.Y. and Wensley, D.F. and Norman, M.G. and Thurlbeck, W.M.

DOI: 10.1002/ppul.1950180114

Oxygen consumption-oxygen delivery relationship in children

The Journal of Pediatrics

Seear, M. and Wensley, D. and MacNab, A.

DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(05)81690-7

Spontaneous pneumothorax in paediatric patients

Respiratory Medicine

Davis, A.M. and Wensley, D.F. and Phelan, P.D.

DOI: 10.1016/0954-6111(93)90009-O

Comparison of three methods for measuring respiratory mechanics in ventilated children.

Pediatric pulmonology

Seear, M. and Wensley, D. and Werner, H.

DOI: 10.1002/ppul.1950100412

Pilot study for the development of a monitoring device for ventilated children

Pediatric Pulmonology

Wensley, D.F. and Noonan, P. and Seear, M.D. and Werner, H. and Pirie, G.E.

DOI: 10.1002/ppul.1950110315

Atypical staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome: Two fatal pediatric cases

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Tyson, W. and Wensley, D.F. and Anderson, J.D. and Fraser, G.C. and Wilson, E.M.

DOI: 10.1097/00006454-198909000-00016

Management of pulmonary sequestration and scimitar syndrome presenting in infancy

Pediatric Surgery International

Wensley, D.F. and Goh, T.H. and Menahem, S. and Edis, B. and Venables, A.W.

DOI: 10.1007/BF00169695

Infective endocarditis in children with congenital heart disease: Comparison of selected features in patients with surgical correction or palliation and those without

British Heart Journal

Karl, T. and Wensley, D. and Start, J.

DOI: 10.1136/hrt.58.1.57

Expo '86, Vancouver: Impact on British Columbia's Children's Hospital

CMAJ

Hlady, L.J. and Macnab, A.J. and Smith, D.F. and Wensley, D.F.

Assessment of Residual Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction Following Surgery Using the Response to Intravenous Propranolol

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Wensley, D.F. and Karl, T. and Deanfield, J.E. and de Leval, M.R. and Macartney, F.J. and Stark, J.

DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(10)62151-0

Respiratory distress in the second week of life

Journal of Pediatrics

Wensley, D.F. and Baldwin, V.J.

DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(85)80319-X

The use of early warning systems to prevent deterioration in hospitalized children

Children admitted to hospital occasionally deteriorate quickly requiring admission to the intensive care unit. In my work with the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group, I have been involved in a multicenter trail evaluating a standardized tool to provide an early warning of deterioration in hospitalized children. The current trial is evaluating this in tertiary Pediatric hospitals, but we are hoping to test it in a regional setting in all levels of hospitals.

The development and use of a cell phone application to improve the prescribing of drugs

As part of our quality assurance process in the intensive care unit it was clear that in this complex environment, drug errors are a common problem. Easy access for all health care professionals to standard resources for prescribing and checking drugs was not available. We are therefore developing a mobile computing application to standardize prescribing of drugs and will test the effect of this, hoping to reduce the number of errors in drug administration in the intensive care unit.

Grants

Young Traumatic Brain Injury Study $60,000 May 2008 - January 2010 A. Guerguerian (PI) D. Wensley (Local PI)

Calfactant for Acute Lung Injury $100,000 April 2008 - April 2010 D. Willson (PI) D. Wensley (Local PI)

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David Wensley

BSc, MBBS, FRCPC

Investigator, BC Children's Hospital

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Lung Volume Recruitment and Quality of Life in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Secondary Analysis of the STEADFAST Randomized Controlled Trial

A mixed-methods exploration of the Real-Time Virtual Support pathway Child Health Advice in Real-Time Electronically in Northwestern BC

Iron Deficiency and Restless Sleep/Wake Behaviors in Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Mental Health Conditions

Orthodontic and Facial Characteristics of Craniofacial Syndromic Children with Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Chronic tracheostomy care of ventilator-dependent and -independent children: Clinical practice patterns of pediatric respirologists in a publicly funded (Canadian) healthcare system

Routine lung volume recruitment in boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: a randomised clinical trial

Death and Dying in Hospitalized Pediatric Patients: A Prospective Multicenter, Multinational Study

Socioeconomic inequalities in pediatric obstructive sleep apnea

Understanding patient characteristics and medication prescriptions in children with mental health and neurodevelopmental disorders referred to a sleep clinic"A quality improvement/quality assurance analysis

Trametinib therapy for children with neurofibromatosis type 1 and life-threatening plexiform neurofibroma or treatment-refractory low-grade glioma

Bronchial casts

Pediatric pulse oximetry-based OSA screening at different thresholds of the apnea-hypopnea index with an expression of uncertainty for inconclusive classifications

Implementation study of a 5-component pediatric early warning system (PEWS) in an emergency department in British Columbia, Canada, to inform provincial scale up

Effect of a pediatric early warning system on all-cause mortality in Hospitalized pediatric patients: The epoch randomized clinical trial

Clinician-Driven Design of VitalPAD-An Intelligent Monitoring and Communication Device to Improve Patient Safety in the Intensive Care Unit

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Corticosteroids in Pediatric Septic Shock: A Pilot Feasibility Study

Comparison of consent models in a randomized trial of corticosteroids in pediatric septic shock

Caregiver knowledge and skills to safely care for pediatric tracheostomy ventilation at home

Evaluation of cardiac modulation in children in response to apnea/hypopnea using the Phone Oximeter

Performance of the PEdiatric Logistic Organ Dysfunction-2 score in critically ill children requiring plasma transfusions

The quality of life of home-ventilated children and their primary caregivers plus the associated social and economic burdens: A prospective study

Phenotypic expansion of TBX4 mutations to include acinar dysplasia of the lungs

Steroids in fluid and/or vasoactive infusion dependent pediatric shock: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Hyperthyroidism hidden by congenital central hypoventilation syndrome

Using oximetry dynamics to screen for sleep disordered breathing at varying thresholds of severity

Pulse oximetry recorded from the Phone Oximeter for detection of obstructive sleep apnea events with and without oxygen desaturation in children

Evaluating processes of care and outcomes of children in hospital (EPOCH): Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Casting a look at pediatric plastic bronchitis

Sleep stage classification in children using photo plethysmogram pulse rate variability

Development of a screening tool for sleep disordered breathing in children using the phone oximeterTM

Pulse rate variability compared with heart rate variability in children with and without sleep disordered breathing

Long-term ventilation in children: Longitudinal trends and outcomes

Bronchial balloon occlusion in children with complex pulmonary air leaks

Oxygen saturation in children with and without obstructive sleep apnea using the phone-oximeter

Pulse rate variability in children with disordered breathing during different sleep stages

Multicentre validation of the bedside paediatric early warning system score: A severity of illness score to detect evolving critical illness in hospitalised children

Comparison of two red-cell transfusion strategies after pediatric cardiac surgery: A subgroup analysis

Iatrogenic hyponatremia in hospitalized children: Can it be avoided?

Anemia, blood loss, and blood transfusions in North American children in the intensive care unit

Good work! Could do better

How to approach pediatric sleep medicine in British Columbia: A consensus paper

How accurate is the diagnosis of exercise induced asthma among Vancouver schoolchildren?

The first international consensus conference on continuous renal replacement therapy

The acute dialysis quality initiative - Part III: Solute control (treatment dose)

Cost-benefit of trained transport teams: Estimates for head-injured children

Outcome and predictors of mortality in pediatric oncology patients requiring intensive care

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for cerebral palsy: two complications of treatment.

Respirology manpower in Canada - A report for the Canadian Thoracic Society Education Committee

Chronic cough and wheeze in children: Do they all have asthma?

Peritoneal dialysis in children after cardiopulmonary bypass

Heterogeneous Serratia marcescens genotypes from a nosocomial pediatric outbreak

Midazolam following open heart surgery in children: Haemodynamic effects of a loading dose

Inhaled anaesthetics for refractory childhood asthma

Mycoplasma pneumoniae as a cofactor in severe respiratory infections

Association of gastroesophageal reflux with obstructive lung disease in children after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation [3]

Obstructive lung disease in children after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation: Evaluation with high-resolution CT

Obstructive lung disease in children after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation

Unilateral cervical spinal cord lesion in a term newborn, associated with ipsilateral diaphragmatic atrophy and pulmonary hypoplasia

Oxygen consumption-oxygen delivery relationship in children

Spontaneous pneumothorax in paediatric patients

Comparison of three methods for measuring respiratory mechanics in ventilated children.

Pilot study for the development of a monitoring device for ventilated children

Atypical staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome: Two fatal pediatric cases

Management of pulmonary sequestration and scimitar syndrome presenting in infancy

Infective endocarditis in children with congenital heart disease: Comparison of selected features in patients with surgical correction or palliation and those without

Expo '86, Vancouver: Impact on British Columbia's Children's Hospital

Assessment of Residual Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction Following Surgery Using the Response to Intravenous Propranolol

Respiratory distress in the second week of life

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