Kendra Sih

Overview: My research focus involves medication safety and effectiveness in clinical practice. I am particularly interested in medication practices in the pediatric emergency department and have been involved in both clinical research and quality assurance/improvement projects with a goal to help improve medication therapies provided to patients.
Publications: A randomized controlled pilot study of intranasal lidocaine in acute management of paediatric migraine and migraine-like headache
Paediatrics & Child Health
Kate Maki and Quynh Doan and Kendra Sih and Karly Stillwell and Alaina Chun and Garth Meckler
DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxac054
06/2022
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug administration in children with history of wheeze,Administration d'antiinflammatoires non stéroidiens aux enfants ayant des antécédents de sibilance
Canadian Family Physician
Sih, K. and Goldman, R.D.
2016
Ketamine in Adult Emergency Medicine: Controversies and Recent Advances,Ketamina en la Emergencia Médica de Adultos: Controversias y Adelantos Recientes
Annals of Pharmacotherapy
Sih, K. and Campbell, S.G. and Tallon, J.M. and Magee, K. and Zed, P.J.
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1Q370
2011
Should Hospital Pharmacy Drug Budgets Be the Responsibility of Each Individual Department in an Institution, or Should Such Budgets Be Controlled Centrally by the Pharmacy Department?
The Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy
Sam Louie (Con) and Kendra Bernard and Emily Black and Shahileen Remtulla and Erin Schwenger and Dawn Dalen (Pro) and Katherine Seto and Sarah Stabler and Victoria Su and Flora Young
DOI: 10.4212/cjhp.v63i4.939
08/2010

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BCCHR laboratories hosting Indigenous students for seed2STEM program

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Congratulations CIHR Spring 2025 Project Grant recipients

Congratulations to the investigators and their teams who were awarded funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Spring 2025 Project Grant competition.

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