Sandy Pitfield

Publications: Should early extubation be the goal for children after congenital cardiac surgery?
Harris KC and Holowachuk S and Pitfield S and Sanatani S and Froese N and Potts JE and Gandhi SK
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.06.093
PubMed: 25156467
12/2014
Engaging pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) clinical staff to lead practice improvement: the PICU participatory action research project (PICU-PAR).
Collet JP and Skippen PW and Mosavianpour MK and Pitfield A and Chakraborty B and Hunte G and Lindstrom R and Kissoon N and McKellin WH
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-9-6
PubMed: 24401288
2014
Intravenous maintenance fluids revisited.
Cavari Y and Pitfield AF and Kissoon N
DOI: 10.1097/pec.0b013e3182aa4e2a
PubMed: 24196097
11/2013
Emergency management of increased intracranial pressure.
Pitfield AF and Carroll AB and Kissoon N
DOI: 10.1097/pec.0b013e318243fb72
PubMed: 22307193
02/2012
Use of methadone for prevention of opioid withdrawal in critically ill children.
Jeffries SA and McGloin R and Pitfield AF and Carr RR
DOI: 10.4212/cjhp.v65i1.1098
PubMed: 22479107
01/2012
Culture, communication and safety: lessons from the airline industry.
d'Agincourt-Canning LG and Kissoon N and Singal M and Pitfield AF
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-010-0311-y
PubMed: 21165716
06/2011
Anticoagulation therapy: indications, monitoring, and complications.
Long E and Pitfield AF and Kissoon N
DOI: 10.1097/pec.0b013e31820461b1
PubMed: 21206260
01/2011
Does biventricular pacing improve hemodynamics in children undergoing routine congenital heart surgery?
Jeewa A and Pitfield AF and Potts JE and Soulikias W and DeSouza ES and Hollinger AJ and Sandor GG and LeBlanc JG and Campbell AM and Sanatani S
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-009-9581-4
PubMed: 19936587
02/2010
Biobehavioral pain responses in former extremely low birth weight infants at four months' corrected age.
Oberlander TF and Grunau RE and Whitfield MF and Fitzgerald C and Pitfield S and Saul JP
DOI: 10.1542/peds.105.1.e6
PubMed: 10617743
01/2000
The developmental character of cardiac autonomic responses to an acute noxious event in 4- and 8-month-old healthy infants.
Oberlander TF and Grunau RE and Pitfield S and Whitfield MF and Saul JP
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199904010-00011
PubMed: 10203144
04/1999

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Recipients of 2019 Outstanding Achievement Awards and BCCHR Studentships and Fellowships

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2019 Outstanding Achievement Awards & BCCHR Studentships and Fellowships

BC Children's Hospital Research Institute is pleased to congratulate the recipients of the 2019 Outstanding Achievement Awards and the 2019 BCCHR Studentships and Fellowships.

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Kids in neighbourhoods with larger households less likely to be killed in residential fires: new research

A new study finds that a child’s risk of death or injury in a residential fire is greatly reduced in neighbourhoods with larger than average households.

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Congratulations CIHR Project Grant Recipients!

We are pleased to congratulate the BC Children's and BC Women's investigators who were awarded funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Project Grant Spring 2019 competition. Our research community received nine new research and bridge grants totaling more than $5.8 million.

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Celebrating a career of collaboration and research innovation: BC Children’s investigator Dr. Rollin Brant retires

Dr. Rollin Brant is retiring this month after an exceptional career in which he used his expertise in statistical methodology and statistical computing to contribute to a diverse array of leading-edge health research projects.

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New study is the first to identify an expanded section of DNA as the cause of a rare genetic metabolic disorder

A new study from BC Children’s, UBC and an international team of researchers published in the New England Journal of Medicine is the first to identify a rarely-seen type of DNA mutation as the cause of an inherited metabolic disorder.

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