Alexander 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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