Zoe Brown

BSc, FRCA, MBChB

Investigator and Staff Anesthesiologist, BC Children's Hospital

I recently completed a research project looking at changes in cardiac output, how much blood the heart pumps around the body per minute, when teenagers are turned onto their front prior to operations to fix the curvature of their back. We found that the amount of blood is significantly reduced on turning on to their front.

This is leading on to further studies as I would like to look at how changes in anesthesia, for example the amount of fluid that we give these teenagers can affect their cardiac output. I am hoping to collaborate with the orthopediac surgeons and nephrologists to examine the incidence of kidney damage after surgery which may be related to changes in cardiac output.

Academic Affiliations

  • Clinical Associate Professor, , Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
  • Research Theme: Evidence to Innovation
  • Research Group(s): Clinical Practice, Outcomes and Innovation

Contact Information

Location

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

Facilitated Peer Discussion for Promoting Better Resident Wellness in Anesthesia Trainees: Qualitative Program Evaluation

JMIR Perioperative Medicine

Miku Wake and Nicholas West and Jessica Luo and Nancy Wang and James D Taylor and Kyra Moura and Theresa Newlove and Zo Brown

DOI: 10.2196/78575

12 / 2025

Facilitated peer discussion for promoting Better REsident Wellness (BREW) in anesthesia trainees: a qualitative program evaluation (Preprint)

Miku Wake and Nicholas West and Jessica Luo and Nancy Wang and James D Taylor and Kyra Moura and Theresa Newlove and Zo Brown

DOI: 10.2196/preprints.78575

06 / 2025

Impact of pediatric near-miss perioperative events: A survey of anesthesiology residents

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Taylor, J.D. and West, N. and Newlove, T. and Brown, Z.

DOI: 10.1111/pan.14616

The effect of intraoperative lidocaine infusion on postoperative opioid consumption in adolescents undergoing posterior spinal instrumentation and fusion for idiopathic scoliosis

Spine Journal

Lin, R. and Zhu, K. and Poznikoff, A.K. and Grges, M. and Brown, Z.E.

DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2021.03.024

Reducing preoperative anxiety with Child Life preparation prior to intravenous induction of anesthesia: A randomized controlled trial

Paediatric Anaesthesia

West, N. and Christopher, N. and Stratton, K. and Grges, M. and Brown, Z.

DOI: 10.1111/pan.13802

Update on ENT anaesthesia in children

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine

Ridgway, R. and Dumbarton, T. and Brown, Z.

DOI: 10.1016/j.mpaic.2018.11.003

Update on ENT anaesthesia

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine

Harper, P. and Rawling, L. and Brown, Z.

DOI: 10.1016/j.mpaic.2015.09.005

A comparison of linear and logarithmic auditory tones in pulse oximeters

Applied Ergonomics

Brown, Z. and Edworthy, J. and Sneyd, J.R. and Schlesinger, J.

DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2015.06.006

Changes in cardiac index and blood pressure on positioning children prone for scoliosis surgery

Anaesthesia

Brown, Z.E. and Grges, M. and Cooke, E. and Malherbe, S. and Dumont, G.A. and Ansermino, J.M.

DOI: 10.1111/anae.12310

A Comparison of the Anaesthetic Costs of Day Case Surgery: Propofol Total Intravenous Anaesthesia and Volatile Anaesthesia

Journal One Day Surgery

Blandford C, Brown ZE. A Comparison of the Anaesthetic Costs of Day Case Surgery: Propofol Total Intravenous Anaesthesia and Volatile Anaesthesia. J One Day Surg. 2013;1"4. 2.

Anaesthesia for elective ear, nose and throat surgery in children

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine

Brown, Z. and Whyte, S.

DOI: 10.1016/j.mpaic.2012.02.010

Biological signals and their measurement

Update in Anaesthesia

Brown, Z. and Gupta, B.

Current Project

I have just become part of a collaboration between orthopedics, nephrology and anesthesia, looking initially at the incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI) post-operatively, and then at different alterations to anesthesia management that could help reduce the incidence of AKI in the orthopedic population. Potentially this will involve changes in fluid management, possibly being guided by a cardiac output monitor, and observing the effects of non-steroidal drugs.

Grants

Innovation in Acute Care and Technology Research Grant

Honours & Awards

Best presentation by a Fellow, University of British Columbia, Anaesthesia, Pharmacology and Therapeutics Research Day

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