Paediatrics Publications
Research in The Department of Paediatrics at Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry is divided into eighteen areas of focus. These areas include cardiology, child development, critical care medicine, endocrinology/diabetes, genetics/metabolics, infectious disease, and neurology.
Submissions from 2021
Influence of a virtual exercise program throughout pregnancy during the covid-19 pandemic on perineal tears and episiotomy rates: A randomized clinical trial, Cristina Silva-Jose, Miguel Sánchez-Polán, Ángeles Díaz-Blanco, Tirso Pérez-Medina, Vanessa Carrero Martínez, Irune Alzola, Rubén Barakat, Ignacio Refoyo, Michelle F. Ferlisi, and Naveen Poonai
Group A Streptococcal Septic Hip Arthritis in a Child With Spastic Triplegic Cerebral Palsy, Supriya Singh, Jacob Davidson, Timothy Carey, Michelle Barton Forbes, and Megan Cashin
Long-term cardiovascular outcomes after pregnancy in women with heart disease, Samuel C. Siu, Douglas S. Lee, Mohammed Rashid, Jiming Fang, Peter C. Austin, and Candice K. Silversides
In Vivo Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of Hyperpolarized [1-, Lauren M Smith, Conrad B Pitts, Lanette J Friesen-Waldner, Neetin H Prabhu, Katherine E Mathers, Kevin J Sinclair, Trevor P Wade, Timothy Regnault, and Charles A McKenzie
Assessing the Risk of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission via Surgical Electrocautery Plume, Leigh J. Sowerby, Anthony C. Nichols, Richard Gibson, Doron D. Sommer, Corey Moore, Douglas D. Fraser, and Eric Arts
Pathogenic MAST3 Variants in the STK Domain Are Associated with Epilepsy, Egidio Spinelli, Kyle R. Christensen, Emily Bryant, Amy Schneider, Jennifer Rakotomamonjy, Alison M. Muir, Jessica Giannelli, Rebecca O. Littlejohn, Elizabeth R. Roeder, Berkley Schmidt, William G. Wilson, Elysa J. Marco, Kazuhiro Iwama, Satoko Kumada, Tiziana Pisano, Carmen Barba, Annalisa Vetro, Eva H. Brilstra, Richard H. van Jaarsveld, Naomichi Matsumoto, Hadassa Goldberg-Stern, Patrick W. Carney, P. Ian Andrews, Christelle M. El Achkar, Sam Berkovic, and Lance H. Rodan
Sensitivity of arterial Spin labeling for characterization of longitudinal perfusion changes in Frontotemporal dementia and related disorders, Tracy Ssali, Udunna C. Anazodo, Lucas Narciso, Linshan Liu, Sarah Jesso, Lauryn Richardson, Matthias Günther, Simon Konstandin, Klaus Eickel, Frank Prato, Elizabeth Finger, and Keith St. Lawrence
Health Concerns of Adolescents and Adults With Spina Bifida, Jessica Starowicz, Caitlin Cassidy, and Laura Brunton
Biopharmaceutical Characteristics of Nifurtimox Tablets for Age- and Body Weight-Adjusted Dosing in Patients With Chagas Disease., Heino Stass, Ethel Feleder, Facundo Garcia-Bournissen, Johannes Nagelschmitz, Boris Weimann, Gustavo Yerino, and Jaime Altcheh
Abuse, mental state, and health factors pre and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A comparison among clinically referred adolescents in Ontario, Canada, Shannon L. Stewart, Ashley Toohey, Angela Celebre, and Jeff W. Poss
Examining the Mental Health Presentations of Treatment-Seeking Transgender and Gender Nonconforming (TGNC) Youth, Shannon L. Stewart, Jocelyn N. Van Dyke, and Jeffrey W. Poss
Pediatric cervical spine fracture case report: Best practice to delay transition to rear-facing restraint, Christopher Stolworthy, Jonathan Hu, and Neil Merritt
Point-of-care ultrasonography for the diagnosis of testicular torsion: A practical resident curriculum, Leandra Stringer, Sarah Cocco, Alex Jiang, Ernest Pang Chan, Frank Myslik, Gary Brahm, Hassan Razvi, Sumit Dave, and Peter Zhan Tao Wang
Ontology of the apelinergic system in mouse pancreas during pregnancy and relationship with β-cell mass, Brenda Strutt, Sandra Szlapinski, Thineesha Gnaneswaran, Sarah Donegan, Jessica Hill, Jamie Bennett, and David J. Hill
Pharmacogenomic-based personalized medicine: Multistakeholder perspectives on implementational drivers and barriers in the Canadian healthcare system, Mathushan Subasri, David Barrett, Jovana Sibalija, Lisa Bitacola, and Richard B. Kim
Analysis of TERT isoforms across TCGA, GTEx and CCLE datasets, Mathushan Subasri, Parisa Shooshtari, Andrew J. Watson, and Dean H. Betts
Disruption and Dissonance: Exploring Constructive Tensions Within Research in Medical Education, Javeed Sukhera, Cha Chi Fung, and Kulamakan Kulasegaram
Structural distress: experiences of moral distress related to structural stigma during the COVID-19 pandemic, Javeed Sukhera, Chetana Kulkarni, and Taryn Taylor
Impact of centre volume, surgeon volume, surgeon experience and geographic location on reoperation after intramedullary nailing of tibial shaft fractures, Marc Swiontkowski, David Teague, Sheila Sprague, Sofia Bzovsky, Diane Heels-Ansdell, Mohit Bhandari, Emil H. Schemitsch, David W. Sanders, Paul Tornetta, Stephen D. Walter, Gordon Guyatt, Lisa Buckingham, Pamela Leece, Helena Viveiros, Tashay Mignott, Natalie Ansell, Natalie Sidorkewicz, Julie Agel, Claire Bombardier, Jesse A. Berlin, Michael Bosse, Bruce Browner, Peter O'Brien, Rudolf Poolman, Ana Johnson, William Creevy, Mark D. Macleod, Timothy Carey, and Kellie Leitch
Increased alpha and beta cell mass during mouse pregnancy is not dependent on transdifferentiation, Sandra K. Szlapinski, Jamie Bennett, Brenda J. Strutt, and David J. Hill
Acetone ingestion mimics a fasting state to improve glucose tolerance in a mouse model of gestational hyperglycemia, Sandra Szlapinski, Brenda Strutt, Madeline Deane, Edith Arany, Jamie Bennett, and David J. Hill
Measuring Early Childhood Educators’ Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior–Related Self-Efficacy: A Systematic Review of Tools, Monika Szpunar, Brianne Bruijns, and Patricia Tucker
Impact of the childcare physical activity (Play) policy on young children’s physical activity and sedentary time: A pilot clustered randomized controlled trial, Monika Szpunar, Molly Driediger, Andrew M. Johnson, Leigh M. Vanderloo, Shauna M. Burke, Jennifer D. Irwin, Jacob Shelley, Brian W. Timmons, and Patricia Tucker
Children and parents’ perspectives of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Ontario children’s physical activity, play, and sport behaviours, Monika Szpunar, Leigh M. Vanderloo, Brianne A. Bruijns, Stephanie Truelove, Shauna M. Burke, Jason Gilliland, Jennifer D. Irwin, and Patricia Tucker
Introducing a practical tool to reduce fear and anxiety during COVID-19, Anna Taddio, Lucie Bucci, C. Meghan McMurtry, Noni MacDonald, and Melanie Badali