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 2020
The Effect of Corrected Inflammation, Oxidative Stress and Endothelial Dysfunction on Fmd Levels in Patients with Selected Chronic Diseases: A Quasi-Experimental Study., Mahmut Ilker Yilmaz, Micol Romano, Mustafa Kemal Basarali, Abdelbaset Elzagallaai, Murat Karaman, Zeynep Demir, Muhammet Fatih Demir, Fatih Akcay, Melik Seyrek, Nuri Haksever, David Piskin, Rolando Cimaz, Michael Rieder, and Erkan Demirkaya
Abnormal social interactions in a Drosophila mutant of an autism candidate gene: Neuroligin 3, Ryley T. Yost, J. Wesley Robinson, Carling M. Baxter, Andrew M. Scott, Liam P. Brown, M. Sol Aletta, Ramtin Hakimjavadi, Asad Lone, Robert C. Cumming, Reuven Dukas, Brian Mozer, and Anne F. Simon
Oleic Acid Counters Impaired Blastocyst Development Induced by Palmitic Acid During Mouse Preimplantation Development: Understanding Obesity-Related Declines in Fertility, Maisoon D. Yousif, Michele D. Calder, Jin Tong Du, Kelsey N. Ruetz, Kylie Crocker, Brad L. Urquhart, Dean H. Betts, Basim Abu Rafea, and Andrew J. Watson
Arachidonic acid inhibits inflammatory responses by binding to myeloid differentiation factor-2 (MD2) and preventing MD2/toll-like receptor 4 signaling activation, Yali Zhang, Hongjin Chen, Wenxin Zhang, Yan Cai, Peiren Shan, Di Wu, Bing Zhang, and Hui Liu
Mitochondrial DNA copy number and incident atrial fibrillation, Di Zhao, Traci M. Bartz, Nona Sotoodehnia, Wendy S. Post, Susan R. Heckbert, Alvaro Alonso, Ryan J. Longchamps, Christina A. Castellani, Yun Soo Hong, Jerome I. Rotter, Henry J. Lin, Brian O'Rourke, Nathan Pankratz, John A. Lane, Stephanie Y. Yang, Eliseo Guallar, and Dan E. Arking
Providing dental insurance can positively impact oral health outcomes in Ontario, Nevena Zivkovic, Musfer Aldossri, Noha Gomaa, Julie W. Farmer, Sonica Singhal, Carlos Quiñonez, and Vahid Ravaghi
Submissions from 2019
Teething necklaces and bracelets pose significant danger to infants and toddlers, Farah Abdulsatar, Doreen Matsui, Michael Miller, and Sepideh Taheri
Pilot randomized controlled trial of a complex intervention for diabetes self-management supported by volunteers, technology, and interprofessional primary health care teams, Gina Agarwal, Jessica Gaber, Julie Richardson, Dee Mangin, Jenny Ploeg, Ruta Valaitis, Graham J. Reid, Larkin Lamarche, Fiona Parascandalo, Dena Javadi, Daria O'Reilly, and Lisa Dolovich
Respiratory Morbidity in Late Preterm and Term Babies Born by Elective Caesarean Section., Asa Ahimbisibwe, Kevin Coughlin, and Genevieve Eastabrook
Homozygous/compound heterozygote RYR1 gene variants: Expanding the clinical spectrum., Ebba Alkhunaizi, Shirley Shuster, Patrick Shannon, Victoria Mok Siu, Sandra Darilek, Carrie A Mohila, Sarah Boissel, Benjamin Ellezam, Catherine Fallet-Bianco, Anne-Marie Laberge, Julianne Zandberg, Marie Injeyan, Lili-Naz Hazrati, Fadi Hamdan, and David Chitayat
Paroxysmal Sympathetic Hyperactivity After Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in Children: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Outcome., Tariq O Alofisan, Yasser A Algarni, Ibrahim M Alharfi, Michael R Miller, Tanya Charyk Stewart, Douglas D Fraser, and Janice A Tijssen
Arterial Hypertension and Unusual Ascending Aortic Dilatation in a Neonate With Acute Kidney Injury: Mechanistic Computer Modeling, Luis Altamirano-Diaz, Andrea D. Kassay, Baran Serajelahi, Christopher W. McIntyre, Guido Filler, and Sanjay R. Kharche
Towards a public health approach to psychotic disorders, Kelly K. Anderson
Access and Health System Impact of an Early Intervention Treatment Program for Emerging Adults with Mood and Anxiety Disorders, Kelly K. Anderson, Ava John-Baptiste, Arlene G. MacDougall, Lihua Li, Paul Kurdyak, and Elizabeth A. Osuch
Diagnostic Utility of Genome-wide DNA Methylation Testing in Genetically Unsolved Individuals with Suspected Hereditary Conditions., Erfan Aref-Eshghi, Eric G Bend, Samantha Colaiacovo, Michelle Caudle, Rana Chakrabarti, Melanie Napier, Lauren Brick, Lauren Brady, Deanna Alexis Carere, Michael A Levy, Jennifer Kerkhof, Alan Stuart, Maha Saleh, Arthur L Beaudet, Chumei Li, Maryia Kozenko, Natalya Karp, Chitra Prasad, Victoria Mok Siu, Mark A Tarnopolsky, Peter J Ainsworth, Hanxin Lin, David I Rodenhiser, Ian D Krantz, Matthew A Deardorff, Charles E Schwartz, and Bekim Sadikovic
Placental microRNAs in pregnancies with early onset intrauterine growth restriction and preeclampsia: potential impact on gene expression and pathophysiology., Zain Awamleh, Gregory B Gloor, and Victor K M Han
External cold and vibration for pain management of children undergoing needle-related procedures in the emergency department: a randomised controlled non-inferiority trial protocol., Ariane Ballard, Christelle Khadra, Samara Adler, Evelyne D Trottier, Benoit Bailey, Naveen Poonai, Jean Théroux, and Sylvie Le May
Heating Injection Drug Preparation Equipment Used for Opioid Injection May Reduce HIV Transmission Associated with Sharing Equipment, Laura J. Ball, Colin Venner, Rommel G. Tirona, Eric Arts, Kaveri Gupta, Joshua C. Wiener, Sharon Koivu, and Michael S. Silverman
Structural neuroimaging correlates of social deficits are similar in autism spectrum disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: analysis from the POND Network, Danielle A. Baribeau, Annie Dupuis, Tara A. Paton, Christopher Hammill, Stephen W. Scherer, Russell J. Schachar, Paul D. Arnold, and Peter Szatmari
Glycated hemoglobin measurements at three, 12 and 24 months postpartum after gestational diabetes, Kristen I. Barton, Lois Donovan, Isabelle Giroux, David Miller, Michelle Mottola, and Ruth McManus
Video Discharge Instructions for Acute Otitis Media in Children: A Randomized Controlled Open-label Trial, Sheena Belisle, Andrei Dobrin, Sharlene Elsie, Samina Ali, Shaily Brahmbhatt, Kriti Kumar, Hardika Jasani, Michael Miller, Frank Ferlisi, and Naveen Poonai
Gene domain-specific DNA methylation episignatures highlight distinct molecular entities of ADNP syndrome., Eric G Bend, Erfan Aref-Eshghi, David B Everman, R Curtis Rogers, Sara S Cathey, Eloise J Prijoles, Michael J Lyons, Heather Davis, Katie Clarkson, Karen W Gripp, Dong Li, Elizabeth Bhoj, Elaine Zackai, Paul Mark, Hakon Hakonarson, Laurie A Demmer, Michael A Levy, Jennifer Kerkhof, Alan Stuart, David Rodenhiser, Michael J Friez, Roger E Stevenson, Charles E Schwartz, and Bekim Sadikovic
High-volume surfactant administration using a minimally invasive technique: Experience from a Canadian Neonatal Intensive Care Unit., Soume Bhattacharya, Brooke Read, Evelyn McGovern, and Orlando da Silva
Comprehensive Evaluation of Right Heart Performance and Pulmonary Hemodynamics in Neonatal Pulmonary Hypertension: Evaluation of cardiopulmonary performance in neonatal pulmonary hypertension, Soume Bhattacharya, Shawn Sen, Philip T. Levy, and Danielle R. Rios
Opioid prescribing practices following elective surgery in Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Mathew Biskup, Agnieszka Dzioba, Leigh J. Sowerby, Eric Monteiro, and Julie Strychowsky