A5022262617- Traffic and Road Safety
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Iron Metabolism and Disorders
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
- Asthma and respiratory diseases
- Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Agriculture and Farm Safety
- Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments
- Anesthesia and Pain Management
- Automotive and Human Injury Biomechanics
University of Toronto
2016-2025
SickKids Foundation
2016-2025
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences
2015-2025
Hospital for Sick Children
2016-2025
Public Health Ontario
2015-2025
University of Otago
2024
CHU Dinant Godinne UCL Namur
2023
University of Ottawa
2023
UCLouvain
2023
Western University
2023
The Applied Research Group for Kids (TARGet Kids!) is an ongoing open longitudinal cohort study enrolling healthy children (from birth to 5 years of age) and following them into adolescence. aim the TARGet Kids! link early life exposures health problems including obesity, micronutrient deficiencies developmental problems. overarching goal improve Canadians by optimizing growth trajectories through preventive interventions in childhood. Kids!, only child research network embedded primary care...
Helicobacter pylori infects at least 50% of the world's human population (1). However, most individuals infected with H. do not experience symptoms or have signs recognizable disease. In children, presence infection does lead to clinically apparent disease, even when organism colonizing gastric mucosa causes chronic active gastritis (2). Knowledge about is evolving, particularly in pediatric age group for which there are still large gaps knowledge. Additional multicenter, randomized,...
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is traditionally diagnosed using overnight polysomnography. Decision rules may provide an alternative to A consecutive series of patients referred a tertiary center underwent prospective evaluation with the upper airway physical examination protocol, followed by determination respiratory disturbance index portable monitor. Seventy-five were evaluated protocol. Historic predictors included age, snoring, witnessed apneas, and hypertension. Physical...
The aim of this study was to develop a tool identify paediatric hypertonia subtypes.Items generated by experts were subscaled (spasticity, dystonia, rigidity). administered 34 children (19 males, 15 females, mean age 8y 2mo, range 2y 5mo-18y 7mo) with and cerebral palsy (CP) in Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) levels: I, n=7; II, n=5; III, n=7 level IV, V, n=8 level. Kuder-Richardson Formula 20 determined internal consistency. To assess reliability, two physicians the 25...
Abstract Foreign body (FB) injury from aspiration or ingestion is a common pediatric health problem. Diagnosis relies on clinical judgment plus medical history, physical examination, and radiographic evaluation. A multi‐institutional review of 1269 FB events revealed that 85% were correctly diagnosed following single physician encounter. However, 15% the children had an elusive diagnosis(>1 week), despite previous Delays in diagnosis seven times more likely to occur aspirations than...
Oral systemic corticosteroids are the mainstay of treatment for problematic hemangiomas; however, current information is based on anecdotal experience and retrospective studies. We aimed to determine whether steroids efficacious in proliferating hemangioma compare efficacy safety 2 corticosteroid modalities.Twenty patients with hemangiomas infancy were randomly assigned either daily oral prednisolone or monthly intravenous pulses methylprednisolone. Their clinical outcomes (improvement using...
Fourteen patients with predominantly right sided dilated cardiomyopathy were studied, of whom five died suddenly. The condition is characterised by male preponderance, syncope, ventricular tachycardia, which typically has a left bundle branch block pattern on the surface electrocardiogram, and heart failure. diagnosis should be considered in presenting otherwise unexplained tachycardia or syncope; may readily missed because nonspecific nature absence signs.
To estimate the proportion of children living within walking distance who walk to school in Toronto, Canada and identify built social environmental correlates walking.Observational counts travel mode were done 2011, at 118 elementary schools. Built environment data obtained from municipal sources field audits mapped onto attendance boundaries. The influence features on was analyzed using negative binomial regression.The mean observed 67% (standard deviation=14.0). Child population (incidence...
Abstract During growth the proteins, phosphatids, sulphatids, cerebrosides, cholesterol, and total solids increase in percentage amounts. There is but slight change of extractives, either organic or inorganic. Water decreases regularly to maturity.
<h3>Objective:</h3> To assess the quality of life (QOL) neurologically impaired children before and after gastrostomy (G) gastrojejunostomy (GJ) tube insertion. <h3>Design:</h3> This was a prospective longitudinal study with severe neurological impairment who underwent G or GJ At baseline, at 6 12 months insertion, parents rated (1) global QOL health-related (HRQOL) using 10 cm visual analogue scales, representing maximal (2) HR-QOL questionnaire-based measure. <h3>Results:</h3> Fifty...
Initiatives to increase active school transportation are popular. However, increased walking could collision risk. The built environment is related both pedestrian risk and school. We examined the influence of on child collisions in Toronto, Canada.Police-reported data from 2002 2011 for children ages 4 12, proportion school, were mapped onto attendance boundaries. Collision rates calculated by using 2006 census populations modeled negative binomial regression.There 481 with a mean rate...
Evidence related to the effectiveness of speed humps on reducing pedestrian-motor vehicle collisions (PMVC) has been conflicting. The purpose this study was determine association between hump installation and changes in PMVC rates Toronto, Canada. Speed were mapped along with police-reported pedestrian from 2000–2011 built environment roadway characteristics. A quasi-experimental identified collision counts before after installation, modeled using repeated measures Poisson regression...
Background Pedestrian incidents represent an increasing proportion of serious injuries resulting from motor vehicle collisions in Canada. However, few studies have examined the effect pedestrian crossing location urban areas on injury severity. The objective this study was to investigate relationship between pedestrian–motor collision severity and location. Methods This a population-based analysis police-reported data. group 1 January 2000 31 December 2009 Toronto. Main outcome measures were...