Sandy Pitfield

ORCID: 0000-0003-3184-2625
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Research Areas
  • Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices
  • Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
  • Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
  • Infant Development and Preterm Care
  • Patient Safety and Medication Errors
  • Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
  • Infant Health and Development
  • Anesthesia and Sedative Agents
  • Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
  • Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair
  • Occupational Health and Safety Research
  • Trauma Management and Diagnosis
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology
  • Cardiovascular Issues in Pregnancy
  • Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation
  • Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis Mechanisms
  • Congenital Heart Disease Studies
  • Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia and Thrombosis
  • Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
  • Electrolyte and hormonal disorders
  • Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
  • Airway Management and Intubation Techniques

Vancouver General Hospital
2022

British Columbia Children's Hospital
2000-2014

University of British Columbia
1999-2014

Children's & Women's Health Centre of British Columbia
2012

Children’s Health Research Institute
2000

University of British Columbia Hospital
1998

To compare biobehavioral responses to acute pain at 4 months' corrected age between former extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants and term-born controls.Measures of facial behavioral cardiac autonomic reactivity in 21 ELBW (mean = 763 g) were compared with (n 24) during baseline, lance, recovery periods a finger-lance blood collection. Further, painful procedures experienced neonatal care quantified both groups.Overall, the lance similar groups. However, group seemed have less intense...

10.1542/peds.105.1.e6 article EN PEDIATRICS 2000-01-01

Opioids are commonly administered to critically ill children for analgesia and sedation, but many patients experience opioid withdrawal upon discontinuation. The authors' institution developed a protocol using methadone prevent in who have received morphine by continuous IV infusion 5 days or longer the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU).The primary objectives were determine if opioids tapered according conversion ratio oral that was used. Secondary describe dosage used clinical outcomes,...

10.4212/cjhp.v65i1.1098 article EN The Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy 2012-02-21

Despite considerable efforts, engaging staff to lead quality improvement activities in practice settings is a persistent challenge. At British Columbia Children's Hospital (BCCH), the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) undertook new phase of actions based on Community Practice (CoP) model with Participatory Action Research (PAR). This approach aims mobilize PICU 'community' as whole focus practice; namely, create 'community practice' support reflection, learning, and innovation everyday...

10.1186/1748-5908-9-6 article EN cc-by Implementation Science 2014-01-08

10.1016/j.mpaic.2017.07.007 article EN Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine 2017-09-30

10.1016/j.mpaic.2014.09.009 article IT Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine 2014-11-10
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