Kendra Sih

Affiliate Investigator and Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, BC Children's Hospital

Academic Affiliations

Clinical Instructor, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia

Research Theme

Evidence to Innovation

Research Areas

Contact

kendra.sih@cw.bc.ca

Mailing Address

4500 Oak Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6H 3N1

Overview: My research focus involves medication safety and effectiveness in clinical practice. I am particularly interested in medication practices in the pediatric emergency department and have been involved in both clinical research and quality assurance/improvement projects with a goal to help improve medication therapies provided to patients.
Publications: Resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae in children
Canadian Family Physician
Smith, C. and Ng, K. and Sih, K. and McAlpine, A. and Goldman, R.D.
DOI: 10.46747/cfp.710708487
2025
Resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae in children,La Mycoplasma pneumoniae résistante chez l’enfant
Canadian Family Physician
Smith, C. and Ng, K. and Sih, K. and McAlpine, A. and Goldman, R.D.
DOI: 10.46747/cfp.710708e185
2025
Antibiotic treatment duration for community-acquired pneumonia in children,Durée d’une antibiothérapie pour une pneumonie acquise dans la communauté chez l’enfant
Canadian Family Physician
Singla, S. and Sih, K. and Goldman, R.D.
DOI: 10.46747/cfp.6906e124
2023
Antibiotic treatment duration for community-acquired pneumonia in children
Canadian Family Physician
Singla, S. and Sih, K. and Goldman, R.D.
DOI: 10.46747/cfp.6906400
2023
A randomized controlled pilot study of intranasal lidocaine in acute management of paediatric migraine and migraine-like headache
Paediatrics and Child Health Canada
Maki, K. and Doan, Q. and Sih, K. and Stillwell, K. and Chun, A. and Meckler, G.
DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxac054
2022
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug administration in children with history of wheeze,Administration d'antiinflammatoires non stéroidiens aux enfants ayant des antécédents de sibilance
Canadian Family Physician
Sih, K. and Goldman, R.D.
2016
Ketamine in Adult Emergency Medicine: Controversies and Recent Advances,Ketamina en la Emergencia Médica de Adultos: Controversias y Adelantos Recientes
Annals of Pharmacotherapy
Sih, K. and Campbell, S.G. and Tallon, J.M. and Magee, K. and Zed, P.J.
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1Q370
2011
Should Hospital Pharmacy Drug Budgets Be the Responsibility of Each Individual Department in an Institution, or Should Such Budgets Be Controlled Centrally by the Pharmacy Department?
The Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy
Sam Louie (Con) and Kendra Bernard and Emily Black and Shahileen Remtulla and Erin Schwenger and Dawn Dalen (Pro) and Katherine Seto and Sarah Stabler and Victoria Su and Flora Young
DOI: 10.4212/cjhp.v63i4.939
08/2010

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