Matthias Görges
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Moving towards personalized care to improve postsurgical recovery for pediatric patients
One in four children and adolescents take over three months to fully recover from their surgical procedure. During this period, they may experience chronic pain and reduced mobility, which can lead to excessive use of opioid medications (prescription painkillers), increased hospital visits, and reduced trust in the health-care system. Researchers at BC Children’s Hospital Research…
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Researchers work to develop post-surgical pediatric pain risk communication tool
Every child is different in terms of their risks for experiencing post-surgical pain. Researchers at BC Children’s Hospital are developing a tool to help accurately predict and communicate an individual child’s risk of experiencing a higher level of post-surgical pain. This tool will help make healing after surgery more comfortable for kids.
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Congratulations to our 2021 NSERC Grant recipients!
Congratulations to the following BCCHR investigators who were awarded NSERC funding.
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