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Jenny Retallack
BSc, MD, FRCPC

Investigator and Pediatrician, BC Children's Hospital

Critical Care Follow-up – With the advances in our ability to care for critically ill children, mortality rates of patients admitted to the pediatric critical care unit (PICU) are low. However, we are learning that with low mortality rates, there are consequences of critical care, and a number of our children will experience morbidities as they are discharged home. My area of interest is in the outcomes of children in the medium to long term, post PICU admission.

Rural Pediatrics – There are significant challenges in providing 24/7 pediatric coverage in many of the smaller communities in British Columbia. I am interested in understanding the challenges faced by rural pediatricians and determining creative strategies to support those proving consulting pediatrics in rural communities.

Academic Affiliations

  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
  • Research Theme: Evidence to Innovation
  • Research Group(s): Clinical Practice, Outcomes and Innovation

Contact Information

Location

4480 Oak Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6H 3N1

jretallack@cw.bc.ca

Acute Respiratory Tract Infections and Severe Disease Among Hospitalized Children.

JAMA network open

Mtaweh H and Kaziev CL and Feinstein CA and Seaton C and Farrar DS and Datta RR and Mahant S and Campigotto A and Freire G and Yeung RSM and Bone JN and Buchanan F and Morris SK and READAPT-Kids Study Group

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.17575 PubMed: 42262751

06 / 2026

Enhancing respiratory virus surveillance among hospitalised children: a machine learning-based predictive model.

BMJ paediatrics open

Kant T and Datta RR and Farrar DS and Mtaweh H and Kaziev CL and Chen Y and Mahant S and Seaton C and Han M and Freire G and Campigotto A and Buchanan F and Morris SK and Gill PJ and READAPT-Kids Study

DOI: 10.1136/bmjpo-2026-004505 PubMed: 42167899

05 / 2026

Socioeconomic Status, Rurality, and Pediatric Critical Care Admission.

JAMA network open

Bone JN and Shen Y and Harden S and Retallack J and Carwana M and Murthy S and Muttalib F

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.3594 PubMed: 41885861

03 / 2026

Risk Factors for Severe Disease Among Children Hospitalized With Respiratory Syncytial Virus.

JAMA network open

Kirolos N and Mtaweh H and Datta RR and Farrar DS and Seaton C and Bone JN and Muttalib F and Kaziev CL and Fortini J and Mahant S and Campigotto A and Freire G and Yeung RSM and READAPT-Kids Study Group Members

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.4666 PubMed: 40214990

04 / 2025

Performance of the World Health Organization (WHO) severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) case definitions in hospitalized children and youth: cross-sectional study.

Lancet regional health. Americas

Gill PJ and Kaziev CL and Mtaweh H and Kant T and Seaton C and Farrar DS and Wagman H and Han M and Datta RR and Mahant S and Freire G and Campigotto A and Bone JN and Sadarangani M and READAPT-Kids Study

DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2025.101034 PubMed: 40083965

02 / 2025

Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Prevalence and Population-Level Factors Contributing to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Pediatric Intensive Care Survivors

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Hay, R.E. and O{'}hearn, K. and Zorko, D.J. and Lee, L.A. and Mooney, S. and Mcquaid, C. and Albrecht, L. and Henshall, D.E. and Dannenberg, V.C. and Flamenghi, V. and Thibault, C. and Lee, W.K. and Shi Min Ko, M. and Cree, M. and St. Louis, J. and Heneghan, J.A. and Leung, K.K.Y. and Wood, A. and L{\'o}pez-Bar{\'o}n, E. and Temsah, M.-H. and Almazyad, M. and Retallack, J. and Reddy, M. and Aldairi, N. and Palomino, R.E.L. and Choong, K. and Du Pont-Thibodeau, G. and Ducharme-Crevier, L. and Tsampalieros, A. and Hayawi, L. and Mcnally, J.D.M. and Garcia Guerra, G.

DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000003696

Post Intensive care outcomes and follow-up in Children: A Collaboration of Health care providers, researchers, and families Utilizing knowledge co-production: the PICACHU Study. A protocol for the co-design of a post-PICU Follow-up service.

Medrxiv

Dunphy, M. and Yang, G. and Marchand, J. and Retallack, J.

DOI: 10.1101/2024.10.15.24315556

87 Big shoes to fill: Realities of Rural Pediatricians in British Columbia

Paediatrics & child health

Ward V and Retallack J and Miller K

10 / 2022

Supporting consulting paediatrics in rural, remote, or vulnerable communities in British Columbia: Time for national collaboration

Paediatrics and Child Health (Canada)

Miller, K. and Benny, A. and Retallack, J.

DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxab043

Erratum: Supporting consulting paediatrics in rural, remote or vulnerable communities in British Columbia: Time for national collaboration (Paediatrics & Child Health (2021) (1-5) DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxab043)

Paediatrics and Child Health Canada

Miller, K. and Benny, A. and Retallack, J.

DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxab077

Neuroblastoma masquerading as supraventricular tachycardia: A case of super sinus tachycardia

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Harris, K.C. and Retallack, J.E. and Sanatani, S.

DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2011-301327

The authors respond

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Harris, K.C. and Retallack, J.E.

DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.1090039

Effect of school-based physical activity interventions on body mass index in children: A meta-analysis

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Harris, K.C. and Kuramoto, L.K. and Schulzer, M. and Retallack, J.E.

DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.080966

Cooking for your life! A family-centered community-based nutrition education program for youth with type 2 diabetes or impaired glucose tolerance

Canadian Journal of Diabetes

Nichol, H. and Retallack, J. and Panagiotopoulos, C.

DOI: 10.1016/s1499-2671(08)21008-7

Pediatric Critical Care in BC

Determining the demographics of pediatric patients requiring critical care, how to better support those caring for them in the early stages of their disease, and their outcomes as they return home.

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