Simon Whyte
MBBS, FRCA, FRCPC
Investigator and Head, Department of Anesthesia, BC Children's Hospital
2019 CRSU. Genetic ancestral differences in pharmacodynamic safety endpoints with propofol anaesthesia in children
2019 BCCHRI E2i. Genetic ancestral differences in pharmacodynamic safety endpoints with propofol anaesthesia in children
2016-2017 Evidence to Innovation Seed Grant
“BCCH Pediatric Anesthesia Difficult Airway Database
A Quality Improvement Initiative to Improve Safety in Patients with Difficult Airways”
Child & Family Research Institute Innovations in Acute Care & Technology Trainee Clinical Investigator Seed Grant - Project
"The effect of preoperative warming on surgical complications in pediatric scoliosis repair," $5,000. 2013.
Child & Family Research Institute Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy Innovations - Project
"5-HT3 Antagonists and Cardiac Safety," $42,667. 2014/15.
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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.
Welcome to this month’s Research Roundup, a recurring overview of recent studies published by researchers at BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute (BCCHR) and the University of British Columbia, and their collaborators.
Parents can take comfort in knowing that, for kids undergoing surgery, complications are rare. But to ensure that every child enjoys the best possible outcome, investigators at BC Children’s Hospital and the University of British Columbia are studying how to make surgery even safer.
At BC Children’s, we are making discoveries that save lives and transform health care for children in our province and around the world. Our research portfolio includes basic, clinical, population, and public health research.
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