Randa Ridgway

Investigator and Pediatric Anesthesiologist, BC Children's Hospital

Academic Affiliations

Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia

Research Theme

Evidence to Innovation

Research Group

Clinical Pharmacology

Research Areas

Anesthesia

Pain

Pharmaceutical Research

Contact

randa.ridgway@cw.bc.ca

Mailing Address

4480 Oak Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6H 3V4

Overview: How to improve pain management in children and the experience of children coming for surgery.
Publications: Anesthetic-sparing effect of dexmedetomidine during total intravenous anesthesia for children undergoing dental surgery: A randomized controlled trial
Pediatric Anesthesia
Victor C. L. Lee and Randa Ridgway and Nicholas C. West and Matthias Görges and Simon D. Whyte
DOI: 10.1111/pan.14987
12/2024
Parental Perspectives on Pediatric Surgical Recovery: Narrative Analysis of Free-text Comments from a Postoperative Survey (Preprint)
JMIR Perioperative Medicine
Jessica Luo and Nicholas C West and Samantha Pang and Julie M Robillard and Patricia M Page and Neil K Chadha and Heng Gan and Lynnie R Correll and Randa Ridgway and Natasha V Broemling and Matthias Görges
DOI: 10.2196/65198
08/2024
Identifying Risk Factors, Patient-Reported Experience and Outcome Measures, and Data Capture Tools for an Individualized Pain Prediction Tool in Pediatrics: Focus Group Study
JMIR Perioperative Medicine
Michael D Wood and Nicholas C West and Rama S Sreepada and Kent C Loftsgard and Luba Petersen and Julie M Robillard and Patricia Page and Randa Ridgway and Neil K Chadha and Elodie Portales-Casamar and Matthias Görges
DOI: 10.2196/42341
11/2022
Update on ENT anaesthesia in children
Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine
Ridgway, R. and Dumbarton, T. and Brown, Z.
DOI: 10.1016/j.mpaic.2018.11.003
2019
A strategy to improve the management of acute brain injuries at non-specialist centres
Journal of the Intensive Care Society
Ridgway, R. and Khan, A. and O{'}Leary, R. and Fletcher, S. and Quinn, A. and Davidson, R.
DOI: 10.1177/175114371201300225
2012
Research: Current Projects
1. Home Regional Catheter programe for ACL repair: Developed a home regional catheter programe for ACL transforming into daycase surgery with reduced opioid consumption

2. Anesthesia spring effect of dexmedetomdine: Total Intravenous anesthesia sparing effects of dexmedetomidine bolus

3. Programmed intermittent epidural bolus in pediatric epidural anlagesia: Evaluating the safety and comfort in epidural anesthesia by intermittent bolus rather than continuous infusion

4. Pain prediction Study

5. Improving length of stay and comfort in patients undergoing NUSS bar

6. Using HFNC airway free anesthesia for neonates with ROP undergoing laser

Research Group Members

Joanie Maynard, Clinical Nurse Specialist
Samantha Pang
Bianca Vizcaino, Clinical Research Coordinator

Stories See all

Torin Halvorson and Hebah Hussaina awarded Vanier scholarships for immunotherapy and mental health research

BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute (BCCHR) is proud to announce that two of its outstanding research trainees, Torin Halvorson, an MD/PhD student working with the Levings research team, and Hebah Hussaina, a graduate research assistant in the Brussoni Lab, have been awarded the prestigious 2024 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship.

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Studies highlight the impact of the pandemic on children and youth’s mental health

The Pediatric Outcome ImProvement through COordination of Research Networks — which involves BCCHR — has published their latest research findings on mental health hospitalizations of children and youth throughout the pandemic. These findings led the team to a second study where they evaluated the relationship between hospital admissions for eating disorders and public health restrictions.

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Recognizing a brain injury quickly can save lives

Knowing how to recognize brain injury as early as possible and what to do is crucial to reduce potential long-term complications. Mild traumatic brain injuries are more prevalent in children and youth than adults, often as a result of sport- and recreation-related events.

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A decade of work advances care for children with cancer

Researchers at the Michael Cuccione Childhood Cancer Research Program at BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute have been working for over a decade on the BC Pediatric Personalized OncoGenomics (PedsPOG) study, using genomics to identify treatments specific to an individual child’s cancer.

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BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute brings Mini Science Night to Salmon Arm

Scheduled for May 2, in Salmon Arm, BC, Mini Science Night is a public lecture that explores the newest discoveries and innovations in health research. Admission is free and everyone in the community is welcome to attend, including students, teachers, parents, seniors, and local health-care professionals. There are 50 seats available to the public when registration opens on April 2.

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