Randa Ridgway

FRCA, MBBCH, FRCPC

Investigator and Pediatric Anesthesiologist, BC Children's Hospital

How to improve pain management in children and the experience of children coming for surgery.

Academic Affiliations

  • Clinical Assistant Professor, , Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
  • Research Theme: Evidence to Innovation
  • Research Group(s): Clinical Pharmacology; Clinical Practice, Outcomes and Innovation; Pain and Stress

Contact Information

Location

4480 Oak Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6H 3V4

Integrative Medicine Modalities for Adolescent Patients Undergoing Minimally Invasive Repair of Pectus Excavatum: A Scoping Review

Journal of Integrative and Complementary Medicine

Jenna Ramji and Colleen Pawliuk and Jennifer Rowe and Robert Baird and Randa Ridgway and Matthias Grges and Lynn R. Correll

DOI: 10.1177/27683605251366993

01 / 2026

Anesthetic-Sparing Effect of Dexmedetomidine During Total Intravenous Anesthesia for Children Undergoing Dental Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial"In Reply

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Lee, V.C.L. and Ridgway, R. and West, N.C. and G{\"o}rges, M. and Whyte, S.D.

DOI: 10.1111/pan.15109

Parental Perspectives on Pediatric Surgical Recovery: Narrative Analysis of Free-Text Comments From a Postoperative Survey (Preprint)

Jessica Luo and Nicholas C West and Samantha Pang and Julie M Robillard and Patricia Page and Neil K Chadha and Heng Gan and Lynnie R Correll and Randa Ridgway and Natasha Broemling and Matthias Grges

DOI: 10.2196/preprints.65198

08 / 2024

Anesthetic-sparing effect of dexmedetomidine during total intravenous anesthesia for children undergoing dental surgery: A randomized controlled trial

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Lee, V.C.L. and Ridgway, R. and West, N.C. and G{\"o}rges, M. and Whyte, S.D.

DOI: 10.1111/pan.14987

Parental Perspectives on Pediatric Surgical Recovery: Narrative Analysis of Free-Text Comments From a Postoperative Survey

Jmir Perioperative Medicine

Luo, J. and West, N.C. and Pang, S. and Robillard, J.M. and Page, P. and Chadha, N.K. and Gan, H. and Correll, L.R. and Ridgway, R. and Broemling, N. and G{\"o}rges, M. and Chen, J. and Sreepada, R.S. and Wood, M.D. and Loftsgard, K.C. and Portales-Casamar, E. and Morrison, C.

DOI: 10.2196/65198

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 Grges

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

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

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

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