Publications

We strive to list all publications involving our department members.  However, if we have missed one, we are happy to add it.  Please forward the reference to: Andrew.Walker@ahs.ca


Published Manuscripts 2025 - 2026

Farran A, Dion PM, Duggan L, Boet S, Nickel C, Gagné JF, Hu R, Reid A, Mansour F, Gu YQ. Multimodal cricothyrotomy training with immersive 360-degree video: a randomised pilot study. British Journal of Anaesthesia 2026; 136:359-362.

 

Ip VHY, Gohel B, Sondekoppam RV. Climate resilience as a strategic lever for long-term healthcare sustainability: a narrative review. British Journal of Anaesthesia 2026; 136:228-236.

 

Jae J, Saran J. Lung protective ventilation: a necessary standard in modern anaesthesia. European Journal of Anaesthesiology 2026; 43:85-86.

 

Roman-Juan J, Hood AM, Marbil MG, Birnie KA, Noel M. Borders that hurt: the link between anti-immigration attitudes in Europe and the epidemic of chronic pain in immigrant adolescents. PAIN 2026; 167:94-101.

 

Hamodat H, Savoie L, McMullen S, Soo A, des Ordons AR. Intensivist and hematologist perceptions of prognosis of critically ill patients with hematologic malignancies. Journal of Intensive Care Medicine 2025; doi:10.1177/08850666251399099.

 

Nicholas J, Graber-naidich A, Pham T, Panigrahi AK, Virk M. Implementation of pathogen reduced cryoprecipitate for surgical services: a retrospective review of blood product utilization and fibrinogen repletion. Transfusion 2025; doi:10.1111/trf.70030.

 

Wijeysundera DN, Alibhai SMH, Puts MTE, Xu KY, Daza JF, Diep C, Ladha KS, Chesney TR, Mazer D, Wei AC, Ehtesham S, Hladkowicz E, Pazmino-Canizares J, Choi S, Davis M, Dillane D, Duceppe E, Jacobsohn E, Lorello GR, MacDonald DB, MacDonnell SY, Parotto M, Serrano PE, van Vlymen JMV, McIsaac DI. Significant new disability after major non-cardiac surgery in older adults aged 65 years and older in Canada: a multicentre prospective cohort study. Lancet Health Longevity 2025; 6:doi:10.1016/j.lanhl.2025.100789.

 

McIsaac DI, Lee S, Fergusson D, Gillis C, Khadaroo RG, Meliambro A, Muscedere J, Eskander A, Moloo H, Nelson G, Saha T, Chun R, Serrano PE, Wijeysundera DN, Taljaard M. Home-based prehabilitation for older surgical patients with frailty. JAMA Surgery 2025; doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2025.5288.

 

Leigh JP, Moss SJ, Mizen SJ, Brown H, Sriskandarajah C, Stelfox M, Halperin DM, Halperin SA, Ahmed SB, Lorenzetti DL, Smith S, Harley M, Tutelman PR, Birnie KA, Anglin MC, Stelfox HT, Racine N, Fiest KM. Engaging families to create a better post-pandemic future: semi-structured interviews with youth and parents in Canada. BMC Public Health 2025; 25:doi:10.1186/s12889-025-24244-4.

 

Walker M, Sondekoppam R, Filteau L, Rao A, Williams S, Ip VHY. Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society position statement on greening the operating room. Canadian Journal of Anesthesia 2025 72:1475-1488.

 

Ip VHY, Zieleskiewicz L, Bouvet L. Abandoning desflurane is just part of the solution to anaesthesia sustainability. British Journal of Anaesthesia 2025; 135:1579-1581.

 

Zulla RT, Nicholas DB, Sutherland S, Cohen E, Birnie KA, Anthony S, Robeson P, Selkirk E, Killackey T, Mohabir V, Stinson J. Synchronous virtual care in children’s health care: a scoping review. Frontiers in Pediatrics 2025; 13:doi:10.3389/fped.2025.1610407.

 

Beveridge JK, Noel M, McArthur BA, Madigan S, Orr SL, McDonald S, Tough S, Birnie KA. Identifying risk and protective factors in the transmission of chronic pain from mothers to children: a longitudinal cohort study. PAIN 2025; 166:2596-2608.

 

Birnie KA, Marbil MG, MacKenzie NE, Neville A, Richards DP, Jordan I, Mohabir V, Chambers CT, Hadjistavropoulos. Ethical issues in patient partnership in psychology and health research. Canadian Psychology 2025; doi:10.1037/cap0000443.

 

Schoettler FI, Hassanabad MF, Webb NA, Clark J, Gotto G, Kidd WT, Hassanabad AF. Intraoperative urothelial carcinoma tumor thrombus embolization to the heart: a case report. Future Cardiology 2025; 21:879-881.

Marbil MG, Roman-Juan J, MacNeil M, Lindsay S, Lorenzetti D, Noel M, Birnie KA. Mapping the intersecting contexts of migration and pediatric pain over the last decade: a rapid scoping review protocol. Children-Basel 2025; 12:doi:10.3390/children12101325.

 

Dol J, Chambers CT, Parker JA, Cormier B, Pope N, Stinson JN, Birnie KA, Hughes B, Matthews B, Irish BN, Noel M, Hancock K. Digital health solutions for caregivers of children experiencing acute pain: a scoping review. PAIN Reports 2025; 10:doi:10.1097/PR9.0000000000001335.

 

Lee LA, Krewulak KD, Gilfoyle E, Choong K, O’Hearn K, Todd M, Foster JR, Birnie KA, James C, Letourneau N, Fiest KM. Identifying barriers and facilitators to therapeutic cuddling in the paediatric intensive care unit: a survey guided by the theoretical domains framework. Australian Critical Care 2025; 38:doi:10.1016/j.aucc.2025.101440.

 

Lobb D, Mirimoghaddam M, Macalister D, Bedi R, Anderson K, Lai HL. Total intravenous sedation with target-controlled infusion in dentistry: clinical experience with the third-generation Eleveld pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic model. Journal of Dental Anesthesia and Pain Medicine 2025; 25:doi:10.17245/jdapm.2025.25.5.313.

 

Nicholas J, Wali J, Ellis-Caleo T, Virk MS, Yunce M. Therapeutic plasma exchange after spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage for a patient with antiphospholipid syndrome and lupus anticoagulant hypoprothrombinemia. Journal of Clinical Apheresis 2025; 40:doi:10.1002/jca.70064.

 

Fettiplace MR, D’Souza RS, Ip VHY, Bhatia A. RAPM disclosure recommendations for AI use in writing and publishing. Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine 2025; doi:10.1136/rapm-2025-106979.

 

Roman-Juan J, Noel M, Sharma S, Jensen MP, Marbil MG, Birnie KA, Miró J. Making underrepresented pain visible: chronic pain disparities among immigrant adolescents in 30 European countries. Journal of Pain 2025; 36:doi:10.1016/j.jpain.2025.105533.

 

Fettiplace MR, Bhatia A, Chen Y, Orebaugh SL, Gofeld M, Gariel RA, Sessler D, Lonsdale H, Bungart B, Cheng CP, Burnett GW, Han LCY, Wiles M, Coppens S, Joseph T, Schreiber KL, Volk T, Urman RD, Kovacheva VP, Wu CL, Mariano ER, Ip VHY. Recommendations for disclosure of artificial intelligence in scientific writing and publishing: a regional anesthesia and pain medicine modified Delphi study. Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine 2025; doi:10.1136/rapm-2025-106852.

 

Ozawa S, Ozawa-Morriello J, Rock R, Sromoski M, Hall T, Kilicli AB, Pearse BL. The nurse’s role in achieving optimal perioperative outcomes through patient blood management: a clinical review. AORN Journal 2025; 122:153-162.

 

Phillips AA, Gandhi AP, Hankov N, Hernandez-Charpak SD, Rimok J, Incognito AV, Nijland AEJ, D’Ecrole M, Watrin A, Berney M, Damianaki A, Dumont G, Macellari N, De Herde L, Intering N, Smith D, Miller R, Smith MN, Lee J, Baaklini E, Ledoux JB, Ordonnez JG, Newton T, Meliadò EF Duguet L, Jacquet C, Bole-Feysot L, Rieger M, Gelenitis K, Dumeny Y, Caban M, Ganty D, Paoles E, Baumgartner T, Harte C, Sasportes CD, Romo P, Vouga T, Fasola J, Ravier J, Gauthier M, Merlos F, Buschman R, Milekovic T, Rowald A, Mandija S, van den Berg CAT, Kuster N, Neufeld E, Pralong E, Hirt L, Carda S, Becce F, Aleton E, Rogan K, Schoettker P, Wuerzner G, Langerak N, Keijsers NLW, Kwon BK, Guest JD, Ross E, Murphy J, Kurt E, Casha S, Girgis F, van Nes I, Larkin-Kaiser KA, Demesmaeker R, Asboth L, Squair JW, Bloch J, Courtine G. An implantable system to restore hemodynamic stability after spinal cord injury. Nature Medicine 2025; 31:2946-2957.

 

Johnson NA, Strzalkowski NDJ, Russell MK, Clermont CA, Demarty JM, Transfiguracion LC, Horton JF, Asmussen MJ, Day TA. Chemistry versus compensation: comparing integrated respiratory-renal blood acid-base responses between acute inspired normobaric hypoxia versus sustained hypobaric hypoxia. Journal of Applied Physiology 2025; 139:529-540.

 

Jaffer A, Yang KY, Ebrahim A, Brown AN, El-Andari R, Dokollari A, Gregory AJ, Adams C, Kent WDT, Hasanabad AF. Optimizing recovery in cardiac surgery: a narrative review of enhanced recovery after surgery protocols and clinical outcomes. Medical Sciences 2025; 13:doi:10.3390/medsci13030128.

Arora RC, Teman N, Gregory AJ. State-of-the-art review: operating room extubation. Innovations-Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery 2025; 20:341-349.

 

Salenger R, Teman N, Gregory AJ, Arora RC. The 7 pillars of preoperative anemia management. Innovations-Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery 2025; 20:336-340.

 

Moss SJ, Siddiqui S, Chacon CZ, Sriskandarajah C, Stelfox M, Gaunce B, Harley M, Smith S, Ahmed SB, Birnie K, Halperin D, Halperin S, Hampson C, Hu J, Leppan L, Nickle A, Russell K, Soo A, Solis M, Stelfox HT, Straus S, Tutelman PR, Wiele Q, Fiest KM, Racine N, Leigh JP. Evidence based consensus statements for digital tools to address youth mental health literacy. Scientific Reports 2025; 15:doi:10.1038/s41598-025-12947-y.

 

Jessa JS, Zhang MN, Bonhomme J, Richards DP, Lorenzetti DL, Chambers CT, Birnie KA. Identifying common patient-oriented priorities for child and adolescent health research and care: a systemic review of priority setting partnerships. Health Expectations 2025; 28:doi:10.1111/hex.70349.

 

Gregory AJ, Noss CD, Kent WDT, Adams C, Arora RC, Sallenger R. The 7 pillars of pain management for minimally invasive cardiac surgery. Innovations-Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery 2025; 20:331-335.

 

Smith AD, Andruski B, Deng GR, Bouma C, Pesant M, Magill F, Burnham R. Responders to cervical facet platelet-rich plasma demonstrate synergistic improvements in pain and isometric strength in chronic whiplash-associated disorders: a series of mediation analysis. Clinics and Practice 2025; 15:doi:10.3390/clinpract15080135.

 

Edwards W, Chow L, Zaphiratos V. Postdural puncture headache in obstetrics. Canadian Journal of Anesthesia 2025; 72:1163-1178. 

 

Ip VHY, Ma JNC, Zardynezhad A, Sondekoppam RV. Public perception and attitudes towards heath care, anesthesia, and climate change: a survey study. Canadian Journal of Anesthesia 2025; 72:1233-1239.

 

Pope N, Drumm N, Birnie KA, Noel M, Berryman C, Ferencz N, Killackey T, Macneil M, Zientek D, Surry V, Stinson JN. Balancing care and sacrifice: lived experiences and support needs of primary caregivers in pediatric chronic pain across Canada and Australia. Children-Basel 2025; 12:doi:10.3390/children12070911.

 

Joslin R, Donovan-Hall M, Barker M, Birnie KA, Melfi E, Roberts L. Children’s communication choices about musculoskeletal pain and injury: insights from a public involvement event. Health Expectations 2025; 28:doi:10.1111/hex.70347.

 

Birnie KA, Neville A. Patient partnership is essential to the advancement of pain research. Journal of Pain 2025; 32:doi:10.106/j.jpain.2025.105438.

 

Adebiyi BO, Birnie KA, Booth J, Lim LS, Rumsey D, Santana M, Stinson JN, Schmeling H. MethodsX 2025; 15:doi:10.1016/j.mex.2025.103446. 

 

des Ordons AR, Kassam A, Ellaway R. Landscapes of psychological trauma in residency education: exploring lived experiences. Medical Education 2025; 59:983-995.

 

Chau A, Preston R, Wieczorek PM, Mckeen DM, Chow L, Edwards W, Zaphiratos V. Exploring clinical conundrums in obstetric anesthesia through interactive polls and panel discussion: insights from Canadian obstetric anesthesiology experts. Canadian Journal of Anesthesia 2025; 72:1047-1055.

 

Agbani EO, Chow L, Nicholas J, Akinrinade I, Soliman N, Slater DM, Davizon-Castillo P, Dveksler G. Human platelets internalize pregnancy-specific glycoprotein-1 (PSG1). Thrombosis and Haemostasis 2025; doi:10.1055/a-2618-4817.

 

Lim G, Carvalho B, George RB, Bateman BT, Brummett CM, Ip VHY, Landau R, Osmundson SS, Raymond B, Richebe P, Soens M, Terplan M. Consensus statement on pain management for pregnant patients with opioid-use disorder from the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology, Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, and American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. Anesthesia and Analgesia 2025; 140:1318-1346. 

 

Hall J, Anderson R, Cluett J, Davis M, Johnston A, Lam G, Low A, Paw J, Brennand E. Improving non-urban access to specialist OBGYN care in Canada: a call to action. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada 2025; 47:doi:10.1016/j.jogc.2025.102912.

 

Robert M. From roots to canopy: understanding chronic pelvic pain through a tree-inspired model. International Urogynecology Journal 2025; 36:1383-1388.

 

Khan I. Impact of peripheral nerve blocks on chronic opioid use after elective total knee arthroplasty from a large US claims database. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2025; 135:1779-83. British Journal of Anaesthesia 2025; 135:1339-1340.

 

Pentz B, Short K, Pilkington M, Marchand T, Aziz S, Lam JY, Spencer A, Brockel MA, Else S, Mcluckie D, Franklin A, de Beer D, Raval M, Scott M, Brindle ME. Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) consensus recommendations for non-pharmacological perioperative neonatal pain management. BMJ Paediatrics Open 2025; 9:doi:10.1136/bmjpo-2024-003280.

 

Krzyzaniak H, Vergouwen M, Van Essen D, Nixon C, Mcclure RS, Jadavji N, Moore RD, Rommens K. Complications of cerebrospinal fluid drainage in thoracoabdominal aortic procedures. Canadian Journal of Surgery 2025; 67:E389-E396.

 

Snow C, Pun M, Magnison-Benoit S, Tripp TR, Clarke A, Berghmans S, Hansen B, Transfiguracion L, Di Simone G, Lai M, Rawling JM, Roy S, Adatia S, Mosca E, Remmers JE, Poulin MJ. A buccal mucosal reflectance oximeter accurately measures arterial oxyhemoglobin saturation and pulse rate. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2025; 211:doi:10.1164/ajrccm.2025.211.Abstracts.A4758.

 

MacKenzie NE, Chambers CT, Marshall DA, Cassidy CE, Corkum PV, McGrady ME, Parker JA, MacDonald KV, Birnie KA. Unique and shared partner priorities for supporting engagement in knowledge mobilization in pediatric pain: a best-worst scaling experiment. Health Research Policy and Systems 2025; 23:doi:10.1186/s12961-025-01310-2.

 

Richards DP, Chambers CT, Jordan I, Strain K, Fadaak R, Tunnah L, Gruenwoldt E, Birnie KA. Solutions for kids in pain: embedding and actioning patient partnership in a national knowledge mobilization network. Research Involvement and Engagement 2025; 11:doi:10.1186/s40900-024-00663-2.

 

Stephenson NL, Brenner D, Brennand E, Robert M, Prisnie K, Metcalfe A. Longitudinal analysis of the association between parity, mode of delivery and urinary incontinence in midlife using the SWAN cohort data. Scientific Reports 2025; 15:doi:10.1038/s41598-025-85603-0.

 

Serghi E, Deacon T, Salah T, Kelleher DC, Fouts-Palmer E, Ip VHY. Ultrasound machine power-down between scans: an energy and cost-saving measure in regional anesthesia. Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine 2025; doi:10.1136/rapm-2025-106491.

 

Fifen JJ, Siddique M, Lodha A, Walker A, Benlamri A, Tang S, Makarchuk S, Lodha A, McAllister D. Anesthesia, extremely premature infants and full-scale intelligence quotient at 5 years of age. Pediatric Research 2025; 98:1904-1911.

 

Ip VHY, Shelton CL, Mcgain F, Eusuf D, Kelleher DC, Li G, Macfarlane AJR, Raft J, Schroeder KM, Volk T, Sondekoppam RV. Environmental responsibility in resource utilization during the practice of regional anesthesia: a Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society Delphi consensus study 2025; 72:436-447.

 

MacKenzie NE, Chambers CT, Birnie KA, Jordan I, Cassidy CE. Supporting partnerships in knowledge mobilization: what existing implementation strategies can tell us. Research Involvement and Engagement 2025; 11:doi:10.1186/s40900-025-00688-1.

 

Jessa JS, Tomfohr-Madsen L, Sedov I, Walker A, Miller SA, Davis KP, Miller J. Trajectories of anxiety and depression and association with pain in the perinatal and postpartum period. Journal of Affective Disorders 2025; 396:doi:10.1016/j.jad.2025.120830.

 

Nicholas JA, Ural KG, Guinn NR, Panigrahi AK, Tan GM, Butwick AJ. Procedure-specific preoperative blood ordering practices in 25 North American hospitals. A&A Practice 2025; 19:doi:10.1213/XAA.0000000000001939.

 

Gulamhusein N, Pattar BSB, Dumanski SM, Harrison TG, Butalia S, Robert M, Schulz JA, Ahmed SB. Association between parity and gravidity & hypertension and blood pressure: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open 2025; 15:doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2024-094739.

 

Rosenbloom BN, Frederiksen SD, Wang V, Birnie KA, Park CS, Gordon G, Rasic N, Stinson JN, Rabbitts JA. Prevalence of and recommendation for measuring chronic postsurgical pain in children: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis. Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine 2025; 50:doi:10.1136/rapm-2024-105697.

 

Rosenbloom BN, Frederiksen SD, Wang VN, Park CS, Gordon G, Brar G, Rasic N, Stinson JN, Birnie KA, Rabbitts JA. Prognostic factors of chronic postsurgical pain in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine 2025; 50:144-152.

 

Endersby RVW, Fifen JJ, Beauchemin-Turcotte ME, Goldstein DH, Ho ECY, Ip VHY. Pericapsular nerve group cryoneurolysis as an option for palliative nonoperative management of hip fracture in a patient with end-stage medical comorbidities. Canadian Journal of Anesthesia 2025; 72:364-368.

 

Kelleher DC, Ip VHY. Carbon emissions of single-use anaesthetic drug trays: more than meets the eye in life cycle assessment. British Journal of Anaesthesia 2025; 134:291-293.

 

Pentz B, Patel P, Pilkington M, Daodu O, Lam JYK, Howlett A, Stephen L, Spencer A, Unrau J, Theam M, Brindle ME. Optimizing implementation of the neonatal enhanced recovery after surgery guideline. Journal of Pediatric Surgery 2025; 60:doi:10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2024.06.021

 

Alladin-Karan A, Samuel SA, Wade AW, Ravani P, Grisaru S, Lam NN, Birnie KA, Quinn PR. Is childhood IgA nephropathy different from adult IgA nephropathy? A narrative review. Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease 2025; 12:doi:10.1177/20543581251322571.

 

Booth J, Birnie KA, Chomistek K, Santana, Stinson JN, Adebiyi B, Brooks J, Guzman J, Hellweg R, Lim LS, Rumsey D, Feldman BM, Tagseth J, Wilson J, Schmeling H. JMIR Research Protocols 2025; 15:doi:10.2196/65939.

 

Dorey TW, Bohne LJ, Hassanabad AF, Duttchen K, Wilton SB, Chun R. The relationship between frailty and postoperative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Cardiac Surgery 2025; 2025;doi:10.1155/jocs/1336346.

 

Pope N, Birnie KA, Noel M, Dol J, Li DY, Macneil M, Zientek D, Surry V, Stinson JN. Mapping the gaps: a scoping review of virtual care solutions for caregivers of children with chronic illnesses. Children-Basel 2025; 12:doi:10.3390/children12010077.

 

Ramani S, Armson H, Hanmore T, Lee-Kreuger R, Könings KD, des Ordons AR, Zetkulic M, Sargeant J, Lockyer J. Could the R2C2 feedback and coaching model enhance feedback literacy behaviors: a qualitative study exploring learner-preceptor feedback conversations. Perspectives on Medical Education 2025; 14:9-19.

 

Snow C, Magnison-Benoit S, Pun M, Tripp TR, Clarke A, Berghmans S, Hansen B, Transfiguracion L, Adatia S, Rawling JM, Roy S, Di Simone G, Lai ML, Mosca E, Remmers JE, Poulin MJ. A buccal mucosal oximeter accurately measures arterial oxyhemoglobin saturation. Medical Devices-Evidence and Research 2025; 18:387-395.

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