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Department of Anesthesia

2010-2014 Abstracts

2014

  1. Busse JW, Ebrahim S, Riva J, Bance S, Guyatt G, Bagby M, Kunz R. Independent Medical Evaluations – Important, neglected, in need of reform: a systematic review. 24th International Epidemiology in Occupational Health (EPICOH) Conference. June 24-27, 2017. Chicago, IL, USA. (Abstract published in: Occup Environ Med. 2014 Jun; 17 Suppl: A83).
  2. Busse JW, Steenstra I, Ebrahim S, Heels-Ansdell D, Walter S, Guyatt G. Predictors of Workers’ Compensation Claim Duration among Workers Disabled Due to Low Back Pain. 24th International Epidemiology in Occupational Health (EPICOH) Conference. June 24-27, 2014. Chicago, IL, USA. (Abstract published in: Occup Environ Med. 2014 Jun; 71 Suppl 1:A22-3).
  3. Chow CHT, Schmidt LA, Van Lieshout RJ, Leung P, Pope E, Michelangeli L, Shahzada A, Buckley N. Managing Children’s Preoperative Anxiety: A descriptive and feasibility pilot study. Presented at 2014 CREST Conference by WISE, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON. 2014.
  4. Chow CHT, Schmidt LA, Van Lieshout RJ, Leung P, Nejati N, Pope E, Michelangeli L, Shahzada A, Buckley N. Managing Children’s Preoperative Anxiety: A descriptive and feasibility pilot study. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences 26th Annual Research Day, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON. 2014.
  5. Chow CHT, Schmidt LA, Van Lieshout RJ, Leung P, Pope E, Michelangeli L, Shahzada A, Buckley N. Managing Children’s Preoperative Anxiety: A descriptive and feasibility pilot study. Development 2014 Conference, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON. 2014.
  6. Ebrahim S, Bance S, Montoya L, Mulla S, El Din MK, Malachowski C, Guyatt G, Busse JW. Development of an instrument assessing symptom exaggeration in patients receiving disability benefits secondary to mental health disorders. 24th International Epidemiology in Occupational Health (EPICOH) Conference. June 24-27, 2014. Chicago, IL, USA. (Abstract published in: Occup Environ Med. 2014 Jun; 71 Suppl 1L A80-1).
  7. Ebrahim S, Malachowski C, El Din MK, Mulla S, Bance S, Montoya L, Guyatt G, Busse JW. Development of an instrument assessing symptom exaggeration in patients receiving disability benefits secondary to mental health disorders. 24th International Epidemiology in Occupational Health (EPICOH) Conference. June 24-27, 2014. Chicago, IL, USA. (Abstract published in: Occup Environ Med. 2014 Jun; 71 Suppl 1: A81).
  8. Managing Children’s Preoperative Anxiety: A descriptive and feasibility pilot study. ANESTHESIOLOGY 2014 annual meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA. 2014.
  9. Lambert S, Jo S, Hindle A, Cheng J, Paul J. Meta-Analysis of Intrathecal Morphine for Lumbar Spine Surgery. CAS Annual Meeting 2014.
  10. Schulein, Syed S, Ainsworth, Le Manach Y. Pilot Study to assess lung ultrasound for measuring atelectasis during CPB. Poster presentation at SYRA conference in Toronto, Ontario, June 2014.
  11. Syed S, Whitlock R, Teoh K. Left Ventricular Infiltrating Cardiac Hemangioma. CAS Abstract #1061836, to be published in CJA supplements.
  12. Wascowicz M, Syed S, Grewal, Wijeysundera DN, Starzyk L, Beattie SW. What is the mechanism of MI after PCI and subsequent surgery. Poster Presentation at CAS Conference in St. John’s, Newfoundland, June 2014.
  13. Wascowicz M, Syed S, Starzyk L, Wijeysundera DN, Beattie SW. Prospective Cohort Study on Unresolved Dilemmas in Non-cardiac Surgery After Previous PCI. 2014 Best Abstract competition, American Society of Anesthesiologists.

2013

  1. Starzyk L, Syed S, Wijeysundera D, Grewal D, Harsha P, Lavi R, Beattie SW, Wasowicz M. Post PCI Patients Undergoing Non Cardiac Surgery, Factors contributing to cardiac adverse events. Poster at the May 2013 35th Annual Meeting of the Society of Cardiac Anesthesia, Miami Beach, FL, USA.
  2. Starzyk L, Syed S, Wijeysundera D, Harsha P, Lavi R, Beattie SW, Wascowicz M. Post PCI Patients Undergoing Non Cardiac Surgery – Measurements of Platelet Inhibition of Patients Having Major Adverse Cardiac Events. Poster Presentation at SCA conference in San Francisco. Oct 2013.
  3. Walsh M, Whitlock R, Garg A, Legare JF, Duncan A, Zimmerman R, Miller S, Fremes S, Kieser T, Karthikeyan G, Chan M, Ho A, Nasr V, Vincent K, Chrolavicius S, Teoh K, Ali I, Lavi R, Sessler DI, Kramer R, Gardner J, Syed S, VanHelder T, Guyatt GH, Rao-Melacini P, Thabane L, Devereaux PJ. The Remote Ischemic Preconditioning in Cardiac Surgery Trial (Remote IMPACT). Canadian Society of Nephrology Annual General Meeting. April 2013. Montreal, Canada.
  4. Youssef N, Orlov D, Alie T, Chong M, Cheng J, Thabane L, Paul J. Epidural Opioid with Best Analgesia and Least Side Effects: Meta-Analysis of RCTs. Anesthesiology Annual Meeting October 2013.

2012

  1. Borg Debono V, Zhang S, Ye C, Paul J, Arya A, Hurlburt L, Murthy Y, Thabane L. The quality of reporting of Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) in postoperative pain management. 40th Annual Meeting of the Statistical Society of Canada June 2012.
  2. Kostandoff G, Whippey A, Paul J, Ma J, Thabane L, Ma HK. Predictors of Unanticipated Admission Following Ambulatory Surgery. CAS Annual Meeting 2012.
  3. Tse A, Siddiqui A, Paul J, Teh B. Retrospective Analysis of Pain Scores and Side Effects of Epidural Regiments in Patients Undergoing Pectus Excavatum Correction Surgery. CAS Annual Meeting 2012.
  4. Zhang S, Thabane L, Foster G, Paul J. Critical appraisal and application of different statistical methods of analyzing continuous outcomes in randomized controlled trials. 40th Annual Meeting of the Statistical Society of Canada June 2012.

2011

  1. Packham R, Fok D, Frederikse K, Thabane L, Buckley N. Safety of a cold pressor test & reliability of infrared measurements of skin temperature side differences to detect CRPS: a pilot study. Canadian Pain Society – submitted abstract from 2011 CPS meeting.
  2. Syed S, Whitlock R, Teoh K. Left Ventricular Infiltraring Cardiac Hemangioma. CAS Abstract #1061836, to be published in CJA supplements 2011.
  3. Wong A, McGrath P, Holewa H. Managing the Global Physician Workforce: Canadian and Australian IMG Licensing Compared. Med Educ 2011; 45 (supplement 1): 38-39.

2010

  1. Paul JE, Buckley N, McLean R, Musson D, Paul L, Antoni L. The Hamilton Acute Pain Safety Study – The Impact of Root Cause Analysis. Canadian Journal of Anesthesia. 57 (Supplement 1): S107 June 2010.
  2. Wong A. The “Quiet” Asian learner: An inside view. Med Educ 2010; 44(s2): 31.