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Emergency Department Pediatric Mental Health Care Bundle and Family Quality of Life Open

Amanda S. Newton, Jianling Xie, Jennifer Thull‐Freedman, Teresa Lightbody, Jennifer Woods , et al. · 2025

This secondary analysis examines the findings of a nonrandomized clinical trial assessing family quality of life after an emergency department visit.

Using mHealth to Predict Asthma Exacerbations in Children and Adolescents (Mobile Health for Kids With Asthma): Protocol for an Observational Study Open

Naphtal Nyirimanzi, Myriam Bransi, F. Counil, Olivier Drouin, Jocelyn Gravel , et al. · 2025

Background Asthma exacerbation is a major cause of emergency department visits in children and adolescents. Most of the existing asthma prediction scores and biomarkers are designed to predict severe exacerbations in the medium to long ter…

Racial disparities in children tested for SARS-CoV-2 at pediatric emergency departments: A prospective cohort study Open

Gabrielle Freire, Vikram Sabhaney, April Kam, Brett Burstein, Stephen B. Freedman , et al. · 2025

Objectives To evaluate the association between race and SARS-CoV-2 test positivity and outcomes in children. Study Design Secondary analysis of a prospective cohort study recruiting children < 18 years, tested for SARS-CoV-2 between Aug…

Pediatric SARS-CoV-2 infection and development of anxiety and depression Open

Frederick Dun-Dery, Jianling Xie, Roger Zemek, Kathleen Winston, Brett Burstein , et al. · 2025

Objective It remains unclear whether emerging mental health concerns in children infected with SARS-CoV-2 are a direct result of the infection or due to the indirect effects of the pandemic. Therefore, we sought to assess the frequency of …

Child Well‐Being and Family Quality of Life During the COVID‐19 Pandemic Open

Conné Lategan, Amanda S. Newton, Jennifer Thull‐Freedman, Jianling Xie, Kathleen Winston , et al. · 2025

Background Little is known about changes in child well‐being and family quality of life (QoL) among children seeking emergency department care because of mental health concerns over the course of the pandemic. Methods Prospective cohort st…

Outcomes Following a Mental Health Care Intervention for Children in the Emergency Department Open

Amanda S. Newton, Jennifer Thull‐Freedman, Jianling Xie, Teresa Lightbody, Jennifer Woods , et al. · 2025

Importance The emergency department (ED) is an important safety net for children experiencing mental and behavioral health crises and can serve as a navigational hub for families seeking support for these concerns. Objectives To evaluate t…

Accuracy of point-of-care SARS-CoV-2 detection using buccal swabs in pediatric emergency departments Open

Stephen B. Freedman, Kelly Kim, Gabrielle Freire, Alicia Kanngiesser, April Kam , et al. · 2024

To optimize the identification of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-infected children, specimen collection and testing method are crucial considerations. Ideally, specimen collection is easy and causes minimal di…

Social Behaviors Associated with SARS-CoV-2 Test Positivity Among Children Evaluated in Canadian Emergency Departments, 2020 to 2022: A Cross-Sectional Survey Study Open

Madeleine W. Sumner, Gillian A.M. Tarr, Jianling Xie, Ahmed Mater, Kathleen Winston , et al. · 2024

Attending social gatherings increased the risk of SARS-CoV-2 test positivity in 5-<12-year-old children, but in-person daycare/school was associated with a reduced odds of testing positive across all ages. Settings with high public health …

Co-designing discharge communication interventions for mental health visits to the pediatric emergency department: a mixed-methods study Open

Amber Z. Ali, Bruce Wright, Janet Curran, Joelle Fawcett-Arsenault, Amanda S. Newton · 2024

Background Discharge communication is essential to convey information regarding the care provided and follow-up plans after a visit to a hospital emergency department (ED), but it can be lacking for visits for pediatric mental health crise…

Caregiver Perspectives on the Impact of Child Life Specialists during Pediatric Emergency Department Visits Open

Lundy Day, Smit Patel, Manasi Rajagopal, Kelly Raymond, Bruce Wright , et al. · 2024

CLS involvement in children's ED care is associated with greater caregiver satisfaction and experience beyond previously reported procedural distress management. Efforts to increase availability of CLSs should be made to better family expe…

Features Associated With Radiographic Pneumonia in Children with SARS-CoV-2 Open

Todd A. Florin, Stephen B. Freedman, Jianling Xie, Anna Funk, Daniel J. Tancredi , et al. · 2024

14% of children with SARS-CoV-2 infections had radiographic pneumonia. Hypoxemia, cough, higher temperature, and older age were associated with pneumonias. In children tested, SARS-CoV-2 test results were not associated with radiographic p…

Post–COVID-19 Condition in Children 6 and 12 Months After Infection Open

Frederick Dun-Dery, Jianling Xie, Kathleen Winston, Brett Burstein, Jocelyn Gravel , et al. · 2023

Importance There is a need to understand the long-term outcomes among children infected with SARS-CoV-2. Objective To quantify the prevalence of post–COVID-19 condition (PCC) among children tested for SARS-CoV-2 infection in pediatric emer…

Family caregivers’ emotional and communication needs in Canadian pediatric emergency departments Open

Samina Ali, Claudia Maki, Asa Rahimi, Keon Ma, Maryna Yaskina , et al. · 2023

Objectives To describe the extent to which caregivers’ emotional and communication needs were met during pediatric emergency department (PED) visits. Secondary objectives included describing the association of caregiver emotional needs, sa…

Discharge communication for mental health visits to the pediatric emergency department: A mixed-methods study Open

Amber Z. Ali, Bruce Wright, Janet Curran, Joelle Fawcett-Arsenault, Amanda S. Newton · 2023

Background Discharge communication is essential to convey information regarding the care provided and follow-up plans after a visit to a hospital emergency department (ED), but it can be lacking for visits for pediatric mental health crise…

Emergency department visits and hospital admissions for suicidal ideation, self-poisoning and self-harm among adolescents in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic Open

Naveen Poonai, Stephen B. Freedman, Amanda S. Newton, Scott Sawyer, Nathalie Gaucher , et al. · 2023

The quarterly change in the percentage of hospital admissions for suicidal ideation, self-poisoning and self-harm increased among adolescent females in Canada during the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic. This underscores the need to …

80 Family Caregiver Emotional and Communication Needs in Canadian Paediatric Emergency Departments Open

Claudia Maki, Asa Rahimi, Keon Ma, Maryna Yaskina, Helen Wong , et al. · 2023

Background Paediatric emergency departments (EDs) have been identified as inherently stressful for families, making it challenging to understand and meet families’ global needs, beyond urgent medical care. There is a paucity of research de…

Strategies for generating physically consistent realizations from a multi-model blend Open

G. R. Evans, Bruce Wright, Stephen Moseley, Ben Ayliffe · 2023

Blending weather forecasts from different sources aims to generate a single forecast which is temporally seamless, spatially consistent and more skilful than the individual inputs. This forecast can capitalise on all available forecast sou…

Health care impact of implementing a clinical pathway for acute care of pediatric concussion: a stepped wedge, cluster randomised trial Open

Keith Owen Yeates, Karen Barlow, Bruce Wright, Ken Tang, Olesya Barrett , et al. · 2023

Objectives To test the effects of actively implementing a clinical pathway for acute care of pediatric concussion on health care utilization and costs. Methods Stepped wedge, cluster randomized trial of a clinical pathway, conducted in 5 e…

Visits to Alberta Emergency Departments for Child Mental Health Concerns During the COVID-19 Pandemic Open

Amanda S. Newton, Jianling Xie, Bruce Wright, Conné Lategan, Kathleen Winston , et al. · 2023

Objective We examined emergency department (ED) mental health visit trends by children in relation to periods of school closure and reopening during the COVID-19 pandemic in Alberta, Canada. Methods Mental health visits by school-aged chil…

Use of quality improvement methods to enhance implementation of a mental health care bundle in a pediatric emergency department Open

Teresa Lightbody, Jennifer Thull‐Freedman, Stephen B. Freedman, Bruce Wright, Nicole Finseth , et al. · 2023

Comparison of Symptoms Associated With SARS-CoV-2 Variants Among Children in Canada Open

Madeleine W. Sumner, Jianling Xie, Roger Zemek, Kathleen Winston, Gabrielle Freire , et al. · 2023

Importance Clinical manifestations of SARS-CoV-2 variants have not been systematically compared in children. Objective To compare symptoms, emergency department (ED) chest radiography, treatments, and outcomes among children with different…

IMPROVER: The New Probabilistic Postprocessing System at the Met Office Open

Nigel Roberts, Ben Ayliffe, G. R. Evans, Stephen Moseley, Fiona Rust , et al. · 2023

The Met Office in the United Kingdom has developed a completely new probabilistic postprocessing system called IMPROVER to operate on outputs from its operational numerical weather prediction (NWP) forecasts and precipitation nowcasts. The…

64 A Canadian multicentre survey of family needs when attending the pediatric emergency department Open

Asa Rahimi, Samina Ali, Manasi Rajagopal, Keon Ma, Maryna Yaskina , et al. · 2022

Background Parents/caregivers strongly influence their child’s experience in the pediatric emergency department (PED). Understanding their needs can improve families’ PED experience and care. Objectives To describe caregivers’ perceived em…

Post–COVID-19 Conditions Among Children 90 Days After SARS-CoV-2 Infection Open

Anna Funk, Nathan Kuppermann, Todd A. Florin, Daniel J. Tancredi, Jianling Xie , et al. · 2022

Importance Little is known about the risk factors for, and the risk of, developing post–COVID-19 conditions (PCCs) among children. Objectives To estimate the proportion of SARS-CoV-2–positive children with PCCs 90 days after a positive tes…

Improving assessments and follow-up for pediatric emergency department mental health visits Open

Teresa Lightbody, Jennifer Thull‐Freedman, Stephen B. Freedman, Nicole Finseth, Stephanie McConnell , et al. · 2022

Background: Over the past decade, the number of children presenting to emergency departments (ED) with mental health (MH) concerns has increased substantially. EDs struggle to respond to this increase with approaches that comprehensively a…

IMPROVER overview and updates Open

Stephen Moseley, Ken Mylne, Bruce Wright, Simon Jackson, Fiona Rust , et al. · 2022

<p>IMPROVER (Integrated Model Post-Processing and Verification) has been developed by the Met Office as an open-source probability-based post-processing system to fully exploit our convection permitting, hourly cycling ensemble forec…

Evaluation of parent and youth experiences in advisory groups as part of a mental healthcare clinical trial: protocol for a mixed-method study Open

Jananee Rasiah, Stephen B. Freedman, Lee MacDonald, Kassi Prisnie, Mohamed Eltorki , et al. · 2022

Introduction Patient engagement in healthcare research is a necessity to ensure that research objectives align with priorities, outcomes and needs of the population under study, and to facilitate ease of implementation and adoption of find…

Clinical interpretation of serum hepcidin-25 in inflammation and renal dysfunction Open

Michael Chen, Nathan Kuehne, Andre Mattman, Jun Liu, Grace van der Gugten , et al. · 2022

IMPROVER : A probabilistic, multi-model post-processing system for meteorological forecasts Open

Stephen Moseley, Fiona Rust, G. R. Evans, Ben Ayliffe, Katharine Hurst , et al. · 2022

<p>The UK Met Office is developing an open-source probability-based post-processing system called IMPROVER to exploit convection permitting, hourly cycling ensemble forecasts. The system is tasked with blending these forecasts with b…

Exploring parental perceptions of psychosocial screening in paediatric emergency departments Open

Punit Virk, Amanbir Atwal, Bruce Wright, Quynh Doan · 2022

Objective: To explore parental perceptions of psychosocial screening in the paediatric emergency department and identify post-screening barriers to accessing mental health care. Methods: We conducted a qualitative study during the 30-day f…

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