Karen Choong

Summary

Affiliation: McMaster University
Country: Canada

Publications

  1. ncbi Hypotonic versus isotonic maintenance fluids after surgery for children: a randomized controlled trial
    Karen Choong
    MB, Department of Pediatrics, McMaster Children s Hospital, 1200 Main St West, Room 3A78, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8N 3Z5
    Pediatrics 128:857-66. 2011
  2. ncbi A framework for resolving disagreement during end of life care in the critical care unit
    Karen Choong
    Department of Pediatrics and Critical Care, McMaster Children s Hospital, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
    Clin Invest Med 33:E240-53. 2010
  3. ncbi Remifentanil for endotracheal intubation in neonates: a randomised controlled trial
    K Choong
    Division of Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 95:F80-4. 2010
  4. ncbi Vasopressin in pediatric vasodilatory shock: a multicenter randomized controlled trial
    Karen Choong
    Department of Pediatrics and Critical Care McMaster Children s Hospital, 1200 Main Street West, Room 3A78, Hamilton, ON, L8N 3Z5 Canada
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med 180:632-9. 2009
  5. ncbi Vasopressin in pediatric shock and cardiac arrest
    Karen Choong
    Pediatric Critical Care and Neonatology, McMaster Children s Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    Pediatr Crit Care Med 9:372-9. 2008
  6. ncbi Maintenance parenteral fluids in the critically ill child
    Karen Choong
    Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Department of Paediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
    J Pediatr (Rio J) 83:S3-S10. 2007
  7. ncbi Hypotonic versus isotonic saline in hospitalised children: a systematic review
    K Choong
    Department of Paediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    Arch Dis Child 91:828-35. 2006
  8. ncbi Hypothermia therapy after pediatric cardiac arrest
    Dermot R Doherty
    Department of Anaesthesia, Division of Pediatric Intensive Care, Children s Hospital of Eastern Ontario and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
    Circulation 119:1492-500. 2009
  9. ncbi Quality of reporting of surveys in critical care journals: a methodologic review
    Mark Duffett
    Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    Crit Care Med 40:441-9. 2012
  10. ncbi Critical illness in children with influenza A/pH1N1 2009 infection in Canada
    Philippe Jouvet
    Department of Pediatrics, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    Pediatr Crit Care Med 11:603-9. 2010

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Publications12

  1. ncbi Hypotonic versus isotonic maintenance fluids after surgery for children: a randomized controlled trial
    Karen Choong
    MB, Department of Pediatrics, McMaster Children s Hospital, 1200 Main St West, Room 3A78, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8N 3Z5
    Pediatrics 128:857-66. 2011
    ..9% saline) compared to a hypotonic (0.45% saline) parenteral maintenance solution (PMS) for 48 hours to postoperative pediatric patients...
  2. ncbi A framework for resolving disagreement during end of life care in the critical care unit
    Karen Choong
    Department of Pediatrics and Critical Care, McMaster Children s Hospital, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
    Clin Invest Med 33:E240-53. 2010
    ..Such disagreements can cause tension and moral distress among families and clinicians...
  3. ncbi Remifentanil for endotracheal intubation in neonates: a randomised controlled trial
    K Choong
    Division of Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 95:F80-4. 2010
    ..To evaluate the efficacy and safety of remifentanil as a premedication in neonates undergoing elective endotracheal intubation...
  4. ncbi Vasopressin in pediatric vasodilatory shock: a multicenter randomized controlled trial
    Karen Choong
    Department of Pediatrics and Critical Care McMaster Children s Hospital, 1200 Main Street West, Room 3A78, Hamilton, ON, L8N 3Z5 Canada
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med 180:632-9. 2009
    ..The objective of this trial was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of vasopressin as an adjunctive agent in pediatric vasodilatory shock...
  5. ncbi Vasopressin in pediatric shock and cardiac arrest
    Karen Choong
    Pediatric Critical Care and Neonatology, McMaster Children s Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    Pediatr Crit Care Med 9:372-9. 2008
    ..To review the physiology and the published literature on the role of vasopressin in shock in children...
  6. ncbi Maintenance parenteral fluids in the critically ill child
    Karen Choong
    Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Department of Paediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
    J Pediatr (Rio J) 83:S3-S10. 2007
    ..We examine some of the difficulties in estimating these requirements, and discuss the controversies with respect to the traditional recommendations...
  7. ncbi Hypotonic versus isotonic saline in hospitalised children: a systematic review
    K Choong
    Department of Paediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    Arch Dis Child 91:828-35. 2006
    ..v.) maintenance fluids are the solutions of choice in paediatric patients have not been rigorously tested in clinical trials, and may not be appropriate for all children...
  8. ncbi Hypothermia therapy after pediatric cardiac arrest
    Dermot R Doherty
    Department of Anaesthesia, Division of Pediatric Intensive Care, Children s Hospital of Eastern Ontario and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
    Circulation 119:1492-500. 2009
    ..Hypothermia therapy improves mortality and functional outcome after cardiac arrest and birth asphyxia in adults and newborns. The effect of hypothermia therapy in infants and children with cardiac arrest is unknown...
  9. ncbi Quality of reporting of surveys in critical care journals: a methodologic review
    Mark Duffett
    Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    Crit Care Med 40:441-9. 2012
    ..Adequate reporting is needed to judge methodologic quality and assess the risk of bias of surveys. The objective of this study is to describe the methodology and quality of reporting of surveys published in five critical care journals...
  10. ncbi Critical illness in children with influenza A/pH1N1 2009 infection in Canada
    Philippe Jouvet
    Department of Pediatrics, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    Pediatr Crit Care Med 11:603-9. 2010
    ..To describe characteristics, treatment, and outcomes of critically ill children with influenza A/pandemic influenza A virus (pH1N1) infection in Canada...
  11. ncbi Surfactant therapy for acute respiratory failure in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    Mark Duffett
    Department of Critical Care, McMaster Children s Hospital, 1200 Main St, W, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4J9, Canada
    Crit Care 11:R66. 2007
    ..The objective of the present systematic review is to assess the effect of exogenous pulmonary surfactant on all-cause mortality in children mechanically ventilated for acute respiratory failure...
  12. ncbi Neonatal persistent pulmonary hypertension treated with milrinone: four case reports
    Dirk Bassler
    Division of Neonatology, Department of Paediatrics, McMaster University Medical Centre, Hamilton, Ont, Canada
    Biol Neonate 89:1-5. 2006
    ..However, of 4 patients, 2 developed serious intraventricular hemorrhages (IVHs), and 1 had a small IVH. To clarify the risk benefit ratio, of death versus survival with impairment, a randomized controlled trial is needed...