Imported pediatric malaria at the hospital for sick children, Toronto, Canada: a 16 year review

Imported pediatric malaria at the hospital for sick children, Toronto, Canada: a 16 year review

BACKGROUND Children under 5 represent 86% of annual malaria deaths in the world. Following increasing trends in international travel, cases of imported malaria are rising in North America. We describe the epidemiology of malaria diagnosed at a tertiary care pediatric center in the multicultural city of Toronto. METHOD Retrospective chart review of all laboratory confirmed malaria from birth t...

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Implementation of a pediatric rapid response team: experience of the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.

Rapid Response Systems have been introduced in the last decade to increase patient safety and decrease the rate of cardiorespiratory arrest on the hospital wards and readmission to the intensive care units. In this article we share our experience at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto on implementation and evolution of a pediatric rapid response team; the process, barriers, and ongoing ch...

Anaesthesia for pyloromyotomy: a review (the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto).

A PREVIOUS PAPER 1 reviewed the anaesthetic management of 441 patients operated on for pyloric stenosis at the Hospital For Sick Children, Toronto, from 1957 to 1960 inclusive. This paper covers an additional 537 patients treated surgically from 1961 to 1965, and compares the two groups. The entire series comprises 978 cases. The incidence of pyloric stenosis in the western world varies from 2 ...

Children in need of Pharmacare: medication funding requests at the Toronto Hospital for Sick Children.

OBJECTIVES Although a national Pharmacare program ensuring access to and affordability of needed medications has repeatedly been cited as a priority to policymakers, 20% of families remain either uninsured or under-insured. The Hospital for Sick Children's Patient Amenities Fund (PAF) covers out-of-pocket medication expenses for inpatient and outpatient children. The research objectives were to...