2015 VGH Research Newsletter_Final

Inside this issue:

Awards and Grants 1-2

Research Policy 2-3

Research Activities 3-5

Publications 5-8

Abstracts and Presentations

8-10

Crossword & Comic 11

Research Staff & Volunteers

12

Vancouver General Hospital

VGH Emergency Medicine Research Newsletter

March 2015 Volume 15

Another productive

year for the VGH

Emergency

Department Research

Division

38 Conference abstracts & presentations

36 Publications in peer reviewed journals

30 Research Assistants & Student Volunteers

2 New CIHR Grants

Over the last year...

Abu-Laban, RB. (Harrison, D.) Hyperbaric Oxygen Post Established Stroke Study.

Private Donation. $750,000. 2015-2017.

Brubacher, JR. (Silverberg, N. & Iverson, G.) Who Benefits from Standard Care for

Mild Traumatic Brain Injury? VCHRI Clinical Research Grant. $18,000. 2015.

Ho, K. (McMaster, K., Jang, K., & Ma, W.) mHealth Platform to instill Fitness in the

Young. Vancouver Chinese Soccer Association. $13, 832. 2014-2015.

Ho, K. (Downey, S., Jackson, G., Ansermino, JM, Chan, C., Dumont, G., Garde, A., Kheirkhah, PD., Li, L., & Novak Lauscher, H.) LungFIT: A Smartphone System for

Pulmonary Rehabilitation. CIHR. $92,131. 2014-2015.

Ho, K. CHRONIC. Graphics, Animation, and New Media – Networks of Centres of

Excellence Research. $5,000. 2014.

Ho, K. (Lam, R., Michalak, E., Hodgins, Manuel, Hanrahn, M., Patten, Bullock, Marchand, Schmitz, Lashewiz, Meurs, Aiken, Meirali, Legge.) Early Identification and Prevention of Major Depression in Male Workers. Movember Canadian Mental Health

Initiative. $635,600. 2014 – 2017.

Ho, K. (Chow, M) First Responders Telehealth Study. Vancouver Police Foundation.

$25,000. 2014-2015.

Ho, K. (Michalak, E., Suto, M., Hole, R., & Murray, G.) Like a ship that’s always righting itself: Self-management of bipolar disorder, from evidence to action. $27,379

2014-2015.

Congratulations to our researchers

Cassie Fayowski won

best poster in

population health for

her Older Injured

Driver project at the

2015 UBC student

research forum


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The VGH Department of Emergency Medicine has a tradition of producing high quality original research, and collaborating on the research initiatives of other VGH Departments or external groups. This academic mission must be balanced with the demands research places on Emergency Department patient care and teaching of Residents and Medical Students. In addition, simultaneous research projects may conflict with one another and may compete for the same patients as well as for the

time and attention of our clerical, nursing, and medical staff.

For these reasons, all potential studies which require signoff by the VGH Department of Emergency Medicine undergo internal review, approval, and prioritization. It is expected that one or more members of the VGH Department of Emergency Medicine will be involved academically (as co-applicant on grants, and co-author on

Ho, K. (Bains, P., Cheema, G., Lee, V., Kapoor, S., Novak Lauscher, H., Garg, A., & Bains, J.) Exploring Access to Health Information in Surrey’s South Asian

Community. Vancouver Foundation. $78,743. 2014 – 2016.

Ho, K. (Novak Lauscher, H. & Cordeiro, J.) Engaging Interprofessional Health Care Providers in British Columbia. for eHealth Realization. Canada Health Infoway.

$10,000 2014.

Ho, K. (Novak Lauscher, H. & Cordiero, J.) eHealth Enabled Patient Centred Care.

BC Ministry of Health. $200,000. 2014-2016.

Ho, K. (Novak Lauscher, H & Elizabeth, S.) Learning for Life: Raising eHealth

Literacy in BC. Moss Rock Park Foundation. $100,000. 2014-2016.

Ho, K. (Novak Lauscher, H.) Endocrinology Telehealth Evaluation. Thompson

Region Division of Family Practice. $4,800. 2014-2015.

Ho, K. (Novak Lauscher, H.) Program Evaluation of the Hepatitis B Public Outreach

& Education Project. SUCCESS. $31,095. 2014-2015.

Ho, K. (Novak Lauscher, H. & Cordeiro, J.) Collaborative Advantage in Action: InspireNet Evaluation Phase 3. Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research: BC

Nursing Health Services Network Initiative – InspireNet. $32,620. 2014.

Ho, K. (Novak Lauscher, H.) First Nations Telehealth Expansion Project Evaluation

Framework. First Nations Health Authority. $14,280. 2014.

Ho, K. (Novak Lauscher, H.) Developing an Evaluation Framework for the BC

Regional eMental Health Strategy. VCH Authority. $13,636. 2014.

Hohl, CM. (Abrahamowicz, M., Bérard, A., Bernatsky, SR., Lacaille, DV., Levesque, LE., Levy AR., Moride, Y., & Pilote, L.) Canadian Network for Advanced Interdisciplinary Methods for Prospective Studies of Drug Safety and Effectiveness:

Team Grant. CIHR. $1,250,000. 2014-2019.

Hohl, CM. (Perry, JJ., Lexchin, J., Singer, J., Sivilotti, M., & Wells, G.) Validating a Screening Strategy to Improve the Detection of Adverse Drug Reactions in

Emergency Departments: Operating Grant. AFP Innovation Fund. $99,000. 2014-16.

Angela Aquino Research Coordinator Alcohol and TBI

Cassie Fayowski UBC SSRP 2014

Injured Older Drivers

Congratulations Continued...

Collaborative Research Policy

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Dr. Corinne Hohl is

prospectively validating

the “Adverse Drug

Event Clinical Decision

Rule” which will enable

high risk patients to be

flagged for medication

review in the ED

Vahid Mehrnoush International Medical

Graduate Cannabis and MVCs

Dr. Corinne Hohl Adverse Drug Events

Research Activities

Adverse Drug Events: In 2013, Dr. Hohl secured funds to validate the Adverse Drug Event Clinical Decision Rule, the first evidence-based tool that assists emergency de-partments to risk-stratify patients for adverse drug events (ADEs), and enable referral of high-risk patients for medication review services with a clinical pharmacist. The project is currently enrolling patients at 3 sites: VGH, Lions Gate Hospital, and the Ottawa Hospital. Interim analysis results indicate high sensitivity of the Rule for identifying patients at high risk of experiencing an ADE. The team anticipates that the validation of the Adverse Drug Event Rule will enable widespread implementation in compliance with Accreditation Canada's 2014 required organizational practices. In 2013, Dr. Hohl's team was also awarded a Partnership for Health System Improve-ment grant from CIHR to develop an ADE reporting platform in PharmaNet. The team has completed a systematic review of 105 international ADE reporting platforms to develop the reporting system, and has engaged in focus groups with various clini-cal stakeholders in order to refine the data fields for reporting. Piloting of the ADE reporting system is anticipated for the fall. Dr. Hohl continues to actively collaborate on national clinical decision rule development studies on neurosurgical and cardio-vascular emergencies, and is an active member of the Drug Safety and Effectiveness

Research Network.

Research Education: Riyad Abu-Laban, UBC Department of Emergency Medicine Research Director, led a highly successful 4th annual "NERD Block" (Novel Educa-tion in Research & Design) for 15 Royal College EM Residents and Peds EM Fellows with Dr. Quynh Doan in the fall of 2014. This 1 month program involves 34 interac-tive small group sessions and workshops facilitated by faculty members from the De-partment of Emergency Medicine and Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine on all aspects of research and critical appraisal. NERD participants gain foundational knowledge, interact with and learn about the research being done by a wide range of Emergency Medicine faculty members, and develop and advance their own research projects. Since its onset, the NERD Block has gained wide attention, both across UBC and nationally. Dr. Abu-Laban presented the background and experience with the initiative to the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons EM Specialty Commit-tee in Ottawa in June 2014, and it is anticipated that the NERD Block will receive specific mention in an upcoming CJEM consensus publication on "Promoting Excel-lence in Canadian Emergency Medicine Resident Research". The NERD Block now includes slots for EM Faculty members, and four people have taken advantage of this

publications) on any significant peer-reviewed or investigator-initiated collaborative project conducted in the VGH Emergency Department. This involvement should commence during the development of the study protocol and the ED should receive

appropriate acknowledgement for the role it plays for any such projects.

For further information on our research policy or to discuss a potential project please

contact our Research Director (Jeff Brubacher; [email protected]).

Research Policy Continued ...


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Dr. Jeff Brubacher VGH EM Research Director

Drs. Jeff Brubacher

and Herbert Chan

have recruited over

2200 patients at VGH

for their cannabis

and motor vehicle

crash study

Dr. Herbert Chan, PhD Road Safety Research

Research Activities Continued... opportunity over the last few years. NERD 2015 will run October 26th to November 20th, 2015 and any VGH EPs interested in participating are encouraged to contact

Dr. Abu-Laban for further information.

eHealth Strategy: Dr. Kendal Ho leads the UBC ehealth strategy office, driven by the vision to “connect people to better health”. Their research focuses on how health information technologies can assist patients, their families, and health professionals to optimize health outcomes. Highlights of their research endeavors this past year include: Inter-Cultural Online health Network (iCON): engaging the Chinese and South Asians in optimal self management of chronic diseases, Mobile Digital Access to Web-enhanced Network (mDAWN): using mobile sensors, social media and text messaging to support type 2 diabetes patients and their caregivers in optimizing self management, Social Media for public engagement, research, and health professional education, Electronic health record for medical education, Global eHealth for under-served communities, and Improving eHealth literacy of the general population in

B.C., a collaboration with the BC Ministry of Health.

Smoking Cessation: Dr. Ka Wai Cheung and team continue their smoking cessa-tion research. Her randomized control trial is examining the effectiveness of refer-ring ED smokers to the provincial Quit Now smoking cessation service. Patients are followed for 12 months to record patterns in smoking, desire to quit, and use of nico-tine replacement therapies. Her team has completed the follow up process for over 1,300 enrolled patients and data analysis is currently underway. Dr. Cheung’s team is also looking at whether specific patient factors affect a patient's choice of service modality. This will ultimately help refine smoking cessation services. Finally, the team is also looking at the accuracy of patient perception that their ED visit may be related to smoking. This will help to determine whether further patient education may be needed.. This past year three of Ka Wai’s students presented posters at the

CAEP conference using preliminary findings from their study.

Road Safety: Our road safety research team of Dr. Jeff Brubacher, Dr. Herbert Chan (PhD), and Dr. Roy Purssell have enrolled over 2200 injured drivers for their study “Cannabis and Motor Vehicle Crashes: A multicentre culpability study”. This CIHR funded study has been launched in 8 trauma centres across BC and will deter-mine the role of marijuana use in causing car crashes. Preliminary findings from that study indicate that alcohol was used by 17.8% of injured drivers and that 12.6% of drivers tested positive for cannabis metabolites, and 7.3% were positive for THC, indicating recent use. Cannabis was more common in males and in drivers <30 years old. Cocaine was positive in 2.8% of drivers and amphetamines in 1.2%. Medica-tions including diphenhydramine (11%), benzodiazepines (5.0%), zopiclone (0.6%), antidepressants (6.5%), and opiates (4.9%) were also detected. In total, 26.1% of

drivers were positive for at least one sedating medications.

The team published an evaluation of British Columbia’s new immediate roadside penalty (IRP) regime in the American Journal of Public Health. They found that the new laws resulted in a 21% reduction in all cause fatal crashes, an 8% reduction in hospital admissions for road trauma and a 7.2% reduction in ambulance calls for

road trauma.

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Dr. Riyad Abu-Laban

Research Education

Road Safety (continued): Dr Chan together with Cassie Fayowski and Lauren Stewart are studying crashes involving elderly drivers. That study is comparing the injury profile and use of healthcare resources in elderly drivers versus younger

drivers who are treated in the ED after a motor vehicle crash.

Dr Brubacher is chair and Dr Chan is a member of the BC Road Safety Research

and Data Committee which is one of the working committees for the BC Road Safety Strategy. The committee aims to improve access to high quality road safety

data and to increase provincial road safety research capacity.

Ultrasound Teaching & Research: The acute onset of flashes and floaters in the eyes is a common presentation to the emergency department. The most emergent etiology is retinal detachment, which requires prompt ophthalmologic assessment. This study, led by Dr. Dan Kim and Dr. Donna Lee is designed to assess the test characteristics of point of care ultrasound performed by a large heterogeneous group of emergency physicians for the diagnosis of retinal detachment. This will be a prospective observational study assessing a convenience sample of patients presenting to the Vancouver General Hospital emergency department with com-plaints of flashes or floaters in one or both eyes. Patients will undergo standard emergency department ocular assessment, after which a participating physician will perform an ocular ultrasound exam targeted at detecting retinal detachment. The criterion standard for retinal detachment will be the final diagnosis given by the retina specialist who will be blinded to the results of the ultrasound findings. If the test characteristics of point of care ultrasound are similar to previous studies (reported pooled sensitivity 99%), ocular ultrasound may be an excellent tool for triaging patients with new onset flashes and floaters to definitive ophthalmologic

assessment.

Research Activities Continued...

The Novel Education in

Research & Design

(NERD) block led by Dr.

Abu-Laban educates

residents in all aspects of

research and critical

appraisal

Dr. Donna Lee &

Dr. Dan Kim

Ultrasound Teaching &

Research

Publications 1. Abu-Laban RB, Migneault D, Grant MR, Dhingra V, Fung A, Cook RC, et

al. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation after protracted ventricular fibrilla-

tion cardiac arrest: case report and discussion. CJEM 2014 Aug;16:36-42.

2. Amari E, Barry R, Chong X, Novak Lausher H, Ho K. Using social media to reach Chinese and South Asian communities in British Columbia: The story of a peer-led diabetes prevention program on Facebook. International Journal of

Social Media and Interactive Learning Environments (In Press).

3. Brubacher JR, Chan H, Brasher P, Erdelyi S, Desapriya E, Asbridge M, et al. Reduction in fatalities, ambulance calls, and hospital admissions for road trauma after implementation of new traffic laws. Am J Public Health 2014

Oct;104(10):e89-97.

4. Bruder E, Ridi S, Pickett W, Ball I, Hohl C. Single Induction dose of etomi-date versus other induction agents for endotracheal intubation in critically ill

patients. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (In Press).

5. Cherpitel C, Ye Y, Stockwell T, Vallance K, Martin G, Brubacher J, et al. Risk of Drinking: The difference which study design and sampling makes.

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 2014;38(235-40).

6. Cohen L, Athaide V, Wickham ME, Doyle-Waters MM, Rose NG, Hohl CM. The effect of ketamine on intracranial and cerebral perfusion pressure and health

outcomes: a systematic review. Ann Emerg Med 2015 Jan;65(1):43-51.e2.

7. Cohen L, Kim DJ. New facial asymmetry: a case of unilateral temporomandibu-

lar joint dislocation. J Emerg Med 2014 Jul;47(1):e11-3.

8. Cripton PA, Shen H, Brubacher JR, Chipman M, Friedman SM, Harris MA, et al. Severity of urban cycling injuries and the relationship with personal, trip, route and crash characteristics: analyses using four severity metrics. BMJ Open 2015

Jan 5;5(1):e006654-2014-006654.

9. D'Agostino M, Al-Shorbaji N, Abbott P, Bernardo T, Ho K, Sinha C, et al. eHealth initiatives to transform health in the region of the Americas. Rev Panam

Salud Publica 2014 May-Jun;35(5-6):326-8, 323-5.

10. Desapriya E, Harjee R, Brubacher J, Chan H, Hewapathirane DS, Subzwari S, et al. Vision screening of older drivers for preventing road traffic injuries and fa-

talities. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2014 Feb 21;2:CD006252.

11. Grajales Iii F, Sheps S, Ho K, Novak Lauscher H, Eysenbach G. Social Media: A review and tutorial of applications in medicine and healthcare. J Med Internet Res

2014;16(2):e13.

12. Ho K. Key Trends in eHealth to Propel Health Transformation and Education.

UBCMJ 2014;5(2):6-9.

13. Ho K, Peter Wall Workshop Participants. Harnessing the social web for health and wellness: issues for research and knowledge translation. J Med Internet Res 2014

Feb 11;16(2):e34.

14. Hohl C, McGrail K, Sobolev B. The Effect of Pharmacist-Led Medication Review in High Risk Emergency Department Patients: Evaluation of a Protocol of Quality

Improvement Program. CMAJ Open (In Press).

15. Jenneson S, Tallon J, Vu E. A Systematic Review on the Safety and Utility of

Prehospital Blood Transfusion. Canadian Journal of Surgery 2014;57:S61.

16. Kim DJ, Theoret J, Liao MM, Kendall JL. Experience with emergency ultrasound training by Canadian emergency medicine residents. West J Emerg Med 2014

May;15(3):306-311.

17. Kushniruk A, Borycki E, Kuo MH, Parapini E, Wang SL, Ho K. Requirements for prototyping an educational electronic health record: experiences and future direc-

tions. Stud Health Technol Inform 2014;205:833-837.

18. Lange RT, Panenka WJ, Shewchuk JR, Heran MK, Brubacher JR, Bioux S, et al. Diffusion tensor imaging findings and postconcussion symptom reporting six weeks following mild traumatic brain injury. Arch Clin Neuropsychol 2015

Feb;30(1):7-25.

19. Lange RT, Shewchuk JR, Heran MK, Rauscher A, Jarrett M, Brubacher JR, et al. To exclude or not to exclude: further examination of the influence of white matter

hyperintensities in DTI research. J Neurotrauma 2014;31:198-205.


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Dr. Kendal Ho

eHealth Research

Publications Continued...

Dr. Kendal Ho and his

team are working to

“Connect People to

Better Health” using

health information

technologies

Dr. Wailliam Lee

Ottawa Ankle Rule

Dr. David Sweet’s

Blood Culture Study

is working to optimize

the treatment of

patients with severe

sepsis

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20. Lee WW, Kim DJ. Migrating sternal rod: ultrasound identification of an un-

usual soft tissue foreign body. J Emerg Med 2014 Apr;46(4):e117-20.

21. Lewiss RE, Tayal VS, Hoffmann B, Kendall J, Liteplo AS, Moak JH, et al. The core content of clinical ultrasonography fellowship training. Acad Emerg Med

2014 Apr;21(4):456-461.

22. Lindsay H, Brussoni M. Injuries and helmet use related to non-motorized

wheeled activities among pediatric patients. Chronic Dis Inj Can 2014;34:74-81.

23. Lunny C, Taylor D, Memetovic J, Warje O, Lester R, Wong T, et al. (Ho,K.)

Short message service (SMS) interventions for the prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted infections: a systematic review protocol. Syst Rev 2014 Jan

16;3:7-4053-3-7.

24. McGregor MJ, Abu-Laban RB, Ronald LA, McGrail KM, Andrusiek D, Baum-busch J, et al. Nursing home characteristics associated with resident transfers to

emergency departments. Can J Aging 2014 Mar;33(1):38-48.

25. McGregor MJ, McGrail KM, Abu-Laban RB, Ronald LA, Baumbusch J, Andrusiek D, et al. Emergency department visit rates and patterns in Canada's

Vancouver coastal health region. Can J Aging 2014 Jun;33(2):154-162.

26. Nicol J, Yarema M, Jones G, Martz W, Purssell R, MacDonald J, et al. Fatalities from Exposure to Paramethoxymethamphetamine (PMMA) in Alberta and Brit-

ish Columbia Canada. CMAJ Open (In Press).

27. Perry J, Alyahya B, Sivilotti M, Bullard MJ, Emond M, Sutherland J, Worster A, Hohl CM, et al. Differentiation between traumatic tap and aneurismal sub-

arachnoid hemorrhage: prospective cohort study. BMJ 2015;350:h568

28. Pickett R, Stenstrom R, Abu-Laban R. Relationship between mental health ap-prehension by police and monthly income assistance (welfare) payments. Can J

Psychiatry; (In Press).

29. Purssell R. E-Cigarettes Do we know the risks and benefits. BC Medical Journal

2014;56:398-399.

30. Purssell RA, Chan H, Brown D, Fang M, Brubacher JR. Risk factors for sub-sequent impaired driving by injured passengers. Traffic Inj Prev 2014;15(4):355-

360.

31. Rowe B, Villa-Roel C, Majumdar S, Abu-Laban R, Aaron S, Johnson J, et al. Rates and corrlates of relapse following emergency department discharge for

acute asthma: A Canadian 20-site prospective cohort study. Chest (In Press).

32. Shefrin AE, Khazei A, Hung GR, Odendal LT, Cheng A. The TACTIC: devel-opment and validation of the Tool for Assessing Chest Tube Insertion Compe-

tency. CJEM 2014 Aug;16:32-39.

33. Silverberg ND, Gardner AJ, Brubacher JR, Panenka WJ, Li JJ, Iverson GL. Systematic Review of Multivariable Prognostic Models for Mild Traumatic

Brain Injury. J Neurotrauma 2014 Sep 15.

Lauren Stewart, MPH Research Coordinator

Dr. David Sweet Sepsis Research



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VGH is prospectively

validating the Ottawa

SAH rule and the 6-hour

CT rule, for patients

with acute onset

headache

34. Stachura MR, Socransky SJ, Wiss R, Betz M. A comparison of the supraclavi-cular and infraclavicular views for imaging the subclavian vein with ultrasound.

Am J Emerg Med 2014 Aug;32(8):905-908.

35. Teschke K, Frendo T, Shen H, Harris MA, Reynolds CC, Cripton PA, et al. (Brubacher, JR) Bicycling crash circumstances vary by route type: a cross-

sectional analysis. BMC Public Health 2014 Nov 22;14:1205-2458-14-1205.

36. Walker G, Vu E, Bouchard M, Field T, Teal P, Yip S. Lean Protocol Improves

Door to Needle Times: The Vancouver Experience. Stroke 2014;45(12):e278.

1. Abu-Laban R. Overview of the "Novel Education in Research & De-sign" RCPS - EM Resident Rotation. Presented to the Royal College of Phy-

sicians and Surgeons of Canada EM Specialty Committee Ottawa, June 2014.

2. Brubacher J. Road Safety Research and Surveillance. Canadian Multidisci-

plinary Road Safety Conference, June 2014, Vancouver.

3. Brubacher J, Chan H, Wei J, Slemko R. Using Ambulance Service Data for Road Trauma Surveillance. Canadian Multidisciplinary Road Safety Confer-

ence June 2014, Vancouver.

4. Brubacher J, Chan H, Martz W, Asbridge M, Brant R, Bryan S, et al. Re-cent Drug Use in Injured Drivers in BC. Canadian Road Safety Conference

June 2014, Vancouver.

5. Brubacher J, Chan H, Purssell E, Tuyp B, Desapriya E, Mehrnoush V. Prevalence of driver-related risk factors for crashing in mildly injured drivers.

Canadian Multidisciplinary Road Safety Conference June 2014, Vancouver.

6. Cheng A, Barclay N, Abu-Laban R. Effect of a multi-diagnosis diagnostic treatment unity on emergency department length of stay and inpatient admis-sions at two Canadian hospitals. ACEP Research Forum 2014 & Annals

Emerg Med Oct 2014. Chicago, IL;64(4):S9-S10.

7. Cohen L, Athaide V, Rose N, Hohl C. The Effect of Ketamine on Intracra-nial and Cerebral Perfusion Pressure and Health Outcomes: A Systematic Re-view of the Literature. CAEP Conference & CJEM May 31, 2014. Ottawa.;15

Suppl 1:S58.

8. Eppler J, Ryan E, Abu-Laban R. Emergency department admission rates of community and long term residential care of elderly patients: a comparative study. CAEP Annual Conference & CJEM May 30, 2014. Ottawa;16 Suppl

1:S84-85.

9. Ho K. Digital Revolution in Health and ePatients. The Vancouver Board of

Trade Conference February 28, 2014, Vancouver.


Abstracts and Presentations Dr. Ka Wai Cheung Smoking Cessation

Maeve Wickham, MSc Adverse Drug Events

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10. Ho K. Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Management: Sensors and Social Media? Mo-bile Digital Access to Web-enhanced Network. Lawson Foundation Annual Con-

ference Oct 22, 2014. Winnipeg.

11. Ho K. mHealth Trends and implications for health promotion. International

Brain Health Conference November 29, 2014. Vancouver.

12. Ho K. mHealth Trends: implications for research and knowledge translation in

academia. CAURA Annual Western Conference Nov 29, 2014. Vancouver.

13. Ho K. Communication and Social Media Technologies in Health: Research Per-spectives. GRAND Canadian Centre of Excellence in Digital Media Research

Annual Conference May 14, 2014. Ottawa.

14. Ho K. Mobile Health in Patient Engagement. eHealth National Conference

Workshop June 7, 2014. Vancouver.

15. Ho K. eHealth Treands: implications for joint India-Canadian research. Cana-

dian-India Network Society Conference June 20, 2014. Surrey.

16. Ho K. Airway management: the NEAR network findings. International Confer-

ence on Emergency Medicine (ICEM) June 11, 2014. Hong Kong.

17. Ho K. mHealth Trends and implications for emergency medicine. International

Conference on Emergency Medicine (ICEM) June 11, 2014. Hong Kong.

18. Ho K. Emergency Medicine research in China. International Conference on

Emergency Medicine (ICEM) June 11, 2014. Hong Kong.

19. Ho K. Case Study: Vancouver General Hospital Health-e-apps Assist Patients through Prescribing Mobile Applications that Increase Awareness. Annual Mo-

bile Healthcare Conference January 10, 2014, Toronto.

20. Ho K. Digital Revolution in Health and ePatients. M8 World Health Summit

Regional Meeting Latin America April 4, 2014. San Paulo, Brazil.

21. Ho K. mHealth Trends in Telehealth. World Telehealth Summit April 11, 2014.

Toronto.

22. Hohl C. Medication Review in the ED - Results of the ADE Screening Program.

Vancouver Acute Quality Council Sept 16, 2014. Vancouver.

23. Hohl C. Does Pharmacist-Led Medication-Review Improve Health Outcomes?

Centre for Clin Epidemiology and Evaluation Rounds May 5, 2014. Vancouver.

24. Hohl C. Does Pharmacist-Led Medication-Review Improve Health Outcomes? Pharmacy Rounds, Pharmaceutical Sciences Vancouver General Hospital July

23, 2014. Vancouver.

25. Hohl C. Adverse Drug Events in the ED - A New Frontier in the Wild West. Grand Rounds, Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, PADIS Jan 23, 2014.

Calgary.

Elizabeth Purssell UBC SSRP 2013

Injured Driver Interviews

Abstracts and Presentations Continued...

Medical student

Elizabeth Purssell

presented results of

the Injured Driver

Interview Study at the

2014 DEM Research

Day

Dr. John Tallon Prehospital Care


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Dr. Eric Vu

Pre-hospital Care

Dr. Roy Purssell Road Safety Toxicology

26. Hohl C. Adverse Drug Events in the Emergency Department - A New Frontier in the Wild West. UBC Department of Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds Feb

12, 2014. Vancouver.

27. Hohl C. Does Pharmacist-led Medication Review Improve Health Outcomes?

Research Day UBC, Depart of Emerg Medicine April 9th, 2014. Vancouver.

28. Karpov A, Mok C, Parcero C, Panditha C, Dempster L, Yu E, Hohl, C. Valida-tion of trigger tools and the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System-Cooperative Adverse Drug Event Surveillance Project (NEISS -CADES) algo-rithms for identification of adverse drug events within emergency department

health records. CAEP Conference & CJEM May 31, 2014. Ottawa;15(S1):S21.

29. Kazei A. Simulation-based In-situ Interdisciplinary Team Training in the Hy-perbaric Unit as a means to improve patient safety. Canadian Chapter of Under-

sea and Hyperbaric Medicine Annual National Conf. Oct 2014. Quebec City.

30. Khazei A. The TACTIC: Development and Validation of a Tool for Assessing Chest Tube Insertion Competency. UBC Department of Emergency Medicine

Annual Research Day Apr 9, 2014. Vancouver.

31. Lee W, Filiatrault L, Abu-Laban R, Rashidi A, Lau L, Liu N. Effect of tri-age nurse initiated radiography using the Ottawa Ankle Rules on emergency de-partment length of stay at a tertiary care centre. CAEP Annual Conference &

CJEM May 30, 2014. Ottawa;16 Suppl 1:S38.

32. Panenka W, Lange R, Shewchuck J, Heran M, Brubacher J, Bouix S, et al. Biopsychosocial Outcome from Complicated Versus Uncomplicated Mild Trau-matic Brain Injury. Tenth World Congress on Brain Injury March 19-22, 2014,

San Francisco.

33. Perry J, Sivilotti M, Sutherland J, Hohl C, Emond M, Wells G, et al. Prospec-tive Validation of the Ottawa Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Rule in Headache Pa-tients. International Conference on Emergency Medicine (ICEM) Jun 11, 2014.

Hong Kong.

34. Perry J, Sivilotti M, Sutherland J, Hohl C, Emond M, Wells G, et al. Prospec-tive Validation of the Ottawa Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Rule in Headache Pa-

tients. CAEP Conference & CJEM May 31, 2014. Ottawa;S1(16).

35. Pickett R, Stenstrom R, Abu-Laban R. Relationship between mental health ap-prehension by police and monthly income assistance (welfare) payments. CAEP

Annual Conference & CJEM May 30, 2014. Ottawa;16 Suppl 1:S22.

36. Silverberg N, Gardner , Iverson G, Brubacher J. Systematic review of prognos-tic models for mild traumatic brain injury. American Congress of Rehabilitation

Medicine October 2014, Toronto.

37. Silverberg N, Iverson G, Lange R, Brubacher J. Profiles of post concussion symptom reporting after mild traumatic brain injury and orthopaedic injury.

American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine October 2014, Toronto.

Dr. Erik Vu and

colleagues specialize

in pre-hospital care

and aeromedical

evacuation.

Abstracts and Presentations Continued...

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Across:

1. The frequency of ex-isting cases of a disease or other condition, in a given population at a certain time or period. 2. Correlation does not imply _____________. 3. The study of the dis-tribution and determi-nants of health related states or events in speci-fied populations. 4. The likelihood that a particular study will detect a deviation from the null hypothesis given that one exists or the probability of avoiding a type II error. 5. An extraneous vari-able in a statistical model that correlates with both the dependent variable and the inde-pendent variable.

6. The extent to which the findings of your study can be generalized to other populations or situations is known as external _________.

Down:

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Research Crossword


Vancouver General Hospital Emergency Medicine Research Office, Rm JPN G409. tel: 604-875-4205

Our research would not be possible without the involvement and ongoing support from Emergency Department Nurses, Unit Clerks, Admitting Staff and Physicians. We are fortunate to have an amazing team that continues to

engage in research while providing top notch patient care.

Students play a valuable role in our research division, and we are grateful for the dedicated and motivated individu-als who have donated their time. In turn, students gain exposure to emergency medicine and clinical research.

Road Safety Research

Cassie Fayowski

Elizabeth Purssell

Amanda Lee

Sean Wong

Ron Lau

Colby Renschler

Natasha Simula

Roarke Copeland

Steven Pi

Acute Headache

Ben Millar

Kevin O’Riordan

Nora Tong

Michelle Wan

Therese Balleza

Student & ED Staff Involvement

Study Volunteers

Research Personnel Director Jeff Brubacher ([email protected])

Coordinator

Lauren Stewart ([email protected])

Investigators

Riyad Abu-Laban (Research Education)

Jeff Brubacher (Road Safety)

KaWai Cheung (Smoking Cessation)

Kendal Ho (eHealth)

Corinne Hohl (Adverse Drug Reactions)

Roy Purssell (Road Safety)

David Sweet (Sepsis)

Research Associate

Herbert Chan, PhD (Road Safety)

Advisory Committee

Riyad Abu-Laban, MD, MHSc

Jeff Brubacher, MD, MSc

Brian Chung, MD

Corinne Hohl, MD, MHSc

Chad Kim Sing, MD

Roy Purssell, MD

Lauren Stewart, MPH

Research Coordinators

Angela Aquino (Traumatic Brain Injury)

Maeve Wickham, MSc (Adverse Drug Events)

Research Assistant

Vahid Mehrnoush (Cannabis & MVCs)

Sepsis Study

Amir Mahpour Sassan Sangsari Ben Huang Ana Gomez Christian Vadeanu Jenn Hinze Wilson Lee Natasha Simula

Smoking Cessation

Amy Tsai

Ian Wong

Jimmy Tsai

Nicole Kloos

Sally Ke

Warren Fingrut

Amanda Lee Ben Huang Steven Pi

Ana Gomez Natasha Simula

Documents

2015 VGH Research Newsletter_Final