To date over 65 multi-site projects have been completed by PERC investigators across Canada.
Principal Investigator: Sylvie Lemay
Study Design: RCT
Funding Agency: CIHR
Funding Amount: $584,860
Project Summary & Impact: Musculoskeletal injuries (MSK-I) in children are very common and almost universally painful. Pain management of MSK-I in the Emergency Department (ED) varies greatly between Canadian hospitals and, overall, pain is poorly treated. This sub-optimal pain treatment can have significant acute and chronic negative effects. Previous studies have determined that monotherapy with ibuprofen, one of the most commonly prescribed oral analgesics in the ED, is likely providing inadequate pain management for children. To date, few studies have focused on the efficacy of a combination of an anti-inflammatory drug (eg ibuprofen) and an oral opioid (eg morphine). Such a combination of analgesics is known to potentiate pain relief by blocking pain at the level of both the peripheral and central nervous system. To our knowledge, no previous studies have looked at the efficacy and safety of this combination of medications in the pediatric ED.
Primary aims and objectives: To assess the efficacy of a combination of oral morphine and ibuprofen for acute pain management in children with MSK-I in the ED.
Primary outcomes Pain intensity score < 30 mm on the VAS at 60-minutes after treatment administration (T-60)
Secondary outcomes Oxygen saturation, level of sedation/alertness, and vital signs were monitored at set time points in the study.
Principal Investigator: Stuart Dalziel
Study Design: Retrospective Case-Control
Funding Agency: None
Funding Amount: None
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Principal Investigator: Francine Ducharme
Study Design: Prospective Cohort
Funding Agency: CIHR
Funding Amount: $1,899,256
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Principal Investigator: Mandi Newton
Study Design: RCT
Funding Agency: Norlien Foundation and WCHRI
Funding Amount: $59,000
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Principal Investigator: Amy Plint
Study Design: RCT
Funding Agency: CIHR
Funding Amount: $1,951,932
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Principal Investigator: Suzanne Schuh
Study Design: RCT
Funding Agency: Thrasher Foundation
Funding Amount: $500,920
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Principal Investigator: Samina Ali
Study Design: Prospective Cohort
Funding Agency: CIHR Catlyst Grant
Funding Amount: $99,848
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Principal Investigator: Kathy Boutis
Study Design: Retrospective Cohort
Funding Agency: Child Health Injury reporting and Prevention Program
Funding Amount: $8,014
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Principal Investigator: Kathy Boutis
Study Design: Interrupted time series with pair-matched control design
Funding Agency: CIHR and Physician Services Incorporated
Funding Amount: $270,000
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Principal Investigator: Kathy Boutis
Study Design: Prospective Cohort
Funding Agency: Physician Services Incorporated
Funding Amount: $170,000
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Principal Investigator: Blake Bulloch
Study Design: Prospective Cohort
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Principal Investigator: Mario Cappelli
Study Design: Prospective Cohort
Funding Agency: None
Funding Amount: NA
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Principal Investigator: Stephen Freedman
Study Design: RCT
Funding Agency: Institut Rosell Inc.
Funding Amount: $155,000
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Principal Investigator: Stephen Freedman
Study Design: Prospective Cohort
Funding Agency: None
Funding Amount: NA
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Principal Investigator: Ran Goldman
Study Design: Prospective Cohort
Funding Agency: None
Funding Amount: NA
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Principal Investigator: Jocelyn Gravel
Study Design: Prospective Cohort
Funding Agency: CIHR and Physician Services Incorporated
Funding Amount: $128,500
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Principal Investigator: Jocelyn Gravel
Study Design: Retrospective Cohort
Funding Agency: None
Funding Amount: NA
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Principal Investigator: Jocelyn Gravel
Study Design: Prospective Cohort
Funding Agency: FRSQ
Funding Amount: $150,000
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Principal Investigator: Lisa Hartling
Study Design: RCT
Funding Agency: CIHR Team Grant
Funding Amount: $219,503
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Principal Investigator: David Johnson
Study Design: RCT
Funding Agency: CIHR
Funding Amount: $811,304
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Principal Investigator: David Johnson
Study Design: Prospective Cohort
Funding Agency: Calgary Health Region: Knowledge Translation Seed Grant Competition and Child and Women's Health Portfolio
Funding Amount: $75,000
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Principal Investigator: David Johnson
Study Design: RCT
Funding Agency: CIHR; Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation; CHEO RI; Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation
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Principal Investigator: David Johnson
Study Design: RCT
Funding Agency: None
Funding Amount: NA
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Principal Investigator: Tim Karnauchow
Study Design: Retrospective Cohort
Funding Agency: Ontario Thoracic Society, Ontario Lung Association, CHEO Research Institute
Funding Amount: $90,000
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Principal Investigator: Terry Klassen
Study Design: Infrastructure (PERC sites, PERC coordinator, Knowledge Broker)
Funding Agency: CIHR Team Grant
Funding Amount: $1,963,740
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Principal Investigator: Mandi Newton
Study Design: Cross-sectional survey
Funding Agency: CIHR
Funding Amount: $94,655
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Principal Investigator: Martin Osmond
Study Design: Prospective Cohort
Funding Agency: CIHR
Funding Amount: $632,694
Project Summary & Impact:
Principal Investigator: Martin Osmond
Study Design: Prospective Cohort
Funding Agency: CIHR
Funding Amount: $632,694
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Principal Investigator: Martin Osmond
Study Design: Pathway Implementation
Funding Agency: CIHR Team Grant
Funding Amount: $391,138
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Principal Investigator: Martin Osmond
Study Design: Cross Sectional Mailed Survey
Funding Agency: None
Funding Amount: NA
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Principal Investigator: Amy Plint
Study Design: Prospective Cohort
Funding Agency: Ontario Lung Association
Funding Amount: $87,764
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Principal Investigator: Amy Plint
Study Design: Prospective Cohort
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Principal Investigator: Amy Plint
Study Design: Retrospective Cohort
Funding Agency: CIHR Team Grant
Funding Amount: $365,403
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Principal Investigator: Amy Plint
Study Design: Prospective Cohort
Funding Agency: CHEO Research Institute
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Principal Investigator: Anne Rhodes
Study Design: Cross-sectional survey
Funding Agency: Child Welfare League of Canada; the Ontario Association for Children's Aid Societies; the Ontario Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health; the Injury and Child Maltreatment Section, Health Surveillance and Epidemiology Division, Public Health Agency of Canada
Funding Amount: $265,000
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Principal Investigator: Lawrence Richer
Study Design: RCT
Funding Agency: CIHR Catlyst Grant
Funding Amount: $99,961
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Principal Investigator: Lawrence Richer
Study Design: Retrospective Cohort
Funding Agency: Stollery Children's Foundation
Funding Amount: $29,500
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Principal Investigator: Suzanne Schuh
Study Design: Retrospective Cohort
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Principal Investigator: Shannon Scott
Study Design: Comparative case study design
Funding Agency: CIHR Team Grant
Funding Amount: $182,846
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Principal Investigator: Shannon Scott
Study Design: Qualitative design about Knowledge Transfer
Funding Agency: None
Funding Amount: NA
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Principal Investigator: Antonia Stang
Study Design: systematic, multiphase, Rand-modified Delphi method congruent with the process for quality indicator development
Funding Agency: CIHR
Funding Amount: $81,254
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Principal Investigator: Daina Thomas
Study Design: Descriptive cross-sectional survey
Funding Agency: None
Funding Amount: NA
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Principal Investigator: Graham Thompson
Study Design: Retrospective Cohort
Funding Agency: University of Calgary
Funding Amount: $15,624
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Principal Investigator: Roger Zemek
Study Design: Prospective Cohort
Funding Agency: CIHR Team Grant
Funding Amount: $1,273,705
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