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W M Splinter

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Vadeboncoeur C, Splinter W, Rattray M, Johnston D, Coulombe L
Arch Dis Child . 2009 Jul; 95(9):686-9. PMID: 19586925
Purpose: To describe the formation of a paediatric palliative care programme providing care in hospital, at home or in hospice, ensuring continuity of care where the child and family desire....
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Splinter W
Paediatr Anaesth . 2001 Nov; 11(5):591-5. PMID: 11696124
Background: Postoperative vomiting is a common complication after strabismus surgery. The combination of dexamethasone and ondansetron decreases vomiting after strabismus surgery, while dexamethasone alone decreases vomiting after tonsillectomy in children....
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Splinter W, Isaac L
Anesth Analg . 2001 Jul; 93(2):339-44 , 3rd contents page. PMID: 11473856
Unlabelled: The purpose of this investigation was to compare the costs of intermediate-acting neuromuscular blocking drugs in children during routine ambulatory surgery. We studied 200 healthy, 2-10-yr-old children undergoing elective...
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Neilipovitz D, Murto K, Hall L, Barrowman N, Splinter W
Anesth Analg . 2001 Jun; 93(1):82-7. PMID: 11429344
Unlabelled: Pediatric patients who undergo posterior spinal fusion surgery to correct scoliosis often require multiple blood transfusions. Tranexamic acid is a synthetic antifibrinolytic drug that reduces transfusion requirements in cardiac...
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Rodriguez R, Cornel G, Weerasena N, Pham B, Splinter W
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg . 2001 Jan; 121(1):3-9. PMID: 11135155
Objectives: We prospectively evaluated the effects of head position during cardiac deairing on the Doppler ultrasonography-detected cerebral microemboli in children and the association between the embolic counts and the clinical...
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Rodriguez R, Cornel G, Splinter W, Weerasena N, Reid C
Ann Thorac Surg . 2000 May; 69(4):1229-35. PMID: 10800824
Background: The effects of aortovenous cannulations for pediatric cardiopulmonary bypass on cerebral blood flow velocity (CBFV) and electroencephalography (EEG) were evaluated. Methods: CBFV and EEG were continuously recorded before (baseline),...
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Murto K, Splinter W
Transfus Sci . 2000 Mar; 21(1):41-62. PMID: 10724784
Autologous blood donation in children has become a standard of care. Children have to live with the life-time complications associated with allogeneic blood including the transmission of known and unknown...
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Splinter W, Schreiner M
Anesth Analg . 1999 Jul; 89(1):80-9. PMID: 10389783
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Rodriguez R, Cornel G, Hosking M, Weerasena N, Splinter W, Murto K
J Neuroimaging . 1999 Jan; 9(1):23-9. PMID: 9922720
Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) with left-to-right shunting modifies the Doppler flow pattern of the intracranial circulation. The ability of increases in cerebral blood flow velocity (CBFV) to predict shunt resolution...
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Splinter W, Rhine E
Br J Anaesth . 1998 May; 80(2):155-8. PMID: 9602577
We have compared the effects of ondansetron and perphenazine on vomiting after tonsillectomy in 216 healthy children, aged 2-12 yr. The study was randomized, stratified, blocked and double blind. Anaesthesia...