• Resuscitation of the acutely ill or injured child, especially with respiratory insufficiency
• Epidemiology and outcomes of critical illness

I am interested in methods of improving our ability to provide timely services to children who are injured or acutely ill. For instance, the evaluation of respiratory decompensation and methods of quick vascular access are areas of study.

I am also interested in looking at the changing patterns of illness as preventatives measures (e.g. vaccines, seatbelt legislation, etc) are put in place.

• Evaluation of an educational program for asthma in the pediatric emergency department
• Implications of bruises and fractures in presumed victims of child abuse

Kissoon N, Argent A, Devictor D, Madden MA, Singhi S, van der Voort E, Latour JM.  World federation of pediatric intensive and critical care societies – Its global agenda.  Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2009 15 May POST COPYEDIT.

Hung GR, Kissoon N.: Impact of an observation unit and an emergency department-admitted patient transfer mandate in decreasing overcrowding in a pediatric emergency department: a discrete event simulation exercise. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2009 Mar;25(3):160-3.

Singhi S, Khilnani P, Lodha R, Santhanam I, Jayashree, Ranjit S, Ramachandran B, Ali U, Sachdev A, Chugh K, Udani S, Uttam R, Deopujari S, Kissoon N.: Guidelines for treatment of septic shock in resource limited environments. J Pediatr Infect Dis. 2009 Mar;4(2)173-192.

Brierley J, Carcillo JA, Choong K, Cornell T, Decaen A, Deymann A, Doctor A, Davis A, Duff J, Dugas MA, Duncan A, Evans B, Feldman J, Felmet K, Fisher G, Frankel L, Jeffries H, Greenwald B, Gutierrez J, Hall M, Han YY, Hanson J, Hazelzet J, Hernan L, Kiff J, Kissoon N, Kon A, Irazuzta J, Lin J, Lorts A, Mariscalco M, Mehta R, Nadel S, Nguyen T, Nicholson C, Peters M, Okhuysen-Cawley R, Poulton T, Relves M, Rodriguez A, Rozenfeld R, Schnitzler E, Shanley T, Kache S, Skippen P, Torres A, von Dessauer B, Weingarten J, Yeh T, Zaritsky A, Stojadinovic B, Zimmerman J, Zuckerberg A.: Clinical practice parameters for hemodynamic support of pediatric and neonatal septic shock: 2007 update from the American College of Critical Care Medicine. Crit Care Med. 2009 Feb;37(2):666-88.

Doan QH, Kissoon N, Dobson S, Whitehouse S, Cochrane D, Schmidt B, Thomas E.: A randomized, controlled trial of the impact of early and rapid diagnosis of viral infections in children brought to an emergency department with febrile respiratory tract illnesses. J Pediatr. 2009 Jan;154(1):91-5.

Campbell BJ, Kissoon N, Syed N, Fraser HS.  Health human resource planning in Barbados and the eastern Caribbean States a matter of sustainability. West Indian Med J.  2008 Dec;57(6):542-548.

Nielsen AL, Hilwig H, Kissoon N, Teelucksingh S.: Discrete event simulation as a tool in optimization of a professional complex adaptive system. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2008;136:247-52.

Santhanam I, Sangareddi S, Venkataraman S, Kissoon N, Thiruvengadamudayan V, Kasthuri RK.: A prospective randomized controlled study of two fluid regimens in the initial management of septic shock in the emergency department. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2008 Oct;24(10):647-55.

Choong K, Kissoon N.: Vasopressin in pediatric shock and cardiac arrest. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2008 Jul;9(4)372-9.

Ranjit S, Kissoon N, Jayakumar I. Aggressive management of dengue shock syndrome may decrease mortality rate: a suggested protocol. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2005 Jul;6(4):412-9.

Santelices S, Sullivan KJ, Kissoon N, Duckworth LJ, Murphy SP. Relevance of type of catheters for central venous pressure measurement. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2004 Jul;20(7):448-52.

Whelan GJ, Blake K, Kissoon N, Duckworth LJ, Wang J, Sylvester JE, Lima JJ. Effect of montelukast on time-course of exhaled nitric oxide in asthma: influence of LTC4 synthase A (-444)C polymorphism. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2003 Nov;36(5):413-20.

Kissoon N, Duckworth LJ, Blake KV, Murphy SP, Lima JJ. Effect of beta2-agonist treatment and spirometry on exhaled nitric oxide in healthy children and children with asthma. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2002 Sep;34(3):203-8.

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Jacksonville Medicine

Journal of Caribbean and Third World Medicine (Internet)

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Pediatric Emergency & Critical Care

Pediatric Emergency Care

West Indian Medical Journal

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Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine – 2003-present

Jacksonville Medicine – 2002-2004

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine – 2001-present