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Kusum Menon

ResearcherPediatricsUniversity of Ottawa

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Kusum Menon

Researcher

Pediatrics

Health Sciences

University of Ottawa

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Supervision signals

Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
38 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 10 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 4 research grants (4 CIHR), most recently in 2021.

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105

Publications

1,783

Citations

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Publications by year

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Research

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Adrenal Insufficiency Hydrocortisone Pediatric Critical Illness Septic Shock Assent Guidelines Interview Pediatric Critical Care

Latest papers

Career success for women in academic medicine: eight self-help strategies.
British journal of anaesthesia · 2026 · senior author
Predictive and Prognostic Performance of the Phoenix Sepsis Criteria and Phoenix Sepsis Score in PICU Patients With Suspected Infection: A Multicenter Prospective Study.
Critical care medicine · 2026
Ethical and Methodological Features of Cluster Randomized Trials in Critical Care Settings: A Systematic Review.
Critical care medicine · 2026

All 105 publications

Latest funding

Patient and Family Perspectives on Operationalized Assent in Canadian Pediatric Intensive Care Research: A Survey and Interview Study
CIHR · 2021 · Principal investigator
$110,000
Rapid correction of vitamin D deficiency in pediatric critical illness: A phase III multicentre randomized controlled trial
CIHR · 2018 · Co-investigator
$983,026
Crystalloid FLUID Choices for Resuscitation of Hospitalized Patients: A Pragmatic Comparative Effectiveness Trial (FLUID)
CIHR · 2018 · Co-investigator
$374,851

All 7 grants and awards

105 publications.

Career success for women in academic medicine: eight self-help strategies.

Mehta S, Barrett K, Menon K

British journal of anaesthesia2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2025.08.011 PMID: 40987666

Predictive and Prognostic Performance of the Phoenix Sepsis Criteria and Phoenix Sepsis Score in PICU Patients With Suspected Infection: A Multicenter Prospective Study.

Marchetto L, Daverio M, Comoretto R, Padrin D, Scaravetti S, Bordin G, Ferrario S, Mondardini MC, Picconi E, Rulli I, Sacco F, Vitale P, Brigiari G, Schlapbach LJ, Menon K, Gregori D, Amigoni A, Italian Network of PICU Study Group (TIPNet)

Critical care medicine2026

DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000007034 PMID: 41532812

Ethical and Methodological Features of Cluster Randomized Trials in Critical Care Settings: A Systematic Review.

Walser E, Goldstein CE, Shaw JF, Geres H, Iansavitchene A, Menon K, Pupulin S, Slessarev M, Taljaard M, Weijer C

Critical care medicine2026

DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000007340 PMID: 42704256

Surviving Sepsis Campaign International Guidelines for the Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock in Children 2026

Weiss SL, Peters MJ, Oczkowski SJW, Belley-Cote E, Buysse C, Choong KLM, Deep A, Inwald DP, Flori HR, Kneyber MCJ

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine202631 citations

DOI: 10.1097/pcc.0000000000003927

Surviving Sepsis Campaign International Guidelines for the Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock in Children 2026

Weiss SL, Peters MJ, Oczkowski SJW, Belley-Cote E, Buysse C, Choong KLM, Deep A, Inwald DP, Flori HR, Kneyber MCJ

Intensive Care Medicine202612 citations

DOI: 10.1007/s00134-026-08360-2

Executive Summary: Surviving Sepsis Campaign International Guidelines for the Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock in Children 2026

Weiss SL, Peters MJ, Oczkowski SJW, Belley-Cote E, Buysse C, Choong KLM, Deep A, Inwald DP, Flori HR, Kneyber MCJ

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine20263 citations

DOI: 10.1097/pcc.0000000000003928

Identifying Research Priorities in Canadian Adult and Pediatric Critical Care: Results From a James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership

Fiest KM, Krewulak KD, Rader T, Bain H, Burns KEA, Bergeron M-M, Kho ME, Lamontagne F, Lee LA, McKenney S

Critical Care Medicine20261 citations

DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000007029

Sex Differences in Pediatric Sepsis Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Kennedy UK, Moulin J, Bührer L, Lim Fang Nian J, Halter L, Böhni L, Güzelgün M, Menon K, Lee JH, Schlapbach LJ, Held U

Critical care explorations2025

DOI: 10.1097/cce.0000000000001226 PMID: 40162865

The 2024 Phoenix Sepsis Score Criteria: Part 2, What About Using Interventions in the Criteria?

Flauzino de Oliveira C, Evans I, Argent AC, Lodha R, Menon K, Society of Critical Care Medicine Pediatric Sepsis Definitions Taskforce

Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1097/pcc.0000000000003672 PMID: 39982159

Building global collaborative research networks in paediatric critical care: a roadmap.

Schlapbach LJ, Ramnarayan P, Gibbons KS, Morrow BM, Napolitano N, Tume LN, Argent AC, Deep A, Lee JH, Peters MJ, Agus MSD, Appiah JA, Armstrong J, Bacha T, Butt W, de Souza DC, Fernández-Sarmiento J, Flori HR, Fontela P, Gelbart B, González-Dambrauskas S, Ikeyama T, Jabornisky R, Jayashree M, Kazzaz YM, Kneyber MCJ, Long D, Njirimmadzi J, Samransamruajkit R, Asperen RMW, Wang Q, O'Hearn K, Menon K, Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Paediatric Study Group, Brazilian Research Network in Pediatric Intensive Care, Canadian Critical Care Trials Group, European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care, Pediatric Collaborative Network of Latin America, Pediatric Acute & Critical Care Medicine Asian Network, Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators, United Kingdom Paediatric Critical Care Society Study Group, Pediatric Intensive Care Latin-American Society, World Federation of Pediatric Intensive & Critical Care Societies

The Lancet. Child & adolescent health2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/s2352-4642(24)00303-1 PMID: 39718171

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Kusum Menon

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Career success for women in academic medicine: eight self-help strategies.

Predictive and Prognostic Performance of the Phoenix Sepsis Criteria and Phoenix Sepsis Score in PICU Patients With Suspected Infection: A Multicenter Prospective Study.

Ethical and Methodological Features of Cluster Randomized Trials in Critical Care Settings: A Systematic Review.

Surviving Sepsis Campaign International Guidelines for the Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock in Children 2026

Surviving Sepsis Campaign International Guidelines for the Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock in Children 2026

Executive Summary: Surviving Sepsis Campaign International Guidelines for the Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock in Children 2026

Identifying Research Priorities in Canadian Adult and Pediatric Critical Care: Results From a James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership

Sex Differences in Pediatric Sepsis Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

The 2024 Phoenix Sepsis Score Criteria: Part 2, What About Using Interventions in the Criteria?

Building global collaborative research networks in paediatric critical care: a roadmap.

Patient and Family Perspectives on Operationalized Assent in Canadian Pediatric Intensive Care Research: A Survey and Interview Study

Rapid correction of vitamin D deficiency in pediatric critical illness: A phase III multicentre randomized controlled trial

Crystalloid FLUID Choices for Resuscitation of Hospitalized Patients: A Pragmatic Comparative Effectiveness Trial (FLUID)

Stress Hydrocortisone in Pediatric Septic Shock (The SHIPSS trial)

Stress Hydrocortisone in Pediatric Septic Shock (SHIPPS)

Rapid normalization of vitamin D in critically ill children: a phase II dose evaluation randomized controlled trial (VITdAL-PICU pilot)

Steroid Use in Pediatric Fluid and Vasoactive Infusion Dependent Shock (STRIPES)

Frequent collaborators

Lauralyn McIntyre

Karen Li-mei Choong

Karen Burns

Deborah Cook

Bram Rochwerg

Srinivas Murthy

Dean Fergusson

Katharine O'Hearn

Shane English

Emilie Belley-Cote

Pavel Geier

Sangeeta Mehta

Marisa Tucci

Simon Oczkowski

Monica Taljaard

Alison Fox-Robichaud

Melissa Parker

Claudio Martin

Steven Hawken

Kednapa Thavorn

John Marshall

Raphael Saginur

Kednapa Thavorn

Stephanie Redpath

Charles Weijer

Maureen Meade

Michelle Kho

Pranesh Chakraborty

Karen Choong

David Wensley

John Muscedere

Dipayan Chaudhuri

Erick Duan

Hope Weiler

Ian Stiell

Elaine Gilfoyle

Lauralyn McIntyre

Thomas Agoritsas

Gordon Guyatt

Lehana Thabane