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Patricia Fontela

ResearcherPediatricsMcGill University

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Patricia Fontela

Researcher

Pediatrics

Health Sciences

McGill University

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
15 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (2 CIHR), most recently in 2019.

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Publications

213

Citations

107

Collaborators

Grants

Publications by year

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Research

Adult Child Critical Care Erythrocyte Transfusion Hospital-Acquired Infections Meta-Analysis Neonate Randomized Controlled Trials

Latest papers

Immediate Postoperative Evolution of Cerebral Doppler and Saturation Parameters After Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Infants With Congenital Heart Disease: A Prospective Cohort Study.
Critical care explorations · 2026
Pilot-Optimizing Transfusion Therapy in Critically Ill Children With Anemia: A Pilot Multicenter Electronic Health Record-Enabled Randomized Controlled Trial on Red Blood Cell Transfusion in Critically Ill Children.
Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies · 2025
Using experience-based co-design to explore care experiences and identify practice change priorities for children with medical complexity in the paediatric intensive care unit.
BMJ open · 2025

All 24 publications

Latest funding

Staphylococcus aureus Network Adaptive Platform trial in Pediatrics and Youth (SNAP-PY), Canada
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$1,067,176
Race, Ethnicity, Indigenous identity and Language preference for Pediatric research in the hospital setting (REIaL-P)
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$100,000
Canadian Consortium of Clinical Trial Training (CANTRAIN) platform: enhancing career preparedness in RCT research targeting different audiences across the continuum
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$10,855,234

All 8 grants and awards

24 publications.

Immediate Postoperative Evolution of Cerebral Doppler and Saturation Parameters After Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Infants With Congenital Heart Disease: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Mir M, Maitre G, Dancea A, Bernier PL, Fontela P, Zavalkoff S, Roche Martínez A, O'Brien N, LaRovere KL, Shemie SD, Altit G

Critical care explorations2026

DOI: 10.1097/cce.0000000000001364 PMID: 41686139

Pilot-Optimizing Transfusion Therapy in Critically Ill Children With Anemia: A Pilot Multicenter Electronic Health Record-Enabled Randomized Controlled Trial on Red Blood Cell Transfusion in Critically Ill Children.

Tucci M, Sarfatti A, Leteurtre S, Du Pont-Thibodeau G, Fontela P, Ray S, Stanworth SJ, Hébert PC, Roumeliotis N, Sauthier M, Spinella PC, Ducruet T, Jouvet P, Mâsse B, Robitaille N, Trottier H, Lacroix J, Canadian Critical Care Trials Group and the Groupe Francophone de Réanimation et d’Urgences Pédiatriques

Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies2025

DOI: 10.1097/pcc.0000000000003822 PMID: 40938139

Using experience-based co-design to explore care experiences and identify practice change priorities for children with medical complexity in the paediatric intensive care unit.

Rennick JE, Southall K, Carnevale F, Dryden-Palmer K, Patel H, Dagenais M, Buchanan F, Avery S, Razack S, St-Sauveur I, Cohen E, Fontela P, Law S

BMJ open2025

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-096181 PMID: 40379350

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 health2025

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

Parental and family presence are essential: A qualitative study of children's lived experiences with family presence in pediatric intensive care.

Ryan MJ, Lee LA, Carnevale FA, Crump L, Garros D, O'Hearn K, Curran JA, Fiest KM, Fontela P, Moghadam N, Slumkoski C, Walls M, Foster JR, RFP-PICU research collaboration

Journal of pediatric nursing2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2024.12.017 PMID: 39753454

Pandemic Stringency Measures and Hospital Admissions for Eating Disorders

Roumeliotis N, Carwana M, Charland K, Trudeau O, Benigeri M, Diop M, Agostino H, Zinszer K, Amsdr I, Forgeot d’Arc B

JAMA pediatrics202410 citations

DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.2044

Rapid normalization of vitamin D deficiency in PICU (VITdALIZE-KIDS): study protocol for a phase III, multicenter randomized controlled trial

O’Hearn K, Menon K, Albrecht L, Amrein K, Britz-McKibbin P, Cayouette F, Choong K, Foster JR, Fergusson DA, Floh A

Trials20245 citations

DOI: 10.1186/s13063-024-08461-7

Association of delayed adequate antimicrobial treatment and organ dysfunction in pediatric bloodstream infections

Pong S, Fowler RA, Fontela P, Gilfoyle E, Hutchison JS, Jouvet P, Mitsakakis N, Murthy S, Pernica JM, Rishu AH

Pediatric Research2024

DOI: 10.1038/s41390-023-02836-3

“We Aren’t Meant to Go Through the Hardest Parts of Our Lives Alone”: Family Experience With Restricted PICU Presence During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Lee LA, Foster JR, Nikitovic D, Garros D, Ryan MJ, Moghadam N, Slumkoski C, Walls M, Curran JA, Seabrook JA

Critical Care Explorations20236 citations

DOI: 10.1097/cce.0000000000000989

Perspectives of Pediatric Nephrologists, Intensivists and Nurses Regarding AKI Management and Expected Outcomes

Che A, D’Arienzo D, Dart A, Mammen C, Samuel S, Alexander T, Morgan C, Blydt-Hansen T, Fontela P, Guerra GG

Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease20232 citations

DOI: 10.1177/20543581231168088

Staphylococcus aureus Network Adaptive Platform trial in Pediatrics and Youth (SNAP-PY), Canada

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Papenburg, Jesse; Bowen, Asha C; Cheng, Matthew P; Lee, Todd C

Keywords: Adaptive Clinical Trial; Antibiotics; Bacteremia; Cefzolin; Clindamycin; Flucloxacillin; Pediatrics; Penicillin; Staphylococcus Aureas; Vancomycin

$1,067,176

Race, Ethnicity, Indigenous identity and Language preference for Pediatric research in the hospital setting (REIaL-P)

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Gr- PA: Res. in human dev., child and/or youth health in Indigenous pops

Principal investigators: Li, Patricia T; Ali, Samina; Banerjee, Ananya T; Burstein, Brett S; Carwana, Matthew; Constantin, Evelyn; Cooke, Suzette R; Drouin, Olivier; Foulds, Jessica L; Freire, Gabrielle; Giroux, Ryan; Kam, April; Maratta, Christina I; Orr-Gaucher, Nathalie; Principi, Tania; Suleman, Shazeen; Ukah, Ugochinyere Viv; Wahi, Gita

Keywords: Adverse And Safety Events; Co-Design; Health Equity; Hospital Care; Indigenous Identity; Language Preference; Pediatrics; Race And Ethnicity; Shared Decision Making

$100,000

Canadian Consortium of Clinical Trial Training (CANTRAIN) platform: enhancing career preparedness in RCT research targeting different audiences across the continuum

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Training Grant: Clinical Trials Training Platforms

Principal investigators: Bourbeau, Jean; Anderson, David R; Batist, Gerald; Bell, Emily C; Benoit, Britney L; Collister, David; Dasgupta, Kaberi; Fahim, Christine; Fergusson, Dean A; Filion, Kristian B; Gahagan, Jacqueline C; Goos, Lisa; Khan, Nadia A; King, Malcolm; Li, Linda C; Mitra, Souvik; Morin, Suzanne N; Pilote, Louise; Reiman, Tony; Richer, Lawrence P; Saleh, Ramy R; Sapp, John L; Tomblin Murphy, Gail G; Yeh, Ann E.

Keywords: Clinical Trial Design; Clinical Trial Professional; Clinical Trial Training; Equity, Diversity, And Inclusion Best Practices; Gender-Based Clinical Trial And Analysis; Mentoring Platform; Patient Partner; Professional Education; Research Involving Indigenous People; Training Platform

$10,855,234

Canadian Consortium of Clinical Trial Training (CANTRAIN) platform: enhancing career preparedness in RCT research targeting different audiences across the continuum

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Training Grant: Clinical Trials Training Platforms - Indirect Costs

$2,829,331

Length of storage of red blood cell units as a risk factor for hospital-acquired infections: an individual patient data meta-analysis

Nominated PICIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Fontela, Patricia S; Fergusson, Dean A

Keywords: Adult; Child; Critical Care; Erythrocyte Transfusion; Hospital-Acquired Infections; Meta-Analysis; Neonate; Randomized Controlled Trials

$110,000

Development of a Website for a Living Systematic Review and Meta-analysis on the Diagnostic Accuracy of Novel Rapid Tests for Influenza Infection

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Papenburg, Jesse

Keywords: Diagnostic Accuracy; Influenza; Living Systematic Review; Meta-Analysis; Point Of Care Testing; Website

$9,989

When Expertise Collides: Using Experience-Based Co-Design to Enhance Care Experiences for Children with Medical Complexity in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Rennick, Janet E; Vigneault, Karine

Keywords: Children With Medical Complexity; Experience-Based Co-Design; Health Care Delivery; Health Care Professional Experiences; Health Experiences Research; Integrated Knowledge Translation; Narrative Interviewing; Patient And Family-Centred Care; Pediatric Intensive Care

$462,824

Evolution of Infection Markers in Children with Severe Bacterial Infections

Nominated PICIHR2016Operating Grant: SickKids-CIHR-IHDCYH New Investigator Grants

Principal investigators: Fontela, Patricia S

Keywords: Bacterial Infections; Children; Evolution Of Bacterial Infection

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Patricia Fontela

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Immediate Postoperative Evolution of Cerebral Doppler and Saturation Parameters After Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Infants With Congenital Heart Disease: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Pilot-Optimizing Transfusion Therapy in Critically Ill Children With Anemia: A Pilot Multicenter Electronic Health Record-Enabled Randomized Controlled Trial on Red Blood Cell Transfusion in Critically Ill Children.

Using experience-based co-design to explore care experiences and identify practice change priorities for children with medical complexity in the paediatric intensive care unit.

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

Parental and family presence are essential: A qualitative study of children's lived experiences with family presence in pediatric intensive care.

Pandemic Stringency Measures and Hospital Admissions for Eating Disorders

Rapid normalization of vitamin D deficiency in PICU (VITdALIZE-KIDS): study protocol for a phase III, multicenter randomized controlled trial

Association of delayed adequate antimicrobial treatment and organ dysfunction in pediatric bloodstream infections

“We Aren’t Meant to Go Through the Hardest Parts of Our Lives Alone”: Family Experience With Restricted PICU Presence During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Perspectives of Pediatric Nephrologists, Intensivists and Nurses Regarding AKI Management and Expected Outcomes

Frequent collaborators

Patricia Fontela

Srinivas Murthy

Philippe Jouvet

Nick Daneman

Nicholas Mitsakakis

Jeffrey (Des) Pernica

Michelle Science

Caroline Quach

Susan Law

Francine Buchanan

Nadia Roumeliotis

Jesse Papenburg

Franco Carnevale

Eyal Cohen

Kusum Menon

Karen Li-mei Choong

Marisa Tucci

Jacques Lacroix

Nadine Kronfli

Stephanie Smith

John Conly

Jason Weatherald

Michael Zappitelli

Ken Parhar

Anna Gunz

Shane English

Ryan Zarychanski

Alexandra Binnie

Francois Lamontagne

Janet Rennick

Ryan Zarychanski

Alexis Turgeon

Marina Klein

Francois Lamontagne

Lauralyn McIntyre

Annette Majnemer

Marina Klein

Susan Samuel

Allison Dart

Shane English