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Patricia Fontela

ResearcherMedical Microbiology and Infectious DiseasesUniversité de Montréal

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Patricia Fontela

Researcher

Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Health Sciences

Université de Montréal

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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14 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 4 research grants (4 CIHR), most recently in 2026.

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Research

Child Health Bronchiolitis Noninvasive Ventilation Pediatric Respiratory Failure Pilot Rct Data Availability Maternal Health Pandemic Preparedness

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 23 publications

Latest funding

Impact of Nirsevimab on Asthma Development and Healthcare Utilization in Children: A POPCORN Network Study
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$424,576
Non-invasive ventilation with NAVA in infants with severe bronchiolitis. A multicenter pilot open label pragmatic randomized controlled trial
CIHR · 2026 · Principal investigator
$393,976
Pediatric Outcomes imProvement through COordination of Research Networks (POPCORN)
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$2,988,500

All 9 grants and awards

23 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

Impact of Nirsevimab on Asthma Development and Healthcare Utilization in Children: A POPCORN Network Study

Co-investigatorCIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Drouin, Olivier

Keywords: Asthma; Bronchiolitis; Diagnosis; Healthcare Utilisation; Immunization; Lower Respiratory Tract Infection; Pediatrics; Respiratory Syncytial Virus (Rsv)

$424,576

Non-invasive ventilation with NAVA in infants with severe bronchiolitis. A multicenter pilot open label pragmatic randomized controlled trial

Principal investigatorCIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Emeriaud, Guillaume; Fontela, Patricia S; Lee, Laurie A; Mâsse, Benoît R; McNally, James D

Keywords: Bronchiolitis; Noninvasive Ventilation; Pediatric Respiratory Failure; Pilot Rct

$393,976

Pediatric Outcomes imProvement through COordination of Research Networks (POPCORN)

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Op Grant: Pandemic Research Platforms Interim Funding - Data Accessibility

Principal investigators: Quach-Thanh, Caroline; Galanis, Eleni; Ali, Samina; Banerjee, Ananya T; Boucoiran, Isabelle; Buchanan, Francine; Carwana, Matthew; Drouin, Olivier; Fontela, Patricia S; Gill, Peter J; Kellner, James D; Knisley, Lisa; Lacaze-Masmonteil, Thierry; Li, Patricia T; Portales-Casamar, Elodie; Roumeliotis, Nadia; Sadarangani, Manish

Keywords: Child Health; Data Availability; Maternal Health; Pandemic Preparedness

$2,988,500

Co-Designing a discharge intervention that supports the transition of patients and families directly home from the pediatric intensive care unit

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant - Priority Announcement: Patient-Oriented Research

Principal investigators: Roumeliotis, Nadia

Keywords: Critical Care; Discharge Intervention; Efficiency; Patient-Centered; Pediatrics; Safety

$100,000

Outcomes of Children and Families After Discharge from Pediatric Intensive Care Units

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Du Pont-Thibodeau, Genevieve; Beauchamp, Miriam H; Ducharme-Crevier, Laurence

Keywords: Children; Cognitive Development; Critical Illness; Long-Terme Outcome; Pediatrics; Post-Intensive Care Syndrome; Quality Of Life; Recovery

$948,962

COVID-19 seroepidemiology in children Using Retrieved POPCORN site Leftover Samples (CURNLS)

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Operating Grant: POPCORN Supplement

Principal investigators: Quach-Thanh, Caroline; Galanis, Eleni; Strang, Robert A; Basta, Nicole; Bhatt, Maala; Buchanan, Francine; Constantin, Evelyn; Côté, Sylvana; Drouin, Olivier; Dugas, Marc-André; Fontela, Patricia S; Foo, Cheryl P; Foster, Jennifer; Freedman, Stephen B; Gagneur, Arnaud A; Gantt, Soren M; Gill, Peter J; Kakkar, Fatima; Kellner, James D; Klassen, Terry P; Lacaze-Masmonteil, Thierry; Lalgudi Ganesan, Saptharishi; Li, Patricia T; Mahant, Sanjay; Mater, Ahmed; Muttalib, Fiona; Papenburg, Jesse; Sadarangani, Manish; Sehgal, Anupam V; 't Jong, Geert W; Wahi, Gita; Wright, Bruce

Keywords: Covid 19

Pediatric Outcomes imProvement through COordination of Research Networks (POPCORN)

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Op. Grant: Canadian Pediatric COVID-19 Research Platform

Principal investigators: Quach-Thanh, Caroline; Galanis, Eleni; Strang, Robert A; Basta, Nicole; Bhatt, Maala; Buchanan, Francine; Burstein, Brett S; Carwana, Matthew; Choong, Karen; Constantin, Evelyn; Côté, Sylvana; Drouin, Olivier; Dugas, Marc-André; Fontela, Patricia S; Foo, Cheryl P; Foster, Jennifer; Freedman, Stephen B; Gagneur, Arnaud A; Gantt, Soren M; Gill, Peter J; Kakkar, Fatima; Kellner, James D; Klassen, Terry P; Lacaze-Masmonteil, Thierry; Lalgudi Ganesan, Saptharishi; Li, Patricia T; Mahant, Sanjay; Mater, Ahmed; Morris, Shaun K; Muttalib, Fiona; Papenburg, Jesse; Sadarangani, Manish; Sehgal, Anupam V; 't Jong, Geert W; Top, Karina A; Wahi, Gita; Wright, Bruce

Keywords: Child Health; Covid-19; Critical Care; Data Infrastructure; Emergency Department; Epidemiology; Inpatient Medicine; Vaccine Safety And Effectiveness

$6,700,000

Pilot Optimizing Transfusion Thresholds in Critically-ill Children with Anaemia (P-OpTTICCA): a pilot trial for a large pragmatic international parallel open-label non-inferiority randomised controlled trial.

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Lacroix, Jacques; Leteurtre, Stéphane; Stanworth, Simon; Tucci, Marisa

Keywords: Critical Care Medecine; Erythrocyte; Patient Blood Management; Pediatrics; Randomized Controlled Trial; Red Blood Cell; Transfusion

$198,900

Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury (TRALI) and delayed TRALI: a prospective study in critically ill children

Co-investigatorCIHR2015Operating Grant: Priority Announcement - Transfusion Science

Principal investigators: Emeriaud, Guillaume

Keywords: Acute Lung Injury; Critically Ill Children; Pediatric Intensive Care Unit; Red Blood Cell Transfusions; Respiratory Complications; Trali

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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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Child Health Dear Professor Fontela, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Immediate Postoperative Evolution of Cerebral Doppler and Saturation Parameters After Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Infants With Congenital Heart Disease: A Prospective Cohort Study." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Non-invasive ventilation with NAVA in infants with severe bronchiolitis. A multicenter pilot open label pragmatic randomized controlled trial" (2026), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]

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Patricia Fontela

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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

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Marisa Tucci

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Nadia Roumeliotis

Matthew Carwana

Laurie Lee

Pavel Geier

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Tom Blydt-Hansen

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Jesse Papenburg

Susan Samuel

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