Sandra Pong
Sandy Pong is a pediatric critical care pharmacist at The Hospital for Sick Children and an Associate Scientist-Track Investigator in Child Health Evaluative Sciences at SickKids Research Institute. Her research interests are in infectious diseases and optimizing the use of medications in pediatric critical care.
Recent work
Pong S, Fowler RA, Fontela P, Gilfoyle E, Hutchison JS, Jouvet P, Mitsakakis N, Murthy S, Pernica JM, RishuAH, Science M, Seto W, Daneman N. Association of delayed adequate antimicrobial treatment and organ dysfunction in pediatric bloodstream infections. Pediatr Res. 2024;95(3):705-711. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41390-023-02836-3
Pong S, Fowler RA, Murthy S, Pernica JM, Gilfoyle E, Fontela P, Rishu AH, Mitsakakis N, Hutchison JS, Science M, Seto W, Jouvet P, Daneman N, on behalf of the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Antimicrobial treatment duration for uncomplicated bloodstream infections in critically ill children: a multicentreobservational study. BMC Pediatr. 2022;22:179. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-022-03219-z
Pong S, Fowler RA, Mitsakakis N, Murthy S, Pernica JM, Gilfoyle E, Bowen A, Fontela P, Seto W, Science M, Hutchison JS, Jouvet P, Rishu A, Daneman N. Noninferiority margin size and acceptance of trial results: contingent valuation survey of clinician preferences for noninferior mortality. Med Decis Making. 2022;42(6):832-836. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0272989X221099493
Pong S, Fowler RA, Murthy S, Pernica JM, Gilfoyle E, Fontela P, Mitsakakis N, Bowen AC, Seto W, Science M, Hutchison JS, Jouvet P, Rishu A, Daneman N. Antibiotic treatment duration for bloodstream infections in critically ill children—a survey of pediatric infectious diseases and critical care clinicians for clinical equipoise. PLOS ONE. 2022;17:e0272021. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0272021
McKinnon NK, Silver S, Pong S, Seto W, Chan P, Gilfoyle E, Jessa K, Gray SB. Rapid prototyping and implementation of electronic order sets for critically ill adults with COVID-19 admitted to a children’s hospital. ACI Open. 2022;6:e98-e102. http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0042-1758074
Pong S, Urner M, Fowler RA, Mitsakakis N, Seto W, Hutchison JS, Science M, Daneman N. Testing for non-inferior mortality: a systematic review of noninferiority margin sizes and trial characteristics. BMJ Open. 2021;11: e044480. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044480