Dr. Shannon Fernando

Biography

Medical School

• Queen's University, 2014

Residency

• University of Ottawa - Emergency Medicine and Adult Critical Care Medicine

Publications

• Fernando SM, Reardon PM, McIsaac DI, Eagles D, Murphy K, Tanuseputro P, Heyland DK, Kyeremanteng K. Outcomes of Older Hospitalized Patients Requiring Rapid Response Team Activation for Acute Deterioration. Crit Care Med (Accepted; In Press).
• Fernando SM, Tran A, Cheng W, Rochwerg B, Taljaard M, Thiruganasambandamoorthy V, Kyeremanteng K, Perry JJ. Prognostic Accuracy of the HEART Score for Prediction of Major Adverse Cardiac Events in Patients with Chest Pain – A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Acad Emerg Med (Accepted; In Press).
• Fernando SM, Rochwerg B, Seely AJE. Clinical implications of the Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock, Sepsis-3. CMAJ (Accepted; In Press).
• Fernando SM, Rochwerg B, Reardon PM, Thavorn K, Seely AJE, Perry JJ, Barnaby DP, Tanuseputro P, Kyeremanteng K. Emergency Department Disposition Decisions and Associated Mortality and Costs in ICU Patients with Suspected Infection. Crit Care 2018;22:172.
• Fernando SM, Vaillancourt C, Morrow S, Stiell IG. Analysis of Bystander CPR Quality During Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Using Data Derived from Automated External Defibrillators. Resuscitation 2018;128:138-143.
• Fernando SM, Reardon PM, Rochwerg B, Shapiro NI, Yealy DM, Seely AJE, Perry JJ, Barnaby DP, Murphy K, Tanuseputro P, Kyeremanteng K. Sepsis-3 Septic Shock Criteria and Associated Mortality Among Infected Hospitalized Patients Assessed by a Rapid Response Team. Chest 2018;154:309-316.
• Fernando SM, Reardon PM, Scales DC, Murphy K, Tanuseputro P, Heyland DK, Kyeremanteng K. Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Clinical Consequences of Recurrent Activation of a Rapid Response Team: A Multicenter Observational Study. J Intensive Care Med (Accepted; In Press).
• Fernando SM, Tran A, Cheng W, Rochwerg B, Kyeremanteng K, Seely AJE, Inaba K, Perry JJ. Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection: Diagnostic Accuracy of Physical Examination, Imaging and LRINEC Score – A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Ann Surg (Accepted; In Press).
• Fernando SM, Reardon PM, Bagshaw SM, Scales DC, Murphy K, Shen J, Tanuseputro P, Heyland DK, Kyeremanteng K. Impact of nighttime Rapid Response Team activation on outcomes of hospitalized patients with acute deterioration. Crit Care 2018;22:67.
• Fernando SM, Barnaby DP, Herry CL, Shapiro NI, Gallagher EJ, Seely AJE. Helpful Only When Elevated: Initial Serum Lactate in Stable Emergency Department Patients With Sepsis is Specific, But Not Sensitive for Future Deterioration. J Emerg Med 2018;54:766-773.
• Fernando SM, Barnaby DP, Herry CL, Gallagher EJ, Seely AJE. Predictive performance of the quick Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) in a population of Emergency Department patients with sepsis. Eur J Emerg Med (Accepted; In Press).
• Fernando SM, Reardon PM, Ball IM, van Katwyk S, Thavorn K, Tanuseputro P, Rosenberg E, Kyeremanteng K. Outcomes and Costs of Patients Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit due to Accidental or Intentional Poisoning. J Intensive Care Med (Accepted; In Press).
• Fernando SM, Reardon PM, Dowlatshahi D, English SW, Thavorn K, Tanuseputro P, Perry JJ, Rosenberg E, Wijdicks EF, Heyland DK, Kyeremanteng K. Outcomes and Costs of Patients Admitted to the ICU Due to Spontaneous Intracranial Hemorrhage. Crit Care Med 2018;46:e395-e403
• Fernando SM, Tran A, Taljaard M, Cheng W, Rochwerg B, Seely AJE, Perry JJ. Prognostic Accuracy of the Quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment for Mortality in Patients with Suspected Infection – A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Ann Intern Med 2018;168:266-275
• Fernando SM, Kisilewicz M, Millington SJ. View from the Top: PoCUS Diagnosis of Type-A Aortic Dissection Using the Suprasternal View. J Emerg Med 2018;54:e13-e14.

Awards

• Department of Medicine Research Day Clinical Science Oral Winner (2018)
• CAEP Grizzly Den EMAF Competition Winner (2018)
• CAEP Top Resident Research Abstract Award (2018)
• CAEP Junior Investigator Award (2018)
• Department of Emergency Medicine Resident Research Award (2017)
• CAEP Top Resident Research Abstract Award (2017)
• CAEP Junior Investigator Award (2017)