Disclosures

There are no additional acknowledgements and the authors declare no competing interests.

Funding statement

This work was funded by The Hospital for Sick Children Perioperative Services Innovation Grant (Dr. Taylor) and the Baxter Research Grant from the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society to Dr. Taylor.

Prior conference presentations

The protocol methodology and preliminary data were submitted in part for the Doctor of Philosophy (University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia) submission for Katherine Taylor. No public presentation of this material has occurred.

Editorial responsibility

This submission was handled by Dr. Philip M. Jones, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d’anesthésie.