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Gillian Lauder1 \* and Nicholas West2

1 Pediatric Anesthesiologist and Pediatric Complex Pain Physician, BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada

2 Clinical Research Coordinator, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

\*Address all correspondence to: glauder@cw.bc.ca

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