Publications from 2013
A Retrospective Analysis of Opioid Consumption Among Different Orthopedic Surgeons for Total Joint Replacement, Costas J. Gioules, Hayden B. Rockson, Russell M. Flatto, Arnel J. Almeda, and Anthony L. Schwagerl
Publications from 2012
Horace Wells Memorials in the City of Hartford, Connecticut, Antonio Aponte-Feliciano, Sukumar P. Desai, and Manisha S. Desai
Can a detailed neurological exam improve prediction of extubation success in neurocritically ill patients?, Sanam Baghshomali, Nathanael Slater, Raphael A. Carandang, Cynthia Ouillette, Wiley R. Hall, and Susanne Muehlschlegel
Sunday, Bloody Sunday: Unanticipated Ascending Aortic Dissection and Grafting After Coming Off CPB for CABG, Jason Blue and Rana Badr
Anesthetic Considerations for Cervical Fusion Surgery in Advanced Rheumatoid Arthritis and Severe Pulmonary Hypertension, Robert Canelli, John P. Weaver, and Elifce Cosar
Duration of CPR: How Long is Too Long? A Positive Outcome After 90 Minutes of CPR, Laura Cohen and Shubjeet Kaur
Ultrasound as a Modality for Detection and Treatment of an Ilioinguinal Neuroma, Adam Currier and Issam Khayata
Delayed Emergence from General Anesthesia, Jose De Leon, Betty Medeiros-Beattie, Stephen O. Heard, and Antonio Aponte-Feliciano
The teaching of anesthesia history in US residency programs: results of a nationwide survey, Manisha S. Desai, Shirish R. Chennaiahgari, and Sukumar P. Desai
Alternative Methods to Teach History of Anesthesia, Manisha S. Desai and Sukumar P. Desai
Paraplegia Following Pneumonectomy and Descending Thoracic Aorta Mass Resection, Layla Fakhrzadeh, Elifce Cosar, Christian Mueller, and Nicholas C. Watson
Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura or Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation? Diagnostic Dilemma in the ICU, Lindsay Gittens, Katherine Metcalf, and Nicholas C. Watson
Post-Anesthesia Evaluation: Using a Systems Based Team Approach to Achieve Compliance with CMS Interpretive Guidelines, Shubjeet Kaur, Issam Khayata, Patricia M. Amelin, and Stephen O. Heard
Patient Flow in Peri-Operative Services: Analysis of Factors that Impact OR Turn Over Time, Shubjeet Kaur, Shimul A. Shah, John J. Wixted, Costin Catalin Negroiu, and Stephen O. Heard
The Use of Ultrasound to Measure the Depth of Thoracic Epidural Space, Issam Khayata, Gustavo Angaramo, Robert Lee, Costin Catalin Negroiu, Alexandr Zilber, and Patricia M. Amelin
Mobile Anesthesia: Ready, Set, Pack, and Go, Issam Khayata and Jesse Bourque
Antibiotic-Induced Thrombocytopenia in the ICU: Case Report of a Diagnostic Challenge, Spiro Khoury and Nicholas C. Watson
The state of radiological protection; views of the radiation protection profession: IRPA13, Glasgow, May 2012, Edward Lazo, IRPA13 International Congress Programme Committee, and Astrid Liland
Management of a Patient with an Encapsulated Parapneumonic Empyema Complicated by the Intraoperative Development of an Acute Bronchopleural Fistula and ARDS, Nancy Lee and Stephen O. Heard
Multiple reservoirs contribute to intraoperative bacterial transmission, Randy W. Loftus, Jeremiah R. Brown, Matthew D. Koff, Sundara Reddy, Stephen O. Heard, Hetal M. Patel, Patrick G. Fernandez, Michael L. Beach, Howard L. Corwin, Jens T. Jensen, David Kispert, Bridget Huysman, Thomas M. Dodds, Kathryn L. Ruoff, and Mark P. Yeager
Diastrophic Dwarf with a Difficult Airway and Malignant Hyperthermia for Urgent Cesarean Section, Tanya Lucas
Impact of medical and neurological ICU complications on moderate-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), Susanne Muehlschlegel, Raphael A. Carandang, Cynthia Ouillette, Wiley R. Hall, Frederick A. Anderson Jr., and Robert J. Goldberg
Incidence rates of ICU complications in moderate-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), Susanne Muehlschlegel, Raphael A. Carandang, Cynthia Ouillette, Wiley R. Hall, Frederick A. Anderson Jr., and Robert J. Goldberg
Polymorphisms in the myeloperoxidase gene locus are associated with acute kidney injury-related outcomes, Mary C. Perianayagam, Hocine Tighiouart, Orfeas Liangos, Diana Kouznetsov, Ron Wald, Fangwen Rao, Daniel T. O'Connor, and Bertrand L. Jaber
Point of Care Testing Error in the ICU, Nicholas Petrinec, Bree Huning, and Nicholas C. Watson
Serum sodium values and their association with adverse outcomes in moderate-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), Lucia Rivera Lara, Susanne Muehlschlegel, Raphael A. Carandang, Cynthia Ouillette, Wiley R. Hall, Frederick A. Anderson Jr., and Robert J. Goldberg
Contributions of ancient Indian physicians--implications for modern times, J. Singh, Manisha S. Desai, C. S. Pandav, and Sukumar P. Desai
Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury during Liver Transplant: Case Report, Nathanael Slater and Nicholas C. Watson
Lightweight noninvasive trauma monitor for early indication of central hypovolemia and tissue acidosis: a review, Babs R. Soller, Fengmei Zou, Kathy L. Ryan, Caroline A. Rickards, Kevin R. Ward, and Victor A. Convertino
Point: should an anesthesiologist be the specialist of choice in managing the difficult airway in the ICU? Yes, J. Matthias Walz
Rebuttal from Dr. Walz, J. Matthias Walz
Effect of a Multidisciplinary Team Approach to Eradicate Central Line Associated Blood-Stream Infections (CLABSI), J. Matthias Walz, Richard T. Ellison III, Helen Flaherty, John McIlwaine, Deborah Ann Mack, Kathleen Whyte, Karen Landry, Stephen P. Baker, Stephen O. Heard, and CCOC Research Group
Likert or not, we are biased, Nicholas C. Watson
An evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy of the 1991 American College of Chest Physicians/Society of Critical Care Medicine and the 2001 Society of Critical Care Medicine/European Society of Intensive Care Medicine/American College of Chest Physicians/American Thoracic Society/Surgical Infection Society sepsis definition, Huifang Zhao, Stephen O. Heard, Marie T. Mullen, Sybil L. Crawford, Robert J. Goldberg, Gyorgy Frendl, and Craig M. Lilly
Publications from 2011
Extubation of the difficult airway, Khaldoun Faris, Maksim Zayaruzny, and Spiro Spanakis
Ultrasound-guided epidural blood patch, Issam Khayata, J. Lance Lichtor, and Patricia M. Amelin
Hospital Mortality, Length of Stay, and Preventable Complications Among Critically Ill Patients Before and After Tele-ICU Reengineering of Critical Care Processes, Craig M. Lilly, Shawn Cody, Huifang Zhao, Karen Landry, Stephen P. Baker, John McIlwaine, M. Willis Chandler, Richard S. Irwin, Stephen O. Heard, J. Matthias Walz, and Khaldoun Faris
Mortality of Patients With Respiratory Insufficiency and Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome After Surgery: The Obesity Paradox, Stavros G. Memtsoudis, Anna Maria bombardieri, Yan Ma, J. Matthias Walz, Ya-Lin Chiu, and Madhu Mazumdar
Perioperative pulmonary outcomes in patients with sleep apnea after noncardiac surgery, Stavros G. Memtsoudis, Spencer S. Liu, Yan Ma, Ya-Lin Chiu, J. Matthias Walz, Licia K. Gaber-Baylis, and Madhu Mazumdar
Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections, Naomi P. O'Grady, Mary Alexander, Lillian A. Burns, E. Patchen Dellinger, Jeffery S. Garland, Stephen O. Heard, Pamela A. Lipsett, Henry Masur, Leonard A. Mermel, Michele L. Pearson, Issam I. Raad, Adrienne G. Randolph, Mark E. Rupp, and Sanjay Saint
Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections, Naomi P. O'Grady, Mary Alexander, Lillian A. Burns, E. Patchen Dellinger, Jeffery S. Garland, Stephen O. Heard, Pamela A. Lipsett, Henry Masur, Leonard A. Mermel, Michele L. Pearson, Issam I. Raad, Adrienne G. Randolph, Mark E. Rupp, and Sanjay Saint
Summary of recommendations: Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-related Infections, Naomi P. O'Grady, Mary Alexander, Lillian A. Burns, E. Patchen Dellinger, Jeffery S. Garland, Stephen O. Heard, Pamela A. Lipsett, Henry Masur, Leonard A. Mermel, Michele L. Pearson, Issam I. Raad, Adrienne G. Randolph, Mark E. Rupp, and Sanjay Saint
Publications from 2010
Pancreatitis associated with Strongyloides stercoralis infection in a patient chronically treated with corticosteroids, Nathan G. Jones, Andrew Cocchiarella, Khaldoun Faris, and Stephen O. Heard
Comparison of the duration of antimicrobial activity of 2 different antimicrobial central venous catheters, Theofilos Matheos, J. Matthias Walz, Janice P. Adams, Karen Johnson, Karen J. Longtine, Jaclyn K. Longtine, Melissa A. O'Neill, and Stephen O. Heard
Perioperative mortality in patients with pulmonary hypertension undergoing major joint replacement, Stavros G. Memtsoudis, Yan Ma, Ya-Lin Chiu, J. Matthias Walz, Robert Voswinckel, and Madhu Mazumdar
Anti-infective external coating of central venous catheters: a randomized, noninferiority trial comparing 5-fluorouracil with chlorhexidine/silver sulfadiazine in preventing catheter colonization, J. Matthias Walz, Rui L. Avelar, Karen J. Longtine, Kent L. Carter, Leonard A. Mermel, Stephen O. Heard, 5-FU Catheter Study Group, Khaldoun Faris, Wiley R. Hall, Alan Orquiola, Melissa A. O'Neill, and Jaclyn K. Longtine
Prevention of central venous catheter bloodstream infections, J. Matthias Walz, Stavros G. Memtsoudis, and Stephen O. Heard
Oxygen transport characterization of a human model of progressive hemorrhage, Kevin R. Ward, Mohamad H. Tiba, Kathy L. Ryan, Ivo P. Torres Filho, Caroline A. Rickards, Tarryn Witten, Babs R. Soller, David A. Ludwig, and Victor A. Convertino
The use of lactate as a biomarker, Nicholas Watson and Stephen O. Heard
Esophago-Pericardial Fistula Following Ablation of the Atrial Fibrillation Focus, Maksim Zayaruzny and Rana Badr
Publications from 2009
Near infrared spectroscopy, Babs R. Soller, Ye Yang, Olusola O. Soyemi, Stephen O. Heard, Kathy L. Ryan, Caroline A. Rickards, Victor A. Convertino, William H. Cooke, and Bruce A. Crookes
Publications from 2008
Case Report on Morbidly Obese Patient with Cervical Spine Ankylosing Spondylitis Presenting with Acute Spinal Shock and Complex Airway Management, Ulrike Berth, Shaheen Shaikh, Bronwyn Cooper, and Stephen O. Heard
Differences in safety climate among hospital anesthesia departments and the effect of a realistic simulation-based training program, Jeffrey B. Cooper, Richard H. Blum, John S. Carroll, Mark Dershwitz, David M. Feinstein, David M. Gaba, John C. Morey, and Aneesh K. Singla
The pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of thiopental as used in lethal injection, Mark Dershwitz and Thomas K. Henthorn
Oxygen saturation determined from deep muscle, not thenar tissue, is an early indicator of central hypovolemia in humans, Babs R. Soller, Kathy L. Ryan, Caroline A. Rickards, William H. Cooke, Ye Yang, Olusola O. Soyemi, Bruce A. Crookes, Stephen O. Heard, and Victor A. Convertino
Noninvasive determination of exercise-induced hydrodgen ion threshold through direct optical measurement, Babs R. Soller, Ye Yang, Stuart M. C. Lee, Cassie A. Wilson, and R. Donald Hagan
Noninvasively determined muscle oxygen saturation is an early indicator of central hypovolemia in humans, Babs R. Soller, Ye Yang, Olusola O. Soyemi, Kathy L. Ryan, Caroline A. Rickards, J. Matthias Walz, Stephen O. Heard, and Victor A. Convertino
Noninvasively determined muscle oxygen saturation is an early indicator of central hypovolemia in humans, Babs R. Soller, Ye Yang, Olusola O. Soyemi, Kathy L. Ryan, Caroline A. Rickards, J. Matthias Walz, Stephen O. Heard, and Victor A. Convertino
Who let the bugs in, J. Matthias Walz, Khaldoun Faris, and Stephen O. Heard
The effect of an orthopedic trauma room on after-hours surgery at a level one trauma center, John J. Wixted, Mark A. Reed, Mark S. Eskander, Bryce Millar, Richard C. Anderson, Kaushik Bagchi, Shubjeet Kaur, Patricia D. Franklin, and Walter J. Leclair
Publications from 2007
Efficacy and safety of epoetin alfa in critically ill patients, Howard L. Corwin, Andrew Gettinger, Timothy C. Favian, Addison May, Ronald G. Pearl, Stephen O. Heard, Robert An, Peter J. Bowers, Paul Burton, Mark A. Klausner, and Michael J. Corwin
Critical care issues in the patient after major joint replacement, Stavros G. Memtsoudis, Peter B. Rosenberger, and J. Matthias Walz
Comparison of intramuscular and venous blood pH, PCO(2) and PO(2) during rhythmic handgrip exercise, Babs R. Soller, R. Donald Hagan, Michael Shear, J. Matthias Walz, Michelle Landry, Dulce Anunciacion, Alan Orquiola, and Stephen O. Heard
Airway management in critical illness, J. Matthias Walz, Maksim Zayaruzny, and Stephen O. Heard
Noninvasive in vivo measurement of venous blood pH during exercise using near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy, Ye Yang, Olusola O. Soyemi, Michelle R. Landry, and Babs R. Soller
Quantitative measurement of muscle oxygen saturation without influence from skin and fat using continuous-wave near infrared spectroscopy, Ye Yang, Olusola O. Soyemi, Peter J. Scott, Michelle R. Landry, Stuart M. C. Lee, Leah Stroud, and Babs R. Soller
Publications from 2006
Report of a National Conference on Donation after cardiac death, James L. Bernat, Anthony M. D'Alessandro, Friedrich K. Port, Thomas P. Bleck, Stephen O. Heard, Justine Medina, Stanley H. Rosenbaum, Michael A. Devita, Robert S. Gaston, Robert M. Merion, Mark L. Barr, William H. Marks, Howard Nathan, Kevin O'Connor, Dianne LaPointe Rudow, Alan B. Leichtman, Paul Schwab, Nancy L. Ascher, Robert A. Metzger, Virginia McBride, Walter Graham, Dennis Wagner, James Warren, and Francis L. Delmonico
Surgical site infection following bowel surgery: a retrospective analysis of 1446 patients, J. Matthias Walz, Craig A. Paterson, Jeanne M. Seligowski, and Stephen O. Heard
Removal of analyte-irrelevant variations in near-infrared tissue spectra, Ye Yang, Leah Shoer, Olusola O. Soyemi, Michelle R. Landry, and Babs R. Soller
Publications from 2005
Frequency of laboratory test utilization in the intensive care unit and its implications for large-scale data collection efforts, Joseph J. Frassica
Roundtable Debate: Controversies in the Management of the Septic Patient--Desperately Seeking Consensus, Aaron B. Waxman, Nicholas Ward, Taylor Thompson, Craig M. Lilly, Alan Lisbon, Nicholas Hill, Stanley A. Nasraway, Stephen O. Heard, Howard Corwin, and Mitchell Levy
Simultaneous correction of the influence of skin color and fat on tissue spectroscopy by use of a two-distance fiber-optic probe and orthogonalization technique, Ye Yang, Michelle R. Landry, Olusola O. Soyemi, Michael A. Shear, Dulce Anunciacion, and Babs R. Soller
Publications from 2004
Is droperidol safe? Probably…, Mark Dershwitz
Frequency of laboratory test utilization in the intensive care unit and its implications for large scale data collection efforts, Joseph J. Frassica
Tissue pH determination for the detection of metabolically active, inflamed vulnerable plaques using near-infrared spectroscopy: an in-vitro feasibility study, Tania N. Khan, Babs R. Soller, Morteza Naghavi, and Ward Casscells
Intact gram-negative Helicobacter pylori, Helicobacter felis, and Helicobacter hepaticus bacteria activate innate immunity via toll-like receptor 2 but not toll-like receptor 4, Leisa Mandell, Anthony P. Moran, Andrew Cocchiarella, JeanMarie Houghton, Nancy Taylor, James G. Fox, Timothy C. Wang, and Evelyn A. Kurt-Jones
In vitro exposure of bacteria to antimicrobial impregnated-central venous catheters does not directly lead to the emergence of antimicrobial resistance, Erik L. Munson, Stephen O. Heard, and Gary V. Doern
Publications from 2003
Prevention of descending pneumonia in rts with perflubron-delivered tobramycin, Eric W. Dickson, Gary V. Doern, Leo Trevino, Michelle Mazzoni, and Stephen O. Heard
Gastric tonometry: the hemodynamic monitor of choice (Pro), Stephen O. Heard
Noninvasive, near infrared spectroscopic-measured muscle pH and PO2 indicate tissue perfusion for cardiac surgical patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass, Babs R. Soller, Patrick O. Idwasi, Jorge Balaguer, Steven Levin, Sinan A. Simsir, Thomas J. Vander Salm, Helen Collette, and Stephen O. Heard
Investigation of muscle pH as an indicator of liver pH and injury from hemorrhagic shock, Babs R. Soller, Tania N. Khan, Janice Favreau, Charles Hsi, Juan Carlos Puyana, and Stephen O. Heard
Publications from 2002
Droperidol: should the black box be light gray, Mark Dershwitz
Postoperative nausea and vomiting after total intravenous anesthesia with propofol and remifentanil or alfentanil: how important is the opioid, Mark Dershwitz, Piotr Michalowski, YuChiao Chang, Carl E. Rosow, and Lydia A. Conlay
Liquid ventilation with perflubron in the treatment of rats with pneumococcal pneumonia, Eric W. Dickson, Stephen O. Heard, Thomas E. Tarara, Jeffry G. Weers, Angela B. Brueggemann, and Gary V. Doern
Septic shock: targeting evaluation and treatment; halting the progression to multiple organ failure, Khaldoun Faris
Effects of a multifaceted, multidisciplinary, hospital-wide quality improvement program on weaning from mechanical ventilation, Nicholas A. Smyrnios, Ann E. Connolly, Mark M. Wilson, Frederick J. Curley, Cynthia T. French, Stephen O. Heard, and Richard S. Irwin
Publications from 2001
Diffusion of nitrous oxide into the pleural cavity, Shubjeet Kaur, Joanquin Cortiella, and Charles A. Vacanti
Simultaneous measurement of hepatic tissue pH, venous oxygen saturation and hemoglobin by near infrared spectroscopy, Babs R. Soller, Ndumiso A. Cingo, Juan Carlos Puyana, Tania N. Khan, Charles Hsi, H Kim, Janice Favreau, and Stephen O. Heard
Application of fiberoptic sensors for the study of hepatic dysoxia in swine hemorrhagic shock, Babs R. Soller, Stephen O. Heard, Ndumiso A. Cingo, Charles Hsi, Janice Favreau, Tania N. Khan, Randy R. Ross, and Juan Carlos Puyana
Tissue-engineered spinal cord, Martin P. Vacanti, Jack L. Leonard, Benjamin Dore, Lawrence J. Bonassar, Yi Lin Cao, Stanley J. Stachelek, Joseph P. Vacanti, F. OâConnell, C. S. Yu, Alan P. Farwell, and Charles A. Vacanti
Publications from 2000
Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of inhaled versus intravenous morphine in healthy volunteers, Mark Dershwitz, John L. Walsh, Richard J. Morishige, Patricia M. Connors, Reid M. Rubsamen, Steven L. Shafer, and Carl E. Rosow
Acceptance of an ABO-incompatible mismatched (AB(+) to O(+)) liver allograft with the use of daclizumab and mycophenolate mofetil, W. Christopher Fang, John R. Saltzman, Sarah Rososhansky, Gyongyi Szabo, Stephen O. Heard, Barbara F. Banner, Ravi Chari, and Eliezer Katz
Identifying a site for maximum delivery of oxygen to transplanted cells, Shubjeet Kaur, Joaquin Cortiella, and Charles A. Vacanti
Outpatient tympanomastoidectomy: factors affecting hospital admission, Cliff A. Megerian, Jackie Reily, Frank M. O'Connell, and Stephen O. Heard
The hemodynamic and adrenergic effects of perioperative dexmedetomidine infusion after vascular surgery, Pekka Talke, Richard Chen, Brian Thomas, Anil Aggarwall, Alexandru Gottlieb, Per Thorborg, Stephen O. Heard, Albert Cheung, Stanley Lee Son, and Antero Kallio
Investigation of Noninvasive in Vivo Blood Hematocrit Measurement Using NIR Reflectance Spectroscopy and Partial Least-Squares Regression, Songbiao Zhang, Babs R. Soller, Shubjeet Kaur, Kristen Perras, and Thomas J. Vander Salm
Publications from 1999
Liposomal prostaglandin E1 (TLC C-53) in acute respiratory distress syndrome: a controlled, randomized, double-blind, multicenter clinical trial. TLC C-53 ARDS Study Group, Edward Abraham, Robert Baughman, Eugene Fletcher, Stephen O. Heard, James Lamberti, Howard Levy, Loren Nelson, Mark Rumbak, Jay Steingrub, James Taylor, Youn C. Park, Jeri Matera Hynds, and Jeffrey Freitag
A comparison of two antimicrobial-impregnated central venous catheters. Catheter Study Group, Rabih O. Darouiche, Issam I. Raad, Stephen O. Heard, John I. Thornby, Olivier C. Wenker, Andrea Gabrielli, Johannes Berg, Nancy Khardori, Hend Hanna, Ray Hachem, Richard L. Harris, and Glen Mayhall
The influence of liposome-encapsulated prostaglandin E1 on hydrogen peroxide concentrations in the exhaled breath of patients with the acute respiratory distress syndrome, Stephen O. Heard, Karen J. Longtine, Ildiko Toth, Juan Carlos Puyana, Bruce Potenza, and Nicholas A. Smyrnios
Bronchopulmonary segmental lavage with Surfaxin (KL(4)-surfactant) for acute respiratory distress syndrome, Thomas E. Wiswell, Robert M. Smith, Laurence B. Katz, Lisa Mastroianni, Davies Y. Wong, David Willms, Stephen O. Heard, Mark M. Wilson, R. Duncan Hite, Antonio Anzueto, Susan D. Revak, and Charles G. Cochrane