Professor, Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Anesthesiology

Shekhar T. Venkataraman, MD works in the field of Anesthesiology. He over the years received 1 awards: "Fellow (FAAP)". Shekhar Venkataraman is also published. He has 43 publications published. The lastest publication: "Partitioning of respiratory system resistance in children with respiratory insufficiency.'

Publications

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• Faecal lactoferrin as a predictor of positive faecal culture in south Indian children with acute diarrhoea.
• Air trapping causes a Ca2(+)-channel-mediated increase in pulmonary vascular resistance in neonatal lambs.
• Pulmonary vascular resistance after cessation of positive end-expiratory pressure.
• PEEP-induced pulmonary vasoconstriction in neonatal piglets: analysis by pressure-flow curves.
• Positive end-expiratory pressure-induced, calcium-channel-mediated increases in pulmonary vascular resistance in neonatal lambs.
• Flow and volume dependence of respiratory mechanics in anesthetized children.
• Intrahospital transport of critically ill children--should we pay attention?
• The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in critical illness.
• Proximal mean airway pressure: a good estimator of mean alveolar pressure during continuous positive-pressure breathing.
• Accuracy of physiologic deadspace measurement in intubated pediatric patients using a metabolic monitor: comparison with the Douglas bag method.
• Occult nitric oxide inhalation improves oxygenation in mechanically ventilated children.
• A prospective randomized controlled study of two fluid regimens in the initial management of septic shock in the emergency department.
• Recovery from doxacurium infusion administered to produce immobility for more than four days in pediatric patients in the intensive care unit.
• Interhospital transport. A pediatric perspective.
• Air leaks from the respiratory tract in mechanically ventilated children with severe respiratory disease.
• All roses are flowers, but not all flowers are roses.
• Use of the esophageal detector device in a newborn-piglet model.
• Cytokines and metabolic patterns in pediatric patients with critical illness.
• Validation of predictors of extubation success and failure in mechanically ventilated infants and children.
• Percutaneous infraclavicular subclavian vein catheterization in critically ill infants and children.
• The use of drugs in emergency airway management in pediatric trauma.
• Intrahospital transport of critically ill patients.
• Measurement of pediatric illness severity using simple pretransport variables.
• Partitioning of respiratory system resistance in children with respiratory insufficiency.
• Diazepam and intubation in emergency treatment of seizures in children.
• Pretransport Pediatric Risk of Mortality (PRISM) score underestimates the requirement for intensive care or major interventions during interhospital transport.
• Helium-oxygen therapy for infants with bronchiolitis: a randomized controlled trial.
• Predictors of extubation success and failure in mechanically ventilated infants and children.
• Femoral vascular catheterization in critically ill infants and children.
• Intrahospital transport of critically ill pediatric patients.
• Weaning and extubation readiness in pediatric patients.
• NPB-75: A portable quantitative microstream capnometer.
• Helium/oxygen-driven albuterol nebulization in the treatment of children with moderate to severe asthma exacerbations: a randomized, controlled trial.
• Heliox during mechanical ventilation.
• The history and physics of heliox.
• Utility of a novel quantitative handheld microstream capnometer during transport of critically ill children.
• Unexpected increased mortality after implementation of a commercially sold computerized physician order entry system.
• Cumulative fluid intake minus output is not associated with ventilator weaning duration or extubation outcomes in children.
• Role of laboratory in the management of phenylbutazone poisoning.
• Weaning and extubation in infants and children: religion, art, or science.
• The feasibility of conducting clinical trials in infants and children with acute respiratory failure.
• Effect of mechanical ventilator weaning protocols on respiratory outcomes in infants and children: a randomized controlled trial.

Schools

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• Jawaharlal Institute of PostGraduate Medical Education Madras University

• Jawaharlal Institute Hospital

• Newark Beth Israel Med Center

• UMDNJ Newark

• Chldns Hospital

Doctors Specialties

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• Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
• Anesthesiology

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• Fellow (FAAP)

Education

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• University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
• Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
• UMDNJ-University Hospital
• Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research

Hospital

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• UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside

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