Emergency Critical Care Medicine Research

Current Research

Clinical Trials

Observational Studies

  • Imputation of PaO2 From SaO2 (2015: Hou)
  • Sedation and Hyperoxia: Associations in the Emergency Department (SHAED) (2018: Hou)
  • Differences in Prevalence of Transfusion Protocols between Critically Ill Neurologic and Non-Neurologic Patient Populations (2019: Oliveira, Billington, Seethala, Hou, Aisiku)
  • Evaluation of acute respiratory distress syndrome in patients enrolled in the Protocolized Care for Early Septic Shock (ProCESS) trial (2021: Oliveira, Hou)
  • Correlation of bedside sonographic transhepatic IVC diameter and CVP in patients after cardiac surgery (2021: Oliveira)
  • Global Critical Care Scoping Review, International Federation for Emergency Medicine/ World Health Organization (2021: Oliveira)
  • Plasma Renin as a Novel Prognostic Biomarker of Sepsis-Associated Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (2021: Hou)
  • Rapid Antibiotic Profiling and Pathogen IDentification (RAPPID) Study (2021: Hou)
  • Extracorporeal Carbon Dioxide Removal for Post-Pneumonectomy Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (2022: Ilg, Seethala)
  • Cause of Death in Extracorporeal Life Support – A Multi-center Observational Study (2022: Ilg, Seethala)
  • Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Decision Making – A Multi-center Observational Study (2022: Ilg, Seethala)
  • Characterization and Predictors of Agitation in Patients with Coronavirus ARDS receiving ECMO – Single Center Observational (2022: Ilg, Seethala)
  • An International Characterization of ECMO candidacy Decision Making (2022: Ilg)
  • Characterization of Awake Cannulation for VV and VA ECMO: An ELSO Registry Study (2022: Ilg)
  • International Research Database for Extracorporeal Support: Index Registry (2022: Ilg, Seethala)
  • Analysis of ECMO-Related Safety Reporting (2022: Jansson, Seethala)
  • Expert-Level Medical Data Labeling at Scale via a Gamified Crowdsourcing Mobile (2022: Hallisey)
  • Emergency Physicians in Critical Care: The 10 years Anniversary of ABIM/ABEM Co-sponsorship for Board Certification in Critical Care Medicine (2022: Sharifali, Hou, Aisiku)
  • Evaluating COVID-19 disparities on testing among healthcare personnel during a global pandemic (2022: Aisiku, Hou)
  • ProCESS: Race, Ethnicity, and Gender (2022: Hou, Aisiku)
  • Racial & Ethnic Disparities in Mortality from Acute Respiratory Failure & Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Mechanically Ventilated Patients (2022: Hou, Aisiku)
  • External validation of EDLIPS for the identification of ED patients at high risk of developing ARDS (2022: Char, Hou)
  • Early Vasopressor Therapy in Patients with Early Septic Shock: A Subanalysis of the ProCESS Trial (2022: Hou, Aisiku)
  • Positive Fluid Balance Worsens Clinical Outcomes in Hospitalized Pneumonia Patients (2022: Hou)
  • Accuracy and Efficiency of Computed Tomography Interpretation Between Emergency Physicians and Radiologists for Appendicitis (2022: Hou)
  • Adherence to Study Treatment in a Minimal-Contact, Outpatient COVID-19 Clinical Trial (2022: Hou)
  • Investigating the Association between Dynamic Driving Pressure and Mortality of COVID-19-related Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) using Multivariate Joint Models (2022: Hou)
  • Effectiveness of an mRNA vaccine booster dose against COVID-19 among U.S. healthcare personnel, October 2021–July 2022 (2022: Hou)
  • Using Real-Time Automated Detection and Clinical Decision Support to Improve Lung-Protective Ventilation in Intensive Care (2022-2023: Hou)
  • PReventing Emerging infections through Vaccine EffectiveNess Testing II —COVID (Project PREVENT II) (2022-2024: Hou)

Past Research

Clinical Trials

Observational Studies

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