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| Marek A MirskiSummaryAffiliation: Johns Hopkins University Country: USA Publications
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Safety, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness of a multidisciplinary percutaneous tracheostomy programMarek A Mirski
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Crit Care Med 40:1827-34. 2012..This study was performed to evaluate the metrics of patient outcome, efficiency of care, and cost-benefit analysis of the multidisciplinary Johns Hopkins Percutaneous Tracheostomy Program...- Cognitive improvement during continuous sedation in critically ill, awake and responsive patients: the Acute Neurological ICU Sedation Trial (ANIST)Marek A Mirski
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medicine, 600 N Wolfe Street, Meyer 8 140, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Intensive Care Med 36:1505-13. 2010.... - Validity and reliability of an intuitive conscious sedation scoring tool: the nursing instrument for the communication of sedationMarek A Mirski
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Crit Care Med 38:1674-84. 2010..To develop a symmetrical 7-level scale (+3, "dangerously agitated" to -3, "deeply sedated") that is both intuitive and easy to use, the Nursing Instrument for the Communication of Sedation (NICS)... 
Multidisciplinary team approach in the management of tracheostomy patientsVinciya Pandian
Percutaneous Tracheostomy Service, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 147:684-91. 2012..To examine whether the implementation of a multidisciplinary percutaneous tracheostomy team decreases complications, improves efficiency in patient care, and reduces length of stay and cost in patients undergoing percutaneous tracheostomy...- Anticonvulsant serotonergic and deep brain stimulation in anterior thalamusMarek A Mirski
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Seizure 18:64-70. 2009.... - Impact of statins on validation of ICH mortality prediction modelsNeeraj S Naval
Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA
Neurol Res 31:425-9. 2009..Hemphill's ICH score is commonly used to predict mortality after ICH. More recently, the ICH grading scale (ICH-GS) has been shown to improve sensitivity of 30 day mortality prediction in this patient group... 
Detection of nonlinear interactions of EEG alpha waves in the brain by a new coherence measure and its application to epilepsy and anti-epileptic drug therapyDavid Sherman
Infinite Biomedical Technologies, LLC Neuro Division, Emerging Technology Centers, 1101 E 33rd Street, Suite A306, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
Int J Neural Syst 21:115-26. 2011..BISCOH could become a powerful tool in unraveling changes in coherence due to neuroelectric modulation resulting from drug treatment or electrical stimulation...- Validity and reliability of The Johns Hopkins Adapted Cognitive Exam for critically ill patientsJohn J Lewin
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Crit Care Med 40:139-44. 2012..To validate The Johns Hopkins Adapted Cognitive Exam designed to assess and quantify cognition in critically ill patients... - Prior statin use reduces mortality in intracerebral hemorrhageNeeraj S Naval
The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA
Neurocrit Care 8:6-12. 2008..To assess the impact of blood glucose, coagulopathy, seizures and prior statin and aspirin use on clinical outcome following intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH)... - Safety of percutaneous dilational tracheostomy in coagulopathic patientsVinciya Pandian
Percutaneous Tracheostomy Service, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 601 N Caroline St, Baltimore, MD 21287 0910, USA
Ear Nose Throat J 89:387-95. 2010..We conclude that in the hands of an experienced surgeon, PDT can be safely performed in patients with abnormal coagulation factors provided that the surgical team strictly adheres to a standardized protocol... - Controversies in neurosciences critical careJ Ricardo Carhuapoma
Neurosciences Critical Care Division, Department of Neurology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 North Wolfe Street, Mayer 8 140, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Anesthesiol Clin 25:675-85, xi. 2007..Two neurologic disease states that, in particular, continue to elicit expansive interdisciplinary debate are spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage and aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage... - Sedation and pain management in acute neurological diseaseMarek A Mirski
Neurosciences Critical Care Unit Neuroanesthesiology, The Johns Hopkins University, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Semin Neurol 28:611-30. 2008..The drug classes often selected for sedation in an intensive care unit will be reviewed as well as the metrics by which physicians can achieve their objectives in a safe manner... - Predictors of short-term mortality in patients undergoing percutaneous dilatational tracheostomyVinciya Pandian
The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Crit Care 27:420.e9-15. 2012..The purpose of the study was to identify the predictors of short-term mortality in patients undergoing percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT)... - A Bayesian framework for analyzing iEEG data from a rat model of epilepsySabato Santaniello
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2011:1435-8. 2011..5. This Bayesian strategy significantly improves over chance level and heuristically-chosen threshold-based predictors... - Neurologic injury and mechanical ventilationPaul Nyquist
Division of Neurosciences Critical Care, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Neurocrit Care 9:400-8. 2008..We will examine the consequences of ventilator management as they relate to parameters that affect ICP and brain oxygenation in patients who have neurologic injury... - Seizures and status epilepticus in the critically illMarek A Mirski
Department of Neurology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Crit Care Clin 24:115-47, ix. 2008..Convulsive status epilepticus requires emergent treatment before irreversible brain injury and severe metabolic disturbances occur... - Intensive care of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: an international surveyRobert D Stevens
Department of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Intensive Care Med 35:1556-66. 2009..Patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) are routinely admitted to the intensive care unit for the management of neurological and systemic complications... - Critical care sedation for neuroscience patientsMarek A Mirski
Neurosciences Critical Care Unit Neuroanesthesiology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
J Neurol Sci 261:16-34. 2007.... - Neurologic intensive care resource use after brain tumor surgery: an analysis of indications and alternative strategiesWendy C Ziai
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Batimore, MD, USA
Crit Care Med 31:2782-7. 2003..A prospective outcome study is required to determine feasibility, cost, and outcome of patients cared for in extended recovery and then transferred to a skilled nursing ward... - An association of prior statin use with decreased perihematomal edemaNeeraj S Naval
The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA
Neurocrit Care 8:13-8. 2008..To investigate the impact of statins on perihematomal edema following spontaneous supratentorial intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH)... - Controversies in the management of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhageNeeraj S Naval
Division of Neurosciences Critical Care, Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Crit Care Med 34:511-24. 2006..It is anticipated that the rigorous evaluation and implementation of such data will provide a basis for improvements in short- and long-term outcomes... - Target-specific catecholamine elevation induced by anticonvulsant thalamic deep brain stimulationWendy C Ziai
Division of Neurosciences Critical Care, The John s Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
Epilepsia 46:878-88. 2005.... - Glucocorticoid therapy in neurologic critical careJoao A Gomes
Neurosciences Critical Care Division, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Neurology, and Neurosurgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Crit Care Med 33:1214-24. 2005..The evidence supporting glucocorticoid therapy for spinal cord injury is controversial; however methylprednisolone continues to be widely employed in this setting... - Effect of hypertonic saline concentration on cerebral and visceral organ water in an uninjured rodent modelThomas J Toung
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Crit Care Med 36:256-61. 2008..We compared the effects of different tonicity of infused hypertonic saline on cerebral, lung, and small bowel water extraction over time under controlled conditions... - Spurious hypoxemiaAbhijit V Lele
Neurosciences Critical Care Division, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Crit Care Med 33:1854-6. 2005..Failure to recognize spurious hypoxemia can lead to unnecessary diagnostic tests and therapeutic interventions, exposing patients to avoidable risk. A diagnostic algorithm is proposed...