Jennifer A Frontera

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Affiliation: Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Metabolic encephalopathies in the critical care unit
    Jennifer A Frontera
    Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, One Gustave Levy Place, Box 1136, New York, NY 10029, USA
    Continuum (Minneap Minn) 18:611-39. 2012
  2. ncbi Clinical response to hypertensive hypervolemic therapy and outcome after subarachnoid hemorrhage
    Jennifer A Frontera
    Departments of Neurosurgery and Neurology, Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave Levy Place, Box 1136, New York, NY 10029, USA
    Neurosurgery 66:35-41; discussion 41. 2010
  3. ncbi How I manage the adult potential organ donor: donation after cardiac death (part 2)
    Jennifer A Frontera
    Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City, NY, USA
    Neurocrit Care 12:111-6. 2010
  4. ncbi How I manage the adult potential organ donor: donation after neurological death (part 1)
    Jennifer A Frontera
    Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    Neurocrit Care 12:103-10. 2010
  5. ncbi Defining vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage: what is the most clinically relevant definition?
    Jennifer A Frontera
    Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, One Gustave Levy Place, Box 1136, New York, NY 10029, USA
    Stroke 40:1963-8. 2009
  6. ncbi Cardiac arrhythmias after subarachnoid hemorrhage: risk factors and impact on outcome
    Jennifer A Frontera
    Neurological Intensive Care Unit, Department of Neurosurgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
    Cerebrovasc Dis 26:71-8. 2008
  7. ncbi Impact of nosocomial infectious complications after subarachnoid hemorrhage
    Jennifer A Frontera
    Department of Neurosurgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
    Neurosurgery 62:80-7; discussion 87. 2008
  8. ncbi Contrast-induced neurotoxicity and selective cortical injury
    Jennifer A Frontera
    Department of Neurosurgery and Neurology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 10029, USA
    Cerebrovasc Dis 24:148-51. 2007
  9. ncbi Neurological management of fulminant hepatic failure
    Jennifer A Frontera
    Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit, Department of Neurosurgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave Levy Place, P O Box 1136, New York, NY 10029, USA
    Neurocrit Care 14:318-27. 2011
  10. ncbi Recurrent vasospasm after endovascular treatment in subarachnoid hemorrhage
    Jennifer A Frontera
    Departments of Neurosurgery and Neurology, Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    Acta Neurochir Suppl 110:117-22. 2011

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  1. ncbi Metabolic encephalopathies in the critical care unit
    Jennifer A Frontera
    Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, One Gustave Levy Place, Box 1136, New York, NY 10029, USA
    Continuum (Minneap Minn) 18:611-39. 2012
    ..This article summarizes the most common etiologies and approaches to management of metabolic encephalopathy...
  2. ncbi Clinical response to hypertensive hypervolemic therapy and outcome after subarachnoid hemorrhage
    Jennifer A Frontera
    Departments of Neurosurgery and Neurology, Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave Levy Place, Box 1136, New York, NY 10029, USA
    Neurosurgery 66:35-41; discussion 41. 2010
    ..Hypertensive hypervolemic therapy is widely used to treat symptomatic vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage. Few data exist to support a relationship between early clinical response and mortality or functional outcome...
  3. ncbi How I manage the adult potential organ donor: donation after cardiac death (part 2)
    Jennifer A Frontera
    Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City, NY, USA
    Neurocrit Care 12:111-6. 2010
    ..Early transplantation from DCD donors met with limited success and most transplant surgeons turned to brain-dead donors. Consequently, DCD fell out of vogue and, until recently, has not been the focus of transplant initiatives...
  4. ncbi How I manage the adult potential organ donor: donation after neurological death (part 1)
    Jennifer A Frontera
    Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    Neurocrit Care 12:103-10. 2010
    ..Since each potential donor could save seven lives or more, nihilism in the care of such patients can have far reaching ramifications. This article describes intensive care management practices that can optimize organ donation...
  5. ncbi Defining vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage: what is the most clinically relevant definition?
    Jennifer A Frontera
    Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, One Gustave Levy Place, Box 1136, New York, NY 10029, USA
    Stroke 40:1963-8. 2009
    ..Vasospasm is an important complication of subarachnoid hemorrhage, but is variably defined in the literature...
  6. ncbi Cardiac arrhythmias after subarachnoid hemorrhage: risk factors and impact on outcome
    Jennifer A Frontera
    Neurological Intensive Care Unit, Department of Neurosurgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
    Cerebrovasc Dis 26:71-8. 2008
    ..Serious cardiac arrhythmias have been described in approximately 5% of patients after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). The aim of this study was to identify the frequency, risk factors and clinical impact of cardiac arrhythmia after SAH...
  7. ncbi Impact of nosocomial infectious complications after subarachnoid hemorrhage
    Jennifer A Frontera
    Department of Neurosurgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
    Neurosurgery 62:80-7; discussion 87. 2008
    ..The aim of this study is to quantify the prevalence, risk factors, and effect on the outcome of nosocomial infectious complications in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH)...
  8. ncbi Contrast-induced neurotoxicity and selective cortical injury
    Jennifer A Frontera
    Department of Neurosurgery and Neurology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 10029, USA
    Cerebrovasc Dis 24:148-51. 2007
  9. ncbi Neurological management of fulminant hepatic failure
    Jennifer A Frontera
    Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit, Department of Neurosurgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave Levy Place, P O Box 1136, New York, NY 10029, USA
    Neurocrit Care 14:318-27. 2011
    ..Appropriate management of multi-system organ failure and neurological complications are essential in bridging patients to transplant and ensuring satisfactory outcomes...
  10. ncbi Recurrent vasospasm after endovascular treatment in subarachnoid hemorrhage
    Jennifer A Frontera
    Departments of Neurosurgery and Neurology, Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    Acta Neurochir Suppl 110:117-22. 2011
    ..the frequency and predictors of recurrent symptomatic and angiographic vasospasm after angioplasty or intra-arterial chemical vasodilatation (IACV) in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) are not well characterized...
  11. ncbi Delirium and sedation in the ICU
    Jennifer A Frontera
    Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit, Departments of Neurosurgery and Neurology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave Levy Place, Box 1136, New York, NY 10029, USA
    Neurocrit Care 14:463-74. 2011
    ..Identifying the underlying etiology of delirium is critical to developing treatment paradigms...
  12. ncbi National trend in prevalence, cost, and discharge disposition after subdural hematoma from 1998-2007
    Jennifer A Frontera
    Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit, Department of Neurosurgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    Crit Care Med 39:1619-25. 2011
    ..S. population, little has been published in the last 10 yrs. This study aimed to determine national trends in prevalence, discharge disposition, length of stay, and cost of subdural hematoma over time...
  13. ncbi Trend in outcome and financial impact of subdural hemorrhage
    Jennifer A Frontera
    Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit, Department of Neurosurgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave Levy Place, Box 1136, New York, NY USA
    Neurocrit Care 14:260-6. 2011
    ..We sought to examine predictors of discharge disposition, ICU and hospital LOS and direct, indirect, ICU, surgical, and diagnostic costs for SDH...
  14. ncbi Impact of medical complications on outcome after subarachnoid hemorrhage
    Katja E Wartenberg
    Clinical Neuropsychology, New York Presbyterian Hospital, and Stroke and Critical Care, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
    Crit Care Med 34:617-23; quiz 624. 2006
    ..Critical care strategies directed at maintaining normothermia, normoglycemia, and prevention of anemia may improve outcome after SAH...
  15. ncbi Left ventricular dysfunction and cerebral infarction from vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage
    Richard E Temes
    Neurological Intensive Care Unit, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
    Neurocrit Care 13:359-65. 2010
    ..We investigated the influence of left ventricular (LV) dysfunction and cerebral vasospasm on cerebral infarction, serious cardiovascular events, and functional outcome after SAH...
  16. ncbi Predictors of global cognitive impairment 1 year after subarachnoid hemorrhage
    Mellanie V Springer
    Department of Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA
    Neurosurgery 65:1043-50; discussion 1050-1. 2009
    ..We sought to determine the frequency, risk factors, and impact on functional outcome and quality of life (QOL) of global cognitive impairment 1 year after subarachnoid hemorrhage...
  17. ncbi Prediction of symptomatic vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage: the modified fisher scale
    Jennifer A Frontera
    Department of Neurology, Neurological Intensive Care Unit, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, USA
    Neurosurgery 59:21-7; discussion 21-7. 2006
    ..CONCLUSION: The modified Fisher scale, which accounts for thick cisternal and ventricular blood, predicts symptomatic vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage more accurately than original Fisher scale...
  18. ncbi Hyperglycemia after SAH: predictors, associated complications, and impact on outcome
    Jennifer A Frontera
    Department of Neurology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
    Stroke 37:199-203. 2006
    ..17 per mmol/L; 95% CI 1.07 to 1.28, P<0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Hyperglycemia after SAH is associated with serious hospital complications, increased intensive care unit length of stay, and an increased risk of death or severe disability...
  19. ncbi Prognostic significance of continuous EEG monitoring in patients with poor-grade subarachnoid hemorrhage
    Jan Claassen
    Division of Stroke and Critical Care Neurology, Department of Neurology, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Neurocrit Care 4:103-12. 2006
    ..The objective of this study was to determine if continuous electroencephalogram (cEEG) monitoring results are predictive of 3-month outcome in critically ill patients with SAH...
  20. ncbi Management of subarachnoid hemorrhage with intracerebral hematoma: clipping and clot evacuation versus coil embolization followed by clot evacuation
    Kenneth De Los Reyes
    Department of Neurosurgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10010, USA
    J Neurointerv Surg 5:99-103. 2013
    ..The aim of this study was to determine if aneurysm coiling followed by ICH evacuation is a viable alternative treatment...
  21. ncbi Vasospasm and cerebral infarction following isolated intraventricular hemorrhage
    Elizabeth Gerard
    Division of Stroke and Critical Care Neurology, Neurological Institute, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 710 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Neurocrit Care 7:257-9. 2007
    ..The role of intraventricular hemorrhage in vasospasm is more controversial...
  22. ncbi Acute trismus associated with Foix-Marie-Chavany syndrome
    Jennifer A Frontera
    Division of Stroke and Neurocritical Care, Department of Neurology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
    Neurology 66:454-5. 2006
  23. ncbi Impact of interhospital transfer on complications and outcome after intracranial hemorrhage
    Ashley R Catalano
    Department of Neurosurgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave Levy Place, Box 1136, New York, NY 10029, USA
    Neurocrit Care 17:324-33. 2012
    ..Interhospital transfer of patients with intracranial hemorrhage can offer improved care, but may be associated with complications...
  24. ncbi Seizures after Onyx embolization for the treatment of cerebral arteriovenous malformation
    K De Los Reyes
    Department of Neurosurgery and Neurology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    Interv Neuroradiol 17:331-8. 2011
    ..New onset seizures post-Onyx embolization are not uncommon. Further study of seizure prevention is warranted...