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| David T HuangSummaryAffiliation: University of Pittsburgh Country: USA Publications
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Intensive care unit safety culture and outcomes: a US multicenter studyDavid T Huang
CRISMA Laboratory, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 3550 Terrace Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Int J Qual Health Care 22:151-61. 2010..Safety culture may influence patient outcomes, but evidence is limited. We sought to determine if intensive care unit (ICU) safety culture is independently associated with outcomes...
Critical care medicine training and certification for emergency physiciansDavid T Huang
The CRISMA Laboratory (Clinical Research, Investigation, and Systems Modeling of Acute Illness, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Crit Care Med 33:2104-9. 2005..We therefore propose that all accreditation bodies work cooperatively to create a route to CCM certification for emergency physicians who complete a critical care fellowship...- Midregional proadrenomedullin as a prognostic tool in community-acquired pneumoniaDavid T Huang
Departments of Critical Care Medicine, Clinical Research, Investigation, and Systems Modeling of Acute Illness Laboratory, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Chest 136:823-31. 2009..We sought to describe the pattern of MR-proADM in a broad CAP cohort, confirm its prognostic role, and compare its performance to procalcitonin, a novel biomarker of infection... - Perceptions of safety culture vary across the intensive care units of a single institutionDavid T Huang
CRISMA Clinical Research, Investigation, and Systems Modeling of Acute Illness Laboratory, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Crit Care Med 35:165-76. 2007..To determine whether safety culture factors varied across the intensive care units (ICUs) of a single hospital, between nurses and physicians, and to explore ICU nursing directors' perceptions of their personnel's attitudes... - Duration and magnitude of hypotension and monocyte deactivation in patients with community-acquired pneumoniaPeter M Simon
Clinical Research, Investigation, and Systems Modeling of Acute Illness Center, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Shock 36:553-9. 2011..These results suggest that persistent hypotension might contribute to immunosuppression following septic shock... 
Critical care management of patients with end-stage liver diseaseAli Al-Khafaji
Abdominal Organs Transplant Intensive Care Unit, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Crit Care Med 39:1157-66. 2011..To review the management of complications related to end-stage liver disease in the intensive care unit. The goal of this review is to address topics important to the practicing physician...- The influence of pre-existing diabetes mellitus on the host immune response and outcome of pneumonia: analysis of two multicentre cohort studiesSachin Yende
Clinical Research, Investigation, and Systems Modeling of Acute Illness CRISMA Laboratory, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Thorax 65:870-7. 2010..Although diabetes mellitus is implicated in susceptibility to infection, the association of diabetes with the subsequent course and outcome is unclear... - Variability in management of early severe sepsisMichael C Reade
CRISMA Laboratory, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA
Emerg Med J 27:110-5. 2010.... - Bench-to-bedside review: human subjects research--are more standards needed?David T Huang
CRISMA Laboratory, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 641 Scaife Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Crit Care 10:244. 2006..We conclude that what is needed are not more standards per se, but rather refinement and uniformity of current standards, and their interpretation and application both to protect human subjects and to advance medicine... - The emergency medical services safety attitudes questionnaireP Daniel Patterson
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA 15213, USA
Am J Med Qual 25:109-15. 2010..Variation in safety culture scores across EMS agencies within a single geographic area, as well as variation across respondent characteristics, warrants further investigation... - Risk prediction with procalcitonin and clinical rules in community-acquired pneumoniaDavid T Huang
Clinical Research, Investigation, and Systems Modeling of Acute Illness Laboratory, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Ann Emerg Med 52:48-58.e2. 2008..Our objective is to describe the pattern of procalcitonin in community-acquired pneumonia and determine whether procalcitonin provides prognostic information beyond the Pneumonia Severity Index and CURB-65... - Designing clinical trials in acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndromeDavid T Huang
The Clinical Research, Investigation, and Systems Modeling of Acute Illness Laboratory, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Curr Opin Crit Care 12:32-6. 2006..To review the implications of recent literature for clinical trial design in acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)... - Variation in emergency medical services workplace safety cultureP Daniel Patterson
Department of Emergency Medicine and Center for Emergency Medicine of Western Pennsylvania, Inc, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Prehosp Emerg Care 14:448-60. 2010..Workplace attitude, beliefs, and culture may impact the safety of patient care. This study characterized perceptions of safety culture in a nationwide sample of emergency medical services (EMS) agencies... - Implementation of early goal-directed therapy for severe sepsis and septic shock: A decision analysisDavid T Huang
Clinical Research, Investigation, and Systems Modeling of Acute Illness Laboratory CRISMA, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Crit Care Med 35:2090-100. 2007..However, implementation of EGDT faces several barriers, including perceived costs and logistic difficulties. We conducted a decision analysis to explore the potential costs and consequences of EGDT implementation... - Critical care medicine training and certification for emergency physiciansDavid T Huang
Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Ann Emerg Med 46:217-23. 2005..We therefore propose that all accreditation bodies work cooperatively to create a route to critical care medicine certification for emergency physicians who complete a critical care fellowship... - Clinical review: impact of emergency department care on intensive care unit costsDavid T Huang
The CRISMA Clinical Research, Investigation, and Systems Modeling of Acute Illness Laboratory, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Crit Care 8:498-502. 2004..Future critical care policies and health services research should include both the ED and ICU in their analyses...