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Ayumi Shintani is affiliated with Vanderbilt University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine with a focus on several specialized areas. Their research encompasses epidemiology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, nephrology, oncology, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. The body of work includes a total of 314 publications across these domains.

The subfields most prominently represented in their research include:

  • Epidemiology
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Nephrology
  • Oncology
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

Major topics covered by Shintani's work address clinical and therapeutic aspects such as:

  • Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments
  • Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
  • Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Respiratory Viral Infections Research

Their recent publications include:

  • A Prospective, Randomized, Open-Label Trial of Early versus Late Favipiravir Therapy in Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19, 2020, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
  • Effect of Empagliflozin as an Add-On Therapy on Decongestion and Renal Function in Patients With Diabetes Hospitalized for Acute Decompensated Heart Failure, 2021, Circulation Heart Failure
  • Gut Dysbiosis Associated with Antibiotics and Disease Severity and Its Relation to Mortality in Critically Ill Patients, 2021, Digestive Diseases and Sciences
  • Effects of ipragliflozin on left ventricular diastolic function in patients with type 2 diabetes and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: The EXCEED randomized controlled multicenter study, 2022, Geriatrics and Gerontology International
  • Oxidative Stress and Inflammation as Predictors of Mortality and Cardiovascular Events in Hemodialysis Patients: The DREAM Cohort, 2020, Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis

Shintani frequently publishes in several venues, including:

  • Research Square
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis

Their research efforts often involve collaboration with several co-authors. The most frequent co-authors include:

  • Daijiro Kabata
  • Hisako Yoshida
  • Takumi Imai
  • Ryota Kawai
  • Yasutaka Ihara

Best Publications

  • Delirium as a predictor of mortality in mechanically ventilated patients in the intensive care unit

    E. Wesley Ely;Ayumi Shintani;Brenda Truman;Theodore Speroff

  • Monitoring sedation status over time in ICU patients: reliability and validity of the Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale (RASS).

    E. Wesley Ely;Brenda Truman;Ayumi Shintani;Jason W. W. Thomason

  • Efficacy and safety of a paired sedation and ventilator weaning protocol for mechanically ventilated patients in intensive care (Awakening and Breathing Controlled trial): a randomised controlled trial

    Timothy D Girard;John P Kress;Barry D Fuchs;Jason W W Thomason

  • Effect of Sedation With Dexmedetomidine vs Lorazepam on Acute Brain Dysfunction in Mechanically Ventilated Patients: The MENDS Randomized Controlled Trial

    Pratik P. Pandharipande;Brenda T. Pun;Daniel L. Herr;Mervyn Maze

  • Lorazepam is an independent risk factor for transitioning to delirium in intensive care unit patients.

    Pratik Pandharipande;Ayumi Shintani;Josh Peterson;Brenda Truman Pun

  • Delirium as a predictor of long-term cognitive impairment in survivors of critical illness

    Timothy D. Girard;James C. Jackson;Pratik P. Pandharipande;Brenda T. Pun

  • Long-Term Cognitive Impairment After Critical Illness

    Pratik P. Pandharipande;Timothy D. Girard;James C. Jackson;Alessandro Morandi

  • Premature coronary-artery atherosclerosis in systemic lupus erythematosus.

    Yu Asanuma;Annette Oeser;Ayumi K. Shintani;Elizabeth Turner

  • Costs associated with delirium in mechanically ventilated patients.

    Eric B. Milbrandt;Stephen Deppen;Patricia L. Harrison;Ayumi K. Shintani

  • Delirium and its motoric subtypes: A study of 614 critically ill patients.

    Josh F. Peterson;Brenda T. Pun;Robert S. Dittus;Jason W. W. Thomason

  • Intensive care unit delirium is an independent predictor of longer hospital stay: a prospective analysis of 261 non-ventilated patients

    Jason W W Thomason;Ayumi Shintani;Josh F Peterson;Brenda T Pun

  • Prevalence and risk factors for development of delirium in surgical and trauma intensive care unit patients

    Pratik Pandharipande;Bryan A. Cotton;Ayumi Shintani;Jennifer Thompson

  • Depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and functional disability in survivors of critical illness in the BRAIN-ICU study: a longitudinal cohort study

    James C Jackson;Pratik P Pandharipande;Pratik P Pandharipande;Timothy D Girard;Timothy D Girard;Nathan E Brummel

  • Association of numeracy and diabetes control

    Kerri Cavanaugh;Mary Margaret Huizinga;Kenneth A. Wallston;Tebeb Gebretsadik

  • Delirium Duration and Mortality in Lightly Sedated, Mechanically Ventilated Intensive Care Patients

    Yahya Shehabi;Richard R. Riker;Paula M. Bokesch;Wayne Wisemandle

  • Feasibility, efficacy, and safety of antipsychotics for intensive care unit delirium: The MIND randomized, placebo-controlled trial

    Timothy D. Girard;Timothy D. Girard;Pratik P. Pandharipande;Pratik P. Pandharipande;Shannon S. Carson;Gregory A. Schmidt

  • Increased coronary-artery atherosclerosis in rheumatoid arthritis: relationship to disease duration and cardiovascular risk factors.

    Cecilia P. Chung;Annette Oeser;Paolo Raggi;Tebeb Gebretsadik

  • Influence of patient literacy on the effectiveness of a primary care-based diabetes disease management program.

    Russell L. Rothman;Russell L. Rothman;Darren A. DeWalt;Robb Malone;Betsy Bryant

  • Six-month neuropsychological outcome of medical intensive care unit patients.

    James C. Jackson;Robert P. Hart;Sharon M. Gordon;Ayumi Shintani

  • Effect of dexmedetomidine versus lorazepam on outcome in patients with sepsis: an a priori-designed analysis of the MENDS randomized controlled trial

    Pratik P Pandharipande;Robert D Sanders;Timothy D Girard;Timothy D Girard;Stuart McGrane

Frequent Co-Authors

E. Wesley Ely
E. Wesley Ely Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Pratik P. Pandharipande
Pratik P. Pandharipande Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Robert S. Dittus
Robert S. Dittus Vanderbilt University Medical Center
C. Michael Stein
C. Michael Stein Vanderbilt University Medical Center
T. Alp Ikizler
T. Alp Ikizler Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Paolo Raggi
Paolo Raggi University of Alberta
John F. Schnelle
John F. Schnelle Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Gordon R. Bernard
Gordon R. Bernard Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Lorraine B. Ware
Lorraine B. Ware Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Timothy R. Sterling
Timothy R. Sterling Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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