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Overview

David L. Wessel is affiliated with George Washington University in the United States. Their research is situated predominantly in the field of Medicine, with a notable focus on several subfields including Epidemiology, Emergency Medicine, Biomedical Engineering, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their work spans multiple topics in critical care and pediatric medicine. Key research areas include Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation, Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment, Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices, Congenital Heart Disease Studies, Kawasaki Disease and Coronary Complications, COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction, and Respiratory Support and Mechanisms.

Frequent publication venues for this scientist include Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Critical Care, Circulation, and Resuscitation.

Regular collaborators in their work consist of Kathleen L. Meert, Joseph A. Carcillo, Murray M. Pollack, Ron Reeder, and Robert A. Berg.

Recent papers by David L. Wessel illustrate a focus on pediatric and critical care topics, including:

  • Severe Coronavirus Disease-2019 in Children and Young Adults in the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Region (2020), The Journal of Pediatrics
  • Trajectory of Mortality and Health-Related Quality of Life Morbidity Following Community-Acquired Pediatric Septic Shock* (2020), Critical Care Medicine
  • Comparison of Clinical Features of COVID-19 vs Seasonal Influenza A and B in US Children (2020), JAMA Network Open
  • Association of Maternal Psychological Distress With In Utero Brain Development in Fetuses With Congenital Heart Disease (2020), JAMA Pediatrics
  • Characteristics and Clinical Outcomes of Children and Adolescents Aged <18 Years Hospitalized with COVID-19 - Six Hospitals, United States, July-August 2021 (2021), MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Best Publications

  • Postoperative Course and Hemodynamic Profile After the Arterial Switch Operation in Neonates and Infants A Comparison of Low-Flow Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Circulatory Arrest

    Gil Wernovsky;David Wypij;Richard A. Jonas;John E. Mayer

  • Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension: Guidelines From the American Heart Association and American Thoracic Society

    Steven H. Abman;Georg Hansmann;Stephen L. Archer;D. Dunbar Ivy

  • Efficacy and Safety of Milrinone in Preventing Low Cardiac Output Syndrome in Infants and Children After Corrective Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease

    Timothy M. Hoffman;Gil Wernovsky;Andrew M. Atz;Thomas J. Kulik

  • A Comparison of the Perioperative Neurologic Effects of Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest versus Low-Flow Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Infant Heart Surgery

    Jane W. Newburger;Richard A. Jonas;Gil Wernovsky;David Wypij

  • Gamma-globulin treatment of acute myocarditis in the pediatric population.

    N A Drucker;S D Colan;A B Lewis;A S Beiser

  • Use of inhaled nitric oxide and acetylcholine in the evaluation of pulmonary hypertension and endothelial function after cardiopulmonary bypass.

    D L Wessel;I Adatia;T M Giglia;J E Thompson

  • Severe Coronavirus Disease-2019 in Children and Young Adults in the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Region.

    Roberta L. DeBiasi;Xiaoyan Song;Meghan Delaney;Michael Bell

  • A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Dose-Ranging Study of Oral Sildenafil Citrate in Treatment-Naive Children With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

    Robyn J. Barst;D. Dunbar Ivy;Guillermo Gaitan;Andras Szatmari

  • Sildenafil ameliorates effects of inhaled nitric oxide withdrawal.

    Andrew M. Atz;David L. Wessel

  • Mechanical circulatory support for the treatment of children with acute fulminant myocarditis.

    Brian W. Duncan;Desmond J. Bohn;Andrew M. Atz;James W. French

  • Pediatric intensive care outcomes: development of new morbidities during pediatric critical care.

    Murray M. Pollack;Richard Holubkov;Tomohiko Funai;Amy Clark

  • Milrinone: Systemic and pulmonary hemodynamic effects in neonates after cardiac surgery

    Anthony C. Chang;Andrew M. Atz;Gil Wernovsky;Redmond P. Burke

  • Factors Associated with Bleeding and Thrombosis in Children Receiving Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.

    Heidi J. Dalton;Ron Reeder;Pamela Garcia-Filion;Richard Holubkov

  • Perioperative effects of alpha-stat versus ph-stat strategies for deep hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass in infants ☆ ☆☆ ★ ★★ ♢

    Adre J. du Plessis;Richard A. Jonas;David Wypij;Paul R. Hickey

  • Length of stay after infant heart surgery is related to cognitive outcome at age 8 years

    Jane W. Newburger;David Wypij;David C. Bellinger;Adre J. du Plessis

  • Intravenous sildenafil in the treatment of neonates with persistent pulmonary hypertension.

    Robin H. Steinhorn;John P. Kinsella;Christine Pierce;Ghazwan Butrous

  • Duration of complete atrioventricular block after congenital heart disease surgery.

    S N Weindling;J P Saul;W J Gamble;J E Mayer

  • Mechanical circulatory support in children with cardiac disease.

    Brian W. Duncan;Viktor Hraska;Richard A. Jonas;David L. Wessel

  • Blunting of stress responses in the pulmonary circulation of infants by fentanyl.

    Hickey Pr;Hansen Dd;Wessel Dl;Lang P

  • Repair of truncus arteriosus in the neonate.

    Frank L. Hanley;Markus K. Heinemann;Richard A. Jonas;John E. Mayer

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert A. Berg
Robert A. Berg Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Joseph A. Carcillo
Joseph A. Carcillo University of Pittsburgh
Richard Holubkov
Richard Holubkov University of Utah
Richard A. Jonas
Richard A. Jonas Children’s National Health System
Thomas P. Shanley
Thomas P. Shanley University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
John E. Mayer
John E. Mayer Boston Children's Hospital
Gil Wernovsky
Gil Wernovsky Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Peter C. Laussen
Peter C. Laussen Boston Children's Hospital
Jane W. Newburger
Jane W. Newburger Boston Children's Hospital
James E. Lock
James E. Lock Stanford University

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