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Patrick M. Kochanek is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, with significant contributions to subfields such as Neurology, Emergency Medicine, Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, and Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics related to Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances, Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation, and Traumatic Brain Injury Research. Other prominent topics include Neonatal and fetal brain pathology, Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders, Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment, as well as Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research.

Patrick M. Kochanek has published numerous papers in several frequent venues, including:

  • Critical Care Medicine
  • Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
  • Journal of Neurotrauma
  • Neurocritical Care
  • Resuscitation

Recent papers associated with this researcher include:

  • Development and Reporting of Prediction Models: Guidance for Authors From Editors of Respiratory, Sleep, and Critical Care Journals (2020) in Critical Care Medicine
  • Blood Biomarkers for Detection of Brain Injury in COVID-19 Patients (2020) in Journal of Neurotrauma
  • Global Consortium Study of Neurological Dysfunction in COVID-19 (GCS-NeuroCOVID): Study Design and Rationale (2020) in Neurocritical Care
  • Sustained Dysbiosis and Decreased Fecal Short-Chain Fatty Acids after Traumatic Brain Injury and Impact on Neurologic Outcome (2021) in Journal of Neurotrauma
  • Comparison of Intracranial Pressure Measurements Before and After Hypertonic Saline or Mannitol Treatment in Children With Severe Traumatic Brain Injury (2022) in JAMA Network Open

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Ericka L. Fink (40 publications)
  • Robert S. B. Clark (38 publications)
  • Keri Janesko-Feldman (36 publications)
  • Dennis Simon (32 publications)
  • Ruchira M. Jha (29 publications)

Best Publications

  • Mild therapeutic hypothermia to improve the neurologic outcome after cardiac arrest

    Michael Holzer;Fritz Sterz;J. M. Darby;S. A. Padosch

  • Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury with Moderate Hypothermia

    Donald W. Marion;Louis E. Penrod;Sheryl F. Kelsey;Walter D. Obrist

  • Clinical trials in head injury

    Raj K. Narayan;Mary Ellen Michel;Beth Ansell;Alex Baethmann

  • The far-reaching scope of neuroinflammation after traumatic brain injury

    Dennis W. Simon;Mandy J. McGeachy;Hülya Bayır;Robert S. B. Clark

  • Polymorphonuclear leukocytes and monocytes/macrophages in the pathogenesis of cerebral ischemia and stroke.

    P M Kochanek;J M Hallenbeck

  • Guidelines for the acute medical management of severe traumatic brain injury in infants, children, and adolescents--second edition.

    Patrick M Kochanek;Nancy Carney;P David Adelson;Stephen Ashwal

  • Guidelines for the acute medical management of severe traumatic brain injury in infants, children, and adolescents

    Nancy A. Carney;Randall Chesnut;Patrick M. Kochanek

  • Polymorphonuclear leukocyte accumulation in brain regions with low blood flow during the early postischemic period.

    J M Hallenbeck;A J Dutka;T Tanishima;P M Kochanek

  • Traumatic brain injuries.

    Kaj Blennow;David L. Brody;Patrick M. Kochanek;Harvey Levin

  • Inflicted Childhood Neurotrauma: New Insight into The Detection, Pathobiology, Prevention, and Treatment of Our Youngest Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury

    Patrick M. Kochanek;Rachel P. Berger;Susan S. Margulies;Larry W. Jenkins

  • Cytochrome c/cardiolipin relations in mitochondria: a kiss of death

    Valerian E. Kagan;Hülya A. Bayır;Natalia A. Belikova;Olexandr Kapralov

  • Caspase-3 mediated neuronal death after traumatic brain injury in rats.

    R. S. B. Clark;P. M. Kochanek;S. C. Watkins;Minzhi Chen

  • Effects of hypothermia on drug disposition, metabolism, and response: A focus of hypothermia-mediated alterations on the cytochrome P450 enzyme system.

    Michael A. Tortorici;Patrick M. Kochanek;Samuel M. Poloyac

  • Guidelines for the acute medical management of severe traumatic brain injury in infants, children, and adolescents. Chapter 1: Introduction.

    P David Adelson;Susan L Bratton;Nancy A Carney;Randall M Chesnut

  • One-year study of spatial memory performance, brain morphology, and cholinergic markers after moderate controlled cortical impact in rats.

    C.E. Dixon;P.M. Kochanek;H.Q. Yan;J.K. Schiding

  • Neutrophil Accumulation After Traumatic Brain Injury in Rats: Comparison of Weight Drop and Controlled Cortical Impact Models

    Robert S.B. Clark;Joanne K. Schiding;Susan L. Kaczorowski;Donald W. Marion

  • Innate gender-based proclivity in response to cytotoxicity and programmed cell death pathway.

    Lina Du;Hülya Bayir;Yichen Lai;Xiaopeng Zhang

  • Intra-mitochondrial Poly(ADP-ribosylation) Contributes to NAD+ Depletion and Cell Death Induced by Oxidative Stress *

    Lina Du;Xiaopeng Zhang;Yong Y. Han;Nancy A. Burke

  • Pathophysiology and treatment of cerebral edema in traumatic brain injury.

    Ruchira M. Jha;Patrick M. Kochanek;J. Marc Simard

  • Increases in Bcl-2 and cleavage of caspase-1 and caspase-3 in human brain after head injury

    R. S. B. Clark;P. M. Kochanek;Minzhi Chen;S. C. Watkins

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert S. B. Clark
Robert S. B. Clark University of Pittsburgh
Hülya Bayır
Hülya Bayır University of Pittsburgh
Donald W. Marion
Donald W. Marion United States Army Research Laboratory
C. Edward Dixon
C. Edward Dixon University of Pittsburgh
Stephen R. Wisniewski
Stephen R. Wisniewski University of Pittsburgh
Edwin K. Jackson
Edwin K. Jackson University of Pittsburgh
Susan L. Bratton
Susan L. Bratton University of Utah
Steven H. Graham
Steven H. Graham University of Pittsburgh
Valerian E. Kagan
Valerian E. Kagan University of Pittsburgh
Steven T. DeKosky
Steven T. DeKosky University of Florida

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