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Ville Pettilä is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland and has an extensive record of research primarily focused on fields related to medicine. Their work covers multiple subfields including nephrology, surgery, epidemiology, emergency medicine, and critical care and intensive care medicine. Through these domains, Pettilä has contributed notably to the understanding of critical health conditions and treatment protocols.

The main topics addressed in Pettilä's research encompass acute kidney injury, sepsis diagnosis and treatment, trauma, hemostasis, coagulopathy, resuscitation, as well as cardiac arrest and resuscitation. Further areas of study include hemodynamic monitoring and therapy, cardiac, anesthesia and surgical outcomes, and muscle and compartmental disorders.

Pettilä's publication record includes appearances in several journals, with frequent contributions to Intensive Care Medicine, Critical Care, Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, New England Journal of Medicine, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory). These venues underline their engagement with critical care and emergency medicine research communities.

Their recent papers illustrate a focus on important clinical trials and post hoc analyses pertaining to critical illness and intensive care therapy. Notable recent publications include:

  • Interleukin-6 Receptor Antagonists in Critically Ill Patients with Covid-19, 2021, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Timing of Initiation of Renal-Replacement Therapy in Acute Kidney Injury, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Restriction of Intravenous Fluid in ICU Patients with Septic Shock, 2022, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Neurofilament light as an outcome predictor after cardiac arrest: a post hoc analysis of the COMACARE trial, 2020, Intensive Care Medicine
  • Interleukin-6 Receptor Antagonists in Critically Ill Patients with Covid-19 - Preliminary report, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Collaboration forms an important part of Pettilä's research activities. Frequent co-authors include Suvi T. Vaara, Alistair Nichol, Rinaldo Bellomo, Marlies Ostermann, and Michael Joannidis. These collaborations have contributed significantly to their high output in intensive care and critical medicine research.

Best Publications

  • Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for 2009 Influenza A (H1N1) Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

    Andrew Davies;Daryl Jones;Michael Bailey;John Beca

  • Interleukin-6 Receptor Antagonists in Critically Ill Patients with Covid-19.

    Morris J Brown;William Alazawi;Stavroula Kanoni

  • Critical care services and 2009 H1N1 influenza in australia and new zealand.

    Steven A R Webb;Ville Yrjo Olavi Pettila;Ian M Seppelt;Rinaldo Bellomo

  • Efficacy and safety of tifacogin (recombinant tissue factor pathway inhibitor) in severe sepsis: a randomized controlled trial.

    Edward Abraham;Konrad Reinhart;Steven Opal;Ignace Demeyer

  • Lower versus Higher Hemoglobin Threshold for Transfusion in Septic Shock

    Lars B. Holst;Nicolai Haase;Jørn Wetterslev;Jan Wernerman

  • Timing of Initiation of Renal-Replacement Therapy in Acute Kidney Injury.

    Starrt-Aki Investigators

  • Acute Renal Failure After Cardiac Surgery: Evaluation of the RIFLE Classification

    Anne Kuitunen;Antti Vento;Raili Suojaranta-Ylinen;Ville Pettilä

  • Fluid challenges in intensive care: the FENICE study: A global inception cohort study

    Maurizio Cecconi;Christoph Hofer;Jean-Louis Teboul;Ville Pettila

  • Hemodynamic variables related to outcome in septic shock

    Marjut Varpula;Minna Tallgren;Katri Saukkonen;Liisa-Maria Voipio-Pulkki

  • Incidence, risk factors and 90-day mortality of patients with acute kidney injury in Finnish intensive care units: the FINNAKI study

    Sara Nisula;Kirsi-Maija Kaukonen;Suvi T. Vaara;Anna-Maija Korhonen

  • Fluid overload is associated with an increased risk for 90-day mortality in critically ill patients with renal replacement therapy: data from the prospective FINNAKI study.

    Suvi T Vaara;Anna-Maija Korhonen;Kirsi-Maija Kaukonen;Sara Nisula

  • Relative hyperlactatemia and hospital mortality in critically ill patients: a retrospective multi-centre study

    Alistair Dualta Nichol;Alistair Dualta Nichol;Moritoki Egi;Ville Yrjo Olavi Pettila;Rinaldo Bellomo;Rinaldo Bellomo

  • Serum Neuron-Specific Enolase and S-100B Protein in Cardiac Arrest Patients Treated With Hypothermia

    Marjaana Tiainen;Risto O. Roine;Ville Pettilä;Olli Takkunen

  • Renal recovery after acute kidney injury.

    L. G. Forni;L. G. Forni;M. Darmon;M. Ostermann;H. M. Oudemans-van Straaten

  • Postpartum bone mineral density in women treated for thromboprophylaxis with unfractionated heparin or LMW heparin.

    Ville Pettilä;Pekka Leinonen;Antti Markkola;Vilho Hiilesmaa

  • Restricting volumes of resuscitation fluid in adults with septic shock after initial management: the CLASSIC randomised, parallel-group, multicentre feasibility trial

    Peter B. Hjortrup;Nicolai Haase;Helle Bundgaard;Simon L. Thomsen

  • Incidence, treatment, and outcome of severe sepsis in ICU-treated adults in Finland: the Finnsepsis study

    Sari Karlsson;Marjut Varpula;Esko Ruokonen;Ville Pettilä

  • Early signs of critical illness polyneuropathy in ICU patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome or sepsis

    A. Tennilä;T. Salmi;V. Pettilä;R.O. Roine

  • Targeted Temperature Management for 48 vs 24 Hours and Neurologic Outcome After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Randomized Clinical Trial

    Hans Kirkegaard;Eldar Søreide;Inge de Haas;Ville Pettilä

  • Cell-Free Plasma DNA as a Predictor of Outcome in Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock

    Katri Saukkonen;Päivi Lakkisto;Ville Pettilä;Marjut Varpula

Frequent Co-Authors

Rinaldo Bellomo
Rinaldo Bellomo Monash University
Torbjørn Omland
Torbjørn Omland Akershus University Hospital
Michael Bailey
Michael Bailey Monash University
Jørn Wetterslev
Jørn Wetterslev Copenhagen University Hospital
Pauli Puolakkainen
Pauli Puolakkainen University of Helsinki
Ari Leppäniemi
Ari Leppäniemi University of Helsinki
Marlies Ostermann
Marlies Ostermann King's College London
Timo Sorsa
Timo Sorsa University of Helsinki
Roberto Latini
Roberto Latini Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
Yaseen M. Arabi
Yaseen M. Arabi King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences

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