Gordon E Carr

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• Carr, G. E. (2007). Influenza. In Critical Care: Just the Facts.(pp 185-188). McGraw-Hill.

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• Wong, C., Hsu, W., & Carr, G. E. (2015). Spectrum of critical illness in undocumented border crossers. The Arizona-Mexico border experience. Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 12(3), 410-4.
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  Approximately 150-250 migrants die each year while attempting to cross the border from Mexico to the Southwest United States. Many border crossers survive the journey, but some develop life-threatening medical complications. Such complications have been subject to little formal analysis.
• Ganesh, A., Flores, M., Oliva, I., & Carr, G. E. (2014). A 70-year-old woman with dyspnea and chest pain. Chest, 146(1), e14-8.
• Dalabih, M. R., Sobonya, R. E., Arteaga, V. A., Snyder, L. S., & Carr, G. E. (2013). A 48-year-old woman with headache and respiratory failure. Chest, 144(4), 1411-6.
• Mosier, J. M., Whitmore, S. P., Bloom, J. W., Snyder, L. S., Graham, L. A., Carr, G. E., & Sakles, J. C. (2013). Video laryngoscopy improves intubation success and reduces esophageal intubations compared to direct laryngoscopy in the medical intensive care unit. Critical care (London, England), 17(5), R237.
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  Tracheal intubation in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) can be challenging as patients often have anatomic and physiologic characteristics that make intubation particularly difficult. Video laryngoscopy (VL) has been shown to improve first attempt success compared to direct laryngoscopy (DL) in many clinical settings and may be an option for ICU intubations.
• Carr, G. E., Mokhlesi, B., & Gehlbach, B. K. (2012). Acute cardiopulmonary failure from sleep-disordered breathing. Chest, 141(3), 798-808.
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  Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) comprises a diverse set of disorders marked by abnormal respiration during sleep. Clinicians should realize that SDB may present as acute cardiopulmonary failure in susceptible patients. In this review, we discuss three clinical phenotypes of acute cardiopulmonary failure from SDB: acute ventilatory failure, acute congestive heart failure, and sudden death. We review the pathophysiologic mechanisms and recommend general principles for management. Timely recognition of, and therapy for, SDB in the setting of acute cardiopulmonary failure may improve short- and long-term outcomes.
• Carr, G. E., Yuen, T. C., McConville, J. F., Kress, J. P., VandenHoek, T. L., Hall, J. B., Edelson, D. P., & , A. H. (2012). Early cardiac arrest in patients hospitalized with pneumonia: a report from the American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines-Resuscitation Program. Chest, 141(6), 1528-36.
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  Pneumonia is the leading infectious cause of death. Early deterioration and death commonly result from progressive sepsis, shock, respiratory failure, and cardiac complications. Recent data suggest that cardiac arrest may also be common, yet few previous studies have addressed this. Accordingly, we sought to characterize early cardiac arrest in patients who are hospitalized with coexisting pneumonia.
• Mahajan, A. K., Verhoef, P., Patel, S. B., Carr, G., & Kyle Hogarth, D. (2012). Intrabronchial valves: a case series describing a minimally invasive approach to bronchopleural fistulas in medical intensive care unit patients. Journal of bronchology & interventional pulmonology, 19(2), 137-41.
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  Bronchopleural fistulas (BPF) are conditions associated with prolonged hospital course, high morbidity, and possibly increased mortality. The presence of BPFs in critically ill patients may cause difficulty in ventilation and increased oxygen requirements. Intrabronchial valves (Spiration IBV) serve as a noninvasive therapeutic option for the closure of BPFs.
• Beiser, D. G., Carr, G. E., Edelson, D. P., Peberdy, M. A., & Hoek, T. L. (2009). Derangements in blood glucose following initial resuscitation from in-hospital cardiac arrest: a report from the national registry of cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Resuscitation, 80(6), 624-30.
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  Hyperglycemia is associated with poor outcomes in critically ill patients. We examined blood glucose values following in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) to (1) characterize post-arrest glucose ranges, (2) develop outcomes-based thresholds of hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia, and (3) identify risk factors associated with post-arrest glucose derangements.
• Benner, J. P., Hilton, J., Carr, G., Robbins, K., Hudson, K., Brady, W., Schutt, R. C., Borloz, M. P., Alibertis, K., Sojka, B., & Haugh, D. (2008). Information transfer from prehospital to ED health care providers. The American journal of emergency medicine, 26(2), 233-5.
• Schulman, A. M., Claridge, J. A., Carr, G., Diesen, D. L., & Young, J. S. (2004). Predictors of patients who will develop prolonged occult hypoperfusion following blunt trauma. The Journal of trauma, 57(4), 795-800.
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  Prolonged occult hypoperfusion or POH (serum lactate >2.4 mmol/L persisting >12 hours from admission) represents a reversible risk factor for adverse outcomes following traumatic injury. We hypothesized that patients at increased risk for POH could be identified at the time of admission.