Selected Recent Publications:

• Reade MC, Delaney A, Bailey MJ, Harrison DA, Yealy DM, Jones PG, Rowan KM, Bellomo R, Angus DC.  Prospective meta-analysis using individual patient data in intensive care medicine.  Intensive Care Med 2010;36(1): 11-21.
• Barnato AE, Chang CC, Farrell M, Lave J, Roberts M, Angus DC.  Is survival better at hospitals with higher "end-of-life" treatment intensity? Med Care 2010;48(2): 125-32.
• Kim MM, Barnato AE, Angus DC, Fleisher LF, Kahn JM.  The effect of multidisciplinary care teams on intensive care unit mortality. Arch Intern Med 2010;170(4): 369-76.
• Levy M, Dellinger RP, Townsend S, Linde-Zwirble WT, Marshall JC, Bion JF, Schorr C, Artigas A, Ramsay G, Beale R, Parker MM, Gerlach H , Reinhardt K, Silva E, Harvey M, Regan S, Angus DC.  The Surviving Sepsis Campaign: results of an international guideline-based performance improvement program targeting severe sepsis. Crit Care Med 2010;38(2): 367-74.
• Levy M, Dellinger RP, Townsend S, Linde-Zwirble WT, Marshall JC, Bion JF, Schorr C, Artigas A, Ramsay G, Beale R, Parker MM, Gerlach H , Reinhardt K, Silva E, Harvey M, Regan S, Angus DC.  The Surviving Sepsis Campaign: results of an international guideline-based performance improvement program targeting severe sepsis. Intensive Care Med 2010;36(2): 222-31. PMCID: PMC2826633
• Murugan R, Karajala-SubramanyamV, Lee M, Yende S, Kong L, Carter M, Angus DC, Kellum JA.  Acute kidney injury in non-severe pneumonia is associated with an increased immune response and lower survival.  Kidney Int 2010;77 (6): 527-35. PMCID: PMC2871010
• Reade MC, Huang DT, Bell D, Coats TJ, Cross AM, Moran JL, Peake SL, Singer M, Yearly DM, Angus DC.  Variability in management of early severe sepsis.  Emerg Med J 2010;27(2): 110-5.
• Angus DC, Mira JP, Vincent JL.  Improving clinical trials in the critically ill.  Crit Care Med 2010;38(2): 527-32.
• Mayr F, Angus DC, Barnato AE, Kellum JA, Milbrandt EB, Reade MC, Weissfeld LA, Wubios G, Yealy DM, Yende S,  Do hospitals provide lower quality of care to blacks for pneumonia? Crit Care Med 2010;38(3): 759-65.
• Wunsch H, Guerra C, Barnato AE, Angus DC, Li G, Linde-Zwirble WT. Three-year outcomes for Medicare beneficiaries who survive intensive care. JAMA 2010;303(9): 849-56.
• Huang DT, Clermont G, Kong L, Weissfeld LA, Sexton JB, Rowan KM, Angus DC.  Intensive care unit safety culture and outcomes: a U.S. multicenter study. Int J Qual Health Care 2010;22(3): 151-61. PMCID: PMC2868527
• Mohan D, Barnato AE, Angus DC, Rosengart MR.  Determinants of compliance with transfer guidelines for trauma patients: a retrospective analysis of CT scans acquired prior to transfer to a Level I Trauma Center.  Annals of Surgery 2010;251(5): 946-51.
• Reade MC, Weissfeld L, Angus DC, Kellum JA, Milbrandt EB.  The prevalence of anemia and its association with 90-day mortality in hospitalized community-acquired pneumonia.  BMC Pulm Med 2010;10: 15. PMCID: PMC2848211
• Mayr FB, Yende S, Linde-Zwirble WT, Peck-Palmer OM, Barnato AE, Weissfeld LA, Angus DC.  Infection rate and acute organ dysfunction risk as explanations of racial differences in severe sepsis.  JAMA 2010;303(24): 2495-503.
• Nguyen YL, Kahn JM, Angus DC.  Reorganizing adult critical care delivery: the role of regionalization, telemedicine, and community outreach.  Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2010;181(11): 1164-9.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Derek C. Angus
Phone: 412-647-8110
Email: angusdc@ccm.upmc.edu