Selected Recent Publications:

• Hravnak M, DeVita MA, Clontz A, Edwards L, Valenta C, Pinsky MR. Cardiorespiratory instability before and after implementing an integrated monitoring system. Crit Care Med 39(1); 65-72, 2011.
• Hadian M, Severyn D, Pinsky MR. The effects of vasoactive drugs on pulse pressure and stroke volume variation in post-operative ventilated patients. J Crit Care 2010(doi:10/10-1016/j.jcrc.2010.08.018). (NIHMSID 249831)
• Geerts BF, Maas JJ, Lagrand WK, Aarts LP, Pinsky MR, Jansen JRC. Partitioning the resistances along the vascular tree: effects of dobutamine and hypovolemia in piglets with an intact circulation. J Clin Monit Comp 24:377-384, 2010 (doi:10.1007/s10877-010-9258-9).
• Hadian M, Kim H, Severyn DA, Pinsky MR. Cross-comparison of cardiac output trending accuracy of LiDCO, PiCCO FloTrac and pulmonary artery catheters  Crit Care 14(6): R212, 2010 (doi:10.1186/cc9335).
•  Pinsky MR. Complexity modeling: Identifying instability early. in: Singer M & Matthay MA (eds.) Thinking outside the box: Proceedings of a Round Table Conference in Brussels, Belgium, March 2010. Crit Care Med 38(10): S649-S655, 2010.
• Vincent JL, Singer M, Marini JJ, Moreno R, Levy M, Matthay MA, Pinsky MR, Rhodes A, Ferguson N, Evans T, Annane D, Hall JB. Thirty years of critical care medicine. Crit Care 14(5): 310, 2010 (doi:10.1186/cc8979).
• Schwartzman D, Johnson L, Tanaka H, Ota T, Gorcsan J III, Lamia B, Pinsky MR, Shroff SG. Dynamic and site-specific impact of ventricular pacing on left ventricular ejection fraction. Heart Rhythm 7: 813-819, 2010.
• Van Pelt DC, Schulz R, Chelluri L, Pinsky MR. Patient-specific, time-varying predictors of post-ICU caregiver burden: The caregiver-outcomes after ICU discharge project. Chest 137(1): 88-94, 2010.(NIHMS256450)
• Lamia B, Tanabe M, Kim HK, Gorcsan III J, Pinsky MR. Quantifying the role of regional dyssynchrony on global ventricular performance. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2(12): 1350-1356, 2009. (PMCID: PMC2818995)
• Namas N, Ghuma A, Torres A, Polanco P, Gomez H, Barclay D, Gordon L, Zenker S, Hermus L, Zamora R, Rosengart MR, Clermont G, Peitzman A, Billiar TR, Ochoa J, Pinsky MR, Puyana JC, Vodovotz Y. Robustness of early inflammation may predispose to survival following trauma/hemorrhage. PLos One Medicine 4(12): e8406, 2009. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008406. (PMCID: PMC2794373)
• Gomez H, Mesquida J, Simon P, Kim HK, Puyana JC, Ince C, Pinsky MR. Characterization of StO2 and VOT: Influence of measurement sites, probe sizes and deflation thresholds. Crit Care 13 (Suppl 5): S3 (doi:10.1186/cc8001), 2009 (PMCID: PMC2786105)
• Simon M, Deible C, Mathier M, Shroff S, Pinsky MR, Lopez-Candales A. Tissue Doppler imaging of right ventricular decompensation in pulmonary hypertension. Congestive Heart Failure 15(6): 271-276, 2009. (PMCID: PMC2884997)
• Simon MA, Mathier M, Deible C, Madan S, Goitein O, Lacomis J, Shroff SG, Pinsky MR. Phenotyping the right ventricle in patients with pulmonary hypertension. Clin Translat Sci 2 (4):294-299, 2009. (PMCID: PMC2907237)
• Alhammouri M, Kim HK, Mokhtar Y, Cannesson M, Tanabe M, Gorcsan III J, Schwartzman D, Pinsky MR. Effects of different left ventricular pacing sites on contractile synchrony and cardiac performance. Crit Care & Shock 12: 67-84, 2009. (NIHMS256444)
• Maas JJ, Geerts BF, de Wilde RBC, van den Berg PCM, Pinsky MR, Jansen JRC. Assessment of venous return curve and mean systemic filling pressure in post-operative cardiac surgery patients. Crit Care Med 37(3): 912-918, 2009.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Michael R. Pinsky, M.D
Phone: 412-647-5387
Email: pinskymr@upmc.edu