Original Studies

Lampert R, Jain D, Burg M, Batsford W, McPherson CA. Destabilizing effects of mental stress on ventricular arrhythmias in patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators Circulation. 2000;101:158-64.

Bernstein LH, Qamar A, McPherson C, Zarich S. Evaluating a new graphical ordinal logit method (GOLDminer) in the diagnosis of myocardial infarction utilizing clinical features and laboratory data. Yale J Biol Med 2000;72:259-

Alsous F, Khamiees M, DeGirolamo A, Amoateng-Adjepong Y,  Manthous CA.  Negative fluid balance predicts outcomes in patients with septic shock.  A retrospective pilot study.  Chest 2000; 117(6):1749-54.(accompanying editorial p. 1535)

Inayet N, Amoateng-Adjepong Y, Upadaya A, Manthous CA.  Risks for developing critical illness with gastrointestinal hemorrhage.  Chest 2000;  118:  473-478.

Zarich S, Pust-Marcone , Amoateng-Adjepong Y, Manthous CA.  Improving interobserver agreement of pulmonary artery catheter measurements.  Intensive Care Med 2000;  26; 689-703.

Case Reports

Jiang Y, Hutchinson K, Bartelloni P,  Manthous CA.  Thyroid storm presenting as multiple organ dysfunction syndrome.  Chest 2000; 118:  877-879.

Book Chapters/Review Articles

Manthous CA.  Liberation from mechanical ventilation.  Translating the science to clinical practice.  J Crit Illness 2000; 15:  208-217. 

Manthous CA.  Management of Acute Asthma:  From the emergency department to the intensive care unit.  Resident and Staff Physician 2000;  46:  11-23.

Abstracts

Dainiak, Karkanitsa LV, Shevchuk VE, Ostapenko VA, Mitskevich P, Uss A:  Correlation of patterns of expression of genes encoding pro-apoptotic proteins and cytokines with individual radiation dose to Belarusians exposed during the Chernobyl catastrophe.  (Presented at 2nd International Symposium on Chronic Radiation Exposure:  Possibilities of Biological Indication, Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation, March, 2000).

Merkulova I, Shablovsky G, Albanese J, Karkanitsa L, Kreczko S, Ostapenko V, Putyrski L, Zhavrid EA, Berger P, Dainiak N:  Ionizing radiation promotes the expansion of TH2-type cells which presist for a protracted time.  (Presented in Albuquerque, RRS, April, 2000) Radiat Res Program : # 209, 119a, 2000.

Merkulova I, Shablovsky G, Albanese J, Karkanitsa L, Kreczko S, Ostapenko V, Putyrski L, Zhavrid EA, Berger P, Dainiak N:  Ionizing radiation promotes the expansion of TH2-type cells which presist for a protracted time.  (Presented in Albuquerque, RRS, April, 2000) Radiat Res Program : # 209, 119a, 2000.

J Albanese, M Abedi, M Khamiees, N Dainiak.  Ionizing radiation alters functional activity of cell surface Fas and FasL in human bone marrow stromal cells. (Presented in Tampa, in Tampa, July, 2000) Exp Hematol 28: Suppl #1 – On Site Guide: 54a, 2000.

L Karkanitsa, P Mitskevitch, A Uss, V Ostapenko, N Dainiak. Elevated levels of cytokine gene expression in leukemic hemopoietic cells of Belorussian exposed to ionizing radiation following the Chernobyl catastrophe. (Presented in San Francisco, ASH, December 2000) Blood 96:295a, 2000.

Zarich S, Bradley K, Seymour J, Mayall I, Gali, W, Bernstein, L.  Value of Troponin T in Improving Hospital Resource Utilization in Suspected Myocardial Ischemia: A Prospective Randomized Study. Circulation 2000;102:18:2421A

Ezeldin A, Islam M, Zarich S.  Delay in Early Recognition of Aortic Dissection.Chest 2000;118:4:224S.

Gangu G, Patel A, McPherson CA. The prophylactic defibrillator: what is the “price” for sudden death protection. Chest 2000.

Alsous F, DeGirolamo A, Amoateng-Adjepong Y, Manthous CA.  Is there a diuretic phase of septic shock? Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1999; 159:  A608.

Khamiees M, Raju P, Amoateng-Adjepong Y, Manthous CA. Factors associated with extubation outcomes. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000; 161:  A792.  Poster symposium, ATS 2000.

Khamiees M, DeGirolamo A, Smelter R, Amoateng-Adjepong Y, Manthous CA. Sedatives reduce pulmonary artery occlusion pressures in critically ill patients. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000; 161:  A507. Oral presentation, ATS 2000.

Published Articles/Book Contributions

J Albanese, N Dainiak. Ionizing radiation alters Fas ligand at the surface and on exfoliated plasma membrane-derived vesicles: Implications for apoptosis and intercellular signalling in vitro. Radiat Res 153:49-61, 2000.

N Dainiak, LV Karkanitsa, VA Ostapenko, N Kroutchinsky, VE Shevchuk, G Shablovsky, Q Hamid. Correlation of levels of mRNA for interleukin-5 and individual dose of ionizing radiation in Belarusians exposed to radionclides released during the Chernobyl accident. Diagnosis and Treatment of Radiation Injury, Eds: G. Wagemaker, A. Karoglou, P. Gourmelon, J. Weiss; World Scientific, EUR 18553, 2000.

VA Ostapenko, EJ Dainiak, KL Hunting, E Sosnovskaya, V Bruhnov, YI Averkin, LV Karkanitsa, N Dainiak. Breast cancer rates among women in Belarus prior to and following the Chernobyl catastrophe. Diagnosis and Treatment of Radiation Injury, Eds: G. Wagemaker, A. Karoglou, P. Gourmelon, J. Weiss; World Scientific, EUR 18553, 2000.

N Dainiak.  Hematological complications of renal disease.  In: Hematology: Basic Principles and Practice R. Hoffman, EJ Benz, SJ Shattil, B Furie, HJ Cohea (eds) Churchill-Livingston, NY, 2000, pp. 2357-2373.

J Albanese, N Dainiak.  Regulation of TNFRSF6 (Fas) expression in Ataxia Telangiectasia cells by ionizing radiation.  Radiat Res 154: 616-624, 2000.

Other

Khamiees M, Manthous CA. In-line suction catheters may impede aerosol delivery to mechanically ventilated patients. Chest. 2000 Sep;118(3):884-5.

Manthous CA.  Toward a more thoughtful approach to fever in critically ill patients.  Chest 2000; 117:627-628.

Manthous CA, Adjepong Y. The double-edged sword of empiric antibiosis in critically ill patients.  Chest 2000; 118: 9-11.

Manthous CA. Bronchodilation in mechanically ventilated patients: How much is enough? Respir Care 2000;45:815-816.