Mara Serbanescu

Journal Article Surg Infect (Larchmt) · April 2023 The use of medical implants continues to grow as the population ages. Biofilm-related implant infection is the leading cause of medical implant failure and remains difficult to diagnose and treat. Recent technologies have enhanced our understanding of the ... Full text Link to item Cite

Impact of Intensive Care Unit Nutrition on the Microbiome and Patient Outcomes.

Journal Article Anesthesiol Clin · March 2023 The bipartite relationship between nutrition and the intestinal microbiome represents an exciting frontier in critical care medicine. In this review, the authors first address these topics independently, leading with a summary of recent clinical studies as ... Full text Link to item Cite

Anesthesia and the Gut Microbiome: Exploring the Effects of Iso"urane, Propofol, and Supplemental Oxygen in a Murine Model of General Anesthesia

Conference ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA · 2021 Cite

The Epiaortic Ultrasound Diagnosis of Iatrogenic Subadventitial Hematoma.

Journal Article A A Pract · November 2020 Iatrogenic aortic injury is a rare but potentially lethal complication of cardiac surgery. While sometimes resulting in aortic dissection or intramural hematoma, injury more frequently results in subadventitial hematoma, a more benign pathology. Here, we d ... Full text Link to item Cite

General Anesthesia Alters the Diversity and Composition of the Intestinal Microbiota in Mice.

Journal Article Anesth Analg · October 2019 Dysbiosis of the intestinal microbiota has been shown to result in altered immune responses and increased susceptibility to infection; as such, the state of the intestinal microbiome may have profound implications in the perioperative setting. In this firs ... Full text Link to item Cite

Blood utilization and mortality in victims of gun violence.

Journal Article Transfusion · October 2018 BACKGROUND: Blood transfusion can be lifesaving for patients with hemorrhage; however, transfusion requirements for victims of gun violence are poorly understood. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: In an urban, Level 1 trauma center, 23,422 trauma patients were ana ... Full text Link to item Cite

Epidural Abscess in Lemierre׳s Syndrome.

Journal Article Am J Med Sci · September 2017 Full text Link to item Cite

Attrition of memory CD8 T cells during sepsis requires LFA-1.

Journal Article J Leukoc Biol · November 2016 CD8 T cell loss and dysfunction have been implicated in the increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections during the later immunosuppressive phase of sepsis, but CD8 T cell activation and attrition in early sepsis remain incompletely understood. Wit ... Full text Link to item Cite

Chronic Alcohol Ingestion Delays T Cell Activation and Effector Function in Sepsis.

Journal Article PLoS One · 2016 Sepsis is the leading cause of death in intensive care units in the US, and it is known that chronic alcohol use is associated with higher incidence of sepsis, longer ICU stays, and higher mortality from sepsis. Both sepsis and chronic alcohol use are asso ... Full text Link to item Cite

How Does Critical Illness Alter the Gut? How Does One Manage These Alterations?

Chapter · November 26, 2015 Alterations in the gut and immune function are proposed to play an important role in the pathophysiology and progression of critical illness, especially in sepsis.1-6 Because the treatment of most aspects of critical illness is supportive, significant rese ... Cite