Sameer Shantaram Kamath

Journal Article J Liver Transpl · November 2023 BACKGROUND: Vascular thromboses (VT) are life-threatening events after pediatric liver transplantation (LT). Single-center studies have identified risk factors for intra-abdominal VT, but large-scale pediatric studies are lacking. METHODS: This multicenter ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Improving the Documentation of Penicillin Allergy Labels Among Pediatric Inpatients.

Journal Article Hosp Pediatr · September 1, 2023 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Penicillin allergy is the most common medication allergy, and the penicillin allergy label is commonly over-applied without adequate reaction history inquiry or documentation. Because penicillin allergy labels are often applied i ... Full text Link to item Cite

Critical Care and Mechanical Ventilation Practices Surrounding Liver Transplantation in Children: A Multicenter Collaborative.

Journal Article Pediatr Crit Care Med · February 1, 2023 OBJECTIVES: We aimed to determine which characteristics and management approaches were associated with postoperative invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) and with a prolonged course of IMV in children post liver transplant as well as describing the utiliz ... Full text Link to item Cite

IMPROVING PATIENT TRANSFERS OUT OF THE PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (PICU)

Conference CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE · 2023 Cite

PREDICTIVE FACTORS FOR POSTOPERATIVE MECHANICAL VENTILATION IN PEDIATRIC LIVER TRANSPLANT PATIENTS

Conference CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE · 2022 Cite

PREDICTIVE FACTORS FOR BLEEDING COMPLICATIONS IN CHILDREN POST LIVER TRANSPLANT

Conference CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE · 2021 Cite

FLUID OVERLOAD IN CRITICALLY ILL CHILDREN WITH RESPIRATORY FAILURE

Conference CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE · 2021 Cite

Cardiac arrest in the paediatric intensive care unit: defining the problem and developing solutions.

Journal Article BMJ Open Qual · December 2020 Thousands of children experience a cardiac arrest event in the hospital each year, with more than half of these patients not surviving to hospital discharge. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) depth, rate, velocity and percentage of high-quality chest com ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Physical Rehabilitation in Critically Ill Children: A Multicenter Point Prevalence Study in the United States.

Journal Article Crit Care Med · May 2020 OBJECTIVES: With decreasing mortality in PICUs, a growing number of survivors experience long-lasting physical impairments. Early physical rehabilitation and mobilization during critical illness are safe and feasible, but little is known about the prevalen ... Full text Link to item Cite

PREDICTIVE FACTORS FOR PROLONGED INVASIVE MECHANICAL VENTILATION IN CHILDREN POST LIVER TRANSPLANT

Conference HEPATOLOGY · 2020 Cite

Risk Factors for Mortality in Pediatric Postsurgical versus Medical Severe Sepsis.

Journal Article J Surg Res · October 2019 BACKGROUND: Sepsis is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality after surgery. Most studies regarding sepsis do not differentiate between patients who have had recent surgery and those without. Few data exist regarding the risk factors for poor outcomes i ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prompting Rounding Teams to Address a Daily Best Practice Checklist in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Journal Article The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety · August 2019 Full text Open Access Cite

STANDARDIZING WEANING OF HIGH-FLOW NASAL CANNULA IN THE PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT

Conference CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE · January 1, 2019 Link to item Cite

GASTRIC FEEDING ON HIGH-FLOW NASAL CANNULA IN PEDIATRIC CRITICAL CARE UNITS

Conference CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE · January 1, 2019 Link to item Cite

1315: VARIATION IN ANALGESIA/SEDATION PRACTICES BY TIME OF DAY IN A PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT

Conference Critical Care Medicine · January 2018 Full text Cite

New or Progressive Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome in Pediatric Severe Sepsis: A Sepsis Phenotype With Higher Morbidity and Mortality.

Journal Article Pediatr Crit Care Med · January 2017 OBJECTIVES: To describe the epidemiology, morbidity, and mortality of new or progressive multiple organ dysfunction syndrome in children with severe sepsis. DESIGN: Secondary analysis of a prospective, cross-sectional, point prevalence study. SETTING: Inte ... Full text Link to item Cite

Ranolazine overdose–induced seizures

Journal Article The American Journal of Emergency Medicine · December 2015 Full text Cite

Discordant identification of pediatric severe sepsis by research and clinical definitions in the SPROUT international point prevalence study.

Journal Article Crit Care · September 16, 2015 INTRODUCTION: Consensus criteria for pediatric severe sepsis have standardized enrollment for research studies. However, the extent to which critically ill children identified by consensus criteria reflect physician diagnosis of severe sepsis, which underl ... Full text Link to item Cite

Sameer Shantaram Kamath

Selected Publications

Vascular thrombosis after pediatric liver transplantation: Is prevention achievable?