Professor, Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Internal Medicine

Dr. Joseph M. Darby, MD

Joseph M. Darby works in the field of Internal Medicine. He attended University of Illinois College of Medicine. Joseph M. Darby is a published doctor and has 48 publications published. The lastest was: 'Utilization and diagnostic yield of blood cultures in a surgical intensive care unit.' Joseph M. Darby is registered with Medicare.

Publications

Medication errors during medical emergencies in a large, tertiary care, academic medical center.
Comparison of semi-quantitative endotracheal aspirates to quantitative non-bronchoscopic bronchoalveolar lavage in diagnosing ventilator-associated pneumonia.
Induced normothermia attenuates intracranial hypertension and reduces fever burden after severe traumatic brain injury.
Levetiracetam versus phenytoin for seizure prophylaxis in severe traumatic brain injury.
MRI is unnecessary to clear the cervical spine in obtunded/comatose trauma patients: the four-year experience of a level I trauma center.
Comment on article by Ahmed and Cheng-Robles.
Proposed treatment guidelines for donor care.
Utilization and diagnostic yield of blood cultures in a surgical intensive care unit.
Management options in fulminant hepatic failure.
Intensive care of the cardiac transplant recipient.
Brainstem death with persistent EEG activity: evaluation by xenon-enhanced computed tomography.
Analysis of major complications associated with arterial catheterisation.
Xenon-enhanced computed tomography in brain death.
Relationship of cerebral blood flow and cerebral swelling to outcome in patients with acute fulminant hepatic failure.
Candida mediastinitis and septic shock following occult esophageal perforation in a patient with posttraumatic quadriplegia.
The effect of hypothermia on the incidence of delayed traumatic intracerebral hemorrhage.
Approach to management of the heartbeating 'brain dead' organ donor.
Xenon/CT cerebral blood flow determination following cranial trauma.
Effects of dobutamine and dopamine on whole brain blood flow and metabolism in unanesthetized monkeys.
Intracranial pressure response to stable xenon inhalation in patients with head injury.
Active and basal whole brain blood flow, oxygen and glucose metabolism in monkeys.
The use of moderate therapeutic hypothermia for patients with severe head injuries: a preliminary report.
Compartmentation of whole brain blood flow and oxygen and glucose metabolism in monkeys.
The intensive care unit as a trauma unit.
Effect of 80% Xe on whole brain blood flow and metabolism in awake monkeys.
Effect of endotracheal suctioning on cerebral oxygenation in traumatic brain-injured patients.
Effect of 33% xenon inhalation on whole-brain blood flow and metabolism in awake and fentanyl-anesthetized monkeys.
Effect of stable xenon inhalation on internal carotid artery blood flow in unanesthetized monkeys.
CBF measured by Xe-CT: approach to analysis and normal values.
Regional cerebral blood flow and CO2 reactivity in fulminant hepatic failure.
Local "inverse steal" induced by hyperventilation in head injury.
The role of xenon CT measurements of cerebral blood flow in the clinical determination of brain death.
Acute regional cerebral blood flow changes caused by severe head injuries.
Stable xenon does not increase intracranial pressure in primates with freeze-injury-induced intracranial hypertension.
Current considerations in the issue of brain death.
Acute cerebral blood flow response to dopamine-induced hypertension after subarachnoid hemorrhage.
Intensivist-led management of brain-dead donors is associated with an increase in organ recovery for transplantation.
Recommendations for mechanical ventilation during donor care.
Abnormalities in fluids, electrolytes, and metabolism of organ donors.
Management of variations in blood pressure during care of organ donors.
Local cerebral blood flow measured by xenon-enhanced CT during cryogenic brain edema and intracranial hypertension in monkeys.
Effect of short periods of normobaric hyperoxia on local brain tissue oxygenation and cerebrospinal fluid oxidative stress markers in severe traumatic brain injury.
Therapeutic hypertension: principles and methods.
Immunonutrition in critical illness: still fishing for the truth.
Etomidate and adrenal insufficiency: the controversy continues.
Is albumin use SAFE in patients with traumatic brain injury?
Gingival and plaque decontamination: can we take a bite out of VAP?

Schools

University of Illinois At Chicago College of Medicine

Doctors Specialties

Critical Care Medicine
Internal Medicine

Accepted Insurances

Education

University of Illinois College of Medicine

Hospital

UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1093788390
Last Name Of The Provider	DARBY
First Name Of The Provider	JOSEPH
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