Professor, Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Anesthesiology

Peter J. Davis practices Anesthesiology. He graduated from Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. He has 1 awards "Top MD". Peter J. Davis is a published MD. He published 82 publications, including: 'Recovery characteristics of sevoflurane and halothane in preschool-aged children undergoing bilateral myringotomy and pressure equalization tube insertion.'

Publications

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• The advanced pediatric anesthesiology fellowship: moving beyond a clinical apprenticeship.
• Integration of academic and clinical performance-based faculty compensation plans: a system and its impact on an anaesthesiology department.
• Preoperative malalignment increases risk of failure after total knee arthroplasty.
• Modulation of contact order effects in the two-state folding of stefins a and B.
• "Thicker" polyethylene bearings are associated with higher failure rates in primary total knee arthroplasty.
• The Safety of Key Inhaled and Intravenous Drugs in Pediatrics (SAFEKIDS): an update.
• The association of malignant hyperthermia and unusual disease: when you're hot you're hot or maybe not.
• The association of renal dysfunction and the use of aprotinin in patients undergoing congenital cardiac surgery requiring cardiopulmonary bypass.
• Anesthetic-related neurotoxicity in the developing infant: of mice, rats, monkeys and, possibly, humans.
• The effects of oral ondansetron disintegrating tablets for prevention of at-home emesis in pediatric patients after ear-nose-throat surgery.
• A comparison of the clinical utility of pain assessment tools for children with cognitive impairment.
• Postoperative hyperthermia, rhabdomyolysis, critical temperature, and death in a former premature infant after his ninth general anesthetic.
• When assessing what we know we don't know is not enough: another perspective on pediatric outcomes.
• Pediatric research and scholarship: another Gordian knot?
• Use of dexmedetomidine in children after cardiac and thoracic surgery.
• Effect on hospital-wide sedation practices after implementation of the 2001 JCAHO procedural sedation and analgesia guidelines.
• Opioids in pediatric anesthesia.
• A double-blind comparison of intravenous ondansetron and placebo for preventing postoperative emesis in 1- to 24-month-old pediatric patients after surgery under gener...
• Evaluation of plasma fentanyl concentrations in infants during cardiopulmonary bypass with low-volume circuits.
• Comparison of indirect methods of measuring intra-abdominal pressure in children.
• Goldilocks: the pediatric anesthesiologist's dilemma.
• Long-term outcome following extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for congenital diaphragmatic hernia: the UK experience.
• In vitro remifentanil metabolism: the effects of whole blood constituents and plasma butyrylcholinesterase.
• The effect on lung mechanics in anesthetized children with rapacuronium: a comparative study with mivacurium.
• A comparison of three doses of a commercially prepared oral midazolam syrup in children.
• Combined enalapril and felodipine extended release (ER) for systemic hypertension. Enalapril-Felodipine ER Factorial Study Group.
• Long-term efficacy, tolerability, and safety of the combination of enalapril and felodipine ER in the treatment of hypertension. Enalapril-Felodipine ER Factorial Stud...
• Chain arrangements in the gel state and the transition temperatures of phosphatidylcholines.
• Cholesterol in condensed and fluid phosphatidylcholine monolayers studied by epifluorescence microscopy.
• Thermal history alters cholesterol effect on transition of 1-palmitoyl-2-linoleoyl phosphatidylcholine.
• Clinical pharmacokinetics of the newer intravenous anaesthetic agents.
• The use of ultra-short-acting opioids in paediatric anaesthesia: the role of remifentanil.
• Induction of Mn SOD in human monocytes without inflammatory cytokine production by a mutant endotoxin.
• Differential induction of tumor necrosis factor alpha and manganese superoxide dismutase by endotoxin in human monocytes: role of protein tyrosine kinase, mitogen-acti...
• Anesthetic problems in pediatric liver transplantation.
• Continuous negative extrathoracic pressure respiratory support for neonates after congenital diaphragmatic hernia repair.
• Paediatric trainees and the transportation of critically ill neonates: experience, training and confidence.
• Induction, recovery, and safety characteristics of sevoflurane in children undergoing ambulatory surgery. A comparison with halothane.
• Regional low-flow perfusion provides somatic circulatory support during neonatal aortic arch surgery.
• Anesthetic interference with laser function during excimer laser procedures in children.
• Consensus guidelines for managing postoperative nausea and vomiting.
• Prolonged neonatal myocardial preservation with a highly buffered low-calcium solution.
• Continuous alfentanil infusion in pediatric patients undergoing general anesthesia for complete oral restoration.
• Sedation, risk, and safety: do we really have data at last?
• Safety and efficacy of alfentanil and halothane in paediatric surgical patients.
• Myocardial effects of interleukin-2.
• Induction and maintenance characteristics of anesthesia with desflurane and nitrous oxide in infants and children.
• A brief technical communication: detection of fentanyl in urine.
• A method to increase recovery of fentanyl from urine.
• Influence of gestational age on pharmacokinetics of alfentanil in neonates.
• Alfentanil pharmacokinetics in piglets with increased intra-abdominal pressure.
• Recovery characteristics of desflurane versus halothane for maintenance of anesthesia in pediatric ambulatory patients.
• Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia guidelines for the management of postoperative nausea and vomiting.
• Double-blind comparison of oral transmucosal fentanyl citrate with oral meperidine, diazepam, and atropine as preanesthetic medication in children with congenital hear...
• Coronary vasoconstriction mediated by endothelin-1 in neonates. Reversal by nitroglycerin.
• Case 1--1991. Tracheal stenosis in an infant with Down's syndrome and complex congenital heart defect.
• Rate of change of somatosensory evoked potentials during isoflurane anesthesia in newborn piglets.
• New directions in perioperative management for pediatric solid organ transplantation.
• Pharmacokinetics of alfentanil in newborn premature infants and older children.
• Endothelium-dependent regulation of coronary tone in the neonatal pig.
• Cardiopulmonary bypass significantly reduces surfactant activity in children.
• Pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of high-dose sufentanil in infants and children undergoing cardiac surgery.
• Pharmacokinetics of sufentanil in adolescent patients with chronic renal failure.
• Effect of premedication on arterial oxygen saturation in children with congenital heart disease.
• A randomized multicenter study of remifentanil compared with halothane in neonates and infants undergoing pyloromyotomy. II. Perioperative breathing patterns in neonat...
• Clinical characteristics of sevoflurane in children. A comparison with halothane.
• Pharmacokinetics of remifentanil in anesthetized pediatric patients undergoing elective surgery or diagnostic procedures.
• Meconium aspiration syndrome and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
• Effects of cholestatic hepatic disease and chronic renal failure on alfentanil pharmacokinetics in children.
• Preanesthetic medication with intranasal midazolam for brief pediatric surgical procedures. Effect on recovery and hospital discharge times.
• Clinical pharmacology of doxacurium chloride (BW A938U) in children.
• A randomized multicenter study of remifentanil compared with halothane in neonates and infants undergoing pyloromyotomy. I. Emergence and recovery profiles.
• Single-dose ondansetron prevents postoperative vomiting in pediatric outpatients.
• Effect of antiemetic therapy on recovery and hospital discharge time. A double-blind assessment of ondansetron, droperidol, and placebo in pediatric patients undergoin...
• A randomized multicenter study of remifentanil compared with alfentanil, isoflurane, or propofol in anesthetized pediatric patients undergoing elective strabismus surg...
• Fentanyl and alfentanil plasma protein binding in preterm and term neonates.
• Recovery characteristics of sevoflurane and halothane in preschool-aged children undergoing bilateral myringotomy and pressure equalization tube insertion.
• Stress response in infants undergoing cardiac surgery: a randomized study of fentanyl bolus, fentanyl infusion, and fentanyl-midazolam infusion.
• The effects of cardiopulmonary bypass on remifentanil kinetics in children undergoing atrial septal defect repair.
• A randomized, double-blinded study of remifentanil versus fentanyl for tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy surgery in pediatric ambulatory surgical patients.
• Acute hemodynamic changes after rapid intravenous bolus dosing of dexmedetomidine in pediatric heart transplant patients undergoing routine cardiac catheterization.

Schools

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• Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University

Doctors Specialties

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• Anesthesiology
• Pediatric Anesthesiology
• Pediatrics

Accepted Insurances

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• Aetna HMO
• Choice Plus POS II
• Blue Card PPO
• Capital Blue Cross
• CareSource
• Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
• HealthSmart
• Community Blue PPO
• Medicare MCR
• MultiPlan PPO
• PHCS Network PPO
• Choice Plus POS
• Navigate HMO
• Navigate POS
• Options PPO
• United Healthcare

Awards

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• Top MD

Education

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• Massachusetts General Hospital
• UCSF Medical Center
• Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University

Hospital

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• UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside

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