Department Publications 1999

  1. Akca, O., A. Podolsky, et al. (1999). “Comparable postoperative pulmonary atelectasis in patients given 30% or 80% oxygen during and for two hours after colon resection.” Anesthesiology 91: 991-998
  2. Akca, O., M. Melischek, et al. (1999). “Postoperative pain and subcutaneous oxygen tension (research letter).” Lancet 354: 41-42
  3. Algra, L. J., S. T. Fogel, et al. (1999). “Anesthesia for reduction of uterine incarceration: report of two cases.” International Journal of Obstetrics Anesthesia 8: 142-143
  4. Anderson, S. A., S. K. Song, et al. (1999). “Sepsis increases brain intracellular free calcium in brain.” J of Neurochem 72: 2617-2620
  5. Apostolidou, I., G. J. Despotis, et al. (1999). “Anti-ischemic effects of intravenous nicardipine and nitroglycerin following coronary artery bypass surgery.” Annals of Thoracic Surgery 67: 417-422
  6. Apostolidou, I., N. J. Skubas, et al. (1999). “Effects of nicardipine and nitroglycerin on perioperative myocardial ischemia in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery.” Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 11: 77-83
  7. Azpiazu, I., H. Cruzblanca, et al. (1999). “A G protein y subunit specific peptide inhibits muscarinic receptor signaling.” Journal of Biological Chemistry 274: 35305-35308
  8. Bach, M. E., H. Son, et al. (1999). “Aged-related defects in late-phase hippocampal LTP correlate with defects in spatial memory.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 96: 5280-5285
  9. Bell, B., H. Xing, et al. (1999). “KSR-1 binds to G protein By subunits and inhibits By induced MAP kinase activation.” Journal of Biological Chemistry 274: 7982-7986
  10. Cheng, M. A. and R. Tempelhoff (1999). “Anaesthesia and epilespsy.” Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology 12: 523-528
  11. Choo-Kang, L. R., J. J. Fehr, et al. (1999). “Cerebral edema and priapism in an adolescent with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.” Pediatric Emergency Care 15(2): 110-112
  12. Cobb, J. P., R. S. Hotchkiss, et al. (1999). “Inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) gene deficiency increases the mortality of sepsis in mice.” Surgery 126: 438-442
  13. Dalman, F. C. and K. L. O’Malley (1999). “kappa-Opioid tolerance and dependence in cultures of dopaminergic midbrain neurons.” Journal of Neuroscience 19: 5750-5757
  14. Despotis, G. J. and C. W. Hogue (1999). “Cardiac anesthesia and management of bleeding during CABG: a primer for cardiologists and an update for the cardiothoracic team.” American Journal of Cardiology 83: 15B-30B
  15. Despotis, G. J. and C. W. Hogue JR (1999). “Pathophysiology, prevention and treatment of bleeding after cardiac surgery: a primer for cardiologist and an upate for the cardiothoracic team.” American Journal of Cardiology 83: 15B-30B
  16. Despotis, G. J., V. Levine, et al. (1999). “Use of point-of-care test inidentification of patients who can benefit from Desmopressin during cardiac surgery: A randomized, controlled trial.” Lancet 354: 106-110
  17. Despotis, G. J., L. T. Goodnough, et al. (1999). “Serious adverse events in normal platelet pheresis donors: A multivariate analysis in a hospital-based program.” Vox Sang 77: 24-32
  18. Despotis, G. J. and J. H. Joist (1999). “Anticoagulation and anticoagulation reversal with cardiac surgery involving cardiopulmonary bypass: an update.” Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia 13: 18-29
  19. Despotis, G. J., N. Skubas, et al. (1999). “Optimal management of excessive bleeding and transfusion with cardiac surgery.” Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 11: 81-104
  20. Despotis, G. J., G. Gravlee, et al. (1999). “Anticoagulation monitoring during cardiac surgery: A review of current and emerging techniques.” Anesthesiology 91: 1122-1151
  21. Downes, G. B., D. J. Gilbert, et al. (1999). “Chromosomal mapping of five mouse G protein y subunits.” Genomics 57: 173-176
  22. Downes, G. and N. Gautam (1999). “The G protein subunit gene families.” Genomics 62: 544-552
  23. Ebach, D. R., R. P. Foglia, et al. (1999). “Experience with procedural sedation in a pediatric burn center.” Pediatric Surgery 34(6): 955-958
  24. Evers, A. S. and J. H. Steinbach (1999). “Double edged swords: volatile anesthetics both enhance and inhibit ligand-gated ion channels.” Anesthesiology 90: 1-3
  25. Fleischmann, E., O. Akca, et al. (1999). “Onset time, recovery duration, and drug cost with four different methods of inducing general anesthesia.” Anesthesia and Analgesia 88: 930-935
  26. Goodnough, L. T., S. Ali, et al. (1999). “Economic impact of donor platelet count and platelet yield in apheresis products: relevance for emerging issues in platelet transfusion therapy.” Vox Sang 76: 43-49
  27. Goodnough, L. T., K. Merkel, et al. (1999). “A randomized trial of acute normovolemic hemodilution compared to preoperative autologous blood donation in total knee arthroplasty.” Vox Sang 77: 11-16
  28. Hageman, J. and B. P. Markovitz (1999). “Critical Appraisal of Bulow,SM, Nir,M, Levin, E, et al. Prednisolone treatment of respiratory syncytial virus infection: a randomized controlled trial of 147 infants.”
  29. Hogue, C. W., Jr (1999). “Con: Pharmacologic prophylaxis should be used in all patients having cardiac surgery.” Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia 13: 101-104
  30. Hogue, C. W., Jr, B. Barzilai, et al. (1999). “Stroke reduction: diagnosis and management of the atherosclerotic ascending aorta during cardiac surgery.” Seminars in Cardioracic and Vascular Anesthesia 3: 1-9
  31. Hogue, C. W., Jr, S. F. Murphy, et al. (1999). “Risk factors for early or delayed stroke after cardiac surgery.” Circulation 100: 642-647
  32. Hogue, C. W., Jr, T. Stamos, et al. (1999). “Acute myocardial infarction during lung volume reduction surgery.” Anesthesia and Analgesia 88: 332-334
  33. Hotchkiss, R. S., P. F. Swanson, et al. (1999). “Overexpression of BCL-2 in transgenic mice decreases apoptosis and improves survival in sepsis.” Journal of Immunology 162: 4148-4156
  34. Hotchkiss, R. S., P. E. Swanson, et al. (1999). “Apoptotic cell death in patients with sepsis, shock, and multiple organ dysfunction.” Critical Care Medicine 27: 1230-1251
  35. Hotchkiss, R. S., K. W. Tinsley, et al. (1999). “Prevention of lymphocyte cell death in sepsis improves survival in mice.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 96: 14541-14546
  36. Jayasinghe, C. and N. Blass (1999). “Pain management in critically ill obstetric patient.” Critical Care Clinics Kay, A., A. Alfonso, et al. (1999). “Imaging synaptic activity in intact brain and slices with FMI-43 in c.elegans, lamprey and rat.” Neuron 24: 809-817
  37. Kerchner, G. A., P. Li, et al. (1999). “Speaking out of turn: a role of silent synapses in pain.” Life 48: 251-256
  38. Kim, S. J., A. A. Calejesan, et al. (1999). “Sex differences in late behavioral response to subcutaneous formalin injection in mice.” Brain Research 829: 185-189
  39. Krucylak, C. P. (1999). Anesthetic considerations for pediatric thoracoscopic procedures. Minimal Access Cardiothoracic Surgery.
  40. Philadelphia, WB Saunders Company Lappas, D. G., N. J. Skubas, et al. (1999). “Prevalence of left ventricular diastolic filling abnormalities in adult cardiac surgical patients: an intraoperative echocardiographic study.” Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 11: 125-133
  41. Lee, D. E., S. J. Kim, et al. (1999). “Comparison of behavioral responses to noxious cold and heat in mice.” Brain Research 845: 117-121
  42. Levy, F. H. and B. P. Markovitz (1999). “A multicenter, randomized, controlled clinical trial of transfusion requirements in critical care.”
  43. Li, P., T. J. Wilding, et al. (1999). “Kainate receptor-mediated sensory synaptic transmission in mammalian spinal cord.” Nature 397: 161-164
  44. Li, Z. W., J. P. Ding, et al. (1999). “RINm5f cells express inactivating BK channels, while HIT cells express noninactivating BK channels.” Journal of Neurophysiology 81: 611-624
  45. Li, D. Y., G. Faury, et al. (1999). “Relation between outer and luminal diameter.” American Journal of Physiology 277: H1745-H1753
  46. Li, P., G. A. Kerchner, et al. (1999). “AMPA receptor-PDZ protein interaction mediate synaptic plasticity in spinal cord.” Nature Neuroscience 2: 972-977
  47. Liang, B. A., M. A. Cheng, et al. (1999). “Efforts at intubation: cervical injury in an emergency circumstance?” Journal of Clinical Anesthesia 11: 349-352
  48. Luhmann, J. D., R. M. Kennedy, et al. (1999). “Continuous flow delivery of nitrous oxide and oxygen: a safe and cost effective technique for inhalation analgesia and sedation of pediatric patients.” Pediatric Emergency Care 15: 388-392
  49. Markovitz, B. P. and P. Johnson (1999) Markovitz, B. P. (1999). “Y2K.” Journal of Intensive Care Medicine 14: 248
  50. Markovitz, B. P. (1999). “Severity scoring and the practice of evidence based medicine in the ICU.” Current Opinion in Critical Care 5(3): 167-172
  51. Markovitz, B. P. (1999). “Intensivists guide to the medical internet: part I.” Journal of Intensive Care Medicine 14: 291
  52. McAllister, J. and K. Gnauck (1999). Rapid sequence intubation of the pediatric patient: fundamentals of practice. Pediatric Clinics of North America: 46(6):1249-1283
  53. Motoyama, K., I. E. Karl, et al. (1999). “Ca2+ agonists on calcium signaling in perfused rat liver – determination via laser scanning confocal microscopy.” American Journal of Physiology 276: R575-R585
  54. Murray, D. J., B. Pennell, et al. (1999). “Variability of PT and aPTT tests in diagnosis of increased surgical bleeding.” Transfusion 39: 56-62
  55. Murray, D. J. (1999). “Hemodilution as a method to reduce transusion requirements in scoliosis surgery.” SPINE 24: 223-224
  56. Murray, D. J. (1999). “Desmopressin.” SPINE 24: 882 Nakashima, Y. M., A. Pereverzev, et al. (1999). “Blockade of Ba(2+) current through human a1e channels by two steroid analogs, (+)-ACN and (+)-ECN.” Neuropharmacology 38: 843-855
  57. Norris, M. C. (1999). Obstetric Anesthesia. Philadelphia, Lippincott-Williams & Wilkins Norris, M. C., D. Ferrenbach, et al. (1999). “Does epinephrine improve the diagnostic accuracy of aspiration during labor epidural analgeisa?” Anesthesia and Analgesia 88: 1073-1076
  58. Norris, M. C. (1999). “Analgesia and the outcome of labor.” Rev Mex Anest 22: 254-260
  59. Norris, M. C., D. Ferrenbach, et al. (1999). “Ventilatory effects of intrathecal bupivacaine or sufentanil in laboring women.” Anesthesiology 91(3A)
  60. North, R. B. and A. H. Guarino (1999). “Spinal cord stimulation for the failed back surgery syndrome: technical advances, patient selection and outcome.” Neuromodulation 2(3)
  61. Owens, W. D. (1999). “Experience: the wisdom to recognize our previous follies.” American Society of Anesthesiologists Newsletter 63: 5-8
  62. Owens, W. D. (1999). “Moving toward the dream.” NYSSA Sphere 51: 25-28
  63. Panzer, O., N. Ghafzanfari, et al. (1999). “Shivering and shivering-like tremor during labor with and without epidural analgesia.” Anesthesiology 90: 1609-1616
  64. Prakriya, M. and C. J. Lingle (1999). “Activation of BK channels during brief depolarizations or action potential waveforms requires Ca2+ influx through L- and Q-type Ca2+ channels in rat chromaffin cells.” Journal of Neurophysiology 81: 2267-2278
  65. Sabey, K., K. Paradiso, et al. (1999). “Ligand binding and activation of rat nicotinic a4B2 receptors stably expressed in HEK293 cells.” Molecular Pharmacology 55: 58-66
  66. Sessler, D. I., A. Kurz, et al. (1999). “Hypothermia reduces resistance to surgical wound infections.” American Journal of Surgery 65(12): 1193-1196
  67. Skubas, N. J., G. J. Despotis, et al. (1999). “Preoperative use of enoxaparin and tirofiban: possible association with increased bleeding post-bypass.” Anesthesiology 91: 869-872
  68. Tang, Y. P., E. Shimizu, et al. (1999). “Genetic enhancement of learning and memory in mice.” Nature 401: 63-69
  69. van Swinderen, B., O. Saifee, et al. (1999). “A neomorphic syntaxin mutation blocks volatile-anesthetic action in caenorbhabditis elegans.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 96: 2479-2484
  70. Wei, F., P. Li, et al. (1999). “Loss of synaptic depression in mammalian anterior cingulate cortex after amputation.” Journal of Neuroscience 19(21): 9346-9354
  71. Wissler, R. N. and M. C. Norris (1999). Neuraxial analgesia for labor part I: techniques. Obstetric Anesthesia. M. C. Norris. Philadelphia, Lippincott-Williams & Wilkins: 293-315
  72. Wu, L. G. and J. G. G. Borst (1999). “The reduced release probability of releasable vesicles during recovery from short-term synaptic depression.” Neuron 23: 821-832
  73. Wu, L. G., R. E. Westenbroek, et al. (1999). “Calcium channel types with distinct presynaptic localization couple differentially to transmitter release in single calyx-type synapses.” Journal of Neuroscience 19: 726-736
  74. Wu, L. G. and W. J. Betz (1999). “Spatial variability in release at the frog neuromuscular junction measured with FMI-43.” Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology 77: 672-678
  75. Xia, X. M., J. P. Ding, et al. (1999). “Molecular basis for the inactivation of Ca2+ – and voltage dependent BK channels in adrenal chromaffin cells and rat insulinoma tumor cells.” Journal of Neuroscience 19(13): 5255-5264
  76. Zhuo, M., W. Zhang, et al. (1999). “A selective role of calcineurin Aa in synaptic depotentiation in hippocampus.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 96: 4650-4655.