Shamel Abd-Allah, MD Head, Pediatrics, Critical Care Division School of Medicine Associate Professor, Pediatrics School of Medicine Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine School of Medicine

Research & Grantsmanship 

  Funded Research Project (PI)

• Blood Transfusion practices in the Pediatric ICU ( 7/2004 - 7/2005 )

• Use of noninvasive ultrasound cardiac output monitor in pediatric heart transplant patients ( 1/2005 - Present )

• Use of 3% Saline during Pediatric Critical Care transport ( 1/2005 - Present )

• Esophageal Foreign Body Removal in the Pediatric ICU ( 7/2004 - Present )

• Potent inflammatory cytokines in an ARDS animal model after exposure to iNO ( 1/2000 - Present )

  Funded Research Project (CI)

• Antifibrinolytics effect on post-operative bleeding following cardiopulmonary bypass in children ( 2/2005 - 6/2007 )

• Antifibrinolytics effect on post-operative bleeding following cardiopulmonary bypass in children ( 2/2005 )

• The use of High Frequency Oscillation Ventilation in Pediatric Patients ( 7/2005 - Present )

• Optimal bladder volumes for intra-abdominal pressure monitoring in children ( 10/2004 - Present )

• Declaration of brain death practices in the PICU ( 7/2004 - Present )

• Donation after cardiac death in the PICU ( 7/2004 - Present )

• Comparsion of hypertonic saline vs mannitol in children with traumatic intracranial hypertension ( 7/2004 - Present )

• Family presence during cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the pediatric intensive care unit. ( 1/2003 - Present )

  Abstracts Reporting Research -- Peer Reviewed

• J Eguchi, M Mathur, LL Bailey, R Chinnock S Abd-Allah. "Use of High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation in patients with cardiac transplantation." .CP 2.2.50 (2007): -. ( 6/2007 )

• M Wayment, S Abd-Allah, M Gross, M Terry, M Grainger, J Cuda, J Pfeifle, M Mathur. "High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation as a Primary and Rescue Ventilatory Modality in Children." .P 2.1.813 (2007): -. ( 6/2007 )

• J Eguchi, M Mathur, R Larsen, A De-Amaya, LL Bailey, R Chinnock, S Abd-Allah. "Ultrasound Cardiac Output Monitor Measurements in Pediatric Cardiac Transplant Recipients." . (2007): -. ( 4/2007 )

• Tinsley CT, Hill JB, Shah J, Wilson M, Bolla L, Dalton L, Freeman K, Freier K, Zimmerman G, Abd-Allah S.. "Family presence during cardio-pulmonary resuscitation in the pediatric intensive care unit." Pediatric Critical Care Colloquium . (2006): -. ( 2/2006 )

• Mathur M, Taylor S, Tiras K, Wilson M, Abd-Allah S. "Pediatric Critical Care Nurses knowledge and attitudes towards Donation after cardiac death." Crit Care Med 2006 33(12). (2006): A13-. ( 1/2006 )

• Lee SJ, Chin TW, Gross M, Akanli L, Abd-Allah S. ". Long-term use of oral sildenafil for pediatric pulmonary hypertension appears to be safe and efficacious." J of Invest Med 53(1). (2005): 197-. ( 8/2005 )

• Abd-Allah S, Rocha M, Lam G, Gross M, Simeon T, Tinsley C, Wilson M, Shah M, Perkin R. "Esophageal foreign body removal in the pediatric intensive care unit." Pediatr Crit Care Med 6(5). (2005): 628-. ( 7/2005 )

• Abd-Allah S, Woodward B, Short M, Wang D, Williams M. "Baseline characteristics of patients enrolled in RESOLVE: A phase III trial of drotrecogin alfa (activated) in pediatric severe sepsi." Crit Care Med 33(Suppl 12). (2005): A154-. ( 7/2005 )

• Wayment M, Ejike JC, Abd-Allah SA. "Case Report: Disseminated-Acquired Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus in a previously healthy pediatric patient." Oral presentation Chest 2006 130. (2005): 321S-b -322S-B. ( 7/2005 )

• J Luu, C Wendtland, F Mirza, M Gross, S Abd-Allah. "The use of 3% saline during pediatric critical care transpor." American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference 2005 . (2005): -. ( 7/2005 )

• J Luu, C Wendtland, F Mirza, M Gross, S Abd-Allah. "The use of 3% saline during pediatric critical care transport." . (2005): -. ( 1/2005 )

• Lee S, Chin T, Gross M, Akanli L, Abd-Allah S. "Long term use of oral sildenafil for pediatric pulmonary hypertension appears to be safe and efficacious." J Invest Medicine 53 .1 (2005): 197-. ( 1/2005 )

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