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Last published 2023
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Krishna Siva Sai Kakkera

Assistant Professor

Also affiliated: Nebraska Medical Center (2016); Huntsville Hospital (2020); University of Arkansas Medical Center (2017–2020); University of Nebraska Medical Center (2016)

8 h-index 29 pubs 240 cited

  • Humans
  • Male
  • Aged
  • Middle Aged
  • Female
  • Shock, Septic
  • Time Factors
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • United States
  • Length of Stay
  • Respiration, Artificial
  • Hospitalization
  • Clostridioides difficile
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Biography and Research Information

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Krishna Siva Sai Kakkera's research has focused on critical care medicine and patient outcomes, particularly in the context of sepsis and chronic respiratory conditions. His work includes a prospective open-label trial investigating early concomitant vasopressin and norepinephrine therapy versus norepinephrine monotherapy for septic shock, as well as studies on national trends in palliative care utilization for patients on prolonged mechanical ventilation. Kakkera has also examined the association of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with cognitive impairment and dementia, and the interrelationships between aging and COPD. Additionally, his publications address contemporary national trends in cystic fibrosis hospitalizations and co-morbidities, and the mortality patterns within the first 24 hours of ICU admission. His scholarship metrics include an h-index of 8, with 29 total publications and 239 citations. He has collaborated with Thaddeus Bartter, William T. Atchley, and Maneetha Kodali, all from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

Metrics

  • h-index: 8
  • Publications: 29
  • Citations: 240

Positions

  • Assistant Professor publications 2015–2023
    University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Institution web page

Selected Publications

  • 220: UNPREDICTABLE PHARMACOKINETICS AND TARGETING TREATMENT OF CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKER OVERDOSE (2023)
    Critical Care Medicine 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Ageing and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: interrelationships (2023)
    Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine 8 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • National Trends (2009–2013) for Palliative Care Utilization for Patients Receiving Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation* (2018)
    Critical Care Medicine 26 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Prospective Open‐label Trial of Early Concomitant Vasopressin and Norepinephrine Therapy versus Initial Norepinephrine Monotherapy in Septic Shock (2018)
    Pharmacotherapy The Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug Therapy 73 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Współczesne trendy dotyczące hospitalizacji i chorób współistniejących u chorych na mukowiscydozę w Stanach Zjednoczonych (2017)
    Advances in respiratory medicine DOI OpenAlex
  • 1433: HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS IN THE ICU: A MASKED ENTITY ON THE SEVERE SEPSIS SPECTRUM? (2017)
    Critical Care Medicine DOI OpenAlex
  • Association of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with mild cognitive impairment and dementia (2017)
    Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine 46 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Severe Muscle Weakness Needing Intubation in AIDS Patient (2017)
    CHEST Journal DOI OpenAlex
  • A Case of Severe ARDS Due to Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis Complicated by Invasive Aspergillosis (2017)
    CHEST Journal 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • National Trends (2007‐2013) of Clostridium difficile Infection in Patients with Septic Shock: Impact on Outcome (2017)
    Journal of Hospital Medicine 7 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Central Venous Line Insertion Revealing Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return: Diagnosis and Management (2017)
    Case Reports in Critical Care 11 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Etiology of Malignant Pleural Effusion and Utilization of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures: A Nationwide Analysis (2016)
    Journal of Bronchology & Interventional Pulmonology 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Contemporary National Trends of Cystic Fibrosis Hospitalizations and Co-Morbidities in the United States (2016)
    Advances in respiratory medicine 14 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • EBUS and EUS: Risk Assessment for Patients Receiving Clopidogrel (2016)
    CHEST Journal DOI OpenAlex
  • An Unusual Case of Crypotococcal Pleural Effusion (2016)
    CHEST Journal DOI OpenAlex

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