Principal Investigator: Children's Hospital Los Angeles
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Christopher Newth, MD
Principal Investigator CHLA







Christopher Newth, MB, FRCPC, serves as the Director of Research as well as the Fellowship Director. His research interests include pulmonary physiology and pharmacology and medical informatics.

I. Peer Reviewed Abstracts
1. Willson DF, Dean JM, Newth CJL, Pollack M, Anand KJS, Meert K, Carcillo J, Zimmerman J, Nicholson C. Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network (CPCCRN). Pediatr Crit Care Med. 7:301-7, 2006
2. Graham AS, Chandrashekharaiah G, Citak A, Wetzel RC, Newth CJL. Positive end-expiratory pressure and pressure support in peripheral airways obstruction. In Press. Intensive Care Medicine, 33; 120-7, 2007

II. Book Chapter
1. Robinder G. Khemani, MD, Robert D. Bart III, MD, Christopher J.L. Newth, MB, FRCPC. Respiratory Monitoring During Mechanical Ventilation. For Current Pediatrics Journal, expected publication July 2007

III. Thesis
1. Newth, CJL
MD Thesis, Accepted January 2007.
University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

IV. Abstracts
1. Godshall, AJ, Hallam D, Newth, CJL, Wetzel, RC, Hatzakis, G. Evaluating PIM2, PRISM, PRISM-III and PELOD Scores in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Crit Care Med. Vol. 33 (12 Suppl): A95, 2006.

2. Godshall, AJ, Newth CJL. Invasive Aspergillosis in an Adolescent with Systemic Lupus Erythromatosis. Crit Care Med. Vol. 33 (12 Suppl): A181, 2006

3. Hatzakis G,Wetzel RC, Newth CJL. Clinical Correlates of Mechanical Ventilation (MV) Assessing the Granular Virtual Pediatric ICU (VPICU) DB, Crit Care Med. Vol. 33 (12 Suppl): A121, 2006.

4. Kang RJ, Newth CJL, Wetzel RC, Hallam D, Hatzakis G. Continuous Positive Airway Pressure as a Method of Extubation from Mechanical Ventilation in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Crit Care Med. Vol. 33 (12 Suppl): A122, 2006.

5. O'Brien KC, Godshall A, Newth CJL, Rangan C. Severe Iron Toxicity: Early Aggressive Therapy Prevents Liver Transplantation. Crit Care Med. Vol. 33 (12 Suppl): A130, 2006.

6. Reynolds R, Cauley S, Newth C, Yanofsky S, Rice M, Costley C, O'Brien K, Ross P, Wetzel R. Improving Safety in Medicine: Facilitating communication across services, breaking down communication silos. Presented at School of Public Health, Harvard University, March 2006.

7. O’Brien KC, Newth CJL, Leung K, Coates AL. Epinephrine Delivery Using a Humidified High Flow Oxygen Delivery System. To American Thoracic Society, San Francisco, 2007.

8. RG Khemani MD; G Hatzakis PhD; CJ Newth MB, FRCPC; D Hallam. Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Score is a Predictor of Mortality for Children with Shock. To SCCM conference February 2007

9. Tafoya P, Baxter D, Moromisato DY, Rivero N, Newth C, Wetzel R, Hatzakis G. Effect of high-flow humidified nasal cannula (VapothermTM) on prevention of extubation failure in children with congenital heart disease. Presented at the 16th Pediatric Critical Care Colloquium 2006, Snowbird, UT.

10. Kang R, Newth C, Wetzel R, Hallam D, Hatzakis G. Extubating Children from Mechanical Ventilation (MV) on Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) mode: The Predictive Value of Rapid Shallow Breathing Index (RSBI) and other Physiological Variables. The 16th Pediatric Critical Care Colloquium. Snowbird, Utah, USA. 21-24 Feb 2006

11. Kang R, Newth C, Wetzel R, Hallam D, Hatzakis G. The Rapid Shallow Breathing Index while Extubating Children from Mechanical Ventilation from Continuous Positive Airway Pressure. 2006 American Thoracic Society International Conference. San Diego, CA, USA. 19-24 May 2006