CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE RESEARCH GRANTS
Department of Critical Care Medicine
2004:
Oximetric pulse wave variability as a predictor of fluid responsiveness in critically
ill children.
Awarded to Bala R. Totapally, M.D.by Miami Children's Hospital Foundation
($25,000).
2003:
Functional genomic of the brain following neonatal, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy in
rats: Long-term behavioral outcome and neuroprotective strategies.
Awarded to Dan Torbati, Ph.D. by Miami Children’s Hospital Research Institute.
($119,000).
2002:
Does combination of Bi-level conventional mechanical ventilation and high frequency
ventilation improve CO2 clearance.
Awarded to Balagangadhar Totapally, M.D. by Miami Children’s Hospital Foundation.
($14,650).
2002:
Can expiratory phase intratracheal pulmonary ventilation (ITPV) prevent tracheobronchial
injury induced by continuous ITPV?
Awarded to Andre Raszynski, M.D. by Miami Children’s Hospital Foundation.
($24,475).
2002:
Efficiency of CO2 removal and cardio-respiratory stability in a lung-injured rabbit during
arterio-venous extracorporeal oxygenation with pediatric membrane.
Awarded to Jeffrey B. Sussmane, M.D. by Miami Children’s Foundation.
($13,340).
2001:
Multiple organ edema and apoptosis during and after oxygen therapy in neonatal rats.
Awarded to Dan Torbati, Ph.D. by Miami Children's Hospital Foundation.
($16,420).
2000:
Effect of aerosolized milrinone during acute pulmonary hypertension.
Awarded to Dan Torbati, Ph.D. by Neonatology Association of South FL.
($12,000).
1999:
Intestinal effects of hyperoxia in newborn rats.
Awarded to Dan Torbati, Ph.D. by Miami Children's Hospital Foundation.
($8,450).
1999:
Comparison of tracheobronchial damage during intratracheal pulmonary ventilation
and conventional mechanical ventilation.
Awarded to Andre Raszynski, M.D. by Miami Children's Hospital Foundation.
($17,500).
1999:
Arterio-venous extracorporeal oxygenation versus Veno-venous extracorporeal
oxygenation in lung-injured lambs.
Awarded to Jeffrey B. Sussmane, M.D.
($17,000).
1999: Continuous intramucosal PCO2 measurements during hemorrhagic shock in a rat model.
Awarded by Miami Children's Hospital Foundation to Balagangadhar R. Totapally, M.D.
($10,500).
1999:
The hemodynamic and respiratory effects of aminophylline in septic rats.
Awarded by Miami Children's Hospital Foundation to Mark Glover, Pharm. D.
($8,000).
1998:
Isolation and characterization of airway antioxidant enzymes in a rat model of
pulmonary critical care.
Awarded to Dan Torbati, Ph.D. by Miami Children's Foundation
($,16,000).
1998:
Arterio-venous extracorporeal oxygenation versus conventional mechanical ventilation
in lambs.
Awarded to Balagangadhar R. Totapally, M.D. by Miami Children's Hospital Foundation.
($18,800).
1996:
Ventilatory response to O2/CO2 during sexual development in rats.
Awarded to Dan Torbati, Ph.D. by Miami Children's Hospital Foundation.
($ 28,700).