Recent Faculty Publications

We share our research studies with physicians and scientists worldwide through publications in leading academic journals. View a listing of our faculty’s most recent publications.

Porhomayon J, Parthvi R. Use of plasma neutrophil gelatinas associated lipocalin level to identify critical patients with acute kidney injury that require renal replacement therapy: is it a reliable biomarker? J Thorac Dis. 2019; 11(Suppl)
Porhomayon J, Pourafkari L, Mahmoodpoor A, Nader ND. The utilization spectrum of cardiac output monitoring devices among anesthesiology programs across Veterans Health Administration in the United States. Ann Card Anaesth. 2019; 22(2)
Pourafkari L, Arora P, Porhomayon J, Dosluoglu HH, Arora P, Nader ND. Acute kidney injury after non-cardiovascular surgery: risk factors and impact on development of chronic kidney disease and long-term mortality. Curr Med Res Opin. 2018
Mahmoodpoor A, Shokouhi G, Hamishehkar H, Soleimanpour H, Sanaie S, Porhomayon J, Rasouli F, Nader ND. A pilot trial of l-carnitine in patients with traumatic brain injury: Effects on biomarkers of injury. J Crit Care. 2018; 45
Hajizadeh R, Ghaffari S, Separham A, Shokouhi B, Kavandi H, Pourafkari L, Nader ND. The value of peripheral blood eosinophil count in predicting in-stent restenosis in patients with stable angina pectoris undergoing drug eluting stenting. Rom J Intern Med. 2017; 55(4)
Pourafkari L, Tajlil A, Ghaffari S, Parvizi R, Chavoshi M, Kolahdouzan K, Khaki N, Parizad R, Hobika GG, Nader ND. The frequency of initial misdiagnosis of acute aortic dissection in the emergency department and its impact on outcome. Intern Emerg Med. 2017; 12(8)
Tarighatnia A, Farajollahi AR, Mohammadalian AH, Ghojazadeh M, Azadeh M, Koleini E, Nader ND. Radiation exposure levels according to vascular access sites during PCI : AÂ prospective controlled study. Herz. 2017
Nader ND. Immunomodulation Mechanisms in Disease and in the Surgical Patient. Immunol Invest. 2017; 46(8)
Umholtz M, Nader ND. Anesthetic Immunomodulation of the Neuroinflammation in Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction. Immunol Invest. 2017; 46(8)
Quinn TD, Brovman EY, Aglio LS, Urman RD. Factors associated with an increased risk of perioperative cardiac arrest in emergent and elective craniotomy and spine surgery. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2017; 161
Mahmoodpoor A, Hamishehkar H, Fattahi V, Sanaie S, Arora P, Nader ND. Urinary versus plasma neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) as a predictor of mortality for acute kidney injury in intensive care unit patients. J Clin Anesth. 2017; 44
Mahmoodpoor A, Shadvar K, Saghaleini SH, Koleini E, Hamishehkar H, Ostadi Z, Nader ND. Which one is a better predictor of ICU mortality in septic patients? Comparison between serial serum lactate concentrations and its removal rate. J Crit Care. 2017; 44
Separham A, Pourafkari L, Kazemi B, Haghizadeh Y, Akbarzadeh F, Toufan M, Sate H, Nader ND. VitaminÂ D deficiency and functional response to CRT inÂ heart failure patients. Herz. 2017
Ghaffari S, Hajizadeh R, Pourafkari L, Shokouhi B, Tajlil A, Mazani S, Kavandi H, Ansari H, Nader ND. Air pollution and admissions due to ST elevation myocardial infarction-a time-series study from northwest of Iran. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2017
Pourafkari L, Masnadi-Shirazi K, Taban M, Mohammadi S, Parizad R, Ghaffari S, Tajlil A, Khoshknab MMP, Nader ND. Higher Frequency of Nocturnal Blood Pressure Dipping but Not Heart Rate Dipping in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Dig Dis Sci. 2017; 62(10)
Quinn TD, Brovman EY, Urman RD. Analysis of Variability in Intraoperative Fluid Administration for Colorectal Surgery: An Argument for Goal-Directed Fluid Therapy. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2017; 27(9)
Porhomayon J, Pourafkari L, El-Solh A, Nader ND. Novel therapies for perioperative respiratory complications. J Cardiovasc Thorac Res. 2017; 9(3)
Rahimzadeh P, Faiz HR, Imani F, Hobika GG, Abbasi A, Nader ND. Relieving Pain After Arthroscopic Knee Surgery: Ultrasound-Guided Femoral Nerve Block or Adductor Canal Block? Turk J Anaesthesiol Reanim. 2017; 45(4)
Separham A, Pourafkari L, Bodagh H, Ghaffari S, Aslanabadi N, Nader ND. Predicting outcome after percutaneous balloon mitral commissurotomy : Role of neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio. Herz. 2017; 42(5)
Ghodraty MR, Rokhtabnak F, Dehghan HR, Pournajafian A, Baghaee Vaji M, Koleini ZS, Porhomayon J, Nader ND. Crystalloid versus colloid fluids for reduction of postoperative ileus after abdominal operation under combined general and epidural anesthesia. Surgery. 2017