This is Jeffrey Alten.

Jeffrey A. Alten, MD


  • Attending Physician, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
  • Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

About

MD: University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.

Residency: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR.

Fellowship: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.

Certification: Pediatrics, 2002; Pediatric Critical Care, 2005.

Interests

Cardiac critical care

Services and Specialties

Cardiac Intensive Care

Publications

Kinetics of Renin Concentrations in Infants Undergoing Congenital Cardiac Surgery. Kim, ME; Gist, KM; Brandewie, K; Zang, H; Lehenbauer, D; Winlaw, DS; Morales, DL S; Alten, JA; Goldstein, SL; Cooper, DS. Journal of Intensive Care Medicine. 2025; 40:172-177.

Biomarker-based acute kidney injury sub-phenotypes refine risk assessment in children undergoing cardiac surgery. Pettit, KA; Melink, KF; Alten, JA; Goldstein, SL; Ollberding, N; SooHoo, M; Sullivan, E; Zang, H; Stanski, NL; Gist, KM. Pediatric Nephrology. 2025; 40:523-531.

Prediction of cardiac surgery associated acute kidney injury using response to loop diuretic and urine neutrophil gelatinase associated lipocalin. Sullivan, E; Melink, K; Pettit, K; Goldstein, SL; Zang, H; Ollberding, NJ; SooHoo, M; Alten, JA; Stanski, NL; Gist, KM. Pediatric Nephrology. 2024; 39:3597-3606.

Sustained Performance of Cardiac Arrest Prevention in Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Units. Mueller, D; Bailly, DK; Banerjee, M; Bertrandt, RA; Borasino, S; Briceno-Medina, M; Chan, T; Diddle, JW; Domnina, Y; Clarke-Myers, K; Schumacher, KR; Werho, DK; Zhang, W; Alten, J. JAMA network open. 2024; 7:e2432393.

Diuretic response after neonatal cardiac surgery: a report from the NEPHRON collaborative. Blinder, JJ; Alten, J; Bailly, D; Buckley, J; Clarke, S; Diddle, JW; Garcia, X; Gist, KM; Koch, J; Kwiatkowski, DM; Rahman, AK M F; Reichle, G; Valentine, K; Hock, KM; Borasino, S. Pediatric Nephrology. 2024; 39:2797-2805.

An evaluation of the outcomes associated with peritoneal catheter use in neonates undergoing cardiac surgery: A multicenter study. Kwiatkowski, DM; Alten, JA; Mah, KE; Selewski, DT; Raymond, TT; Afonso, NS; Blinder, JJ; Coghill, MT; Cooper, DS; Koch, JD; O'Neal, ER; Doman, T; Viers, S; Smith, AH. JTCVS Open. 2024; 19:275-295.

Epidemiology of Postoperative Junctional Ectopic Tachycardia in Infants Undergoing Cardiac Surgery. Kim, ME; Baskar, S; Janson, CM; Chandler, SF; Whitehill, RD; Dionne, A; Law, MA; Domnina, Y; Smith-Parrish, MN; Bird, GL; Schumacher, KR; Czosek, RJ; Morales, DL S; Alten, JA. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2024; 117:1178-1185.

Cardiac Surgery-Associated Acute Kidney Injury in Neonates Undergoing the Norwood Operation: Retrospective Analysis of the Multicenter Neonatal and Pediatric Heart and Renal Outcomes Network Dataset, 2015-2018. Bertrandt, RA; Gist, K; Hasson, D; Zang, H; Reichle, G; Krawczeski, C; Winlaw, D; Bailly, D; Goldstein, S; Selewski, D; Zhang, W; Smith, A; Absi, M; Askenazi, DJ. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 2024; 25:e246-e257.

Persistent acute kidney injury and fluid accumulation with outcomes after the Norwood procedure: report from NEPHRON. Hasson, DC; Alten, JA; Bertrandt, RA; Zang, H; Selewski, DT; Reichle, G; Bailly, DK; Krawczeski, CD; Winlaw, DS; Goldstein, SL; Gist, KM. Pediatric Nephrology. 2024; 39:1627-1637.

Neonatal Chylothorax and Early Fluid Overload After Cardiac Surgery: Retrospective Analysis of the Neonatal and Pediatric Heart and Renal Outcomes Network Registry (2015-2018). Brandewie, K; Alten, J; Winder, M; Mah, K; Holmes, K; Reichle, G; Smith, A; Zang, H; Bailly, D. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 2024; 25:231-240.

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