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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

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. 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.

Comparison of PLANE Technique versus Standard Echocardiography Guidance for Pediatric Pericardiocentesis. Clark, ST; Alten, JA; Borasino, S; Hock, KM; Law, MA. Journal of Pediatric Intensive Care. 2024; 13:32-36.

Peritoneal catheters in neonates undergoing complex cardiac surgery: a multi-centre descriptive study. Kwiatkowski, DM; Alten, JA; Raymond, TT; Selewski, DT; Blinder, JJ; Afonso, NS; Coghill, MT; Cooper, DS; Koch, JD; Krawczeski, CD; Reichle, G; Tabbutt, S; Webb, TN; Borasino, S. Cardiology in the Young. 2024; 34:272-281.

Predicting cardiac arrest after neonatal cardiac surgery. Benscoter, AL; Law, MA; Borasino, S; Rahman, AK M F; Alten, JA; Atreya, MR. 2024; 2:3.

Biomarker-based risk model to predict persistent multiple organ dysfunctions after congenital heart surgery: a prospective observational cohort study. Benscoter, AL; Alten, JA; Atreya, MR; Cooper, DS; Byrnes, JW; Nelson, DP; Ollberding, NJ; Wong, HR. Critical Care (UK). 2023; 27:193.

Early postoperative weight-based fluid overload is associated with worse outcomes after neonatal cardiac surgery. Brandewie, KL; Selewski, DT; Bailly, DK; Bhat, PN; Diddle, JW; Ghbeis, M; Krawczeski, CD; Mah, KE; Neumayr, TM; Raymond, TT; Clarke, S; Doman, T; Viers, S; Zhang, W. Pediatric Nephrology. 2023; 38:3129-3137.

Implementation of a 24-hour infection diagnosis protocol in the pediatric cardiac intensive care unit (CICU). Chitalia, RA; Benscoter, AL; Chlebowski, MM; Hart, KJ; Iliopoulos, I; Misfeldt, AM; Sawyer, JE; Alten, JA. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2023; 44:1300-1307.

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