Alisa Savetamal
Bridgeport Hospital
29 Papers
37 Citations
Alisa Savetamal is an academic researcher from Bridgeport Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Internal medicine. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 12 publications.
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Papers
American Burn Association consensus statements.
Nicole S. Gibran,Shelley A. Wiechman,Walter J. Meyer,Linda S. Edelman,James A. Fauerbach,Linda Gibbons,Radha K. Holavanahalli,Carly Hunt,Kelly Keller,Elizabeth Kirk,Jacqueline Laird,Giavonni M. Lewis,Sidonie Moses,Jill L. Sproul,Gretta E. Wilkinson,Steven E. Wolf,Alan Young,Sandra Yovino,Michael J. Mosier,Leopoldo C. Cancio,Hamed Amani,Carolyn B Blayney,Judith Cullinane,Linwood R. Haith,James C. Jeng,Patricia Kardos,George C. Kramer,Mary Beth Lawless,Maria Serio-Melvin,Sidney F. Miller,Katie Moran,Rachel Novakovic,Bruce Potenza,Anna Rinewalt,John Schultz,Howard G. Smith,Maggie L. Dylewski,Lucy Wibbenmeyer,Palmer Q. Bessey,Jennifer Carter,Richard L. Gamelli,Cleon W. Goodwin,Tamara Graves,Kathleen A. Hollowed,Jimmy Holmes,John Noordenbas,Megan Nordlund,Alisa Savetamal,Peggie Simpson,Daniel L. Traber,Lillian D. Traber,Bernadette Nedelec,Matthias B. Donelan,Mary Jo Baryza,Dhaval Bhavsar,Sigrid A Blome-Eberwein Md,Gretchen J. Carrougher,William L. Hickerson,Victor Joe,Marion H. Jordan,Karen J. Kowalske,Derek Murray,Vimal K. Murray,Ingrid Parry,Michael Peck,Debra A. Reilly,Jeffrey C. Schneider,Linda Ware,Adam J. Singer,Steven T. Boyce,David H. Ahrenholz,Philip Chang,Richard A.F. Clark,Ryan M Fey,Phil Fidler,Warren L. Garner,David G. Greenhalgh,Shari Honari,Larry M. Jones,Richard J. Kagan,John Kirby,Jeannie Leggett,Nicholas A. Meyer,Cynthia L. Reigart,Karen J Richey,Lior Rosenberg,Joan M. Weber,Brad Wiggins +87 more
TL;DR: Development of metrics for burn care, including healing of skin wounds during the acute phase of treatment, is essential in an environment of decreasing resources and increasing interest in quality and accuracy of medical information.
Use of aerosolized aminoglycosides in the treatment of Gram-negative ventilator-associated pneumonia.
Alicia M. Mohr,Ziad C. Sifri,Helen Horng,Ragui Sadek,Alisa Savetamal,Carl J. Hauser,David H. Livingston +6 more
TL;DR: Along with systemic therapy, aerosolized aminoglycosides are valuable adjuncts in select patients with minimal risk of antibiotic resistance and are reported anecdotally to have value in the treatment of VAP.
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Characteristics of Patients with Injury Secondary to Smoking on Home Oxygen Therapy Transferred Intubated to a Burn Center
Salam Al Kassis,Alisa Savetamal,Roland Assi,Roselle E. Crombie,Rahmat Ali,Craig Moores,Amanda Najjar,Tawnya Hansen,Tabitha Ku,John T. Schulz +9 more
TL;DR: Comparing outcomes of patients who sustained burn and ostensible inhalation injuries while on home oxygen therapy with those suffering equivalent injuries via other mechanisms found patients in this series did as well as patients without COPD who sustained similar injuries.
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Infection in Elderly Burn Patients: What Do We Know?
TL;DR: Because of the inherent susceptibility of the elder population to infection because of pre-existing medical conditions, immunosenescence, and potential exposure via frequent interaction with the medical system, vigilance must be maintained for preventing and treating infection in elderly burn patients.
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American Burn Association Clinical Practice Guidelines on Burn Shock Resuscitation.
R. Cartotto,Laura S Johnson,Alisa Savetamal,David Greenhalgh,John C. Kubasiak,Julie A Rizzo,Soman Sen,Emilia Main +7 more
TL;DR: It is recommended that clinicians consider the use of human albumin solution, especially in patients with larger burns, to lower resuscitation volumes and improve urine output, and makes a weak recommendation for clinicians to consider theUse of computer decision support software to guide fluid titration andLower resuscitation fluid volumes.
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