Nithya Kannan
University of Washington
13 Papers
27 Citations
Nithya Kannan is an academic researcher from University of Washington. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Pediatric trauma. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 11 publications.
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Papers
Acute care clinical indicators associated with discharge outcomes in children with severe traumatic brain injury.
Monica S. Vavilala,Mary A. Kernic,Jin Wang,Nithya Kannan,Richard Mink,Mark S. Wainwright,Jonathan I. Groner,Michael J. Bell,Christopher C. Giza,Douglas F. Zatzick,Richard G. Ellenbogen,Linda Ng Boyle,Pamela H. Mitchell,Frederick P. Rivara +13 more
TL;DR: Acute care clinical indicators of adherence to the Pediatric Guidelines were associated with significantly higher discharge survival and improved discharge Glasgow Outcome Scale, suggesting the need for an interdisciplinary approach to the care of children with severe traumatic brain injury.
Guideline Adherence and Outcomes in Severe Adult Traumatic Brain Injury for the CHIRAG (Collaborative Head Injury and Guidelines) Study
Deepak Gupta,Deepak Sharma,Nithya Kannan,Suchada Prapruettham,Charles Mock,Jin Wang,Qian Qiu,Ravindra Mohan Pandey,Ashok Kumar Mahapatra,Hari Har Dash,James G. Hecker,Frederick P. Rivara,Ali Rowhani-Rahbar,Monica S. Vavilala +13 more
TL;DR: Achieving early ICU adherence to guideline indicators was feasible and associated with significantly lower in-hospital mortality at Jay Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Center and Harborview Medical Center, and in-hospitals deaths were similar between the two institutions.
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Triage of children with moderate and severe traumatic brain injury to trauma centers
Mary A. Kernic,Frederick P. Rivara,Douglas F. Zatzick,Michael J. Bell,Mark S. Wainwright,Jonathan I. Groner,Christopher C. Giza,Richard Mink,Richard G. Ellenbogen,Linda Ng Boyle,Pamela H. Mitchell,Nithya Kannan,Monica S. Vavilala +12 more
TL;DR: Almost 84% of children with moderate to severe TBI currently receive care at a Level I or Level II trauma center, compared with care at non-trauma centers (NTC) using a nationally representative database.
Variation in seizure prophylaxis in severe pediatric traumatic brain injury.
Paige J Ostahowski,Nithya Kannan,Mark S. Wainwright,Qian Qiu,Richard Mink,Jonathan I. Groner,Michael J. Bell,Christopher C. Giza,Douglas F. Zatzick,Richard G. Ellenbogen,Linda Ng Boyle,Pamela H. Mitchell,Monica S. Vavilala,Outcomes Study +13 more
TL;DR: While fosphenytoin was the most commonly used medication for seizure prophylaxis, there was large variation within and between trauma centers with respect to timing and choice of seizure proPHylaxis in severe pediatric TBI.
Prehospital Factors Associated with Discharge Outcomes: Baseline Data from the Andhra Pradesh Traumatic Brain Injury Project.
Kodanda Ram,Kadali VaraPrasad,Murali K. Krishna,Nithya Kannan,Venkataraman Sundar,Mathew Joseph,Virendar D. Sinha,Dhaval Shukla,Gopalakrishnan Gururaj,Raj K. Narayan,Jogi V. Pattisapu,Monica S. Vavilala +11 more
- 13 Feb 2019
TL;DR: Patients with TBI often received treatment far away from injury, bypassing closer hospitals, and few patients received PH airway management, hemorrhage control, or cervical spine stabilization when needed.