Barry P. Markovitz

Barry P. Markovitz, MD, MPH

Languages spoken: English

  • Dr. Markovitz joined the University of Utah School of Medicine and Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital as Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Division Chief for Research in the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine on September 1, 2023.

    Dr. Markovitz was recruited to the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles in 2006 to head the hospital’s Division of Critical Care Medicine and serve as Medical Director of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. He served as Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine from 2018 to 2022. He was also a professor of Clinical Pediatrics and Anesthesiology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Dr. Markovitz is Board-certified in anesthesiology and pediatric anesthesiology, as well as pediatrics and pediatric critical care medicine. He has been involved in numerous research studies related to intensive care throughout his career, including transfusions, relationships between Pediatric ICU volume and outcomes, and the treatment of sepsis and acute respiratory distress syndrome.

    Dr. Markovitz is a member of the Pediatric Section of the Society of Critical Care Medicine, the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society, and he has served on the Executive Committee of the critical care section of the American Academy of Pediatrics. He has served on several editorial boards and was Chair of the Research Committee of VPS, LLC (Virtual Pediatric Systems), an international pediatric ICU quality and research collaborative. He also recently completed a term as Chair of the Scientific Committee of PALISI (Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators), the largest pediatric critical care research network in North America. He developed and has maintained PedsCCM.org, the website for pediatric critical care, since 1995.

    Dr. Markovitz earned his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and received a master’s in public health from St. Louis University. He did his pediatric internship and residency at Children’s Memorial Hospital (now the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago), Northwestern University Medical Center, and an anesthesiology residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Markovitz completed his fellowship in pediatric anesthesiology and critical care medicine at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

    Specialties

    Board Certification

    American Board of Anesthesiology
    American Board of Anesthesiology (Sub: Pediatric Anesthesiology)
    American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)
    American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine)

  • Dr. Markovitz joined the University of Utah School of Medicine and Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital as Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Division Chief for Research in the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine on September 1, 2023.

    Dr. Markovitz was recruited to the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles in 2006 to head the hospital’s Division of Critical Care Medicine and serve as Medical Director of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. He served as Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine from 2018 to 2022. He was also a professor of Clinical Pediatrics and Anesthesiology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Dr. Markovitz is Board-certified in anesthesiology and pediatric anesthesiology, as well as pediatrics and pediatric critical care medicine. He has been involved in numerous research studies related to intensive care throughout his career, including transfusions, relationships between Pediatric ICU volume and outcomes, and the treatment of sepsis and acute respiratory distress syndrome.

    Dr. Markovitz is a member of the Pediatric Section of the Society of Critical Care Medicine, the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society, and he has served on the Executive Committee of the critical care section of the American Academy of Pediatrics. He has served on several editorial boards and was Chair of the Research Committee of VPS, LLC (Virtual Pediatric Systems), an international pediatric ICU quality and research collaborative. He also recently completed a term as Chair of the Scientific Committee of PALISI (Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators), the largest pediatric critical care research network in North America. He developed and has maintained PedsCCM.org, the website for pediatric critical care, since 1995.

    Dr. Markovitz earned his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and received a master’s in public health from St. Louis University. He did his pediatric internship and residency at Children’s Memorial Hospital (now the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago), Northwestern University Medical Center, and an anesthesiology residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Markovitz completed his fellowship in pediatric anesthesiology and critical care medicine at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Pediatrics -Primary
    Academic Divisions Critical Care
    Board Certification
    American Board of Anesthesiology
    American Board of Anesthesiology (Sub: Pediatric Anesthesiology)
    American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)
    American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine)

    Education history

    Graduate Training Public Health - Saint Louis University M.P.H.
    Pediatric Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Fellow
    Residency Anesthesiology - Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Resident
    Pediatrics - Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Children’s Memorial Hospital Intern/Resident
    Professional Medical Medicine - University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine M.D.
    Biology - Washington & Jefferson College B.S.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Novak T, Crawford JC, Hahn G, Hall MW, Thair SA, Newhams MM, Chou J, Mourani PM, Tarquinio KM, Markovitz B, Loftis LL, Weiss SL, Higgerson R, Schwarz AJ, Pinto NP, Thomas NJ, Gedeit RG, Sanders RC Jr, Mahapatra S, Coates BM, Cvijanovich NZ, Ackerman KG, Tellez DW, McQuillen P, Kurachek SC, Shein SL, Lange C, Thomas PG, Randolph AG (2023). Transcriptomic profiles of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome phenotypes in pediatric critical influenza. Front Immunol, 14, 1220028. (Read full article)
    2. Lee S, Zhang Y, Newhams M, Novak T, Thomas PG, Mourani PM, Hall MW, Loftis LL, Cvijanovich NZ, Tarquinio KM, Schwarz AJ, Weiss SL, Thomas NJ, Markovitz B, Cullimore ML, Sanders RC, Zinter MS, Sullivan JE, Halasa NB, Bembea MM, Giuliano JS, Typpo KV, Nofziger RA, Shein SL, Kong M, Coates BM, Weiss ST, Lange C, Su HC, Randolph AG, Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators PALISI Pediatric Intensive Care Influenza PICFlu Investigators and the Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine TOPMed Investigators (2022). DDX58 Is Associated With Susceptibility to Severe Influenza Virus Infection in Children and Adolescents. J Infect Dis, 226(11), 2030-2036. (Read full article)
    3. Britto C, Mohorianu I, Yeung T, Cheung E, Novak T, Hall MW, Mourani PM, Weiss SL, Thomas NJ, Markovitz B, Randolph AG, Moffitt KL (2022). Host Respiratory Transcriptome Signature Associated with Poor Outcome in Children with Influenza-Staphylococcus aureus Pneumonia. J Infect Dis, 226(7), 1286-1294. (Read full article)
    4. Kingsley J, Markovitz B (2022). To Cannulate or Not to Cannulate: Are We Asking the Wrong Question? Pediatr Crit Care Med, 23(9), 759-761. (Read full article)
    5. Ista E, Redivo J, Kananur P, Choong K, Colleti J Jr, Needham DM, Awojoodu R, Kudchadkar SR, International PARK-PICU Investigators (2021). ABCDEF Bundle Practices for Critically Ill Children: An International Survey of 161 PICUs in 18 Countries. Crit Care Med, 50(1), 114-125. (Read full article)
    6. Nikolla DA, Ata A, Brundage N, Carlson JN, Frisch A, Wang HE, Markovitz B (2021). Change in Frequency of Invasive and Noninvasive Respiratory Support in Critically Ill Pediatric Subjects. Respir Care, 66(8), 1247-1253. (Read full article)
    7. Feldstein LR, Self WH, Ferdinands JM, Randolph AG, Aboodi M, Baughman AH, Brown SM, Exline MC, Files DC, Gibbs K, Ginde AA, Gong MN, Grijalva CG, Halasa N, Khan A, Lindsell CJ, Newhams M, Peltan ID, Prekker ME, Rice TW, Shapiro NI, Steingrub J, Talbot HK, Halloran ME, Patel M, Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness in the Critically Ill IVY Investigators and the Pediatric Intensive Care Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness PICFLU-VE Investigators (2020). Incorporating Real-time Influenza Detection Into the Test-negative Design for Estimating Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness: The Real-time Test-negative Design (rtTND). Clin Infect Dis, 72(9), 1669-1675. (Read full article)
    8. Mueller DM, Markovitz BP, Zinter MS, Takimoto SW, Khemani RG (2019). Risk Factors for Mortality and Pre-ICU Fluid Balance Among Critically Ill Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Patients. J Intensive Care Med, 35(11), 1265-1270. (Read full article)
    9. Boyd DF, Allen EK, Randolph AG, Guo XJ, Weng Y, Sanders CJ, Bajracharya R, Lee NK, Guy CS, Vogel P, Guan W, Li Y, Liu X, Novak T, Newhams MM, Fabrizio TP, Wohlgemuth N, Mourani PM, PALISI Pediatric Intensive Care Influenza PICFLU Investigators, Wight TN, Schultz-Cherry S, Cormier SA, Shaw-Saliba K, Pekosz A, Rothman RE, Chen KF, Yang Z, Webby RJ, Zhong N, Crawford JC, Thomas PG (2020). Exuberant fibroblast activity compromises lung function via ADAMTS4. Nature, 587(7834), 466-471. (Read full article)
    10. Horak RV, Alexander PM, Amirnovin R, Klein MJ, Bronicki RA, Markovitz BP, McBride ME, Randolph AG, Thiagarajan RR (2020). Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Distribution, Service Delivery, and Staffing in the United States in 2018. Pediatr Crit Care Med, 21(9), 797-803. (Read full article)
    11. Novak T, Hall MW, McDonald DR, Newhams MM, Mistry AJ, Panoskaltsis-Mortari A, Mourani PM, Loftis LL, Weiss SL, Tarquinio KM, Markovitz B, Hartman ME, Schwarz A, Junger WG, Randolph AG, PALISI Pediatric Intensive Care Influenza PICFLU Network Investigators (2020). RIG-I and TLR4 responses and adverse outcomes in pediatric influenza-related critical illness. J Allergy Clin Immunol, 145(6), 1673-1680.e11. (Read full article)
    12. Kudchadkar SR, Nelliot A, Awojoodu R, Vaidya D, Traube C, Walker T, Needham DM, Prevalence of Acute Rehabilitation for Kids in the PICU PARK-PICU Investigators and the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators PALISI Network (2020). Physical Rehabilitation in Critically Ill Children: A Multicenter Point Prevalence Study in the United States. Crit Care Med, 48(5), 634-644. (Read full article)
    13. Amirnovin R, Lieu P, Imperial-Perez F, Taketomo C, Markovitz BP, Moromisato DY (2018). Safety, Efficacy, and Timeliness of Intravenous Potassium Chloride Replacement Protocols in a Pediatric Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit. J Intensive Care Med, 35(4), 371-377. (Read full article)
    14. Spinella PC, Tucci M, Fergusson DA, Lacroix J, Hbert PC, Leteurtre S, Schechtman KB, Doctor A, Berg RA, Bockelmann T, Caro JJ, Chiusolo F, Clayton L, Cholette JM, Guerra GG, Josephson CD, Menon K, Muszynski JA, Nellis ME, Sarpal A, Schafer S, Steiner ME, Turgeon AF, ABC-PICU Investigators, Canadian Critical Care Trials Group, Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators Network, BloodNet Pediatric Critical Care Blood Research Network, Groupe Francophone de Ranimation et Urgences P (2019). Effect of Fresh vs Standard-issue Red Blood Cell Transfusions on Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome in Critically Ill Pediatric Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA, 322(22), 2179-2190. (Read full article)
    15. Frankel LR, Hsu BS, Yeh TS, Simone S, Agus MSD, Arca MJ, Coss-Bu JA, Fallat ME, Foland J, Gadepalli S, Gayle MO, Harmon LA, Hill V, Joseph CA, Kessel AD, Kissoon N, Moss M, Mysore MR, Papo ME, Rajzer-Wakeham KL, Rice TB, Rosenberg DL, Wakeham MK, Conway EE Jr, Voting Panel (2019). Criteria for Critical Care Infants and Children: PICU Admission, Discharge, and Triage Practice Statement and Levels of Care Guidance. Pediatr Crit Care Med, 20(9), 847-887. (Read full article)
    16. Horak RV, Griffin JF, Brown AM, Nett ST, Christie LM, Forbes ML, Kubis S, Li S, Singleton MN, Verger JT, Markovitz BP, Burns JP, Chung SA, Randolph AG, Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators PALISI Network (2019). Growth and Changing Characteristics of Pediatric Intensive Care 2001-2016. Crit Care Med, 47(8), 1135-1142. (Read full article)
    17. Christensen JR, Slomine BS, Silverstein FS, Page K, Holubkov R, Dean JM, Moler FW, Therapeutic Hypothermia after Pediatric Cardiac Arrest THAPCA Trial Investigators (2019). Cardiac Arrest Outcomes in Children With Preexisting Neurobehavioral Impairment. Pediatr Crit Care Med, 20(6), 510-517. (Read full article)
    18. Nellis ME, Goel R, Karam O, Cushing MM, Davis PJ, Steiner ME, Tucci M, Stanworth SJ, Spinella PC, Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators PALISI Network Pediatric Critical Care Blood Research Network BloodNet and the P3T Investigators, P3T Investigators (2018). Effects of ABO Matching of Platelet Transfusions in Critically Ill Children. Pediatr Crit Care Med, 20(2), e61-e69. (Read full article)
    19. Randolph AG, Xu R, Novak T, Newhams MM, Bubeck Wardenburg J, Weiss SL, Sanders RC, Thomas NJ, Hall MW, Tarquinio KM, Cvijanovich N, Gedeit RG, Truemper EJ, Markovitz B, Hartman ME, Ackerman KG, Giuliano JS Jr, Shein SL, Moffitt KL, Pediatric Intensive Care Influenza Investigators from the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators Network (2018). Vancomycin Monotherapy May Be Insufficient to Treat Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Coinfection in Children With Influenza-related Critical Illness. Clin Infect Dis, 68(3), 365-372. (Read full article)
    20. Thomas NJ, Spear D, Wasserman E, Pon S, Markovitz B, Singh AR, Li S, Gertz SJ, Rowan CM, Kunselman A, Tamburro RF, CALIPSO Study Investigators and the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators Network (2018). CALIPSO: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Calfactant for Acute Lung Injury in Pediatric Stem Cell and Oncology Patients. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant, 24(12), 2479-2486. (Read full article)
    21. Nellis ME, Karam O, Mauer E, Cushing MM, Davis PJ, Steiner ME, Tucci M, Stanworth SJ, Spinella PC, Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators PALISI network Pediatric Critical Care Blood Research Network BloodNet and the P3T Investigators (2018). Platelet Transfusion Practices in Critically Ill Children. Crit Care Med, 46(8), 1309-1317. (Read full article)
    22. Ichord R, Silverstein FS, Slomine BS, Telford R, Christensen J, Holubkov R, Dean JM, Moler FW, THAPCA Trial Group (2018). Neurologic outcomes in pediatric cardiac arrest survivors enrolled in the THAPCA trials. Neurology, 91(2), e123-e131. (Read full article)
    23. Fiore-Gartland A, Panoskaltsis-Mortari A, Agan AA, Mistry AJ, Thomas PG, Matthay MA, PALISI PICFlu Investigators, Hertz T, Randolph AG (2017). Cytokine Profiles of Severe Influenza Virus-Related Complications in Children. Front Immunol, 8, 1423. (Read full article)
    24. Randolph AG, Yip WK, Allen EK, Rosenberger CM, Agan AA, Ash SA, Zhang Y, Bhangale TR, Finkelstein D, Cvijanovich NZ, Mourani PM, Hall MW, Su HC, Thomas PG, Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators PALISI Network Pediatric Influenza PICFLU Investigators, Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators PALISI Network Pediatric Influenza PICFLU Investigators (2017). Evaluation of IFITM3 rs12252 Association With Severe Pediatric Influenza Infection. J Infect Dis, 216(1), 14-21. (Read full article)
    25. Camazine MN, Karam O, Colvin R, Leteurtre S, Demaret P, Tucci M, Muszynski JA, Stanworth S, Spinella PC, PlasmaTV Investigators (2017). Outcomes Related to the Use of Frozen Plasma or Pooled Solvent/Detergent-Treated Plasma in Critically Ill Children. Pediatr Crit Care Med, 18(5), e215-e223. (Read full article)
    26. Fink EL, Kochanek PM, Tasker RC, Beca J, Bell MJ, Clark RS, Hutchison J, Vavilala MS, Fabio A, Angus DC, Watson RS, Prevalence of Acute critical Neurological disease in children A Global Epidemiological Assessment PANGEA Investigators (2017). International Survey of Critically Ill Children With Acute Neurologic Insults: The Prevalence of Acute Critical Neurological Disease in Children: A Global Epidemiological Assessment Study. Pediatr Crit Care Med, 18(4), 330-342. (Read full article)
    27. Karam O, Demaret P, Duhamel A, Shefler A, Spinella PC, Tucci M, Leteurtre S, Stanworth SJ, PlasmaTV investigators (2017). Factors influencing plasma transfusion practices in paediatric intensive care units around the world. Vox Sang, 112(2), 140-149. (Read full article)
    28. Gupta P, Rettiganti M, Jeffries HE, Brundage N, Markovitz BP, Scanlon MC, Simsic JM (2016). Association of 24/7 In-House Intensive Care Unit Attending Physician Coverage With Outcomes in Children Undergoing Heart Operations. Ann Thorac Surg, 102(6), 2052-2061. (Read full article)
    29. Silverstein FS, Slomine BS, Christensen J, Holubkov R, Page K, Dean JM, Moler FW, Therapeutic Hypothermia to Improve Survival After Cardiac Arrest Trial Group (2016). Functional Outcome Trajectories After Out-of-Hospital Pediatric Cardiac Arrest. Crit Care Med, 44(12), e1165-e1174. (Read full article)
    30. Yu KO, Randolph AG, Agan AA, Yip WK, Truemper EJ, Weiss SL, Ackerman KG, Schwarz AJ, Giuliano JS Jr, Hall MW, Bubeck Wardenburg J, Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators PALISI PICFlu Study Group, PALISI PICFlu Study Group (2016). Staphylococcus aureus α-Toxin Response Distinguishes Respiratory Virus-Methicillin-Resistant S. aureus Coinfection in Children. J Infect Dis, 214(11), 1638-1646. (Read full article)
    31. Karam O, Demaret P, Duhamel A, Shefler A, Spinella PC, Stanworth SJ, Tucci M, Leteurtre S, PlasmaTV investigators (2016). Performance of the PEdiatric Logistic Organ Dysfunction-2 score in critically ill children requiring plasma transfusions. Ann Intensive Care, 6(1), 98. (Read full article)
    32. Moler FW, Hutchison JS, Nadkarni VM, Silverstein FS, Meert KL, Holubkov R, Page K, Slomine BS, Christensen JR, Dean JM, Therapeutic Hypothermia After Pediatric Cardiac Arrest Out-of-Hospital Trial Investigators (2016). Targeted Temperature Management After Pediatric Cardiac Arrest Due To Drowning: Outcomes and Complications. Pediatr Crit Care Med, 17(8), 712-20. (Read full article)
    33. Markovitz BP, Kukuyeva I, Soto-Campos G, Khemani RG (2016). PICU Volume and Outcome: A Severity-Adjusted Analysis. Pediatr Crit Care Med, 17(6), 483-9. (Read full article)
    34. Gupta P, Robertson MJ, Rettiganti M, Seib PM, Wernovsky G, Markovitz BP, Simsic J, Tobias JD (2016). Impact of Timing of ECMO Initiation on Outcomes After Pediatric Heart Surgery: A Multi-Institutional Analysis. Pediatr Cardiol, 37(5), 971-8. (Read full article)
    35. Giuliano JS Jr, Markovitz BP, Brierley J, Levin R, Williams G, Lum LC, Dorofaeff T, Cruces P, Bush JL, Keele L, Nadkarni VM, Thomas NJ, Fitzgerald JC, Weiss SL, Sepsis PRevalence OUtcomes and Therapies Study Investigators and Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators Network (2016). Comparison of Pediatric Severe Sepsis Managed in U.S. and European ICUs. Pediatr Crit Care Med, 17(6), 522-30. (Read full article)
    36. Huang M, Parker AM, Bienvenu OJ, Dinglas VD, Colantuoni E, Hopkins RO, Needham DM, National Institutes of Health National Heart Lung and Blood Institute Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network (2016). Psychiatric Symptoms in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Survivors: A 1-Year National Multicenter Study. Crit Care Med, 44(5), 954-65. (Read full article)
    37. Randolph AG, Agan AA, Flanagan RF, Meece JK, Fitzgerald JC, Loftis LL, Truemper EJ, Li S, Ferdinands JM, Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators PALISI PICFlu Study Group (2016). Optimizing Virus Identification in Critically Ill Children Suspected of Having an Acute Severe Viral Infection. Pediatr Crit Care Med, 17(4), 279-86. (Read full article)
    38. Sanders RC Jr, Nett ST, Davis KF, Parker MM, Bysani GK, Adu-Darko M, Bird GL, Cheifetz IM, Derbyshire AT, Emeriaud G, Giuliano JS Jr, Graciano AL, Hagiwara Y, Hefley G, Ikeyama T, Jarvis JD, Kamat P, Krishna AS, Lee A, Lee JH, Li S, Meyer K, Montgomery VL, Nagai Y, Pinto M, Rehder KJ, Saito O, Shenoi AN, Taekema HC, Tarquinio KM, Thompson AE, Turner DA, Nadkarni VM, Nishisaki A, National Emergency Airway Registry for Children NEAR4KIDS Investigators, Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators Network (2016). Family Presence During Pediatric Tracheal Intubations. JAMA Pediatr, 170(3), e154627. (Read full article)
    39. Gupta P, Tang X, Rettiganti M, Lauer C, Kacmarek RM, Rice TB, Markovitz BP, Wetzel RC (2015). Association of house staff training with mortality in children with critical illness. Acta Paediatr, 105(2), e60-6. (Read full article)
    40. Karam O, Demaret P, Shefler A, Leteurtre S, Spinella PC, Stanworth SJ, Tucci M, Canadian Critical Care Trials Group CCCTG, Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators PALISI, BloodNet, PlasmaTV Investigators (2015). Indications and Effects of Plasma Transfusions in Critically Ill Children. Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 191(12), 1395-402. (Read full article)
    41. Moler FW, Silverstein FS, Holubkov R, Slomine BS, Christensen JR, Nadkarni VM, Meert KL, Clark AE, Browning B, Pemberton VL, Page K, Shankaran S, Hutchison JS, Newth CJ, Bennett KS, Berger JT, Topjian A, Pineda JA, Koch JD, Schleien CL, Dalton HJ, Ofori-Amanfo G, Goodman DM, Fink EL, McQuillen P, Zimmerman JJ, Thomas NJ, van der Jagt EW, Porter MB, Meyer MT, Harrison R, Pham N, Schwarz AJ, Nowak JE, Alten J, Wheeler DS, Bhalala US, Lidsky K, Lloyd E, Mathur M, Shah S, Wu T, Theodorou AA, Sanders RC Jr, Dean JM, THAPCA Trial Investigators (2015). Therapeutic hypothermia after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in children. N Engl J Med, 372(20), 1898-908. (Read full article)
    42. Zipkin R, Ostrom K, Olowoyeye A, Markovitz B, Schrager SM (2015). Association Between Implementation of a Cardiovascular Step-Down Unit and Process-of-Care Outcomes in Patients With Congenital Heart Disease. Hosp Pediatr, 5(5), 256-62. (Read full article)
    43. Epstein D, Unger JB, Ornelas B, Chang JC, Markovitz BP, Dodek PM, Heyland DK, Gold JI (2014). Satisfaction with care and decision making among parents/caregivers in the pediatric intensive care unit: a comparison between English-speaking whites and Latinos. J Crit Care, 30(2), 236-41. (Read full article)
    44. Tarquinio KM, Howell JD, Montgomery V, Turner DA, Hsing DD, Parker MM, Brown CA 3rd, Walls RM, Nadkarni VM, Nishisaki A, National Emergency Airway Registry for Children, Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators Network (2015). Current medication practice and tracheal intubation safety outcomes from a prospective multicenter observational cohort study. Pediatr Crit Care Med, 16(3), 210-8. (Read full article)
    45. Dinglas VD, Huang M, Sepulveda KA, Pinedo M, Hopkins RO, Colantuoni E, Needham DM, NIH NHLBI ARDS Network (2015). Personalized contact strategies and predictors of time to survey completion: analysis of two sequential randomized trials. BMC Med Res Methodol, 15, 5. (Read full article)
    46. Kallet RH, Zhuo H, Liu KD, Calfee CS, Matthay MA, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute ARDS Network Investigators (2013). The association between physiologic dead-space fraction and mortality in subjects with ARDS enrolled in a prospective multi-center clinical trial. Respir Care, 59(11), 1611-8. (Read full article)
    47. Ferdinands JM, Olsho LE, Agan AA, Bhat N, Sullivan RM, Hall M, Mourani PM, Thompson M, Randolph AG, Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators PALISI Network (2014). Effectiveness of influenza vaccine against life-threatening RT-PCR-confirmed influenza illness in US children, 2010-2012. J Infect Dis, 210(5), 674-83. (Read full article)
    48. Hsieh SJ, Zhuo H, Benowitz NL, Thompson BT, Liu KD, Matthay MA, Calfee CS, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network (2014). Prevalence and impact of active and passive cigarette smoking in acute respiratory distress syndrome. Crit Care Med, 42(9), 2058-68. (Read full article)
    49. National Heart Lung and Blood Institute ARDS Clinical Trials Network, Truwit JD, Bernard GR, Steingrub J, Matthay MA, Liu KD, Albertson TE, Brower RG, Shanholtz C, Rock P, Douglas IS, deBoisblanc BP, Hough CL, Hite RD, Thompson BT (2014). Rosuvastatin for sepsis-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome. N Engl J Med, 370(23), 2191-200. (Read full article)
    50. Needham DM, Wozniak AW, Hough CL, Morris PE, Dinglas VD, Jackson JC, Mendez-Tellez PA, Shanholtz C, Ely EW, Colantuoni E, Hopkins RO, National Institutes of Health NHLBI ARDS Network (2014). Risk factors for physical impairment after acute lung injury in a national, multicenter study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 189(10), 1214-24. (Read full article)
    51. Rehder KJ, Cheifetz IM, Markovitz BP, Turner DA, Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators Network (2013). Survey of in-house coverage by pediatric intensivists: characterization of 24/7 in-hospital pediatric critical care faculty coverage*. Pediatr Crit Care Med, 15(2), 97-104. (Read full article)
    52. Epstein D, Unger JB, Ornelas B, Chang JC, Markovitz BP, Moromisato DY, Dodek PM, Heyland DK, Gold JI (2013). Psychometric evaluation of a modified version of the family satisfaction in the ICU survey in parents/caregivers of critically ill children*. Pediatr Crit Care Med, 14(8), e350-6. (Read full article)
    53. Yasaka Y, Khemani RG, Markovitz BP (2013). Is shock index associated with outcome in children with sepsis/septic shock?*. Pediatr Crit Care Med, 14(8), e372-9. (Read full article)
    54. Khemani RG, Schneider JB, Morzov R, Markovitz B, Newth CJ (2013). Pediatric upper airway obstruction: interobserver variability is the road to perdition. J Crit Care, 28(4), 490-7. (Read full article)
    55. Thomas NJ, Guardia CG, Moya FR, Cheifetz IM, Markovitz B, Cruces P, Barton P, Segal R, Simmons P, Randolph AG, PALISI Network (2012). A pilot, randomized, controlled clinical trial of lucinactant, a peptide-containing synthetic surfactant, in infants with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure. Pediatr Crit Care Med, 13(6), 646-53. (Read full article)
    56. Edwards JD, Houtrow AJ, Vasilevskis EE, Rehm RS, Markovitz BP, Graham RJ, Dudley RA (2012). Chronic conditions among children admitted to U.S. pediatric intensive care units: their prevalence and impact on risk for mortality and prolonged length of stay*. Crit Care Med, 40(7), 2196-203. (Read full article)
    57. Ingaramo OA, Khemani RG, Markovitz BP, Epstein D (2011). Effect of race on the timing of the Glenn and Fontan procedures for single-ventricle congenital heart disease. Pediatr Crit Care Med, 13(2), 174-7. (Read full article)
    58. Hayes LW, Dobyns EL, DiGiovine B, Brown AM, Jacobson S, Randall KH, Wathen B, Richard H, Schwab C, Duncan KD, Thrasher J, Logsdon TR, Hall M, Markovitz B (2012). A multicenter collaborative approach to reducing pediatric codes outside the ICU. Pediatrics, 129(3), e785-91. (Read full article)
    59. Epstein D, Wong CF, Khemani RG, Moromisato DY, Waters K, Kipke MD, Markovitz BP (2011). Race/Ethnicity is not associated with mortality in the PICU. Pediatrics, 127(3), e588-97. (Read full article)
    60. Markovitz B (2010). Intensive insulin therapy-reduced mortality in patients in paediatric intensive care. Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed, 96(1), 21. (Read full article)
    61. Khemani RG, Markovitz BP, Curley MAQ (2009). Characteristics of children intubated and mechanically ventilated in 16 PICUs. Chest, 136(3), 765-771. (Read full article)
    62. Typpo KV, Petersen NJ, Hallman DM, Markovitz BP, Mariscalco MM (2009). Day 1 multiple organ dysfunction syndrome is associated with poor functional outcome and mortality in the pediatric intensive care unit. Pediatr Crit Care Med, 10(5), 562-70. (Read full article)
    63. Tamburro RF, Thomas NJ, Pon S, Jacobs BR, Dicarlo JV, Markovitz BP, Jefferson LS, Willson DF, Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators PALISI Network (2008). Post hoc analysis of calfactant use in immunocompromised children with acute lung injury: Impact and feasibility of further clinical trials. Pediatr Crit Care Med, 9(5), 459-64. (Read full article)
    64. Bateman ST, Lacroix J, Boven K, Forbes P, Barton R, Thomas NJ, Jacobs B, Markovitz B, Goldstein B, Hanson JH, Li HA, Randolph AG, Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators Network (2008). Anemia, blood loss, and blood transfusions in North American children in the intensive care unit. Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 178(1), 26-33. (Read full article)
    65. Markovitz BP, Andresen EM (2006). Lack of insurance coverage and urgent care use for asthma: a retrospective cohort study. BMC Public Health, 6, 14. (Read full article)
    66. Markovitz BP, Cook R, Flick LH, Leet TL (2005). Socioeconomic factors and adolescent pregnancy outcomes: distinctions between neonatal and post-neonatal deaths? BMC Public Health, 5, 79. (Read full article)
    67. Markovitz BP, Goodman DM, Watson RS, Bertoch D, Zimmerman J (2005). A retrospective cohort study of prognostic factors associated with outcome in pediatric severe sepsis: what is the role of steroids? Pediatr Crit Care Med, 6(3), 270-4. (Read full article)
    68. Checchia PA, McCollegan J, Daher N, Kolovos N, Levy F, Markovitz B (2005). The effect of surgical case volume on outcome after the Norwood procedure. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 129(4), 754-9. (Read full article)
    69. Willson DF, Thomas NJ, Markovitz BP, Bauman LA, DiCarlo JV, Pon S, Jacobs BR, Jefferson LS, Conaway MR, Egan EA, Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (2005). Effect of exogenous surfactant (calfactant) in pediatric acute lung injury: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA, 293(4), 470-6. (Read full article)
    70. Markovitz BP, Goodman KW (2004). Case reports on the Web redux: confidentiality still in jeopardy. AMIA Annu Symp Proc, 2003, 926. (Read full article)
    71. Markovitz BP, Randolph AG (2003). Corticosteroids for the prevention of reintubation and postextubation stridor in pediatric patients: A meta-analysis. Pediatr Crit Care Med, 3(3), 223-226. (Read full article)
    72. Weigle CG, Markovitz BP, Pon S (2001). The Internet, the electronic medical record, the pediatric intensive care unit, and everything. Crit Care Med, 29(8 Suppl), N166-76. (Read full article)
    73. Markovitz BP (2003). Whose journal is it anyway? A new journal, a new paradigm? Pediatr Crit Care Med, 1(2), 186-7. (Read full article)
    74. Markovitz BP (2000). Biomedicine's electronic publishing paradigm shift: copyright policy and PubMed Central. J Am Med Inform Assoc, 7(3), 222-9. (Read full article)
    75. Markovitz BP, Goodman KW (1999). Case Reports on the Web: Is Confidentiality Begin Maintained? AMIA Annu Symp Proc, 1999, 1114.
    76. Markovitz B, May L (2001). Three patients, two hearts. Hastings Cent Rep, 28(5), 20-1. (Read full article)
    77. Markovitz BP, Duhaime AC, Sutton L, Schreiner MS, Cohen DE (1992). Effects of alfentanil on intracranial pressure in children undergoing ventriculoperitoneal shunt revision. Anesthesiology, 76(1), 71-6. (Read full article)
    78. Larsen PR, Dick TE, Markovitz BP, Kaplan MM, Gard TG (1979). Inhibition of intrapituitary thyroxine to 3.5.3'-triiodothyronine conversion prevents the acute suppression of thyrotropin release by thyroxine in hypothyroid rats. J Clin Invest, 64(1), 117-28. (Read full article)

    Review

    1. Wolbrink TA, Rubin L, Burns JP, Markovitz B (2018). The Top Ten Websites in Critical Care Medicine Education Today. [Review]. J Intensive Care Med, 34(1), 3-16. (Read full article)
    2. Bennett TD, Spaeder MC, Matos RI, Watson RS, Typpo KV, Khemani RG, Crow S, Benneyworth BD, Thiagarajan RR, Dean JM, Markovitz BP, Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators PALISI (2014). Existing data analysis in pediatric critical care research. [Review]. Front Pediatr, 2, 79. (Read full article)
    3. Shibata S, Khemani RG, Markovitz B (2013). Patient origin is associated with duration of endotracheal intubation and PICU length of stay for children with status asthmaticus. [Review]. J Intensive Care Med, 29(3), 154-9. (Read full article)
    4. Markovitz BP (2009). Pediatric critical care surge capacity. [Review]. J Trauma, 67(2 Suppl), S140-2. (Read full article)
    5. Khemani RG, Randolph A, Markovitz B (2009). Corticosteroids for the prevention and treatment of post-extubation stridor in neonates, children and adults. [Review]. Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 2009(3), CD001000. (Read full article)
    6. Markovitz BP, Randolph AG, Khemani RG (2008). Corticosteroids for the prevention and treatment of post-extubation stridor in neonates, children and adults. [Review]. Cochrane Database Syst Rev, (2), CD001000. (Read full article)
    7. Markovitz B (2002). Does magnesium sulphate have a role in the management of paediatric status asthmaticus? [Review]. Arch Dis Child, 86(5), 381-2. (Read full article)
    8. Markovitz BP, Randolph AG (2000). Corticosteroids for the prevention and treatment of post-extubation stridor in neonates, children and adults. [Review]. Cochrane Database Syst Rev, (2), CD001000. (Read full article)

    Editorial

    1. Nelson LP, Markovitz BP (2018). Looking Under the Lamp Post, But You Dropped Your Keys Down the Street: Glucocorticoid Receptors in WBCs After Heart Surgery? Pediatr Crit Care Med, 19(8), 777-778. (Read full article)
    2. Amirnovin R, Markovitz B (2017). A Tale of Two Controversies: Low Cardiac Output Syndrome and Corticosteroids. Pediatr Crit Care Med, 18(7), 719-720. (Read full article)
    3. Abou-Zamzam AA, Markovitz BP (2015). Is It Safe? Are There Limits With Procedural Sedation for Endoscopy in Children? Pediatr Crit Care Med, 16(8), 783-4. (Read full article)
    4. Nelson LP, Markovitz BP (2015). Are we correctly diagnosing adrenal insufficiency or are we just spitting into the wind? Pediatr Crit Care Med, 16(4), 385-6. (Read full article)
    5. Bhalla A, Markovitz BP (2014). Neonatal single-ventricle palliative surgery: lost in (dead) space? Pediatr Crit Care Med, 15(8), 777-8. (Read full article)
    6. DiCarlo JV, Markovitz BP (2014). "Not your father's internet"*. Pediatr Crit Care Med, 15(3), 266-7. (Read full article)
    7. Dicarlo JV, Markovitz BP (2012). "You're not Superman you know..." (1). Pediatr Crit Care Med, 13(5), 602-3. (Read full article)
    8. Epstein D, Markovitz B (2011). Where in the world is WALDO (Why Adrenal Levels Defy Observation)? Hemodynamic correlates of serum cortisol in neonates after cardiopulmonary bypass. Pediatr Crit Care Med, 12(3), 359-60. (Read full article)
    9. Markovitz BP (2009). The drug that would not die (though patients receiving it do). Pediatr Crit Care Med, 10(3), 418-9. (Read full article)
    10. Markovitz BP (2004). The wired pediatric intensive care unit today: what is your patient's URL? Pediatr Crit Care Med, 5(5), 493-4. (Read full article)

    Letter

    1. Markovitz BP (2014). Proving propofol "safe" for continuous sedation in the PICU is an impossible task. [Letter to the editor]. Pediatr Crit Care Med, 15(6), 577. (Read full article)
    2. Khemani RG, Randolph A, Markovitz B (2010). Steroids for post extubation stridor: pediatric evidence is still inconclusive. [Letter to the editor]. Intensive Care Med, 36(7), 1276-7. (Read full article)
    3. Markovitz BP (2005). The principle of multicollinearity. [Letter to the editor]. Pediatr Crit Care Med, 6(1), 94; author reply 94-5. (Read full article)
    4. Markovitz BP (2003). Continuous propofol infusion in 142 critically ill children. [Letter to the editor]. Pediatrics, 112(6 Pt 1), 1460-1; author reply 1460-1. (Read full article)
    5. Markovitz BP (2003). Small trials and drug safety: when will we learn? [Letter to the editor]. Pediatr Crit Care Med, 4(1), 129. (Read full article)
    6. Markovitz BP, Feuer P, Cox P (2000). Rare events often happen infrequently: propofol complications revisited. [Letter to the editor]. Crit Care Med, 28(6), 2178-9. (Read full article)
    7. Kenagy DN, Cole BR, Markovitz BP, Graham IL, Lowell JA (1996). One patient's experience with mycophenolic acid. [Letter to the editor]. Pediatr Nephrol, 10(4), 546-7. (Read full article)
    8. Markovitz BP, Silverberg M, Godinez RI (1989). Unusual cause of an absent capnogram. [Letter to the editor]. Anesthesiology, 71(6), 992-3. (Read full article)

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