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.
Cardiac critical care
Unplanned reinterventions after congenital cardiac surgery and hospital mortality: A report from the Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Consortium (PC4). Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2025; 170:1234-1241.e8.
Tracheostomy in patients with a single ventricle during stage 1 palliation hospitalization: Prudent?. JTCVS techniques. 2025; 33:225-229.
Modification of the Cardiac Renal Angina Index for Predicting Adverse Kidney Events After Pediatric Cardiac Surgery. Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease. 2025; 14:e042941.
C-C motif chemokine ligand 14 characterization for prediction of persistent severe AKI in post-cardiac surgery children. Pediatric Nephrology. 2025; 40:1103-1109.
Kinetics of Renin Concentrations in Infants Undergoing Congenital Cardiac Surgery. Journal of Intensive Care Medicine. 2025; 40:172-177.
Biomarker-based acute kidney injury sub-phenotypes refine risk assessment in children undergoing cardiac surgery. 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. Pediatric Nephrology. 2024; 39:3597-3606.
Sustained Performance of Cardiac Arrest Prevention in Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Units. JAMA Network Open. 2024; 7:e2432393.
Diuretic response after neonatal cardiac surgery: a report from the NEPHRON collaborative. Pediatric Nephrology. 2024; 39:2797-2805.
An evaluation of the outcomes associated with peritoneal catheter use in neonates undergoing cardiac surgery: A multicenter study. JTCVS Open. 2024; 19:275-295.
Jeffrey A. Alten, MD, Michael Gaies, MD, MPH, MS7/5/2022
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