Yu Kawai, M.D.

  1. Internist
  2. Pediatric Critical Care Specialist
  3. Pediatrician
  1. Masilamani MSJ, Leff R, Kawai Y. Asystole in a young child with tetrahydrocannabinol overdose: a case report and review of literature. Front Toxicol. 2024; 6:1371651 Epub 2024 May 09
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  2. Witte MA, Lloyd RM, McGree M, Kawai Y. Sleep quantity and quality of critically ill children perceived by caregivers and bedside nursing staff: a pilot study. J Clin Sleep Med. 2023 Dec 01; 19(12):2027-2033.
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  3. Lin JC, Srivastava A, Malone S, Jennison S, Simino M, Traube C, LaRose K, Kawai Y, Neu L, Kudchadkar S, Wieczorek B, Hajnik K, Kordik CM, Kumar VK, Aghamohammadi S, Arteaga GM, Smith HAB, Spentzas T, Orman A, Landman BM, Valdivia H, Browne H, Fang T, Zimmerman JJ, Society of Critical Care Medicine's Pediatric ICU Liberation Campaign Collaborative. Caring for Critically Ill Children With the ICU Liberation Bundle (ABCDEF): Results of the Pediatric Collaborative. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2023 Aug 1; 24 (8):636-651 Epub 2023 May 01
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  4. Mahoney E, Rohlik GM, Butterfass ES, Friedrich C, Simpson DD, Kawai Y. Improving Mobility Practices of Critically Ill Children. J Pediatr Health Care. 2022 Sep-Oct; 36 (5):406-415 Epub 2022 June 14
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  5. Eisenberg MA, Riggs R, Paul R, Balamuth F, Richardson T, DeSouza HG, Abbadesa MK, DeMartini TKM, Frizzola M, Lane R, Lloyd J, Melendez E, Patankar N, Rutman L, Sebring A, Timmons Z, Scott HF, IPSO collaborative investigators. Association Between the First-Hour Intravenous Fluid Volume and Mortality in Pediatric Septic Shock. Ann Emerg Med. 2022 Sep; 80 (3):213-224 Epub 2022 May 29
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  6. Weatherhead JR, Niedner M, Dahmer MK, Malas N, Owens T, Kawai Y. Patterns of Delirium in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and Associations With Noise Pollution. J Intensive Care Med. 2022 Jul; 37 (7):946-953 Epub 2021 Dec 06
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  7. Rohlik G, Pfeiffer AJ, Collins CE, Parrett CR, Kawai Y. Improving Pediatric Delirium Assessment Documentation and Implementation of a Nonpharmacologic Delirium Management Bundle in the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit. J Pediatr Nurs. 2021 Sep-Oct; 60:168-176 Epub 2021 May 15
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  8. 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. Physical Rehabilitation in Critically Ill Children: A Multicenter Point Prevalence Study in the United States. Crit Care Med. 2020 May; 48 (5):634-644
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  9. Kawai Y, Weatherhead JR, Traube C, Owens TA, Shaw BE, Fraser EJ, Scott AM, Wojczynski MR, Slaman KL, Cassidy PM, Baker LA, Shellhaas RA, Dahmer MK, Shever LL, Malas NM, Niedner MF. Quality Improvement Initiative to Reduce Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Noise Pollution With the Use of a Pediatric Delirium Bundle. J Intensive Care Med. 2019 May; 34 (5):383-390 Epub 2017 Sept 01
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  10. Kawai Y, Rohlik GM, Neu LL, Mujic AJ, Duncan JM, Feigal SA, Rowekamp DJ, Fetterly BM, Fryer KR, Conlon PM, Huskins WC, Schiltz BM, Ouellette Y, Nemergut ME, Kahoud RJ, Arteaga GM. De-escalation of Care Through Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Liberation Rounds and a Daily Checklist Pediatric Quality and Safety. 4/17/2018; 3(2):e062.
  11. Ha JF, Vitale LN, Pfarr MA, Kawai Y, Zopf DA. Massive Macroglossia After Posterior Cranial Fossa Surgery: A Case Report. A A Case Rep. 2017 Nov 27 [Epub ahead of print]
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  12. Malas N, Spital L, Fischer J, Kawai Y, Cruz D, Keefer P. National Survey on Pediatric Acute Agitation and Behavioral Escalation in Academic Inpatient Pediatric Care Settings. Psychosomatics. 2017 May - Jun; 58 (3):299-306 Epub 2017 Jan 27
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  13. Traube C, Silver G, Reeder RW, Doyle H, Hegel E, Wolfe HA, Schneller C, Chung MG, Dervan LA, DiGennaro JL, Buttram SD, Kudchadkar SR, Madden K, Hartman ME, deAlmeida ML, Walson K, Ista E, Baarslag MA, Salonia R, Beca J, Long D, Kawai Y, Cheifetz IM, Gelvez J, Truemper EJ, Smith RL, Peters ME, O'Meara AM, Murphy S, Bokhary A, Greenwald BM, Bell MJ. Delirium in Critically Ill Children: An International Point Prevalence Study. Crit Care Med. 2017 Jan 10;
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  14. Kawai Y, DeMonbrun AG, Chambers RS, Nolan DA, Dolcourt BA, Malas NM, Quasney MW. A Previously Healthy Adolescent With Acute Encephalopathy and Decorticate Posturing. Pediatrics. 2017 Jan; 139: (1).
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  15. 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. Family Presence During Pediatric Tracheal Intubations. JAMA Pediatr. 2016 Mar; 170(3):e154627. Epub 2016 Mar 07.
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  16. Kawai Y, Cornell TT, Cooley EG, Beckman CN, Baldridge PK, Mottes TA, Luckritz KE, Plomaritas KS, Meade JM, Odetola FO, Han YY, Blatt NB, Annich GM. Therapeutic plasma exchange may improve hemodynamics and organ failure among children with sepsis-induced multiple organ dysfunction syndrome receiving extracorporeal life support. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2015 May; 16: (4)366-74.
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  17. Kawai Y, Ostwani W. Critical Appraisal of: Baranwal, A.K., et al., Dexamethasone Pretreatment for 24 Hour vs. 6 Hour for Prevention of Postextubation Airway Obstruction in Children: a Randomized Double-blind Trial. Intensive Care Med, 2014 Sep; 40(9):1285-94. PedsCCM.org Evidence-Based Online Journal Club: http://pedsccm.org/view-review.php?id=981/.2014;
  18. Prieto LR, Kawai Y, Worley SE. Total pulmonary vein occlusion complicating pulmonary vein isolation: diagnosis and treatment. Heart Rhythm. 2010 Sep; 7: (9)1233-9.
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