ShamsuddinAkhtarMD

PubMed

• Aging and Growing.
  Shamsuddin Akhtar
  Anesthesiology Clinics. 2023-09-01
• 3 citations
  Relationship Between Glucose Time in Range in Diabetic and Non-Diabetic Patients and Mortality in Critically Ill Patients.
  Mahmoud A Ammar, Abdalla A Ammar, Timothy Wee, Ranjit Deshpande, Matthew Band
  Journal of Intensive Care Medicine. 2022-12-01
• 1 citations
  Response to comment on: "Association of propofol induction dose and severe pre-incision hypotension among surgical patients over age 65".
  Amit Bardia, Shamsuddin Akhtar, Robert B Schonberger
  Journal of Clinical Anesthesia. 2022-10-01

Journal Articles

• A Retrospective Observational Study of Anaesthetic Dosing Adjustments in the Elderly: Are we overdosing older patients?  
  S. Akhtar, J. Heng, F. Dai, RB Schonberger, MM Burg, Drugs and Aging, 1/1/2016
• Geriatric Pharmacology  
  S. Akhtar, R. Ramani, Anesthesiology Clinics of North America, 1/1/2015
• Preventing Adverse Outcomes in the Very Elderly Cardiac Surgical Patient  
  S. Akhtar, Morris B, Roy R, Balogun SA, Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, 1/1/2015
• Guidelines and Perioperative care of the elderly  
  S. Akhtar, International Anesthesiology Clinics, Fall, 1/1/2014
• Utility of ultrasound in the ICU  
  Deshpande, R; Akhtar, S; Haddadin, AS, Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology, 1/1/2014
• Intravenous fluid administration and the elderly  
  S. Akhtar, Anesthesiology News, 1/1/2011
• Coronary stents: factors contributing to perioperative major adverse cardiovascular events  
  P. G. Barash, S. Akhtar, British Journal of Anaesthesia, 1/1/2010
• Scientific principles and clinical implications of perioperative glucose regulation and control  
  S. Akhtar, P.G Barash, S.E. Inzucchi, Anesthesia and Analgesia, 1/1/2010
• How Sweet It Is…… (or Isn't)!  
  R.A. Peterfreund, S. Akhtar, Anesthesia and Analgesia, 1/1/2010
• Fat Embolism  
  S Akhtar, Anesthesiology Clinics of North America, 1/1/2009
• Effect of lidocaine on endothelin-1-mediated airway smooth muscle contraction in the rat trachea  
  S Akhtar, Podgoreanu M, Harrison BA, Brull SJ, Minerva Anesthesiol, 1/1/2008
• Influence of prior EKG on assessment of non-specific ST-T wave changes  
  H Tantawy, TJ Silverman, DG Silverman, S Akhtar, Connecticut Medicine, 1/1/2007
• An inflammatory pathway associated with TH-1 type immune responses and worse outcomes in patients with coronary atherosclerosis  
  SI Sokol, H Ranjbaran, A Gallo, JR Kapoor, S Akhtar, C Howes, M Aslan, MM Sadeghi, S Pfau, G Tellides, J Immunol, 1/1/2007
• Anesthesia for patients with Ischemic Heart Disease  
  S Akhtar, Anesthesiology Clinics of North America, 1/1/2006
• Heparin displaces CXCR3 ligands sequestered in the vasculature and inhibits the transendothelial migration of T-Helper cells  
  H Ranjbaran, TD Manes, S Akhtar, MS Klugger, JS Pober, Circulation, 1/1/2006
• Intermittent Troponin-I screening is a cost-effective means of surveillance for a perioperative myocardial infarction  
  EA Martinez, CM Nass RM Jermyn S Rosenbaum, S Akhtar, D Chan, H Malkus, J Weis, L Fleisher, J Cardiothoracic Vasc Anesth, 1/1/2005
• Perioperative beta-blocker use: Is titration to a heart rate of 60bpm a consistently attainable goal?  
  S. Akhtar, M. Amin, H. Tantawy, A. Senior, P. G. Barash, D. Silverman, J Clin Anesth, 1/1/2005
• Ischemic heart disease Critical Surgical Illness: Preoperative Assessment and Planning  
  S. Akhtar, D. Silverman, Critical Care Medicine, Symposium issue, 1/1/2004
• Perioperative myocardial infarction: Role of Biomarkers  
  S Akhtar, Seminars in Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Pain, 1/1/2003
• Significance of beta-blockers in the perioperative period  
  S Akhtar, PG Barash, Current Opinions in Anesthesiology, 1/1/2002
• Perioperative use of beta-blockers: Past, Present and Future  
  S Akhtar, PG Barash, International Anesthesiology Clinics, 1/1/2002
• Preoperative thallium testing should be performed routinely before vascular surgery; Con position  
  S Akhtar, J of Cardiothoracic Vasc Anesth, 1/1/2000
• Use of active noise cancellation devices in care-givers in the intensive care unit  
  S Akhtar, C Weigle, R Toohill, EY Cheng, R Berens, Crit Care Med, 1/1/2000
• The effect of heart rate control on myocardial ischemia among high risk patients after vascular surgery  
  KE Raby, SJ Brull, F Timmi, S Akhtar, S Rosenbaum et al, Anesth and Anal, 1/1/1999
• Intraoperative use of anticoagulants and antithrombotics: Heparin and beyond  
  S Akhtar, SJ Brull, Anesthesiology Clinics of North America, 1/1/1999
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Books/Book Chapters

• Anesthesia Clinical Case Reviews 
  Chapter: Hemophilia 
  S AkhtarEditors: Aglio LS, Urman RD.2017
• Kaplan's Cardiac Anesthesia 
  Chapter: Electrocardiography 
  S. Akhtar et al2017
• Yao and Artusio Problem-based anesthesia. 
  Chapter: Ischemic Heart disease and non-cardiac surgery 
  Page 332 - 354S Akhtar, et alEdition 7th,2016
• Clinical Anesthesia Fundamentals. 
  Chapter: Endocrine physiology. 
  Page 335 - 356S AkhtarEditors: PG Barash, BF Cullen.2015
• Master Techniques in Upper and Lower Airway Management 
  Chapter: Chest trauma. 
  S AkhtarEditors: Popescu W, Rosenblatt W.2015
• Master Techniques in Upper and Lower Airway Management 
  Chapter: Fiji Uniblocker Bronchial Blocker. 
  S AkhtarEditors: Popescu W, Rosenblatt W.2015
• Peri-operative Kidney Injury: Principles of Risk Assessment, Diagnosis and Treatment 
  Chapter: Kidney Injury after Vascular Surgery. 
  S AkhtarEditors: Thakar, Parikh.2015
• Oxford textbook of Anaesthesia for the Elderly. 
  Chapter: Cardiovascular aging. 
  Page 41 - 52S. Akhtar, A.G. RookeEditors: Dodds C, Kumar C, Veering B.2014
• Essentials of Pain Management 
  Chapter: Pain management in elderly patients. 
  S Akhtar, R Rappa, MK GhoriEditors: N Vadivelu, RD Urman, R.L. Hines.2013
• Anesthesiology Keywords Review 
  Editors: R Modak (ed) S Akhtar, Section Editor.Edition 2nd,2013
• Manual of Geriatric Anesthesia. 
  Chapter: Vascular surgery: endovascular and major vascular surgery. 
  Page 235 - 254S AkhtarEditors: SR Barnett.2013
• Anesthesia and Uncommon Diseases 
  Chapter: Endocrine Diseases 
  S AkhtarEditors: L Fleisher.2012
• The Essence of Analgesia and Analgesics 
  Chapter: Overview of adrenergic and serotoninergic pain suppression. 
  R Conlin, S AkhtarEditors: R Sintara, Furman, Pitchford.2011
• Yao and Artusio Problem-based anesthesia. 
  Chapter: Ischemic Heart disease and and non-cardiac surgery 
  S Akhtar, et alEdition 6th,2011
• The Essence of Analgesia and Analgesics 
  Chapter: Mechanisms of Acute and Chronic Pain. 
  A Mirchandani, S AkhtarEditors: R Sintara, Furman, Pitchford.2011
• Clinical Anesthesia 
  Chapter: Anesthesia for Endocrine disorders. 
  J Schwartz, S Akhtar, S RosenbaumEditors: PG Barash, BF Cullen.Edition 6th,2009
• Handbook of Anesthesia and Co-exiting disease. 
  Chapter: Ischemic heart disease. 
  S AkhtarEditors: RL Hines, K Marshall.Edition 5th,2008
• Anesthesia and Co-exiting disease. 
  Chapter: Ischemic heart disease. 
  S AkhtarEditors: RL Hines, K Marshall.Edition 5th,2008
• Trauma, Resuscitation, Anesthesia and Critical Care. Vol. 2. 
  Chapter: Applied respiratory Physiology 
  Page 23 - 43S AkhtarEditors: WC Wilson, CM Grande, DB Hoyt.2007
• Morrbid Obesity, Perioperative management. 
  Chapter: Co-existing Cardiac disease. 
  S. Akhtar, V Kurup, L. HelgesonEditors: A. Adrian, J Brodsky, M Alpert, G Cowan.Cambridge University Press2004
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Abstracts/Posters

• Red Blood Cell Transfusion After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A Double-Edged Sword?
  Alice Li, B.S., Shamsuddin Akhtar, M.D., Feng Dai, Ph.D., Hossam E. Tantawy, M.B.,Ch.B, ASA, New Orleans, LA, 1/1/2014
• Induction Doses in the Elderly Undergoing GI Surgeries Are Not Being Corrected for Age.
  Jia Liu, B.S., Joseph Heng, B.S., Shamsuddin Akhtar, M.D., ASA, New Orleans, LA, 1/1/2014
• IV Induction Doses in the Elderly Undergoing GI Surgeries Are Not Being Corrected for Age.
  Jia Liu, B.S., Joseph Heng, B.S., Shamsuddin Akhtar, M.D., ASA, New Orleans, LA, 1/1/2014
• Intravenous Induction Dosing in the Elderly: Need for Improvement.
  Joseph Heng, B.S., Gladys Rodriguez, B.S., Shamsuddin Akhtar, M.D., ASA, New Orleans, LA, 1/1/2014
• Anesthetic Induction Dosing in Patients Undergoing GI Ambulatory Gastrointestinal Procedures: Are We Overdosing the Elderly?
  Vicki Zhu Jun Bing, B.S., Joseph Heng, B.S., Shamsuddin Akhtar, ASA, New Orleans, LA, 1/1/2014
• Increased hypotension due to age-uncorrected anesthetic dosing in the elderly - a single institutional study
  Joseph Heng BS, Shamsuddin Akhtar MD, World Congress ACCP, Spain, 1/1/2014
• Care of very elderly patients: population excluded in studies but recommendations extrapolated.
  Sara Neves et al (S Akhtar), ASA, 1/1/2013
• Red Blood Cell transfusions in cardiac surgery: don’t disregard the exclusion criteria.
  S Akhtar, ASA, 1/1/2013
• SCCM versus SCA blood transfusion guidelines: A tale of two societies.
  Alice Li et al (S Akhtar), ASA, 1/1/2013
• Red Blood Cell transfusions in cardiac surgery: don't disregard the exclusion criteria.
  Alice Li et al (S Akhtar), ASA, 1/1/2013
• Red blood cell transfusion in octogenarians: extrapolation or real data?
  Alice Li et al (S Akhtar), ASA, 1/1/2013
• What is Missing in Guidelines for Statins and Alpha-2 Agonists: The Need for Clinical Discretion.
  Joanna Thomas, M.D., Sara Neves, M.D., Roberta L. Hines, M.D., Shamsuddin Akhtar, M.B.,B.S., Anesthesiology, 1/1/2012
• Lack of Correlation Between Cardiovascular Lability and Standard Predictive Indices in Surgical ICU Patients.
  Deepali Dhar, B.S., Saeeda Qadri, M.D., Feng Dai, Ph.D., Michael Ancuta, M.D., Shiveta Cherwoo, M.D., Stephen Luczycki, M.D., Shamsuddin Akhtar, M.D., David G. Silverm..., Anesthesiology, 1/1/2012
• SCA Transfusion Guidelines: Advancing Knowledge of Contemporary Transfusion Practice.
  Aruna M. Kamath, M.D.,M.P.H., Roberta L. Hines, M.D., Shamsuddin Akhtar, M.B.,B.S., Anesthesiology, 1/1/2012
• Evolution of ACC/AHA Perioperative Guidelines: Focus on Evidence.
  Tori M. Myslajek, M.D., Viji Kurup, M.D., Jammie Ferrara, M.D., Kristin Richards, M.D., Roberta Hines, M.D., Shamsuddin Akhtar, M.D., Anesthesiology, 1/1/2011
• A Comparison of Blood Transfusion Practice Guidelines: What Quality of Evidence is Being Utilized to Develop Transfusion Guideline Recommendations?
  Shamsuddin Akhtar, M.B.,B.S., Janice Man, B.A., Anesthesiology, 1/1/2011
• AHA Guidelines 1996-2009: Increase in Evidence or Getting Lost in It?
  Kristin L. Richards, M.D., Jammie Ferrara, M.D., Viji Kurup, M.D., Tori Myslajek, M.D., Roberta L. Hines, M.D., Shamsuddin Akhtar, M.D, Anesthesiology, 1/1/2011
• ESC vs AHA Guidelines: A Tale of Two Continents.
  Jammie T. Ferrara, M.D., Kristin Richards, M.D., Viji Kurup, M.D., Tori Myslajek, M.D., Roberta Hines, M.D., Shamsuddin Akhtar, M.D., Anesthesiology, 1/1/2011
• QuoVadis?: A review of Perioperative Practice Guidelines from ACC/AHA (1996-2009).
  V Kurup , T Myslajek , S Akhtar, Association of University Anesthesiologist, Denver, CO, 1/1/2010
• Guidelines for Non-Cardiac Surgery: Not All Class I Evidence Is Created Equal.
  Viji Kurup, Jammie Ferrara, Tori Myslajek, Roberta L. Hines, Shamsuddin Akhtar, Anesthesiology, 1/1/2010
• European vs American Guidelines for Non-Cardiac Surgery: Are the Differences as Big as the Atlantic?
  Jammie Ferrara, Tori Myslajek, Viji Kurup, Roberta L. Hines, Shamsuddin Akhtar, Anesthesiology, 1/1/2010
• Should All Guideline Recommendations Be Considered as 'Standard of Care'?
  T Myslajek, D. G. Silverman, S. Akhtar, Anesthesiology, 1/1/2009
• Were the Potential Adverse Noncardiac Effects of Perioperative beta Blocker Use Adequately Documented?
  J C. Ryan, D.G. Silverman, D. Oprea, S. Akhtar, Anesthesiology, 1/1/2009
• Safety of High Dose Atorvastatin Therapy in the Immediate Peri-Operative Period.
  JL. Feinleib, S Akhtar, DG Silverman, AS Haddadin, Anesthesiology, 1/1/2007
• Preoperative beta-blocker use: impact of clinical risk stratification versus surgical risk stratification.
  S Akhtar, S Assad E Kong, PG Barash, DG Silverman, Anesthesiology, 1/1/2005
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Lectures

• Drugging the Drugged- Practical Geriatric Pharmacology. 
  Chicago, IL - 1/23/2016
• ACC/AHA guidelines: Clinicians approach 
  Wayne State Medical Center, MI - 1/17/2016
• Update on Geriatric Pharmacology 
  Wayne State Medical Center, MI - 1/17/2016
• Care of the Elderly Patient: from unconsciousness to contemporary practice. 
  1/4/2016
• Applied Respiratory Physiology through Journal Club. 
  1/3/2016
• Respiratory Physiology and Mechanical Ventilation. 
  1/1/2016
• Respiratory Physiology and Mechanical Ventilation 
  Puerto Rico - 1/1/2016
• Simplifying the ESC and AHA Guidelines for Perioperative Management for Noncardiac Surgery: a Clinicians Approach. 
  San Diego, CA - 1/1/2015
• Epidemiology of Cardiothoracic Surgery in Octogenarian/ Nonagenarian: Survival versus Quality of Life. 
  San Diego, CA - 1/1/2015
• Role of antipsychotics in the management of delirium. 
  Montreal, Canada - 1/1/2014
• Why does Glucose matter? - other than SCIP say so. 
  Miami, FL - 1/1/2013
• Perioperative Hyperglycemia: is it time to close this chapter. 
  Massachusetts General Hospital, MA - 1/9/2011
• Perioperative management of antiplatelet and anticoagulants. 
  Beijing, China - 1/2/2011
• Perioperative outcomes in the octogenarians undergoing cardiovascular surgery. 
  New Orleans, LA - 1/1/2011
• Stents, Glucose and Beta-blockers- Guidelines, Statements, Advisories: are they applicable to elderly orthopedic patients? 
  Chicago, IL - 1/1/2011
• For Patients Undergoing Non-cardiac Surgery, What Guidelines Should I Follow? 
  Chicago, IL - 1/1/2011
• Heart as an endocrine organ: clinical significance of natriuretic peptides. 
  New Orleans, LA - 1/1/2010
• Biomarker and Pharmacogenomics, practical applications. 
  1/1/2010
• BNP (Be not Perplexed), what every anesthesiologist should know about beta-natriuretic peptide. 
  1/1/2010
• Perioperative Hyperglycemia: Update. 
  Wayne State Medical Center, MI - 1/21/2009
• Perioperative Beta-blocker use: Update. 
  Wayne State Medical Center, MI - 1/21/2009
• Perioperative Hyperglycemia: to treat or not to treat? 
  New Orleans, LA - 1/1/2009
• Is there role for beta-natriuretic peptide (BNP) in perioperative CV risk stratification? 
  New Orleans, LA - 1/1/2009
• Perioperative Beta-blockade: Is it the standard of care? PRO. 
  New Orleans, LA - 1/1/2009
• The medical students: get them involved, get them smart, and but first get them to show up. 
  New Orleans, LA - 1/1/2009
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Other

• Anesthesia for Pheochromocytoma 
  S Akhtar, Up-to-date.
  1/1/2015
• Benzodiazepines. 
  S Akhtar, START-prep web-based study guide for Anesthesiology
  1/1/2014
• Physiology of Adrenal Medulla and Adrenal cortex. 
  S Akhtar, START-prep web-based study guide for Anesthesiology
  1/1/2014
• Physiology of pancreas. 
  S Akhtar, START-prep web-based study guide for Anesthesiology
  1/1/2014
• Perioperative Care of the Elderly: extrapolation of Guidelines or real evidence? 
  S. Akhtar, ASA Newsletter
  1/1/2013
• The Geriatric Anesthesiology Curriculum-2009. 
  S. Barnett, S. Akhtar, D. Culley, ASA, AGS, SAGA Websites
  1/1/2009
• ACC/AHA Guidelines on Perioperative cardiovascular evaluation for non-cardiac surgery 2002 
  S Akhtar, Global Textbook of Anesthesiology
  http://www.gasnet.org/pda.php
  1/1/2002
• The Geriatric Anesthesiology Curriculum-2007 
  S. Barnett, S. Akhtar, C. Jankowski (eds.), ASA, AGS, SAGA Websites
• Beta-blockers in the perioperative period. 
  S Akhtar, Global Textbook of Anesthesiology
  http://www.gasnet.org/pda.php
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