My research is focused in the area of body temperature regulation and control during the perioperative period and on the effects of cold stress on autonomic and cardiovascular function. Our studies deal with methods of temperature monitoring and hypothermia prevention. Other studies from our group have assessed the determinants of thermal comfort in humans and the differential effects of core and skin-surface thermal manipulation. Right and left arm blood pressure discrepancies in vascular surgery patients. Epidural vs. general anesthesia, ambient temperature, and patient age as predictors of inadvertent hypothermia.
Unintentional hypothermia is associated with postoperative myocardial ischemia.
Perioperative morbidity in patients randomized to epidural or general anesthesia for lower extremity vascular surgery. The effects of different anesthetic regimes on fibrinolysis and the development of postoperative arterial thrombosis. Breslow MJ, Parker SD, Frank SM, Norris EJ, Yates H, Raff H, Christopherson R, Rosenfeld BA, Beattie C. Determinants of catecholamine and cortisol responses to lower extremity revascularization. Moderate hypothermia with partial bypass and segmental sequential repair for thoracoabdominal aneurysm. Single stage repair of distal aortic arch and thoraco-abdominal dissecting aneurysms using aortic tailoring and circulatory arrest.