Description of Research Expertise
Physiology, rodents, anesthetic neurotoxicity
Selected Publications
DeYoung, T.P., Li, J.C., Tang, X., Ward, C.G., Dworkin, B.R., Eckenhoff, M.F., Kofke, W.A.: Absence of Neuropathology With Prolonged Isoflurane Sedation in Healthy Adult Rats Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology : 2017.
Baker WB, Parthasarathy AB, Gannon KP, Kavuri VC, Busch DR, Abramson K, He L, Mesquita RC, Mullen MT, Detre JA, Greenberg JH, Licht DJ, Balu R, Kofke WA, Yodh AG: Noninvasive optical monitoring of critical closing pressure and arteriole compliance in human subjects. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 8 (37): 2691-2705,2017.
Chitra Sivasankar, Todd Miano, Guy Kositratna, Robert Hurst, Andrew Kofke: Anesthetic Variation and Potential Impact of Anesthetics Used During Endovascular Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery 8 (11): 1101-1106,2016.
Marlon Schwarz, Giovanni Rivera, Mary Hammond, Zmira Silman, Kirk Jackson, W. Andrew Kofke: Acousto-Optic Cerebral Blood Flow Monitoring During Induction of Anesthesia in Humans Neurocritical Care Society 24 (3): 436-441,2016.
Kosty JA, LeRoux PD, Levine J, Park S, Kumar MA, Frangos S, Maloney-Wilensky E, Kofke WA: Comparison of Clinical and Research Practices in Measuring Cerebral Perfusion Pressure (CPP): A Literature Review and Practitioner Survey Anes Analg 117 (3): 694-8,2013 .
Bohman LE, Pisapia J, Sanborn MR, Frangos S, Lin E, Callahan D, Kumar M, Park S, Kofke WA, Stiefel MF, LeRoux PD, Levine JM: Response of brain oxygen to therapy correlates with long term outcome in patients with aneurysm subarachnoid hemorrhage Neurocritical Care 19 (3): 320-328,2013 .
Nelson P, Nelson JA, Chen AJ, Kofke WA: An Alternative Position for the BIS-Vista Montage in Frontal Approach Neurosurgical Cases J Neurosurg Anesthesiol 25 (2): 135-142,2013.
Kosty, J.A., Leroux, P.D., Levine, J., Park, S., Kumar, M.A., Frangos, S., Maloney-Wilensky, E., Kofke, W.A.: A comparison of clinical and research practices in measuring cerebral perfusion pressure: A literature review and practitioner survey Anesthesia and Analgesia : 2013.
Nelson, P., Nelson, J.A., Chen, A.J., Kofke, W.A.: An alternative position for the bis-vista montage in frontal approach neurosurgical cases Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology : 2013.
Kosty J, Kofke WA, Maloney-Wilensky E, Frangos S, Levine JM, LeRoux PD, Zager E: Physiologic Effects of Xenon in Xenon-CT Cerebral Blood Flow Studies on Comatose Patients Translational Stroke Research 3 (3): 375-380,2012 .
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