Aliaksei Pustavoitau, MD

Primary Academic Title

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

Background

Centers and Institutes

Comprehensive Transplant Center

Research Interests

Models and mechanisms of impaired consciousness in patients with acute brain injury

Lab Website

Aliaksei Pustavoitau Lab

• The Aliaksei Pustavoitau Lab conducts research on models and mechanisms of impaired consciousness in patients who have suffered acute brain injury. Examples of our work include a study on the mechanisms of neurologic failure in critical illness and another on the use of intensivist-driven ultrasound at the PICU bedside. We also have a longstanding interest in patient safety and quality of care in the ICU setting.

Research Summary

The focus of Dr. Aliaksei Pustavoitau’s research is on models and mechanisms of impaired consciousness in patients with acute brain injury.

Selected Publications

• 1. Su E, Pustavoitau A, Hirshberg EL, Nishisaki A, Conlon T, Kantor DB, Weber MD, Godshall AJ, Burzynski JH, Thompson AE. “Establishing intensivist-driven ultrasound at the PICU bedside-It's about time.” Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2014 Jun 20. [Epub ahead of print]
  2. Latif A, Rawat N, Pustavoitau A, Pronovost PJ, Pham JC. “National study on the distribution, causes, and consequences of voluntarily reported medication errors between the ICU and non-ICU settings.” Crit Care Med. 2013 Feb;41(2):389-98. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318274156a.
  3. Pauldine R, Pustavoitau A. “Case report: vancomycin-induced thrombocytopenia in a burn patient.” Eplasty. 2008;8:e39.
  4. Pustavoitau A, Stevens RD. “Mechanisms of neurologic failure in critical illness.” Crit Care Clin. 2008 Jan;24(1):1-24, vii. doi: 10.1016/j.ccc.2007.11.004.
  5. Berenholtz SM, Pustavoitau A, Schwartz SJ, Pronovost PJ. “How safe is my intensive care unit? Methods for monitoring and measurement.” Curr Opin Crit Care. 2007 Dec;13(6):703-8.