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Brian Birnbaum

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, UMKC
Verified email at cmh.edu
Cited by 290

Obstructive sleep apnea and pulmonary hypertension in children

DG Ingram, AV Singh, Z Ehsan, BF Birnbaum - Paediatric respiratory …, 2017 - Elsevier
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common pediatric breathing disorder, affecting 1-5% of
all children. Pulmonary hypertension (PH), a severe complication of OSA, is associated with …

[HTML][HTML] Translation of the frailty paradigm from older adults to children with cardiac disease

C Panchangam, DA White, S Goudar, B Birnbaum… - Pediatric …, 2020 - Springer
Children and adolescents with cardiac disease (CCD) have significant morbidity and lower
quality of life. However, there are no broadly applicable tools similar to the frailty score as …

Impact of timing of tocilizumab use in hospitalized patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection

…, V Shah, A Mahajan, A Gautam, B Birnbaum… - Respiratory …, 2021 - rc.rcjournal.com
BACKGROUND: SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) continues
to be a global challenge due to the lack of definitive treatment strategies. We sought to …

Progress in Mars ISRU technology

R Zubrin, T Muscatello, B Birnbaum… - 40th AIAA aerospace …, 2002 - arc.aiaa.org
This paper reports on work done at Pioneer Astronautics in a number of areas relevant to
Mars In-situ Resource Utilization. Among the research projects reported on are Pioneer's work …

[HTML][HTML] Sickle cell trait and priapism: a case report and review of the literature

BF Birnbaum, JJ Pinzone - Cases Journal, 2008 - Springer
Background A 32 year-old African-American man presented to our institution after
attempting suicide via ingestion with quetiapine. He had reported a history of several days of …

Intravenous home inotropic use is safe in pediatric patients awaiting transplantation

BF Birnbaum, KE Simpson, TA Boschert… - Circulation: Heart …, 2015 - Am Heart Assoc
Background— Intravenous inotropic therapy can be used to support children awaiting heart
transplantation. Although use of this therapy is discouraged in adults because of poor …

[HTML][HTML] Current practices in treating cardiomyopathy and heart failure in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD): understanding care practices in order to optimize DMD …

C Villa, SR Auerbach, N Bansal, BF Birnbaum… - Pediatric …, 2022 - Springer
Cardiac disease has emerged as a leading cause of mortality in Duchenne muscular dystrophy
in the current era. This survey sought to identify the diagnostic and therapeutic approach …

Computational simulations of the total cavo-pulmonary connection: insights in optimizing numerical solutions

C DeGroff, B Birnbaum, R Shandas, W Orlando… - Medical engineering & …, 2005 - Elsevier
The Fontan procedure is a palliative surgical technique that is used to treat patients with
congenital heart defects that include complex lesions such as those with a hypoplastic ventricle. …

Development and initial validation of a frailty score for pediatric patients with congenital and acquired heart disease

S Studyvin, BF Birnbaum, VS Staggs… - Pediatric …, 2022 - Springer
Frailty is a multi-dimensional clinical syndrome that is associated with increased morbidity
and mortality and decreased quality of life. Children/adolescents with heart disease (HD) …

Heterogeneous outcomes of liver disease after heart transplantation for a failed Fontan procedure

…, M Kimberling, E Makil, BF Birnbaum… - Pediatric …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Fontan‐associated liver disease (FALD) uniformly affects patients with long‐term
Fontan physiology. The effect of isolated heart transplant (HT) on the course of FALD post‐…