Rade B. Vukmir MD, JD    FCCP, FACEP, FACHE

 

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Research and Publications

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS

Areas of research interest include study design, facilitation and scientific analysis:

  • Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
  • Emergency department management
  • Cardiac emergencies and therapeutics
  • Emergency department operations and efficiency
  • Acute airway management
  • Infectious disease emergencies
  • ICU operations and outcome
  • Medical Legal Liability
  • Risk Management

Journal Publications

  1. Vukmir, RB, Verdile VP, Weiss LD: Gout: A Polyarticular Symmetrical Presentation in an Elderly Female. Am J Emerg Med, January 1990; 8(1):43-5.
  2. Vukmir, RB, Paris PM: The Three Rivers Regatta accident: An EMS perspective. Am J Emerg Med, January 1991;9(1):64-71.
  3. Vukmir, RB, Stein KL; Torsades des pointes therapy with Phenytoin. Ann Emerg Med, February 1991;20(2):198-200.
  4. Vukmir, RB, Yealy DM, Paris PM: Glucagon prehospital therapy for hypoglycemia. Ann Emerg Med April 1991;20(4):375-9.
  5. Vukmir, RB: Pyogenic hepatic abscess: A case report. Ann Emerg Med, April 1991; 20(4):421-3.
  6. Vukmir, RB: Torsades des Pointes a review. Am J Emerg Med, May 1991;9(3):250-5.
  7. Vukmir, RB: Low back pain. Am J Emerg Med, July 1991;9(4):328-335.
  8. Vukmir, RB, Heller MB, Stein K: Confirmation of endotracheal tube placement: An infrared qualitative CO2 detector.Ann Emerg Med, July 1991;20(7):726-9.
  9. Vukmir, RB: Aeromonas Hydrophilia: Myofascial necrosis and sepsis. Intensive Care Med, September 1992; 18:172-4.
  10. Vukmir, RB, Kremen R, Dehart DA, Menegazzi J: Compliance with Emergency Department patient referral. Am J Emerg Med, September 1992; 10(5):413-417.
  11. Vukmir, RB: Pharyngitis: Adult and pediatric disease. J Emerg Med, September-October 1992; 10:607-616.
  12. Vukmir, RB: Emergency cardiac pacing: A review. Am J Emerg Med, March 1993; 11:166-176.
  13. Vukmir, RB: Kremen R, Ellis G, DeHart DA, Plewa MC, Menegazzi J: Compliance with emergency department patient referral: Effect of computerized discharge instructions. Ann Emerg Med, May 1993; 22:819-823.
  14. Vukmir, RB: Pyogenic hepatic abscess: diagnosis, microbiology, treatment, prognosis: radiographic highlights. Am Family Phys, 1993 May 1; 47(6):1435-41.
  15. DeVita MA, Vukmir, RB, Snyder JV, Graziano C: Procuring organs from a non heart beating cadaver: A case report. Kennedy Institute of Ethics J, December 1993; 31:371-385.
  16. Szalados JE, Vukmir, RB: Acute adrenal insufficiency secondary to adrenal hemorrhage manifested as postoperative hypotension. Intensive Care Med, 1994; 20:216-218.
  17. Vukmir, RB, Kusne S, Linden P, et al: Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis due to dactylaria constricta var gallopava in a liver transplant recipient: Successful therapy with a mphotericin B colloidal dispersion and itraconazole. Clinical Infectious Disease, October 1994; 19:714-719.
  18. Yealy DA, Paris PM, Vukmir, RB: IRBs and consent. Ann Emerg Med, October 1994; 24(4):759.
  19. Vukmir, RB, Bircher N, Radovsky A, Safar P: Sodium bicarbonate may improve outcome in dogs with brief or prolonged cardiac arrest. CCM, March 1995; 23(3): 515-522.
  20. Vukmir, RB: Cardiac arrhythmia diagnosis. Am J Emerg Med, March 1995; 13(2):204-210.
  21. DeVita MA, Vukmir, RB, Snyder JV, et al: Non heart beating organ donation: A reply to Campbell and Weber. Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal, March 1995; 5(1):43-49.
  22. Vukmir, RB: Cardiac arrhythmia therapy. Am J Emerg Med, July 1995; 13(4):459-470.
  23. Vukmir, RB, Bircher N, Safer P: Sodium bicarbonate in cardiac arrest: a reappraisal. Am J Emerg Med, March 1996; 14:192-206.
  24. Vukmir, RB: Emergency medicine and critical care medicine: the collaborative model. Can J of Emerg Med, 2001 January; 3(1):41-3.
  25. Vukmir, RB: Prehospital cardiac arrest and the adverse effect of male gender, but not age, on outcome. J Women’s Health, September 2003; 12(7):667-673.
  26. Vukmir, RB: Prehospital cardiac arrest outcome is adversely associated with antiarrythmic agent use, but not associated with presented complaint or medical history. Emerg Med J, 2004; 21:95-98.
  27. Vukmir, RB: The influence of urban, suburban, or rural locale on survival from prehospital cardiac arrest. Am J Emerg Med, March 2004; 22(2): 90-93.
  28. Vukmir, RB: Witnessed arrest, but not bystander CPR improves prehospital cardiac arrest survival. Emerg Med J 2004 May; 21 (3):370-3.
  29. Vukmir, RB: Does serum prolactin indicate the presence of seizure in the emergency department patient? J Neurology 2004; 251:736-739.
  30. Vukmir, RB: Medical malpractice: managing the risk. Medicine and Law 2004; 23(3):495-513.
  31. Vukmir, RB: Drug seeking behavior: A review. Amer J Drug & Alcohol Abuse 2004; 30(3):551-575.
  32. Vukmir, RB: Survival and outcome from prehospital cardiac arrest. Internet J of Rescue and Disaster Med 2004; 4(1).
  33. Vukmir, RB: Obesity, but not age, is associated with worsened prehospital cardiac arrest survival. J of Nutrition & Environ Med 2005 March;15(1):1-8.
  34. Vukmir, RB: Abdominal pain in a child associated with dental amalgam ingestion. Amer J Emerg Med 2005 May; 23(3):391-3.
  35. Vukmir, RB: Survival from prehospital cardiac arrest is critically dependent upon response time. Resuscitation 2006 May;69(2):229-34
  36. Vukmir, RB:Diagnosis of cardiac dysfunction in critically ill trauma patients: The critical nature of end diastolic volume. Turkish J of Trauma & Emerg Surg 2005; 10(4):287-298
  37. Vukmir, RB: Sodium bicarbonate improves outcome in prolonged prehospital cardiac arrest. Amer J Emerg Med 2006; 24 :156-161.
  38. Vukmir, RB: Customer Satisfaction, INT J Health Care Qual Assur Inc Leadersh Health Serv, 2006;19 (1):8-31
  39. Vukmir, RB: Customer Satisfaction, with Patient Care: "Where's the Beef?, Journal of Hospital Marketing & Public Relations 2006; 17 (1):79-107
  40. Vukmir, RB: The Outcome of Cardiac Dysfunction in Critically Ill Trauma Patients: Myocardial Contusion Complicated by Refractory Hyptension, European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery 2007; October: 1863-9933
  41. Vukmir, RB: Initial Cardiac Rhythm Correlated to Emergency Department Survival, Clinical Medicine: Cardiology 2009; 3: 9-14
  42. Vukmir, RB: Howell RN: Emergency Medicine Provider Efficiency: The Learning Curve, Equilibration and Point of Diminishing Returns, Emerg Med J 2010; 27: 916-92
  43.  Rabinovici GD, Rafii MS, Apgar C, An N, Barakos J, Brangman SA, Daffner KR, Edelmeyer RA, Gastonis C, Hakim R, Hanna L, Jicha GA, Jordan J, Lingler JH, Lopez O, March
    A, Porsteinsson AP, Possin KL, Romero K, Salloway SP, Sano M, Sivakumaran S, Snyder HS, Stebbins P, Vukmir  RB, Whitlow C, Carillo MC: ALZ-NET: Using real world evidence to inform the future of Alzheimers
  44. Vukmir RB. Medicolegal aspects of documentation and the electronic health record. Medicina Clinica. April 26(8):e9-14. 2024.
  45. Vukmir RB. Amyloid Related Imaging Abnormalities(ARIA): Diagnosis, Treatment in Amyloid Modifying Therapy. Ann of Clin Transl Neuro. June 11(7):1669-1680, 2024.
  46.  Schoolcraft D, Meltzer A, Kondepudi A, Sangal R, Terry A, Robertson K, Buckland D, Genes N, Vukmir RB, Waseem T. HIPAA Liability in the Age of Generative AI. JACEP Open. 2026 Jan 22;7(2):100317.
  47. Vukmir RB. Alzheimers Disease and Related Dementia: Evaluation, Diagnosis and Management. Frontiers in Neurology. 2026. In press.

 

Acknowledgements

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