Selected Publications

Gardner MM, Balcarcel D, Chen F, Huff A, Gonzalez V, Fraietta J, Mai AD, Padiyath A, Gaynor JW, Yehya N: Preoperative Blood Biomarkers Outperform Clinical Variables in Predicting Poor Outcome After Neonatal Cardiopulmonary Bypass Surgery. American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, New Orleans, LA November 2025 Notes: Moderated Poster Session.

Balcarcel DR, Mehta SD, Dixon CG, Woods-Hill CZ, Goligher EC, van Amsterdam WAC, Yehya N: Feedback loops in intensive care unit prognostic models: an under-recognised threat to clinical validity. Lancet Digit Health 7(8): 100880, August 2025.

Balcarcel DR, Mai M, Mehta S, Chiotos K, Sanchez-Pinto LN, Himes B, Yehya N: Development and Validation of an EHR-based, Pediatric ARDS Subphenotype Classifier Model. Pediatr Crit Care Med 26(5): e611-e621, May 2025.

Taylor MS, Sanchez-Pinto LN, Zinter MS, Markovic D, Yehya N, Balcarcel DR, Khemani R, Agus M, Sapru A: Robust classification of inflammatory subphenotypes using penalized logistic regression on highly available clinical variables. American Thoracic Society International Conference, San Francisco, CA May 2025 Notes: Oral Presentation.

Balcarcel DR, Keim G, Yehya N, Nishisaki A, Mehta SD: Development and Validation of a Predictive Model for Non-Escalation in Bronchiolitis. Society of Critical Care Medicine Critical Care Congress, Orlando, FL January 2025 Notes: Research Snapshot Presentation.

Balcarcel DR, Fitzgerald JC, Alcamo AM: Unmasking Critical Illness: Using Machine Learning and Biomarkers to See What Lies Beneath. Pediatr Crit Care Med 24(10): 869-871, October 2023.

Nguyen J, Thompson JM, Balcarcel DR, Alder MN, McKeone DJ, Halstead ES, Rowan CM, Lindell RB, Yehya N: Immunocompromised Children with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Possess a Distinct Circulating Inflammatory Profile. Crit Care Explor 5(1): e0844, January 2023.

Balcarcel DR, Mai M, Mehta S, Himes, B, Sanchez-Pinto LN, Yehya N: Identifying Biomarker based Pediatric ARDS Subphenotypes Using Machine Learning and Clinical Data. Critical Care Congress, San Francisco, CA January 2023 Notes: STAR Research Presentation.

Balcarcel DR, Coates BM, Chong G, Sanchez-Pinto LN: Excessive Oxygen Supplementation in the First Day of Mechanical Ventilation Is Associated with Multiple Organ Dysfunction and Death in Critically Ill Children. Pediatr Crit Care Med 23(1): 89-98, February 2022 Notes: Poster Presentation, Pediatric Academic Society Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, April 2020

Byram SC, Bialek SE, Husak VA, Balcarcel DR, Park J, Dang J, Foecking, E: Distinct neurotoxic effects of select local anesthetics on facial nerve injury and recovery. Restor Neurol Neurosci 38(2): 173-183, 2020.