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Lewis J Kaplan, MD, FACS, FCCP, FSIS, MCCM

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Professor of Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Veteran's Administration Medical Center
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Attending Surgeon, Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
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Director, SICU, Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
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Section Chief, Surgical Critical Care, Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
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Clinical Associate, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA
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Local Program Director (PVAMC), Surgical Critical Care Fellowship , Department of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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Selected Publications

11b Moore S, Weiss B, Pascual JL, Kaplan LJ: Management of acute respiratory failure in the patient with sepsis or septic shock. Surgical Infections (Larchmont) Jan. 23 2018 (Epub) Notes: doi: 10.1089/sur.2017.297.

 183 Chreiman KM, Dumas RP, Seamon MJ, Kim PK, Reilly PM, Kaplan LJ, Christie JD, Holena DN: The IOs have it: A prospective observational study of vascular access success rates in patients in extremis using video review. Journal of Trauma & Acute Care Surgery Jan. 4 2018 (Epub) Notes: doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000001795.

 81 MacKay EJ, Stubna MD, Holena DN, Reilly PM, Seamon MJ, Smith BP, Kaplan LJ, Cannon JW a7 : In response. Anesthesia & Analgesia 126(2): 728-729, Feb. 2018 Notes: [Letter] doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000002650 (Epub Nov. 14, 2017).

 75 Martin N, Pascual JL, Crowe D, Toevs C, Cereda MF, Mikkelsen M, Kaplan LJ e1 : Comfort at the crossroads: Service, therapy and emotional support animals in the ICU and at the end-of-life. Journal of Trauma & Acute Care Surgery Jan. 2018 Notes: (accepted for publication).

 166 Martin ND, Ramaswamy T, Moin E, Marks JA, Collins T, O’Connor N, Holena D, Pascual J, Reilly PM, Kaplan LJ: The critical illness mortality inflection point during prolonged Surgical ICU length of stay. Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Jan. 2018 Notes: (accepted for publication).

 12a Fernandez-Moure J, Cannon J, Kaplan LJ: Cardiovascular failure. Clinical Scenarios in Surgery, 2nd Edition. Dimick JB, Upchurch GR, Sonnenday CJ, Kao L (eds.). New York: Wolters Kluwer, 2018 Notes: (accepted for publication).

 136 Nomellini V, Kaplan LJ, Sims CA, Caldwell CC: Chronic critical illness and persistent inflammation: What can we learn from the elderly, injured, septic, and malnourished? Shock July 4 2017 (Epub) Notes: doi: 10.1097/SHK.0000000000000939.

 14e Nunn AM, Hatchimonji JS, Holena DN, Seamon MJ, Smith BP, Kaplan LJ, Martin ND, Reilly PM, Schwab CW, Pascual JL: Boarding ICU patients: Are our rounding practices subpar? American Journal of Surgery June 10 2017 (Epub) Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2017.04.019.

 123 Kaplan LJ: Ask the doc: How do I know when I should give up riding motorcycles? Common Tread Nov. 29 2017 Notes: https://www.revzilla.com/common-tread/ask-the-doc-how-do-i-know-when-i-should-give-up-riding-motorcycles.

 ad Kaplan, LJ: Book review: Hurt by Catherine Musemeche. Critical Care Medicine 45(3): e345, Oct. 2017.

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