Peter M. Mourani

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Professor

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

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46 h-index 252 pubs 9,241 cited

Research Areas

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Child and Adolescent Health Emergency and Acute Care Studies Immune Response and Inflammation Microbial infections and disease research Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Trauma and Emergency Care Studies COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies

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Peter M. Mourani, a Professor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, has a research portfolio focused on critical care in pediatric populations, with a particular emphasis on infectious diseases and outcomes. His work includes investigations into Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) and severe acute COVID-19, examining the characteristics and neurological involvement in affected children and adolescents. Mourani has also studied the effectiveness of maternal mRNA COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy against COVID-19–associated hospitalization in infants.

Further research by Mourani involves the effectiveness of influenza vaccines in preventing life-threatening illness in children. His group has also conducted prospective surveillance studies on lower respiratory tract infections in mechanically ventilated children, utilizing airway metagenomics to improve diagnostic accuracy. Additionally, his research has explored the impact of physiologic training on survival outcomes in pediatric intensive care units following cardiac arrest, including investigations into diastolic blood pressure thresholds during cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Mourani's scholarship metrics include an h-index of 46, with over 252 publications and 9,241 citations. He leads a research group and collaborates extensively with colleagues at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including Kathleen L. Meert, Todd C. Carpenter, Robert Bishop, and Katherine Irby.

Metrics

  • h-index: 46
  • Publications: 252
  • Citations: 9,241

Selected Publications

  • Simultaneous detection of pathogens and antimicrobial resistance genes with the open source, cloud-based, CZ ID platform (2025) DOI
  • Laboratory validation of a clinical metagenomic next-generation sequencing assay for respiratory virus detection and discovery (2024) DOI
  • Early bolus epinephrine administration during pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation for bradycardia with poor perfusion: an ICU-resuscitation study (2024) DOI
  • Racial and skin color mediated disparities in pulse oximetry in infants and young children (2024) DOI
  • Identification of post-cardiac arrest blood pressure thresholds associated with outcomes in children: an ICU-Resuscitation study (2023) DOI
  • Endothelial Glycocalyx Degradation Patterns in Sepsis-Associated Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Single Center Retrospective Observational Study (2023) DOI
  • Association of CPR simulation program characteristics with simulated and actual performance during paediatric in-hospital cardiac arrest (2023) DOI
  • Transcriptomic profiles of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome phenotypes in pediatric critical influenza (2023) DOI
  • Outcomes and characteristics of cardiac arrest in children with pulmonary hypertension: A secondary analysis of the ICU-RESUS clinical trial (2023) DOI
  • Integrated host/microbe metagenomics enables accurate lower respiratory tract infection diagnosis in critically ill children (2023) DOI
  • Tobacco smoke exposure, the lower airways microbiome and outcomes of ventilated children (2023) DOI
  • Calcium use during paediatric in-hospital cardiac arrest is associated with worse outcomes (2022) DOI
  • <i>DDX58</i> Is Associated With Susceptibility to Severe Influenza Virus Infection in Children and Adolescents (2022) DOI
  • Mortality among infants of diabetic mothers with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (2022) DOI
  • Lower respiratory tract infections in children requiring mechanical ventilation: a multicentre prospective surveillance study incorporating airway metagenomics (2022) DOI

Collaborators

Researchers in the database who share publications

Kathleen L. Meert University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 27 shared publications Todd C. Carpenter University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 21 shared publications Robert Bishop University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 12 shared publications Katherine Irby University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 6 shared publications Craig Porter University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 1 shared publication Andrew W. Brown University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 1 shared publication Mario Schootman University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 1 shared publication Narasimhan Rajaram University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 1 shared publication

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