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Carolina B Maciel, MD, MSCR : Research

Neurocritical Care Specialist

Additional languages:
Portuguese
Photo of Carolina B Maciel

Research at a glance

Top areas of exploration

  • Heart Arrest , 17 publications
  • Hypothermia, Induced , 8 publications
  • Seizures , 7 publications
  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage , 7 publications

Research activity

101 publications

849 citations

Why is this important?

Focus

Dr. Maciel is the Director of Research for the Neurocritical Care division at the University of Florida Gainesville system and holds research faculty positions at Yale University and University of Utah. Dr. Maciel's interests include developing team science to tackle complex scientific questions in the neurocritically ill population. Dr. Maciel's areas of scientific focus include neuroprognostication, secondary brain injury mechanisms while understanding the impact of cortical electrical phenomena (seizures and cortical spreading depolarization) after acute brain injuries, novel therapeutic approaches to status epilepticus and acute pain, and the critical care management of the potential organ donor.

Active clinical trials

BLOCK-SAH

BLOCK-SAH is a phase II, multicenter, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial with a sequential parallel comparison design (SPCD) of bilateral pterygopalatine fossa (PPF) injections with 20mg ropivacaine + 4mg dexamethasone…

Investigator
Carolina B Maciel
Status
Accepting Candidates
Ages
18 Years - 85 Years
Sexes
All
RAISE

This study will evaluate the effectiveness and safety of an investigational product (IP), intravenous (IV) ganaxolone, to treat participants with status epilepticus (SE).

Investigator
Carolina B Maciel
Status
Accepting Candidates
Ages
12 Years - N/A
Sexes
All

My publications

101 publications

2024

2023 American Heart Association Focused Update on Adult Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support: An Update to the American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care.

Circulation

PubMed Publisher's site

2024

A Spectrum, Not a Dichotomy for Seizure Foretelling—Learning to Identify Ominous Patterns and Understand the Pediatric Ictal-Interictal Continuum

Neurocritical Care

Publisher's site

2024

After the storm: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation after hemicraniectomy in a child.

Perfusion

PubMed Publisher's site

2024

Death Foretold: Are We Truly Improving Outcome Prediction After Cardiac Arrest or Nurturing Self-Fulfilling Prophecies?

Critical care medicine

PubMed Publisher's site

2024

In search of simplicity for a complicated matter—a creative step forward, but still falling short in the early prediction of the hypoxic-ischemic spiraling of death

Resuscitation

Publisher's site