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Carolina B Maciel, MD, MSCR : Research

Neurocritical Care Specialist

Additional languages:
Portuguese
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Research at a glance

Top areas of exploration

  • Heart Arrest , 19 publications
  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage , 9 publications
  • Hypothermia, Induced , 8 publications
  • Headache , 7 publications

Research activity

117 publications

1,803 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

SpiCoH
Investigator
Carolina B Maciel
Status
Accepting Candidates
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

My publications

117 publications

2026

Liver transplantation for valproic acid-induced acute liver failure in POLG mutation-related mitochondrial disease with cardiac and neurological involvement

Journal of Liver Transplantation

Publisher's site

2026

Early Markers of Systemic Inflammation are not Related to Pain Burden After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Multicenter Observational Study.

Neurocritical care

PubMed Publisher's site

2026

Multimodal Neuroprognostication Following Cardiac Arrest: Practical Considerations.

Critical care clinics

PubMed Publisher's site

2025

Practice Patterns and Trends in Temperature Control After Cardiac Arrest: A Multi-Specialty Survey

Journal of Clinical Medicine

Publisher's site

2025

Best Practices for Hospital-Based Donor Care Unit Operations

CHEST Critical Care

Publisher's site