Prof. Stephen
M. Pastores
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
USA
Email: pastores@mskcc.org
Qualifications
1982 M.D.,
Lyceum-Northwestern, Philippines
1978 B.Sc.,
University of St. Thomas, Philippines
Publications (selected)
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Raoof ND,
Pastores SM. Pneumatosis Intestinals and Portal Venous Gas,
Radiology Photo Quiz. Resident and Staff Physician 2007; 53(2)
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Halpern NA,
Pastores SM, Thaler H, Greenstein RG. Critical Care Medicine Use and Cost Among
Medicare Beneficiaries 1995-2000: Major Discrepancies Between Two US Federal
Medicare Databases. Crit Care Med 2007 Mar;35(3):692-9
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Pastores SM.
Morbidly obese patients with acute respiratory failure: don’t reach for the
endotracheal tube yet! Crit Care Med 2007; 692-9
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Pastores SM, Dulu AO, Voigt LP, et al. Premortem
clinical diagnoses and postmortem autopsy findings: discrepancies in critically
ill cancer patients. Crit Care 2007;Apr 20;11(2):R48 [Epub ahead of print].
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Meduri GU,
Marik PE, Pastores SM, Annane D. Corticosteroids in ARDS: a counterpoint. Chest
2007;132:1093-4.
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Meduri GU,
Marik PE, Chrousos GP, Pastores SM, Arlt W, et al. Steroid treatment in ARDS: a
critical appraisal of the ARDS network trial and the recent literature.
Intensive Care Med 2008; 34:61-9. Epub ahead of print Nov. 14, 2007]
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Marik PE,
Pastores SM, Kavanagh BP. Corticosteroids for septic shock. NEJM
2008;358:2068-71 (Letter to the Editor).
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Marik PE,
Pastores SM, Annane D, Meduri GU, et al. Recommendations for the diagnosis and
management of corticosteroid insufficiency in critically ill adult patients:
consensus statements from an international task force by the American College
of Critical Care Medicine. Crit Care Med 2008;36:1937-49.
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Halpern NA,
Raoof ND, Voigt LP, Pastores SM. Challenging family dialogues within the
intensive care unit: an intensivist's perspective. J Hosp Med 2008;3(4):354-6.
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Kollef MH,
Afessa B, Anzueto A, et al and the Nascent Investigation Group (Pastores SM,
Alicea M from MSKCC). Silver-coated endotracheal tubes and incidence of
ventilator-associated pneumonia: the NASCENT randomized trial. JAMA
2008;300(7):805-13.
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Marik P,
Myburgh J, Annane D, Vincent JL, Pastores S, Meduri GU, Beishuizen A. What
conclusions should be drawn between critical care physician management and
patient mortality in the intensive care unit? Ann Intern Med 2008;149:770-1.
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Voigt LP,
Pastores SM, Raoof ND, Thaler HT, Halpern NA. Intrahospital Transport of
Critically Ill Patients: Outcomes, Timing, and Patterns. J Intensive Care Med
2009;24:108-115.
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Pastores SM.
Management of Pulmonary Embolism in the Intensive Care Unit. J Crit Care
2009;24:185-91
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Chawla S,
Pastores SM, Hassan K, Raoof ND, Voigt LP, Alicea M, Halpern NA. ICU Admissions
after Actual or Planned Hospital Discharge: Incidence, Clinical
Characteristics, and Outcomes in Cancer Patients. Chest 2009 June 12 [Epub
ahead of print]
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Kirkland LL,
Parham WM, Pastores SM. Approaching hospital administrators about adopting
cooling technologies. Crit Care Med 2009; 37 (7 Suppl): S290-4.
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Halpern NA,
Pastores SM. Critical Care Medicine in the USA 2000-2005: An analysis of bed
numbers, use and costs. Crit Care Med 2009 Aug. 27 Epub ahead of
print.
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Dellinger RP,
Tomayko JF, Angus DC, Lipid Infusion and Patient Outcomes in Sepsis (LIPOS)
Investigators, Stephen M. Pastores), et al. Efficacy and safety of a
phospholipid emulsion (GR270773) in gram-negative severe sepsis: results of a
phase II multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled, dose-finding clinical
trial. Crit Care Med 2009;37(11):2929-38.
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Pastores SM,
Voigt LP. Acute respiratory failure in the patient with cancer: diagnostic and
management strategies. Crit Care Clin 2010;26:21-40.
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Gutierrez C,
Pastores SM. Are physicians’ recommendations on limiting life support really
burdensome? Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2010;181:873.
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Sokolovic M,
Pastores SM. Transfusion therapy and acute lung injury. Expert Rev Respir Med
2010;4:387-93.
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Halpern NA,
Pastores SM. Critical care medicine growth requires dealing with our “perfect
storm” of manpower shortage (reply). Crit Care Med 2010;38:1613-14.
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Halpern NA,
Pastores SM, Chawla S, Chen J, Thaler HT. Advance directives in an Oncologic
ICU: a contemporary analysis of their frequency, type and impact. J Palliative
Care Med 2011;14(4):483-9. Epub 2011 Mar 18
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Azoulay E,
Soares M, Darmon M, Benoit D, Pastores SM, Afessa B. Intensive care of the
cancer patient: recent achievements and remaining challenges. Annals of
Intensive Care 2011;1:5
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Pastores SM,
O’Connor MF, Kleinpell RM, et al. The Accreditation Council for Graduate
Medical Education resident duty hour new standards: history, changes, and
impact on staffing of intensive care units. Crit Care Med 2011 June 23 [Epub
ahead of print]
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Pastores SM.
ACP Journal Club: Review: Intensive insulin therapy does not reduce mortality
but increases severe hypoglycemia in hospitalized patients. Ann Intern Med
2011;155:JC1-12.
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Halpern NA,
Hale KE, Sepkowitz KA, Pastores SM. A world without ventilator-associated
pneumonia: time to abandon surveillance and deconstruct the bundle. Crit Care
Med 2012;40:267-70.
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Pastores SM,
Dakwar J, Halpern NA. Costs of critical care medicine. Crit Care Clin
2012;28:1-10
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Pastores SM.
Corticosteroid effects on hemostatic biomarkers in early acute respiratory
distress syndrome: does it matter? Crit Care Med 2012;40:679-80.