Danny L Stewart, MD

Academic Title

Professor of Pediatrics

Biography/ Philosophy of Care

Recognition

Publications:

Stewart DL, Vogel PA, Jarrett B, Potenziano J. Effect of inhaled nitric oxide on oxygen therapy, mechanical ventilation, and hypoxic respiratory failure. Miverva Pediatr. 2017 May 4. Doi: 10.23736/S0026-4946.17.04944-1.

Stewart D, Benitz, W; Committee on Fetus and Newborn. Umbilical Cord Care in the Newborn. Pediatrics. 2016 Sep;138(3): pii e20162149. Doi 10.1542/peds.2016-2149.

Hannah R. Fischer, MD, Dan L. Stewart, MD. Quality Improvement and Safety in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. NeoReviews 2017; 18;e201. Doi: 10.1542/neo.18-4-e201.

Todd Tzanetos DR, Myers J, Wells T, Stewart D, Fanning JJ, Sullivan JE. The Use of Recombinant Antithrombin III in Pediatric and Neonatal ECMO Patients. ASAIO J. 2017 Jan/Feb; 63(1)93-98. Doi 10.1097/MAT.0000000000000476

Engle WA, West KW, Hocutt GA, Pallotto EK, Haney B, Keith RJ, Stewart DL, Knodel E, Suttner D, Chapman R, Thomas A, Schwerin B, Stork E, Crowley M, Piazza AJ, Heard ML, Gebregziabher N, Fadel W, Bartlett R. Adult Outcomes after Newborn Respiratory Failure Treated with Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.2017 Jan; 18(1):73-79. Doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000001018

McLaurin, MS, Farr, MPH, Wade, MPH, Diakun, BS, Stewart DL. Respiratory
Syncytial Virus Hospitalization Outcomes and Costs of Full-Term and Preterm Infants. Journal of Perinatology, 2016 Aug 4; Doi: 10.1038/jp.2016.113

Benjamin D, Hudak ML, Stewart DL, et al. Effect of fluconazole prophylaxis on candidiasis and mortality in premature infants: a randomized clinical trial. Journal of American Medical Association, 2014 May 7; 311(17):1742-9.

Romero JR, Stewart DL, Buysman EK, Fernandes AW, Jafri HS, Mahadevia PJ. Serious early childhood wheezing following respiratory syncytial virus lower respiratory tract illness in preterm infants. Clinical Therapies, 32(14):2422-32, December 2010.

Stewart DL, Sobczyk WL, Bond SJ, Cook LN. Use of two-dimensional contrast echocardiography for venous cannula placement in veno-venous extracorporeal life support. American Society for Artificial Internal Organs Journal 42:142-145, 1996.

Stewart DL, Mehl A, Hall JW III, Thomson V, Carroll M, Hamlett J. Universal newborn hearing screening with automated auditory brainstem response: A multi-site investigation. Journal of Perinatology, 20:S128-S131, 2000

Clinical Interests/Research

Clinical/Research Interests:

Clinical: Management of patients with persistent pulmonary hypertension, non-traditional treatment of jaundice (heme oxygenase inhibitors), surfactants and delivery devices, patient safety, and stewardship of various pharmacological agents.

Research: Neonatal clinical pharmacology, inhaled nitric oxide and other pulmonary vasodilators, surfactants and non-invasive delivery methods, NAVA (neurally adjusted ventilatory assist), as well as non-invasive use of NAVA.