Gregory A. Schmidt, MD
Professor of Internal Medicine-Pulmonary, Critical Care and Occupational Medicine
Introduction
Dr. Schmidt's investigative interests are in the areas of ICU ultrasound, sepsis therapy, ARDS, and judging the adequacy of volume replacement in patients in shock. With his former colleagues Jesse Hall and Lawrence D. H. Wood, he edits Principles of Critical Care (McGraw-Hill), now in its 3rd edition. Clinical interests include extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), septic shock, bedside ultrasound to guide fluid management, and analysis of ventilator waveforms of pressure and flow.
Current Positions
- Professor of Internal Medicine-Pulmonary, Critical Care and Occupational Medicine
- Associate Chief Medical Officer, Critical Care, University of Iowa Health Care
- Director of Critical Care Programs, University of Iowa Health Care
Education
- BA, Chemistry, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri
- MD, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
- Resident, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ilinois
- Fellow, Critical Care, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ilinois
Selected Publications
- Schmidt, G. A. (In Press). Point: Should acute fluid resuscitation be guided primarily by inferior vena cava ultrasound for patients in shock? Yes. Chest in press.
- (2018). Clinical Physiologist: Can the plateau be higher than the peak pressure?. Ann Am Thorac Soc 15 754. DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201707-553CC.
- (2018). Diagnostic workup, etiologies, and management of acute right ventricular failure: A state of the art paper. (Vols. doi: 10.1007/s00134-018-5172-2). Paris: Intensive Care Medicine. DOI: 10.1007/s00134-018-5172-2.
- (2018). Invasive mechanical ventilation and extracorporeal life support for respiratory failure, Chap 166. In Irwin and Rippe’s Intensive Care Medicine, 8e.
- (2017). Estimating arterial PCO2 in ventilated patients: How valid are surrogate measures?. Ann Am Thorac Soc. DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201701-034FR.
- (2017). Official Executive Summary of an American Thoracic Society/American College of Chest Physicians Clinical Practice Guideline: Liberation from Mechanical Ventilation in Critically Ill Adults. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201610-2076ST..
- (2017). Shock: Diagnosis and management, Ch 21. In Oropello JM, Pastores SM, Kvetan V, eds. Critical Care.
- (2017). An Official American Thoracic Society/American College of Chest Physicians clinical practice guideline: Liberation from mechanical ventilation in critically ill adults. Rehabilitation protocols, ventilator liberation protocols, and cuff leak tests. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201610-2075ST..
- (2017). Liberation From Mechanical Ventilation in Critically Ill Adults: An Official American College of Chest Physicians/American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline: Inspiratory Pressure Augmentation During Spontaneous Breathing Trials, Protocols Minimizing Sedation, and Noninvasive Ventilation Immediately After Extubation. DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2016.10.036.
- (2017). Liberation From Mechanical Ventilation in Critically Ill Adults: Executive Summary of an Official American College of Chest Physicians/American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline. Chest. DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2016.10.037.