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Alexander J Sweidan

Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, Irvine
Verified email at uci.edu
Cited by 230

Quantitative pupillometry in the intensive care unit

MM Bower, AJ Sweidan, JC Xu… - Journal of intensive …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Quantitative pupillometry provides a noninvasive and objective assessment within the
neurological examination. This review details the physiology of the pupillary light response …

Contemporary reversal of oral anticoagulation in intracerebral hemorrhage

MM Bower, AJ Sweidan, M Shafie, S Atallah… - Stroke, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Vitamin K can be given oral, intravenously, or subcutaneous, but for patients with serious life-
threatening bleeding, it is recommended to administer 10 mg IV as it reverses coagulopathy …

Deep brain stimulation for obsessive compulsive disorder: A review of results by anatomical target

C Borders, F Hsu, AJ Sweidan, ES Matei, RG Bota - Mental illness, 2018 - emerald.com
Studies suggest deep brain stimulation (DBS) as a treatment modality for the refractory
obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). It is unclear where to place the DBS. Various sites …

Amiodarone-induced pulmonary toxicity–a frequently missed complication

AJ Sweidan, NK Singh, N Dang… - Clinical Medicine …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction Amiodarone is often used in the suppression of tachyarrhythmias. One of the
more serious adverse effects includes amiodarone pulmonary toxicity (APT). Several …

Multimodal management of giant cerebral aneurysms: review of literature and case presentation

JK Campos, BZ Ball, B Cheaney Ii… - Stroke and vascular …, 2020 - svn.bmj.com
The pathophysiology of giant cerebral aneurysms renders them difficult to treat. Advances in
technology have attempted to address any shortcomings associated with open surgery or …

Nodular sarcoidosis masquerading as cancer

AJ Sweidan, NK Singh, A Stein… - Clinical Medicine …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Nodular lung disease is a rare pulmonary manifestation of sarcoidosis and resembles
metastatic neoplasm disease. Nodular sarcoidosis is rare, varying from 1.6% to 4% of …

A case of statin-associated autoimmune myopathy

AJ Sweidan, A Leung, CJ Kaiser… - Clinical Medicine …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
A 70-year-old previously independent man developed progressive proximal leg weakness
resulting in a fall at home suffering traumatic brain injury. He was prescribed a statin …

Elevations in high-sensitive cardiac Troponin T and N-terminal prohormone Brain Natriuretic Peptide levels in the serum can predict the development of anthracycline …

A Bisoc, D Ciurescu, M Radoi, MM Tântu… - American journal of …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Background: Anthracyclines remain the cornerstone of the treatment in many cancers
including lymphomas, leukemia and sarcomas, and breast cancer. The cardiomyopathy that …

[HTML][HTML] Refractory central neurogenic hyperventilation: a novel approach utilizing mechanical dead space

AJ Sweidan, MM Bower, J Paullus, M Sterpi… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
This report describes the successful management of a case of central neurogenic
hyperventilation (CNH) refractory to high dose sedation by increasing the mechanical dead …

Diagnostic and therapeutic considerations in idiopathic hypereosinophilia with warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia

AJ Sweidan, AK Brys, DD Sohn… - Journal of Blood …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) encompasses numerous diverse conditions resulting in
peripheral hypereosinophilia that cannot be explained by hypersensitivity, infection, or atopy …