Kristen J. Price, M.D., FCCP
Department of Critical Care and Respiratory Care, Division of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Professor, Department of Critical Care, Division of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Department Chair, Department of Critical Care, Division of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Research Interests
Dr. Price’s research is aimed at better predicting outcomes for cancer patients requiring admission to the critical care unit and to better allocate resources for each patient.
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 1985 | Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA, MD, Medicine |
| 1981 | University of Tampa, Tampa, FL, USA, BS, Marine Science / Biology |
Postgraduate Training
| 1989-1992 | Clinical Fellowship, Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston |
| 1988-1989 | Chief Medical Resident, Internal Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX |
| 1985-1988 | Clinical Residency, Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, TX |
Board Certifications
| 1997 | Critical Care Medicine |
| 1994 | Pulmonary Medicine |
| 1989 | American Board of Internal Medicine |
Experience & Service
Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor, Department of Critical Care, Division of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, 2011 - Present
Associate Professor, Department of Critical Care, Division of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2000 - 2004
Assistant Professor, Division of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 1992 - 2000
Instructor, Division of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, 1988 - 1991
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Deputy Department Chair, Department of Critical Care, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2003 - 2004
Medical Director, Respiratory Care, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, 2001 - 2014
Medical Director, Department of Critical Care, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 1993 - 1999
Other Appointments/Responsibilities
Society of Critical Care Medicine, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2016 - Present
SCCM-ALCM ICU Workforce and Workload, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2016 - Present
Member, UT System Wide Initiative; Addressing the Advancement of Women in the University of Texas System, Houston, 2012 - Present
Institutional Committee Activities
Member, Institutional Throughput Committee, 2018 - Present
Member, After Discharge Care Coordination: Continuum of Care, 2018 - Present
Member, Team 7 Discharge Management Leadership, 2017 - Present
Member, The Charles A. LeMaistre Outstanding Achievement Award in Cancer, 2017 - Present
Member, XFITT, 2017 - Present
Member, Psychosocial Council, 2017 - Present
Member, Physician Conflict Resolution, 2017 - Present
Member, Leadership Lab Cohort 2, 2017 - Present
Member, ICU Workflow Efficiency, 2017 - Present
Member, Community of Chairs Committee, 2016 - Present
Member, Search Committee for Chair, Head and Neck Surgery, 2016 - 2017
Member, Making Cancer History Patient Care Award Committee, 2015 - 2016
Co-Leader, Ebola Task Force, 2015 - Present
Member, G7 Planning & Activation Committee, 2015 - Present
Member, Inpatient Operations Steering Committee, 2014 - Present
Co-Leader, Evidence Based Clinical Pathway, 2014 - Present
Member, Clinical Alarms Safety Committee, 2014 - Present
Member, Advanced Care Planning Committee, 2014 - Present
Member, US News and World Report Advisory Group, 2014 - 2016
Member, Council of Division Committees for Gender Equality, 2013 - Present
Physician Leader, ICU Global Space Strategic Planning Group, 2012 - Present
Alternate Member, Medical Practice Committee, 2012 - Present
Member, Quality Improvement Assessment Board (QIAB) Committee, 2011 - 2017
Member, Emergency Medicine Chair Search, 2010 - 2011
Member, 24-Hour Coverage Task Force, 2010 - 2010
Member, EC Task Force, 2009 - 2010
Member, Patient Safety Committee, 2009 - 2015
Member, Research and Publications Committee, 2007 - Present
Member, Clinical Department Chairs Committee, 2005 - Present
Chair, ICU Best Practice Committee, 2005 - Present
Member, ICU Operations Committee, 2005 - Present
Member, Acute & Critical Care Subcommittee, 2003 - Present
Member, Critical Care Research Group, 2000 - Present
Chair, ICU Operations Committee, 2000 - 2005
Member, Faculty Senate, 1994 - 1997
Member, Clinical Ethics Committee, 1993 - 1997
Co-Chair, Special Care Units Advisory Committee, 1993 - 1999
Consultantships
Consultant, MD Anderson - Banner Health, Arizona, 2011 - Present
Honors & Awards
| 2017 | President's Recognition of Faculty Excellence in Quality Improvement, MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| 2016 | SCCM Presidential Citation, Society of Critical Care Medicine |
| 2014 | Society of Critical Care Medicine-Texas Chapter, Certificate of Appreciation Award, SCCM |
| 2012 | Outstanding Achievement and Leadership Elimination of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia, US Depart of Health and Human Services and Critical Care Societies Collaborative |
| 1986 | Resident of the Year, The University of Texas Health Science Center Faculty and House Staff |
| 1981 | Who’s Who Among American College Students |
| 1981 | Outstanding Female Graduate, The University of Tampa Faculty |
Professional Memberships
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Laserna A, Durán-Crane A, López-Olivo MA, Cuenca JA, Fowler C, Díaz DP, Cardenas YR, Urso C, O'Connell K, Fowler C, Price KJ, Sprung CL, Nates JL. Pain management during the withholding and withdrawal of life support in critically ill patients at the end-of-life: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Intensive Care Med 46(9):1671-1682, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32833041.
- Stepan K, Bashoura L, George M, Griffith W, Meyer M, Nortjé N, Price K, Zhukovsky DS, Rodriguez MA. Building an Infrastructure and Standard Methodology for Actively Engaging Patients in Advance Care Planning. J Oncol Pract 15(12):e1085-e1091, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31596647.
- Durán-Crane A, Laserna A, López-Olivo MA, Cuenca JA, Díaz DP, Cardenas YR, Urso C, O'Connell K, Azimpoor K, Fowler C, Price KJ, Sprung CL, Nates JL. Clinical Practice Guidelines and Consensus Statements About Pain Management in Critically Ill End-of-Life Patients: A Systematic Review. Crit Care Med 47(11):1619-1626, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31517694.
- Rathi NK, Haque SA, Morales F, Kaul B, Ramirez R, Ovu S, Feng L, Dong W, Price KJ, Ugarte S, Raimondi N, Quintero A, Cardenas YR, Nates JL, LACCTIN and ONCCC-R-NET groups. Variability in triage practices for critically ill cancer patients: A randomized controlled trial. J Crit Care 53:18-24, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31174172.
- Pastores SM, Kvetan V, Coopersmith CM, Farmer JC, Sessler C, Christman JW, D'Agostino R, Diaz-Gomez J, Gregg SR, Khan RA, Kapu AN, Masur H, Mehta G, Moore J, Oropello JM, Price K, Academic Leaders in Critical Care Medicine (ALCCM) Task Force of the Society of the Critical Care Medicine. Workforce, Workload, and Burnout Among Intensivists and Advanced Practice Providers: A Narrative Review. Crit Care Med 47(4):550-557, 2019. PMID: 30688716.
- Gutierrez C, Cárdenas YR, Bratcher K, Melancon J, Myers J, Campbell JY, Feng L, Price KJ, Nates JL. Out-of-Hospital ICU Transfers to an Oncological Referral Center: Characteristics, Resource Utilization and Patient Outcomes. J Intensive Care Med 34(1):55-61, 2019. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 28030995.
- McCall B, Idowu O, Moreno R, Price K, Nates JL. Treatment of Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation with Continuous Fresh Frozen Plasma. Critical Care Medicine, 2018.
- Malik IA, Cardenas-Turanzas M, Gaeta S, Borthakur G, Price K, Cortes J, Nates JL. Sepsis and Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Population Level Study of Comparative Outcomes of Patients Discharged from Hospitals in Texas. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk 17(12):e27-e32, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28844403.
- Rathi NK, Haque SA, Nates R, Kosturakis A, Wang H, Dong W, Feng L, Erfe RJ, Guajardo C, Withers L, Finch C, Price KJ, Nates JL. Noninvasivepositive pressure ventilation vsinvasive mechanical ventilation as first-line therapy for acute hypoxemic respiratory failure in cancer patients. J Crit Care 39(39):56-61, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28213266.
- Bayraktar UD, Milton DR, Shpall EJ, Rondon G, Price KJ, Champlin RE, Nates JL. Prognostic Index for Critically Ill Allogeneic Transplantation Patients. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 23(6):991-996, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28263919.
- Nates JL, Wallace SK, Price KJ. The authors reply. Crit Care Med 44(12):e1254-e1255, 2016. PMID: 27858827.
- Namiranian K, Rathi NK, Banchs J, Price KJ, Nates JL, Haque SA. Does Thrombolysis Have a Place in the Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation of Patients With Acute Pulmonary Embolism? A Case of Successful Thrombolysis During Pulmonary Embolism Induced Cardiopulmonary Arrest. Crit Care Med 44(5):e300-3, 2016. PMID: 26584192.
- Wallace SK, Rathi NK, Waller DK, Ensor JE, Haque SA, Price KJ, Piller LB, Tilley BC, Nates JL. Two Decades of ICU Utilization and Hospital Outcomes in a Comprehensive Cancer Center. Crit Care Med 44(5):926-33, 2016. PMID: 26765498.
- Wallace SK, Waller DK, Tilley BC, Piller LB, Price KJ, Rathi N, Haque S, Nates JL. Place of Death among Hospitalized Patients with Cancer at the End of Life. J Palliat Med 18(8):667-76, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25927588.
- Rathi NK, Tanner AR, Dinh A, Dong W, Feng L, Ensor J, Wallace SK, Haque SA, Rondon G, Price KJ, Popat U, Nates JL. Low-, medium- and high-dose steroids with or without aminocaproic acid in adult hematopoietic SCT patients with diffuse alveolar hemorrhage. Bone Marrow Transplant 50(3):420-6, 2015. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25531284.
- Price KJ, Cardenas-Turanzas M, Lin H, Roden L, Nigam R, Nates JL. Prognostic indicators of mortality of mechanically ventilated patients with acute leukemia in a comprehensive cancer center. Minerva Anestesiol 79(2):147-55, 2013. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 23032926.
- Cárdenas-Turanzas M, Ensor J, Wakefield C, Zhang K, Wallace SK, Price KJ, Nates JL. Cross-validation of a Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score-based model to predict mortality in patients with cancer admitted to the intensive care unit. Journal of Critical Care, 2012. PMID: 22762932.
- Samuels J, Ng CS, Nates J, Price K, Finkel K, Salahudeen A, Shaw A. Small increases in serum creatinine are associated with prolonged ICU stay and increased hospital mortality in critically ill patients with cancer. Support Care Cancer 19(10):1527-32, 2011. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20711842.
- Fu S, Hong DS, Naing A, Wheler J, Falchook G, Wen S, Howard A, Barber D, Nates J, Price K, Kurzrock R. Outcome analyses after the first admission to an intensive care unit in patients with advanced cancer referred to a phase I clinical trials program. J Clin Oncol 29(26):3547-52, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21844494.
- Nates JL, Cárdenas-Turanzas M, Ensor J, Wakefield C, Wallace SK, Price KJ. Cross-validation of a modified score to predict mortality in cancer patients admitted to the intensive care unit. J Crit Care 26(4):388-94, 2011. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 21195582.
- Lahoti A, Nates JL, Wakefield CD, Price KJ, Salahudeen AK. Costs and outcomes of acute kidney injury in critically ill patients with cancer. J Support Oncol 9(4):149-55, 2011. PMID: 21809520.
- Cardenas-Turanzas M, Gaeta S, Ashoori A, Price KJ, Nates JL. Demographic and clinical determinants of having do not resuscitate orders in the intensive care unit of a comprehensive cancer center. J Palliat Med 14(1):45-50, 2011. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 21194303.
- Chen K, Puana RB, Price KJ, Koller CA, Nates JL. The role of point-of-care testing in the early diagnosis of pseudo-hypoxemia in myeloproliferative disorders. Respir Care 55(6):777-9, 2010. PMID: 20507664.
- Nates JL, Cárdenas-Turanzas M, Wakefield C, Kish Wallace S, Shaw A, Samuels JA, Ensor J, Price KJ. Automating and simplifying the SOFA score in critically ill patients with cancer. Health Informatics J 16(1):35-47, 2010. PMID: 20413411.
- Cardenas-Turanzas M, Cesta MA, Wakefield C, Wallace SK, Puana R, Price KJ, Nates JL. Factors associated with anemia in patients with cancer admitted to an intensive care unit. J Crit Care 25(1):112-9, 2010. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19577413.
- Gaeta S, Price KJ. End-of-life issues in critically ill cancer patients. Crit Care Clin 26(1):219-27, 2010. PMID: 19944283.
- Cesta MA, Cardenas-Turanzas M, Wakefield C, Price KJ, Nates JL. Life-supportive therapy withdrawal and length of stay in a large oncologic intensive care unit at the end of life. J Palliat Med 12(8):713-8, 2009. PMID: 19586391.
- Salahudeen AK, Kumar V, Madan N, Xiao L, Lahoti A, Samuels J, Nates J, Price K. Sustained low efficiency dialysis in the continuous mode (C-SLED): dialysis efficacy, clinical outcomes, and survival predictors in critically ill cancer patients. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 4(8):1338-46, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19628685.
- Nates JL, Aravindan N, Hirsch-Ginsberg C, Sizer KC, Kee S, Nguyen AT, Chen K, Shaw AD, Price KJ. Critically ill cancer patients are not consistently hypercoagulable after craniotomy. Neurocrit Care 7(3):211-6, 2007. PMID: 17968522.
- Aravindan N, Cata JP, Hoffman L, Dougherty PM, Riedel BJ, Price KJ, Shaw AD. Effects of isoflurane, pentobarbital, and urethane on apoptosis and apoptotic signal transduction in rat kidney. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 50:1229-37, 2006. PMID: 16978161.
- Nates JL, Aravindan N, Hirsh-Ginsberg C, Sizer KC, Kee S, Nguyen AT, Chen K, Shaw AD,Price KJ. Critically ill cancer patients are not consistently hypercoagulable after craniotomy. Critical Care Medicine 33(12):A104, 2005.
- Groeger JS, Glassman J, Nierman DM, Wallace SK, Price K, Horak D, Landsberg D. Probability of mortality of critically ill cancer patients at 72 h of intensive care unit (ICU) management. Support Care Cancer 11(11):686-95, 2003. e-Pub 2003. PMID: 12905057.
- Hanna HA, Raad II, Hackett B, Wallace SK, Price KJ, Coyle DE, Parmley CL, M.D. Anderson Catheter Study Group. Antibiotic-impregnated catheters associated with significant decrease in nosocomial and multidrug-resistant bacteremias in critically ill patients. Chest 124(3):1030-8, 2003. PMID: 12970034.
- Wallace SK, Ewer MS, Price KJ, Feeley TW. Outcome and cost implications of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the medical intensive care unit of a comprehensive cancer center. Support Care Cancer 10(5):425-9, 2002. e-Pub 2002. PMID: 12136227.
- Kish Wallace S, Martin CG, Shaw AD, Price KJ. Influence of an advance directive on the initiation of life support technology in critically ill cancer patients. Crit Care Med 29:2294-8, 2001. PMID: 11801828.
- Ewer MS, Kish SK, Martin CG, Price KJ, Feeley TW. Characteristics of cardiac arrest in cancer patients as a predictor of survival after cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Cancer 92:1905-12, 2001. PMID: 11745264.
- Price KJ, Kish SK. End-of-life decisions in cancer care. Crit Care Clin 17:805-11, 2001. PMID: 11525059.
- Escalante CP, Martin CG, Elting LS, Price KJ, Manzullo EF, Weiser MA, Harle TS, Cantor SB, Rubenstein EB. Identifying risk factors for imminent death in cancer patients with acute dyspnea. J Pain Symptom Manage 20(5):318-25, 2000. PMID: 11068153.
- Kish SK, Martin CG, Price KJ. Advance directives in critically ill cancer patients. Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am 12:373-83, 2000. PMID: 11855241.
- Groeger JS, White P, Jr, Nierman DM, Glassman J, Shi W, Horak D, Price K. Outcome for cancer patients requiring mechanical ventilation. J Clin Oncol 17:991-7, 1999. PMID: 10071294.
- Price KJ, Thall PF, Kish SK, Shannon VR, Andersson BS. Prognostic indicators for blood and marrow transplant patients admitted to an intensive care unit. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 158:876-84, 1998. PMID: 9731020.
- Groeger JS, Lemeshow S, Price K, Nierman DM, White P, Jr, Klar J, Granovsky S, Horak D, Kish SK. Multicenter outcome study of cancer patients admitted to the intensive care unit: a probability of mortality model. J Clin Oncol 16:761-70, 1998. PMID: 9469368.
- Escalante C, Martin C, Elting L, Cantor S, Harle T, Price K. Utilization and survival - implications in a managed care world. Cancer 78:1314-19, 1996.
- Kilbourn R, Fonseca G, Griffith O, Ewer MS, Price K, Strieger A, Jones E, Logothetis C. NG-methl-l-arginine, an inhibitor of nitric oxide synthase that reverses interleukin-2 induced hypotension. Critical Care Medicine 23:1018-24, 1995.
- Gutierrez G, Clark C, Brown S, Price K, Ortiz L, Nelson C. The effects of dobutamine on arterial lactate and gastric mucosal ph in septic patients. Respiratory Critical Care Medicine 150:324-329, 1994.
- Cardenas-Turanzas M, Cesta MA, Wakefield C, Kish Wallace S, Puana R, Price KJ, Nates JL. Factors associated with anemia in cancer patients admitted to an intensive care unit. Journal of Critical Care. e-Pub 2009.
- Bayraktar UD, Shpall EJ, Liu P, Ciurea SO, Rondon G, de Lima M, Cardenas-Turanzas M, Price KJ, Champlin RE, Nates JL. Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation-Specific Comorbidity Index Predicts Inpatient Mortality and Survival in Patients Who Received Allogeneic Transplantation Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit. J Clin Oncol. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 24127454.
Manuals, Teaching Aids, Other Teaching Publications
- Ovu S, Haque S, Nates JL, Price KJ, Rathi N. Guideline-based Triage Practices versus Actual Practice for Critically Ill Cancer Patients. Society of Critical Care Medicine: Hawaii, 2017.
- Rathi N, Haque S, Price KJ, Nates JL. Outcomes of Invasive versus Non-invasive Ventilation for Acute Respiratory Failure in Cancer Patients. Society of Critical Care Medicine: Hawaii, 2017.
Abstracts
- Manjappachar N, Laserna A, Cuenca J, Diaz N, Mundie T, Nates Joel, Plexmna K, Tanha J, Laytoon L, Nates Joseph, Price K, Idowu O. Humanizing the Intensive Care Unit Experience for Caregivers, 2019.
- O'Connell K, Laserna A, Cardenas Y, Martin P, Cuenca J, Manjappachar N, Price K, Nates J. Increased SOFA Score in Thrombocytopenic Septic Shock is NOT Associated with Higher Mortality. Critical Care Medicine, 2019.
- O'Connell K, Laserna A, Cardenas Y, Cuenca J, Martin P, Manjappachar N, Price K, Nates J. Outcome of Septic Shock in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Patients. Critical Care Medicine, 2019.
- O'Connell K, Laserna A, Cardenas Y, Cuenca J, Manjappachar N, Price K, Nates J. Outcome of Septic Shock in Leukemia Patients. Critical Care Medicine, 2019.
- O'Connell K, Laserna A, Cardenas Y, Cuenca J, Martin P, Manjappachar N, Azimpoor K, Price K, Nates J. Outcomes of Septic Shock in Patients with Lymphoma versus Leukemia. Critical Care Medicine, 2019.
- O'Connell K, Laserna A, Cardenas Y, Cuenca J, Martin P, Manjappachar N, Price K, Nates J. Outcomes of Septic Shock in Patients with Solid Tumors. Critical Care Medicine, 2019.
- O'Connell K, Landaeta M, Ganti RS, Chavarria D, Vial M, Manjappachar N, Ovu S, Ramirez R, Erfe R, Price K, Nates. Tracheostomy in Thrombocytopenic Critically Ill Patients: 90 days Survival. Critical Care Medicine 47(1):479, 2019.
- O'Connell K, Landaeta M, Ganti RS, Chavarria D, Vial M, Manjappachar N, Ovu S, Ramirez R, Price K, Erfe R, Nates J. Safety of Tracheostomy in Neutropenic Critically Ill Patients. Critical Care Medicine 47(1):493, 2019.
- Pastores S, Kvetan V, Coopersmith C, Farmer C, Sessler C, Christman J, D'Agostino R, Diaz-Gomez J, Gregg S, Khan R, Kapu A, Masur H, Mehta G, Moore J, Oropello J, Price K,. Workforce, Workload, and Burnout Among Intensivists and Advanced Practice Providers: A Narrative Review. Critical Care Medicine, 2019.
- Gallagher C, Price K. Benefits and Challenges of a Bioethicist Proactively Rounding in an Oncologic Intensive Care Unit. Presented at the 13th World Conference on Bioethics, Medical Ethics & Health Law, Jerusalem, Israel, 2018.
- Ahuha S, Price K, Nates JL. Induced Liver Injury In A Patient With Gastro-Esophageal Cancer: A Case Report. ASA Congress, Boston, 2017.
- Farroni J, Price, KJ, Gallagher C. When the relevant functions cease:The policy/practice divide and ethical challenges when determining death. 12th World Conference on Bioethics, Medical Ethics and Health Law, 2017.
- Brydges N, Price KJ. A Checklist with Education and Chart Audit Increases Compliance of the Universal Protocol in the ICU. Society of Critical Care Medicine 46th Critical Care Congress, 2017.
- Haque S, Couch B, Feng L, Nated J, Price K, Rathi N. Mechanical thromboprophylaxis and bruising in critically ill cancer patients. Critical Care Medicine, 2016.
- Cardenas-Turanzas M, Malik I, Ravandi F, Borthakur G, Cortes J, Kantarjian H, Price K, Nates JL. Sepsis in Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Population Level Study in Texas. 43rd Annual Congress, Society of Critical Care Medicine, 2014.
- Malik I, Lu M, Gaeta S, Terrell J, Feng C, Price K, Lodato R.. Sepsis ICD-9 Codes Validation Study: A Retrospective Chart Review. Presented at American Thoracic Society International Conference, 2013.
- Malik I, Dee B, Anderegg B, Erfe R, Granwehr B, Olaoya A, Price K. Blood Culture Yield and Resistance in ICU Cancer Patients with Pre-Existing Antimicrobial Coverage. Presented at American Thoracic Society International Conference, Philadelphia, PA, May 18-22, 2013, 2013.
- Rathi N, Haque S, Feng L, Price K, Nates JL. Variability of ICU Triage Practices in a Cancer Hospital. Supplement to Society of Critical Care Medicine 39(12):Meeting Abstracts 604), 2012.
- Rathi N, Tanner AR, Dong W, Yadav M, Feng L, Wallace S, Price KJ, Nates, JL, Haque S,. Aminocaproic acid combined with high dose methylprednisolone may not improve outcomes in critically ill cancer patients with diffuse alveolar hemorrhage. Society of Critical Care Medicine, 2012.
- Rathi N, Dinh A, Haque S, Feng L, Liu S, Dong W, Nates J, Price K, Popat U. Outcomes of High Dose Steroid Treatment with or without Aminocaproic Acid in Critically Ill Stem Cell Transplant Recipients with Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage. Blood, Journal of the American Society of Hematology 118:3058, 2011.
- Nates JL, Rathi N, Haque S, Gaeta S, Pravinkumar E, Botz G, Chen K, Crommett JW, Calabrese D, de Villalobos D, Malik I, Price K. ICU Triage Improves Patient Flow and Resource Utilization. Chest October 2011 140(4):Meeting Abstracts 357A, 2011.
- Rathi N, Dinh A, Feng L, Dong W, Liu S, Haque S, Hovden M, Price K, Nates JL. Aminocaproic Acid Does Not Reduce Mortality in Cancer Patients with Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage. Critical Care Medicine (Supplement 1) 140(4) (#203A), 2011.
- Pravinkumar SE, Nigam R, Hwu P, Davies MA, Price K. Intensive Care Resource Utilization for High Dose Interleukin-2 Therapy: A 3-Year Experience from a Large Oncologic ICU. Can Respir J 18(Suppl A):19A, 2011.
- Snyder E, Cardenas-Turanzas M, Perego C, Erfe R, Chemaly RC, Price KJ, Nates JL. Respiratory Failure in Cancer Patients with Influenza A (H1N1) is Associated with Poor Prognosis. Presented at the International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine. Brussels, Belgium, 2011.
- Cardenas-Turanzas M, Ensor J, Price KJ, Nates JL. The performance of the age-adjusted SOFA score predicting mortality in medical patients with cancer admitted to the ICU. MASCC, 6/2011, 2011.
- Price K, Cardenas-Turanzas M, Lin Heather, Roden L, Nigram R, Nates J. Prognostic indicators of mortality of mechanically ventilated patients with acute leukemia in a comprehensive cancer center: a case control study. Accepted for presentation and publication at the 40th Critical Care Congress, San Diego, CA Jan 2011, 2011.
- Cardenas-Turanzas M, Warren ML, Erfe R, Guajardo C, Ashoori A, Price KJ, Nates JL. Demographic and clinical determinants of having Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) orders in the Intensive Care Unit in a comprehensive cancer center. Journal of Palliative Medicine 14(1, 2011), 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21194303.
- Cárdenas-Turanzas M, Avritscher E, Price KJ, Nates JL. Factors associated with discharge to hospice in patients with cancer who utilized the emergency room and survived an ICU stay. A population based study. Supportive Care in Cancer(18 (Suppl 3)):S67-S220, 2011.
- Nates JL, Perego C, Finch C, Chemaly R, Jordan V, Terrell J, Pravinkumar E, Raad I, Price K. Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) can be eradicated. Successful VAP prevention program in a comprehensive cancer center surgical ICU. Accepted for presentation and publication at the 40th Critical Care Congress, San Diego, CA Jan 2011, 2011.
- Cárdenas-Turanzas M, Price KJ, Nates JL. Cross-validation of the sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) score to predict mortality in medical and surgical patients with cancer admitted to the intensive care unit. Accepted for presentation and publication at the 40th Critical Care Congress, San Diego, CA Jan 2011, 2011.
- Cárdenas-Turanzas M, Price KJ, Nates JL. The utilization of red blood cells transfusion and the mortality in older patients with cancer admitted to the ICU. Accepted for presentation and publication at the 40th Critical Care Congress, San Diego CA Jan 2011, 2011.
- Cardenas-Turanzas M, Avritscher E, Rathi N, Malik I, Price KJ, Nates JL. Outcomes of patients with cancer and sepsis in Texas: A population based study of critically ill patients. Presented at the 40th Critical Care Congress, San Diego, CA (Jan 15-19, 2011), 2011.
- Haque S, Dinh A, Rathi N, Feng L, Owen M, Lange G, Price K, Nates J. Thrombocytopenia Does Not Protect From Deep Vein Thrombosis in Critically Ill Cancer Patients. CHEST, 2011.
- Cardenas-Turanzas M, Nates JL, Price KJ. Comparing three scores to measure severity of illness in patients with acute leukemia and acute respiratory failure admitted to the Intensive Care Unit. Critical Care Medicine 37((12):A322-A322), 2010.
- Nates J, Cardenas-Turanzas ML, Cesta M, Wakefield C, Hoffman L, Price K. One year analysis of end of life: life support therapy withdrawal and length of stay in large oncological intensive care unit. 6th Annual Workshop: Disparities in Health in America, 2008.
- Nates JL, Wakefield C, Wallace S, Price K. Validation of the M-SOFA Score in medical and surgical critically ill cancer patients. Critical Care Medicine 35((12): #A-150), 2008.
- Cardenas-Turanzas M, Cesta MA, Wakefield C, Hoffman L, Price KJ, Nates JL. Life supportive therapy withdraw, length of stay, and costs of care in a large oncological Intensive Care Unit. Critical Care Medicine 36(12): A105, 2008.
- Cesta M, Wakefield C, Price K, Nates J. Anemia is associated with high mortality in cancer patients admitted to the medical ICU. Presented at the Society of Critical Care Medicine 36th meeting in Orlando, Florida, 2007.
- Nates J, Perego C, Finch C, Hackett B, Wakefield C, Chemaly R, Pravinkumar E, Raad I, Price K. Ventilator-associated pneumonia rates in surgical ICU:Two year surveillance in a comprehensive cancer center. Presented at the Society of Critical Care Medicine 36th meeting in Orlando, Florida, 2007.
- Nates JL, Finch C, Frederick F, Berkheiser M, Lee L, Pravinkumar E, Price K. Environmental sampling during high frequency ventilation in critically ill cancer patients. Critical Care Medicine 34((12): #A88), 2007.
- Nates J, Cesta M, Wakefield C, Price K. Withdrawal of life sustaining therapy does not reduce length of stay in critically ill leukemia patients. 20th ESICM Congress Meeting, 2007.
- Nates J, Madan N, Kumar S, Lahoti A, Price K, Salahudeen A. Renal replacement therapy in critically ill cancer patients using continuous sustained low efficiency dialysis ( C-SLED): Feasibility, efficacy and tolerability. American Society of Nephrology, 2007.
- Lahoti A, Nates J, Samuels J, Wakefield C, Price K, Salahudeen A. Acute kidney injury as defined by the RIFLE classification has prognostic utility in critically ill patients with cancer. Critical Care Medicine 35((12): A240 (#Suppl. S. Meeting Abstract; 865)), 2007.
- Lahoti A, Nates J, Samuels J, Wakefield C, Price K, Salahudeen AK. RIFLE criteria for acute kidney injury correlates with hospital mortality in critically ill patients with cancer. American Society of Nephrology Congress Supplement, 2007.
- Nates JL, Shaw A, Wakefield C, Samuels J, Price K. Performance of SOFA score after modification and automation in an oncological surgical ICU. Anesthesiology((#A800)), 2006.
- Nates J, Pravinkumar E, Finch C, Binns N, Kanneath T, Denning I, Price K. Bronchoscopic and non-bronchoscopic lavage in critically ill cancer patients with pulmonary infiltrates: Diagnostic yield and cost effectiveness. Respiratory Care 51((11):1281), 2006.
- Nates J, Finch C, Pravinkumar E, Geevarghese G, Meek K, Perkins R, Han C, Price K. Safety of non-bronchoscopic- BAL performed by respiratory therapists: Experience from a large oncological ICU. Respiratory Care 51((11):1281), 2006.
- Nates JL, Cesta M, Wakefield C, Price K. Anemia is not associated with increased mortality when adjusted for severity of illness. Anesthesiology(12: (A274)), 2006.
- Nates JL, Cesta M, Wakefield C, Price K. Comfort measures orders sets are associated with increased intensive care unit length of stay. Anesthesiology((#A1241)), 2006.
- Nates JL, Shaw A, Wakefield C, Samuels J, Price K. Automating and simplifying a validated severity of illness scoring system, the M-SOFA. Anesthesiology((#A1073)), 2006.
- Nates JL, Cesta M, Wakefield C, Price K. Lower hemoglobin levels do not increase mortality when similar patients are compared. Intensive Care Medicine S237 (#A916), 2006.
- Nates JL, Bolden M, Finch C, Pravinkumar E, Mejia D, Price K. Role of respiratory therapy in ICU outreach: Impact of respiratory therapy transitional service in a major cancer center. Respiratory Care 51((11):1281), 2006.
- Nates J, Pravinkumar E, Finch C, Price K. Respiratory therapists led early VAP surveillance: A proactive strategy in an oncological ICU. Respiratory Care 51((11): 1233), 2006.
- Nates J, Cesta MA, Wakefield C, Price K. Anemia is associated with high mortality in cancer patients admitted to the medical ICU. Critical Care Medicine 34(12: A274):Supplement:A273, 2006.
- Nates J, Perego C, Finch C, Hackett B, Wakefield C, Chemaly R, Pravinkumar E, Raad I, Price K. Ventilator associated pneumonia rates in surgical ICU: Two year Surveillance in a comprehensive cancer center. Critical Care Medicine 34((12) (#A347)), 2006.
- Nates J, Cesta M, Wakefield C, Price K. Decisions regarding end of life care are affected by racial differences. Intensive Care Medicine S94((#A352)), 2006.
- Nates JL, Kee S, Nguyen AT, Chen K, Aravindan N, Shaw A, Hirsh-Ginsberg C, Sizer KC, Price K. Critically ill patients are not consistently hypercoagulable after craniotomy. Critical Care Medicine 2005 32(12):A104, 2005.
- Nates J, Chen K, Burdine C, Aravindan N, Price K. Individual clinical productivity in an academic critical care. Presented at the Centennial meeting of ASA, Atlanta, October 22-26. Anesthesiology:A299, 2005.
- Nates JL, Burdine C, Chen K, Price K. Improved outcomes with higher intensivist to patient ratio. Critical Care Medicine 32(12):A30, 2004.
- Groeger J, Glassman J, Shi W, Nierman D, Price K, Horak D, Kish S. A mortality model for critically ill cancer patients after 72 hours of ICU care. Proceeding of the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 20:A243, 2001.
- Kish S, Williams M, Ortiz M, Price K. Advance directives and end of life discussions with critically ill cancer patients and their families. Support Care Cancer 9:303, 2001.
- Price K, Willey J, Russell N, Bruera E. Opportunities for end of life discussions and resource utilization in critically ill cancer patients. Support Care Cancer 9:312, 2001.
- Wallace S, Segal C, Price K, Shaw A. Comparison of three models of scoring organ dysfunction in critically ill cancer patients. Proceeding of the 8th World Congress of Intensive & Critical Care Medicine:229, 2001.
- Wallace S, Segal C, Sung H, Price K, Shaw A. The sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) score correlates with ICU and hospital outcome in critically ill cancer patients. Proceeding of the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 20:A163, 2001.
- Kish S, Price K , Shaw A, Feeley T. Outcome of patients with neutropenia admitted to the intensive care unit at a comprehensive cancer center. Supportive Care Cancer 8:242, 2000.
- Kish S, Price K, William M, Ortiz M, Shaw A. End of life in critically ill cancer patients. Critical Care Medicine 28:A163, 2000.
- Price K, Kish S, Shaw A, Feeley T. Outcome and cost implications of 227 leukemia patients admitted to an intensive care unit of a comprehensive cancer center. Support Care Cancer 8:261, 2000.
Book Chapters
- Chen K, Wallace S, Nates JL. ICU Utilization: Current Trends in ICU Beds, Use, Occupancy, and Costs in the United States. Organization and Management of an Oncologic Critical Care Unit. In: Oncologic Critical Care. Springer Nature: Switzerland, 2019.
- Chen K, Nates JL. ICU staffing, Models and Outcomes. Organization and Management of an Oncologic Critical Care Unit. In: Oncologic Critical Care. Springer Nature: Switzerland, 2019.
- Cardenas Y, Nates J. Respiratory Support Strategies and Non-Conventional Ventilation Modes in Oncologic Critical Care. In: Oncologic Critical Care. Springer Nature: Switzerland, 2019.
- Vial M, Nates JL. Tracheostomy: Appropriateness and Indications in Cancer patients. In: Oncologic Critical Care. Springer Nature: Switzerland, 2019.
- Malik I, Nates JL. Sepsis and Management of Septic Shock in the Oncologic Intensive Care Unite. In: Oncologic Critical Care. Springer Nature: Switzerland, 2019.
- Price K. Legends and Legacies: Personal Journeys of Women Physicians and Scientists at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. In: Women in Science, 2008.
- Gutierrez G, Price K. Abnormalities of oxygen delivery and update in sepsis. In: Principles and practice of medical intensive care. WB Saunders Co, 352-65, 1993.
Books (edited and written)
- Nates JL, Price K. Oncologic Critical Care. First English Edition. Springer: Nature, Swtizerland AG, 2019.