Matthew Keith Pesek, MD
Associate Chief
Assistant Professor, Section of Critical Care Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
Phone:
832-227-3250
Languages: English
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Get to know Matthew Keith Pesek, MD
Dr. Pesek's clinical interests include recognition and treatment of children with severe traumatic brain injury and the management of acute respiratory distress syndrome. His role as medical director also gives him the opportunity to improve the quality of care provided in the PICU by collaborating with his partners in nursing, respiratory care, and pharmacy.
Clinical Interests
Traumatic brain injury, acute respiratory distress syndrome
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Research interests
Cerebral vascular autoregulation following traumatic brain injury, quality improvement in community-based ICU’s
Pesek M, Kibler K, Easley RB, Mytar J, Rhee C, Andropolous D, Brady K. The Upper Limit of Cerebral Blood Flow Autoregulation Is Decreased with Elevations in Intracranial Pressure. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplement 2016;122:229-31. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-22533-3_46.PMID.