Benjamin Griffin, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Nephrology
Selected Publicatons
Griffin BR, Wu C, O'Horo JC, Faubel S, Jalal D and Kashani K. (2021). The Association of Platelet Decrease Following Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy Initiation and Increased Rates of Secondary Infections. Critical care medicine 49 (2) e130-e139. DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000004763. PMID: 33372743.
Griffin BR, Reece TB and Aftab M. (2020). Postoperative Thrombocytopenia: A Novel Prognostic Factor: Reply. (Vols. 110). (2), pp. 752-753. Annals of Thoracic Surgery. DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.01.068.
Griffin BR, Bronsert M, Reece TB, Pal JD, Cleveland JC, Fullerton DA, Gist KM, Jovanovich A, Jalal D, Faubel S and Aftab M. (2020). Thrombocytopenia After Cardiopulmonary Bypass Is Associated With Increased Morbidity and Mortality. In Annals of Thoracic Surgery. (Vols. 110). (1), pp. 50-57. DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.10.039.
Skrypnyk NI, Gist KM, Okamura K, Montford JR, You Z, Yang H, Moldovan R, Bodoni E, Blaine JT, Edelstein CL, Soranno DE, Kirkbride-Romeo LA, Griffin BR, Altmann C and Faubel S. (2020). IL-6-mediated hepatocyte production is the primary source of plasma and urine neutrophil gelatinase–associated lipocalin during acute kidney injury. Kidney International 97 (5) 966-979. DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2019.11.013.
Butler-Dawson J, Dally M, Johnson RJ, Johnson EC, Krisher L, Sánchez-Lozada LG, Griffin BR, Brindley S and Newman LS. (2020). Association of Copeptin, a Surrogate Marker of Arginine Vasopressin, with Decreased Kidney Function in Sugarcane Workers in Guatemala. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism 76 (1) 30-36. DOI: 10.1159/000506619.
Griffin BR, Kohtz PD, Bronsert M, Reece TB, Cleveland JC, Fullerton DA, Faubel S and Aftab M. (2020). Postoperative Complications Are Not Elevated in Well-Compensated ESRD Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: End-Stage Renal Disease Cardiac Surgery Outcomes. Journal of Surgical Research 247 136-143. DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2019.10.032.
Griffin BR, Bronsert M, Reece TB, Pal JD, Cleveland JC, Fullerton DA, Faubel S and Aftab M. (2020). Creatinine elevations from baseline at the time of cardiac surgery are associated with postoperative complications. In Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.03.174.
Griffin BR, Teixeira JP, Ambruso S, Bronsert M, Pal JD, Cleveland JC, Reece TB, Fullerton DA, Faubel S and Aftab M. (2020). Stage 1 acute kidney injury is independently associated with infection following cardiac surgery. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.11.004.
Griffin BR, Liu KD and Teixeira JP. (2020). Critical Care Nephrology: Core Curriculum 2020. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2019.10.010.
Griffin BR, You Z, Noureddine L, Gitomer B, Perrenoud L, Wang W, Chonchol M and Jalal D. (2020). KIM-1 and Kidney Disease Progression in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease: HALT-PKD Results. American Journal of Nephrology. DOI: 10.1159/000508051.