Professor, Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

General Surgery

Dr. Juan B. Ochoa, MD

Juan B. Ochoa, MD works in the field of General Surgery. He has 2 awards "Fellow (FACS)" and "Top MD". Juan Ochoa is also published. He has 41 publications published. The lastest publication: "Prealbumin as a serum biomarker of impaired perioperative nutritional status and risk for surgical site infection after spine surgery.'

Publications

Prealbumin as a serum biomarker of impaired perioperative nutritional status and risk for surgical site infection after spine surgery.
The central role of arginine catabolism in T-cell dysfunction and increased susceptibility to infection after physical injury.
Outcomes of operative management of appendicitis.
Systemic Arginine Depletion After a Murine Model of Surgery or Trauma.
Issues involved in the process of developing a medical food.
Perioperative use of arginine-supplemented diets: a systematic review of the evidence.
Hypothermia: an unusual indication for gastric lavage.
Nutrition trials in critical illness: bigger, faster, stronger.
Immunosupression and infection after major surgery: a nutritional deficiency.
Nature of myeloid cells expressing arginase 1 in peripheral blood after trauma.
Deferred primary anastomosis versus diversion in patients with severe secondary peritonitis managed with staged laparotomies.
Stat 6-dependent induction of myeloid derived suppressor cells after physical injury regulates nitric oxide response to endotoxin.
Use of a nasal bridle prevents accidental nasoenteral feeding tube removal.
Hepatic resection in the management of complex injury to the liver.
An FFP:PRBC transfusion ratio >/=1:1.5 is associated with a lower risk of mortality after massive transfusion.
Effect of citrulline and glutamine on nitric oxide production in RAW 264.7 cells in an arginine-depleted environment.
Use of a colorimetric carbon dioxide sensor for nasoenteric feeding tube placement in critical care patients compared with clinical methods and radiography.
MRI is unnecessary to clear the cervical spine in obtunded/comatose trauma patients: the four-year experience of a level I trauma center.
Separating pharmaconutrition from classic nutrition goals: a necessary step.
Effect of calorically dense enteral nutrition formulas on outcome in critically ill trauma and surgical patients.
How many calories are necessary during critical illness?
Arginine and immunity.
Evaluation of a 15-year experience with splenic injuries in a state trauma system.
Advances in surgical nutrition.
CD11b+/Gr-1+ myeloid suppressor cells cause T cell dysfunction after traumatic stress.
T lymphocytes.
Is outcome after blunt splenic injury in adults better in high-volume trauma centers?
Arginase I in myeloid suppressor cells is induced by COX-2 in lung carcinoma.
Interactions between fatty acids and arginine metabolism: implications for the design of immune-enhancing diets.
Citrulline can preserve proliferation and prevent the loss of CD3 zeta chain under conditions of low arginine.
L-Arginine modulates CD3zeta expression and T cell function in activated human T lymphocytes.
Arginase I production in the tumor microenvironment by mature myeloid cells inhibits T-cell receptor expression and antigen-specific T-cell responses.
Patient safety: effect of institutional protocols on adverse events related to feeding tube placement in the critically ill.
A rational use of immune enhancing diets: when should we use dietary arginine supplementation?
Regulation of arginase expression by T-helper II cytokines and isoproterenol.
Management of adult blunt splenic injuries: comparison between level I and level II trauma centers.
L-arginine consumption by macrophages modulates the expression of CD3 zeta chain in T lymphocytes.
Enteral nutrition in patients with an open peritoneal cavity.
Invited commentary: new roles for immune-enhancing diets.
Regulation of T cell receptor CD3zeta chain expression by L-arginine.

Schools

Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana Facultad De Medicina
University Pittsburgh Med Center
University PittsburghUpmc

Doctors Specialties

Critical Care Surgery
General Surgery

Accepted Insurances

Awards

Fellow (FACS)
Top MD

Education

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pontifical Bolivarian University

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