{"id":21057,"date":"2023-06-08T10:44:14","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T14:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/?post_type=profile&p=21057"},"modified":"2023-06-08T10:45:41","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T14:45:41","slug":"christopher-w-connor","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/profile\/christopher-w-connor\/","title":{"rendered":"Christopher W. Connor"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Research<\/h4>\n
Areas of Interest<\/h5>\n

Unconsciousness and the action of anesthetics.<\/p>\n

Computerized assessment of patient facial appearance to predict the ease or difficulty of endotracheal intubation at surgery.<\/p>\n

Improving the delivery of intravenous anesthetic agents through improved, interactive modeling of their pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics.<\/p>\n

Simulating free-swimming ascent from disabled submarines at depths greater than 600 feet, and improving the survivability of rapid compression and exposure to high pressure oxygen and nitrogen.<\/p>\n

Intelligent alarm systems for intra-operative patient monitoring.<\/p>\n

Research Areas<\/h5>\n

Massively-parallel functional imaging in C.elegans<\/em> to determine the loss of functional coordination in neuronal systems under exposure to anesthetic gases.<\/p>\n

Applying the principles of minimally-invasive medical engineering, physiology and information technology to clinical issues in anesthesiology.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Publications<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Ortega R, Connor C, Kotova F, Deng W, Lacerra C, \u201cUse of Pressure Transducers\u201d, New England Journal of Medicine 376(14):e26, 2017. (PMID 28379806)<\/p>\n

Connor CW and Herzig M, \u201cMonitoring the location of staff via mobile devices in a large multifacility practice group\u201d, Anesthesia & Analgesia Case Reports 6 (10):320-8, May 2016. (PMID 26867022)<\/p>\n

Ortega R, Connor C, Rodriguez G and Spencer C, \u201cEndotracheal extubation\u201d, New England Journal of Medicine 370(3):e4, 2014. (PMID 24670181)<\/p>\n

Chima RS, Ortega R, Connor CW, \u201cMelodic algorithms for pulse oximetry to allow audible discrimination of abnormal systolic blood pressures\u201d, Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing 28(6):597-603, December 2014. (PMID 24474369)<\/p>\n

Ortega R, Connor C, Rodriguez G and Spencer C, \u201cEndotracheal extubation\u201d, New England Journal of Medicine 370(3):e4, 2014. (PMID 24670181)<\/p>\n

Connor CW and Gonzalez RM, \u201cThe Preoperative Stop\/Go Sign\u201d, Anesthesiology 120(3):751, March 2014. (PMID 23388192)<\/p>\n

Connor CW and Segal S, \u201cThe importance of subjective facial appearance on the ability of anesthesiologists to predict difficult intubation\u201d, Anesthesia & Analgesia 118(2):419-427, February 2014. (PMID 24361845)<\/p>\n

Connor CW, Saffary R, Feliz E, \u201cPerformance of cricoid pressure significantly improves when residents and trained nurses use a visually interactive guidance device in simulation\u201d, Physiological Measurement 34(12): 1645-1656, December 2013. (PMID 24201217)<\/p>\n

Ortega R, Connor CW, \u201cIntraoperative management of patients with pulmonary hypertension\u201d, Advances in Pulmonary Hypertension 12(1):18-23, 2013.<\/p>\n

Ortega R, Connor C, Kim S, Djang R, and Patel K, \u201cMonitoring ventilation with capnography\u201d, New England Journal of Medicine 367(19):e27, 2012. (PMID 23134404)<\/p>\n

Ferrigno M, Tahir N and Connor CW, \u201cThe feasibility of pharmacological mitigation of nitrogen narcosis during submarine escapes from depths down to 1000 fsw\u201d, Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine 38(6):549-555, June 2011. (PMID 22292260)<\/p>\n

Connor CW and Segal S, \u201cAccurate Classification of Difficult Intubation by Computerized Facial Analysis\u201d, Anesthesia & Analgesia 112(1):84-93, January 2011. (PMID 21081769)<\/p>\n

Connor CW and Ferrigno M, \u201cEstimates of N2 narcosis and O2 toxicity during submarine escapes from 600 to 1000 fsw\u201d, Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine 36(4):237-245, April 2009. (PMID 20088242)<\/p>\n

Connor CW and Philip JH, \u201cClosed-form solutions for the optimum equivalence of first-order compartmental models and their implications for classical models of closed-circuit anesthesia\u201d, Physiological Measurement 30(2): N11-N21, February 2009. (PMID 19136733)<\/p>\n

Links:<\/h5>\n

BUSM Profile<\/a>
\nBU Profile<\/a>
\nPubMed<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>Contact Us<\/h4>\n

Department of Pharmacology, <\/span>Physiology & Biophysics<\/span>
\nBoston University School of Medicine<\/span>
\n700 Albany Street, W301<\/span>
\nBoston MA 02118-2526<\/span><\/p>\n

Phone: (617) 538-4811<\/span>
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