Kurt R Denninghoff

Kurt R Denninghoff

Professor, Emergency Medicine
Professor, Optical Sciences
Professor, BIO5 Institute
Primary Department
Department Affiliations
Contact
(520) 626-1551

Research Interest

Over the last seven years, I have developed an innovative clinical research nursing program, new retinal oximetry techniques including a prototype device called the ROx-3 and a research associate volunteer program. I have been working on improving the prehospital care for children and adults with traumatic brain injury and have been successful organizing a collaborative that is rapidly advancing this field. Recently, I have begun working with others to improve the care of children with asthma presenting to the emergency department. My clinical trials research, clinical device testing, injury control efforts, mentoring and research center leadership experience taken together make me very well suited to serve as the Southwest PECARN Node and Arizona HEDA PI.

Publications

Spaite, D. W., Hu, C., Bobrow, B. J., Chikani, V., Barnhart, B., Gaither, J. B., Denninghoff, K. R., Adelson, P. D., Keim, S. M., Viscusi, C., Mullins, T., & Sherrill, D. (2017). The Effect of Combined Out-of-Hospital Hypotension and Hypoxia on Mortality in Major Traumatic Brain Injury. ANNALS OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE, 69(1), 62-72.
BIO5 Collaborators
Kurt R Denninghoff, Chengcheng Hu
Chikani, V., Spaite, D. W., Smith, J. J., Curry, M., Mhayamagru, M., Barnhart, B. J., Adelson, P. D., Viscusi, C. D., Denninghoff, K. R., Bobrow, B. J., & Gaither, J. B. (2016). Elevated Initial Trauma Center Body Temperatures Are Associated With Poor Non-Mortality Outcomes Following Major Traumatic Brain Injury. Prehospital Emergency Care.
Appel, J. E., Appel, J. E., Farrell, I. J., Farrell, I. J., Stoneking, L. R., Stoneking, L. R., Denninghoff, K. R., & Denninghoff, K. R. (2015). Meta-analysis of point of care D-dimers in the emergency department. Annals of Emergency Medicine.