259:'s Top Doctors Guide for 2017. Kudchadkar became the lead investigator for the PARK-PICU Study (Prevalence of Acute Rehab for Kids in the PICU), an international point prevalence study including over 200 hospitals in North America, Europe, Brazil, Australia, and New Zealand. The study in America included 82 hospitals and 1800 patients in PICUs across the country and showed that 19% of all critically ill children were completely immobile. The EU PARK-PICU study in 15 European countries had similar findings. Building on this data and the Johns Hopkins PICU Up! program, Kudchadkar founded a pilot multicenter trial of the PICU Up! intervention in children's hospitals in the United States.
904:"So many of you have supported me for so long on this academic medicine journey, so sharing some news. Promoted to full Professor of #Anesthesiology & #CriticalCareMedicine, #Pediatrics & #PMR @HopkinsMedicine. 🎉 Here's to keeping that door open & fixing the leaky pipeline, like so many did for me, for so many more to come ❤️. #PedsICU #PedsAnes #WomenInMedicine #HerTimeIsNow"
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In 2013, Kudchadkar and a team of researchers developed the PICU Up! Early
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and did follow-up testing through a randomized controlled trial. In April 2013, Kudchadkar received the Alfred Sommer
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of sleep. This led to the development of a program which enabled children in the PICU to move, walk, or play, with the goal of getting better sleep and decreased muscle weakness. Kudchadkar published her findings in the
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Kudchadkar, Sapna; Aljohani, Othman; Punjabi, Naresh M. (April 2014).
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ambition, political acumen and a determination to change the world."
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