Professor, Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine
Pulmonology
Dr. Richard R. Riker, MD
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Richard Riker works in the field of Pulmonology. He went to medical school at University of Vermont College of Medicine. He over the years received 3 awards: "Regional Top Doctor", "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification" and "Fellow (FCCM)". Richard Riker has written publications. He has 79 publications published with PubMed. The lastest publication is: 'Metabolism of haloperidol to pyridinium species in patients receiving high doses intravenously: is HPTP an intermediate?' Dr. Richard R. Riker accepts Medicare payments and is listed with Medicare.gov.
Publications
- Heart Rate and the Post Cardiac Arrest Syndrome: Another Clue to Individualizing Care?
- SLEAP: A Wake-Up Call to Question the Oversimplification of ICU Delirium*.
- Transition from dexmedetomidine to enteral clonidine for ICU sedation: an observational pilot study.
- Neurologic Outcomes and Postresuscitation Care of Patients With Myoclonus Following Cardiac Arrest.
- Prophylactic antibiotics are associated with a lower incidence of Pneumonia in cardiac arrest survivors treated with targeted temperature management.
- The international multidisciplinary consensus conference on multimodality monitoring in neurocritical care: evidentiary tables : a statement for healthcare professiona...
- The International Multidisciplinary Consensus Conference on Multimodality Monitoring in Neurocritical Care: A List of Recommendations and Additional Conclusions : A St...
- Clinical Monitoring Scales in Acute Brain Injury: Assessment of Coma, Pain, Agitation, and Delirium.
- Moderate-Dose Sedation and Analgesia During Targeted Temperature Management After Cardiac Arrest.
- Feasibility of bispectral index monitoring to guide early post-resuscitation cardiac arrest triage.
- Psychometric analysis of subjective sedation scales in critically ill adults.
- Dissecting sedation-induced delirium*.
- The new practice guidelines for pain, agitation, and delirium.
- Single-Dose Etomidate Is Not Associated With Increased Mortality in ICU Patients With Sepsis: Analysis of a Large Electronic ICU Database*
- Clinical practice guidelines for the management of pain, agitation, and delirium in adult patients in the intensive care unit.
- Clinical practice guidelines for the management of pain, agitation, and delirium in adult patients in the intensive care unit: Executive summary.
- Alcohol withdrawal and delirium tremens in the critically ill: a Systematic review and commentary.
- Sedation, nighttime, icebergs, and the Titanic*.
- Altering intensive care sedation paradigms to improve patient outcomes.
- Benchmark data from greater than 240,000 adults that reflect the current practice of critical care in the United States.
- Impact of quetiapine on resolution of individual delirium symptoms in critically ill patients with delirium: a post-hoc analysis of a double-blind, randomized, placebo...
- Correlation of bivalirudin dose with creatinine clearance during treatment of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia.
- Bispectral index and suppression ratio during hypothermia after cardiac arrest: reply to Aibiki.
- Surface cooling after cardiac arrest: effectiveness, skin safety, and adverse events in routine clinical practice.
- Association of the Bedside Shivering Assessment Scale and derived EMG power during therapeutic hypothermia in survivors of cardiac arrest.
- Complications of therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest: does the type of cooling device matter?
- Adverse drug events associated with the use of analgesics, sedatives, and antipsychotics in the intensive care unit.
- The eICU research institute - a collaboration between industry, health-care providers, and academia.
- The bispectral index and suppression ratio are very early predictors of neurological outcome during therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest.
- A cost-minimization analysis of dexmedetomidine compared with midazolam for long-term sedation in the intensive care unit.
- Efficacy and safety of quetiapine in critically ill patients with delirium: a prospective, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study.
- Propofol infusion syndrome: difficult to recognize, difficult to study.
- The Nina, the Pinta, and Heart rate variability: the search for prognostic indicators after cardiac arrest.
- Determination of a lorazepam dose threshold for using the osmol gap to monitor for propylene glycol toxicity.
- Delirium assessment in the critically ill.
- Sedation and analgesia in the critically ill adult.
- Comfort without coma: changing sedation practices.
- Unfractionated- versus low-molecular-weight-heparin-associated HIT in hospitalized medical patients.
- Galileo and the discovery of truth: Why does tracheostomy reduce sedation and analgesia requirements?
- Einstein, quantum mechanics, and delirium.
- Delirium: out of one, many...
- Adverse events associated with sedatives, analgesics, and other drugs that provide patient comfort in the intensive care unit.
- Bispectral index monitoring in the intensive care unit provides more signal than noise.
- Caution and patient safety concerns should guide us.
- Ventilation of patients with acute Lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome: has new evidence changed clinical practice?
- Comparing the bispectral index and suppression ratio with burst suppression of the electroencephalogram during pentobarbital infusions in adult intensive care patients.
- Sedation in the intensive care unit: refining the models and defining the questions.
- Removal of propylene glycol and correction of increased osmolar gap by hemodialysis in a patient on high dose lorazepam infusion therapy.
- Benzocaine-Induced Methemoglobinemia Complicating Transesophageal Echocardiography: A Case Report.
- Use of an iridium-oxide transcutaneous carbon dioxide electrode on adult surgical patients.
- Subsyndromal delirium in the ICU: evidence for a Disease spectrum.
- Obesity does not alter the pharmacokinetics of drotrecogin alfa (activated) in severe sepsis.
- Individual delirium symptoms: do they matter?
- Shivering during therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest.
- Adverse events and their relation to mortality in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients treated with therapeutic hypothermia.
- Delirium duration and mortality in lightly sedated, mechanically ventilated intensive care patients.
- Combined didactic and scenario-based education improves the ability of intensive care unit staff to recognize delirium at the bedside.
- Monitoring sedation, agitation, analgesia, neuromuscular blockade, and delirium in adult ICU patients.
- Clinical practice guidelines for the sustained use of sedatives and analgesics in the critically ill adult.
- Organ and tissue donation from the emergency department.
- Sedation assessment in critically ill adults.
- Assessing sedation during intensive care unit mechanical ventilation with the Bispectral Index and the Sedation-Agitation Scale.
- Prospective evaluation of the Sedation-Agitation Scale for adult critically ill patients.
- Enzyme-catalyzed bioactivation of cyclic tertiary amines to form potential neurotoxins.
- Metabolism of haloperidol to pyridinium species in patients receiving high doses intravenously: is HPTP an intermediate?
- Movement disorders associated with withdrawal from high-dose intravenous haloperidol therapy in delirious ICU patients.
- Continuous infusion of haloperidol controls agitation in critically ill patients.
- Visual compatibility of haloperidol lactate with injectable solutions.
- The effect of physician education on the rates of donation request and tissue donation.
- Validating the Sedation-Agitation Scale with the Bispectral Index and Visual Analog Scale in adult ICU patients after cardiac surgery.
- Confirming the reliability of the sedation-agitation scale administered by ICU nurses without experience in its use.
- The frequency and cost of patient-initiated device removal in the ICU.
- Adrenocortical dysfunction following etomidate induction in emergency department patients.
- Daily interruption of sedative infusions in critically ill patients.
- Neuromuscular blockade at the end of life.
- Frequency, severity, and treatment of agitation in young versus elderly patients in the ICU.
- Monitoring sedation, agitation, analgesia, and delirium in critically ill adult patients.
- Dexmedetomidine vs midazolam for sedation of critically ill patients: a randomized trial.
Schools
University Of Vermont College Of Medicine
Northwestern University
Maine Med Center
Procedures Preformed
- Bronchoscopy
- Thoracentesis
- Ventilation Management
Conditions Treated
- Acidosis
- Alkalosis
- Asbestosis
- Asthma
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Doctors Specialties
- Critical Care Medicine
- Pulmonology
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Regional Top Doctor
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Fellow (FCCM)
Education
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Maine Medical Center -
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University -
University of Vermont College of Medicine
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1972615235 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | RIKER | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | RICHARD | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 04106 | |
| NPPES Provider State | ME | |
| Specialty Description | Pulmonary Disease | |
| Total Claim Count | 114.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1972615235 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | RIKER |
| First Name Of The Provider | RICHARD |
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