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Marcin JP, Rutan E, Rapetti PM, Brown JP, Rahnamayi R, Pretzlaff RK. Nurse staffing ratios and the incidence rate of unplanned extubation in the pediatric intensive care unit. Ped Crit Care Med, 2005, 6:254-257

Irazuzta JE, Pretzlaff RK, deCourten Meyers G, Zemlan FP, and Zingarelli B. Dexamethasone decreases neurological sequelae and caspase activity. Intensive Care Med, 2005, 31:146-150.

Pretzlaff RK. Should age be a deciding factor in ethical decision-making? Health Care Analysis, 2005, 13:119-128.

Pretzlaff RK. At a loss for words. Pharos Fall, 2004, 67(4):33-34.

Wertz KK, Pretzlaff RK. Caspofungin in a pediatric patient with persistent candidemia. Ped Crit Care Med, 2004, 5:181-183.

Marcin JP, Pretzlaff RK, Pollack MM, Patel KM, Ruttimann UE. Certainty and mortality prediction in critically ill children. J Medical Ethics, 2004, 30:304-307.

Kon AA, Pretzlaff RK, Marcin JP. The association of race and ethnicity with rates of drug and alcohol testing among trauma patients. Health Policy, Aug 2004, 69(2):159-167.

Marcin JP, Pretzlaff RK, Whittaker HL, Kon AA. Evaluation of race and ethnicity on alcohol and drug testing of adolescents admitted with trauma. Acad Emer Med, 2003, 10:1253-1259.

Irazuzta JE, Pretzlaff RK, Zingarelli B, Xue V, Zemlin F. Modulation of NF-kB activation and decreased markers of neurological injury associated with hypothermic therapy in experimental bacterial meningitis. Crit Care Med, 2002, 30:2553-2559.

Pretzlaff RK. Death of an adolescent athlete with sickle cell trait due to exertional heat stroke. Ped Crit Care Med, 2002, 3:308-310.