Dr. Jon C Rittenberger MD
Emergency Physician
1400 Locust St Pittsburgh PA, 15219About
Dr. Jon Rittenberger practices Emergency Medicine in Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Rittenberger assesses patients who seek immediate medical attention at any time of day or night. Emergency Medicine Physicians are trained to efficiently work with each patient and situation no matter how acute or life-threatening. Dr. Rittenberger examines patients, determines means of testing, diagnoses conditions, and decides the best treatment methods.
Education and Training
University of Pittsburgh / Main Campus 2002
Board Certification
Emergency MedicineAmerican Board of Emergency MedicineABEM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Quality of BLS decreases with increasing resuscitation complexity.
- Drug administration in animal studies of cardiac arrest does not reflect human clinical experience.
- Effects of an impedance threshold device on hemodynamics and restoration of spontaneous circulation in prolonged porcine ventricular fibrillation.
- Feasibility of laryngeal mask airway use by prehospital personnel in simulated pediatric respiratory arrest.
- Successful outcome utilizing hypothermia after cardiac arrest in pregnancy: a case report.
- Increasing CPR duration prior to first defibrillation does not improve return of spontaneous circulation or survival in a swine model of prolonged ventricular fibrillation.
- Hypothermia after cardiac arrest does not alter serum inflammatory markers.
- Work of CPR during two different compression to ventilation ratios with real-time feedback.
- Neurological and functional status following cardiac arrest: method and tool utility.
- Electrophysiology and hemodynamics of open chest resuscitation from cardiac arrest in a swine.
- Coronary angiography predicts improved outcome following cardiac arrest: propensity-adjusted analysis.
- Neurologic recovery following cardiac arrest due to carbon monoxide poisoning.
- Neurologic recovery following cardiac arrest due to benzodiazepine and opiate toxicity.
- Effect of crew size on objective measures of resuscitation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
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