Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute

Adnan T Bhutta, MD

Instructor of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences/College of Medicine/Department of Pediatrics

Co-medical Director, Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit, Arkansas Children’s Hospital

Phone: (501) 364-1100

Research Overview

Dr. Bhutta’s research interests include the effects of inflammation and pain in the neonatal period on the developing brain. In December 2005, he received a research grant from the Heartland Affiliate Research Committee of the American Heart Association to study Ketamine as a neuroprotective agent in children undergoing surgery on cardiopulmonary bypass. The two-year grant will allow investigators to perform laboratory investigations and MRI studies to answer questions raised in the study.

Key Publications

SA Karim, I Bakhtawar, AT Bhutta, M Jalil: Effects of first and second trimester vaginal bleeding on pregnancy- JPMA- Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association.(1998) 48(2):40-2.

AT Bhutta, CR Rovnaghi, PM Simpson, JM Gossett, F Scalzo, KJS Anand: Interactions of Inflammatory Pain and Morphine in Infant Rats: Long-term Behavioral Effects. Physiology and Behavior 73(2001) 51-58.

AT Bhutta, MA Cleves, PH Casey, MM Cradock, KJS Anand: Cognition and behavior in school-aged children who were born preterm: A meta-analysis- JAMA 288(6) 728-737. August 14 2002.

AT Bhutta, VH Savell, SM Schexnayder. Reye’s Syndrome- Down but not out. Southern Medical Journal 96(1) 43-45 January 2003.