Robert Plambeck, MD

Affiliate Associate Professor

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School of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship

Robert Plambeck, MD

Affiliate Associate Professor

Board Certified in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Medicine

Areas of Interest: Critical care, point of care ultrasound, lung protective ventilation, quality improvement
Critical Care Fellowship: University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA
Residency: Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA
Medical School: University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE

Department

Medicine

Position

Affiliate Associate Professor

General

  • Toth S., Jagan N., Plambeck R., Merwin M., Respiratory Failure Due to 'Triple Overlap Syndrome' in a Young Woman With Obesity 2023
  • Sinha Ray A., Plambeck R., Ghosh M., Intractable Pain and Digital Ulceration From Severe Digital Ischemia With Raynauds- How to ‘Cut It’? 2023
  • Toth S., Brenner J., Merwin M., Dehal N.K., Plambeck R., A Case of Severe Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Cardiac Tamponade: A Clinical Dilemma 2023
  • Tarpey Abaigeal E., Loranger Austin, Plambeck Robert, Malesker Mark A., Neurotoxicity Secondary to Valacyclovir 2022
  • Starkel S., Malesker M., Mertens R., Wilson S., Plambeck R., Anaphylaxis Following Rocuronium Administration 2022

Publications

  • Critical care medicine
    Monroe Ian, Plambeck Robert, Malesker Mark, Castillo Bianca, Sargent Isabella, Tran Kayla, Destache Christopher, Jagan Nikhil, 845: RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF SERUM MAGNESIUM AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH LACTATE IN SEPTIC ICU PATIENTS
    54:3S 2026
  • Journal of hospital medicine
    Schutte Bryce, Plambeck Robert W, Jagan Nikhil, Dilsaver Danielle B, Savage Kalie, Merwin Matthew, Morris Matthew, Geringer Rage, Euglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis: Rising incidence, diagnostic delays, and the impact of SGLT2 inhibitors in hospitalized patients 2025
  • Chest
    Kamal OSAMA, Schutte BRYCE, Plambeck ROBERT W, Purta PATRYK, A RARE CASE OF CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INVOLVEMENT IN GRANULOMATOSIS WITH POLYANGIITIS
    168:4, p. A2979 - A2980 2025
  • Antibiotics (Basel)
    Destache Christopher J., Isern Raul, Kenny Dorothy, El-Herte Rima, Palmer Catherine, Inouye Brent S., Wong Maura, Plambeck Robert, North E. Jeffrey, Sotelo Mariaelena Roman, Velagapudi Manasa, Impact of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) on Serum Concentrations of Cefepime
    13:11, p. 1024 2024
  • Chest
    Mielke NICHOLAS, Jackson IAN P, Wittenberg ZACHARIAH L, Plambeck ROBERT W, THYROID STORM-INDUCED NONISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY AND CARDIOGENIC SHOCK SUCCESSFULLY TREATED WITH BETA-BLOCKADE
    166:4, p. A2054 - A2055 2024
  • Chest
    Pham PHUOC, Heppler MIRANDA, Jackson IAN P, Plambeck ROBERT W, IMMUNE CHECKPOINT INHIBITOR-RELATED MYASTHENIA GRAVIS, MYOSITIS, HEPATITIS, AND MYOCARDITIS
    166:4, p. A5381 - A5382 2024
  • The American journal of gastroenterology
    Hickey Bridget, Rees Checketts, Braun John, Plambeck Robert, S3679 Sudden Onset Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation With Rapid Resolution Due to PlesiomonasShigelloides
    119:10S, p. S2422 - S2422 2024
  • The American journal of gastroenterology
    Rees Checketts, Hickey Bridget, Braun John, Plambeck Robert, S3842 Hemorrhagic Stroke Secondary to Inflammatory Bowel Disease
    119:10S, p. S2513 - S2513 2024
  • American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
    Fahim P., Goldfarb M., Plambeck R.W., Pruett W.M., A Rare Case of Septic Cardiomyopathy and Left Ventricular Thrombus Induced by Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome
    209:Supplement_1, p. A7321 - A7321 2024
  • Chest
    Singal SRISHTI, Morrow LEE E, Destache CHRIS, Malesker MARK A, Plambeck ROBERT W, Chung JACQUELINE, A RETROSPECTIVE EVALUATION OF THE DISCONTINUATION RATE OF QUETIAPINE IN ICU PATIENTS
    164:4, p. A1607 2023
  • Chest
    Toth STEPHEN, Teplitsky ELLA, Khan MUHAMMAD E, Staller ALEXANDER R, Plambeck ROBERT W, DOUBLING DOWN ON PULMONARY HYPERTENSION: A CASE REPORT
    164:4, p. A6137 - A6138 2023
  • Chest
    Isern RAUL, Plambeck ROBERT W, EL-HERTE RIMA, North ELTON, ROMAN SOTELO MARIAELENA, Destache CHRIS, Azeem AHAD, Kenny DOROTHY, Velagapudi MANASA, Nguyen ANNY, IMPACT OF EXTRA-CORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION (ECMO) ON PLASMA CONCENTRATIONS OF CEFEPIME
    164:4, p. A1615 2023
  • Chest
    Isern RAUL, Krajicek BRYAN J, Plambeck ROBERT W, Ahmad FARAN, Swaney RICHARD, REFRACTORY PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII PNEUMONIA IN HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON EXISTING COMPLICATIONS
    164:4, p. A1000 - A1001 2023
  • Chest
    Azeem AHAD, Plambeck ROBERT W, Low MICHELLE, Majeed NIDA, THE LAST DOSE OF CEFTRIAXONE: A CASE REPORT OF MEDICATION-INDUCED ST-ELEVATION MI
    164:4, p. A388 - A389 2023
  • Chest
    Schutte BRYCE, Malesker MARK A, Plambeck ROBERT W, Toth STEPHEN, Watson BROOKLYNN, Hall ALEXANDER, Walters RYAN, Lambrecht JASON E, EVALUATING THE EFFECT OF KETAMINE INFUSION ON BISPECTRAL INDEX IN PARALYZED CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS: A RESTROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS
    164:4, p. A1751 - A1752 2023
  • Chest
    Fahim PETER, Pruett WILLIAM M, Goldfarb MIKHAIL, Plambeck ROBERT W, A RARE CASE OF SEPTIC CARDIOMYOPATHY AND LEFT VENTRICULAR THROMBUS INDUCED BY STREPTOCOCCAL TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME
    164:4, p. A2041 - A2042 2023
  • Proceedings - Baylor University. Medical Center
    Crowther Lauren L., Plambeck Robert W., Randhawa Amarjyot K., Atypical Guillain-Barré syndrome presenting with fluctuating weakness
    36:1, p. 111 - 113 2023
  • Respiratory care
    Jagan Nikhil, Klein Lauren P, Kasinath Pooja, Dyer Emily D, Bergh Adam A, Malesker Mark A, Morrow Lee E, Walters Ryan W, Plambeck Robert W, Ng Ian, Chovatiya Jasmin J, Macaraeg Jeffrey C, Kalian Karson F, Wittenberg Zachariah L, Pruett William M, Knedler Jonathan, A Retrospective Analysis of the Effects of Time on Compliance and Driving Pressures in ARDS
    68:1, p. 52 - 59 2023
  • Annals of medicine and surgery
    Abodunrin Faith, Ismayl Mahmoud, Aboeata Ahmed, Plambeck Robert, A case report of ceftriaxone-induced cardiopulmonary arrest
    84, p. 104813 2022
  • Chest
    Plambeck ROBERT W, J AURIT SARAH, Munir AHMED, W WALTERS RYAN, A MALESKER MARK, E MORROW LEE, EVALUATION OF HYPERTONIC SALINE IN ISCHEMIC STROKE: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF A TELE-ICU DATABASE
    162:4, p. A956 - A956 2022
  • Chest
    Morrow Lee E., Jagan Nikhil, Walters Ryan W., Plambeck Robert W., Oshiro Merrie, Malesker Mark A., Prolonged Prehospital Time Is a Risk Factor for Pneumonia in Trauma (the PRE-TRIP Study)
    161:1, p. 85 - 96 2022
  • Annals of Intensive Care
    Jagan Nikhil, Morrow Lee E., Walters Ryan W., Plambeck Robert W., Patel Tej M., Moore Douglas R., Malesker Mark A., Sympathetic stimulation increases serum lactate concentrations in patients admitted with sepsis
    11:1 2021
  • Chest
    Tarpey ABAIGEAL, Malesker MARK, Aurit SARAH, Plambeck ROBERT, Hilleman DANIEL, Morrow LEE, Bashir KHALID, EVALUATION OF FLUID BALANCE IN ADULT PATIENTS WITH SEPSIS
    160:4, p. A1026 - A1026 2021
  • Chest
    Walters CASSANDRA, Malesker MARK, Alberts JARED, Plambeck ROBERT, Landeen CAROLINA, QI YONGYUE, RETROSPECTIVE EVALUATION OF PHENOBARBITAL COMPARED TO STANDARD BENZODIAZEPINE THERAPY FOR ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL PATIENTS IN THE ICU AT AN ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER
    160:4, p. A1069 - A1069 2021
  • Chest
    LYN DELA CRUZ JESSEL, Malesker MARK, Plambeck ROBERT, Destache CHRIS, Shafer DWIGHT, EVALUATION OF THROMBOEMBOLIC EVENTS AND ANTICOAGULANT STRATEGIES IN PATIENTS WITH COVID-19: A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS
    160:4, p. A1114 - A1114 2021
  • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
    Ahmad Faran, Ahmed Arslan, Rajendraprasad Sanu S., Loranger Austin, Gupta Sonia, Velagapudi Manasa, Vivekanandan Renuga, Nahas Joseph A., Plambeck Robert, Moore Douglas, Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults
    108, p. 209 - 211 2021
  • Chest
    Jagan Nikhil, Morrow Lee E., Walters Ryan W., Plambeck Robert W., Patel Tej M., Kalian Karson F., Macaraeg Jeffrey C., Dyer Emily D., Bergh Adam A., Fried Aaron J., Moore Douglas R., Malesker Mark A., Sepsis, the Administration of IV Fluids, and Respiratory Failure
    159:4, p. 1437 - 1444 2021
  • The Lancet
    Barbaro Ryan P., Izquierdo Blasco Jaume, Kon Zachary, Kredel Markus, Kriska Karen, Kunavarapu Chandra, Lansink-Hartgring Oude, Larson Sharon Beth, LaRocque Jeliene, Maertens Joanna, Mast David, McCardle Scott, McDonald Bernard, Layne Tracie, Lotz Gösta, Ledot Stephane, Lena Napolitan, Lillie Jonathan, Lucas Mark, Ludwigson Lee, Maas Jacinta J., Meyns Bart, Miller Casey, Shamsah Mohammad, Sim Lucy, Smart Alexandra, Muellenbach Ralf, McLarty Allison, McMahon Chelsea, Meybohm Patrick, Moraes Neto Fernando, Morris Kelly, Nicholson Meghan, O'Brien Serena, O'Keefe Kathryn, Ogston Tawnya, Pardo Diego, Oldenburg Gary, Oliveira Fabiana M., Oppel Emily, Parker Sara J., Pedersen Finn M., Pellecchia Crescens, Pelligrini Jose A.S., Piwowarczyk Paweł, Pham Thao T.N., Phillips Ann R., Pirani Tasneem, Plambeck Robert, Pruett William, Quandt Brittany, Ramanathan Kollengode, Rey Alejandro, Reyher Christian, Riera del Brio Jordi, Roberts Rachel, Roe David, Roeleveld Peter P., Sánchez Ballesteros Jesús, Rudy Janet, Rueda Luis F., Russo Emanuele, Satou Nancy, Saueressig Mauricio Guidi, Saunders Paul C., Schlotterbeck Margaret, Schwarz Patricia, Scriven Nicole, Serra Alexis, Smith Adam, Smith Deane, Smith Maggie, Sonntagbauer Michael, Sorenson Marc, Stallkamp Eric B., Stewart Allison, Swartz Kathy, Takeda Koji, Thompson Shaun, Toy Bridget, Tuazon Divina, Uchiyama Makoto, Udeozo Obiora I., Ventetuolo Corey, Sodha Neel, van Poppel Scott, Vercaemst Leen, Vinh Chau Nguyen V., Wang I. Wen, Williamson Carrie, Wilson Brock, Winkels Helen, Iwashyna Theodore J., Bartlett Robert H., MacLaren Graeme, Boonstra Philip S., Slutsky Arthur S., Fan Eddy, Rycus Peter T., Hyer Steve J., Anders Marc M., Agerstrand Cara L., Hryniewicz Katarzyna, Fisher Dale, Fraser John, Hssain Ali Ait, Jung Jae Sung, McMullan Michael, Mehta Yatin, Diaz Rodrigo, Alexander Peta, Barrett Nicholas, Bělohlávek Jan, Lorusso Roberto, Combes Alain, Brodie Daniel, Tonna Joseph E., Hyslop Robert, Fanning Jeffrey J., Chipongian Christopher T., Choi Chang Woo, Circelli Alessandro, Cohen Elliott, Collins Michael, Copus Scott, Coy Jill, Crist Brandon, Beltran Felipe, Barnes Bernard W., Bautista Alaiza, Bellows Lorraine L., Benharash Peyman, Cruz Leonora, Czuczwar Mirosław, Daneshmand Mani, Davis Daniel, De la Cruz Kim, Devers Cyndie, Guy Jennifer, Guber Miles, Gudzenko Vadim, Gutteridge Daniel, Haft Jonathan, Hall Cameron, Hassan Ibrahim Fawzy, Herrán Rubén, Blanco-Schweizer Pablo, Benni Marco, Berg Jennifer, Bertini Pietro, Brunsvold Melissa, Budd Jenny, Camp Debra, Stead Christine, Durham Lucian, Duculan Toni, Elapavaluru Subbarao, Elzo Kraemer Carlos V., Ogino Mark T., Paden Matthew L., Shekar Kiran, Alfoudri Huda, Abu-Omar Yasir, Agnoletti Vanni, Akbar Anzila, Alviar Carlos, Aronsky Vladimir, August Erin, Auzinger Georg, Aveja Hilda, Bakken Rhonda, Balcells Joan, Bangalore Sripal, Ivascu Felicia A., Hirose Hitoshi, Ibrahim Abdulsalam Saif, Igielski Don, Fox Matthew, Filho EDMÍLSON CARDOSO, Fitzgerald Jillian, Foti Giuseppe, Fritschen David, Fullerton David, Gelandt Elton, Gerle Stacy, Govener Sara, Caridi-Scheible Mark, Carton Edmund, Casanova-Ghosh Elena, Giani Marco, Goh Si Guim, Grone Julie, Castleberry Anthony, Jaiswal Bhavini, Jurynec Jenniver A., Kellter Norma M., Kohl Adam, Jackson Julie, Jain Harsh, Johnson Andrea C., Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support in COVID-19
    396:10257, p. 1071 - 1078 2020
  • Critical care explorations
    Jagan Nikhil, Walters Ryan W, Klein Lauren P, Wallen Tanner J, Chung Jacqueline, Plambeck Robert W, Morrow Lee E, The POSITIONED Study: Prone Positioning in Nonventilated Coronavirus Disease 2019 PatientsA Retrospective Analysis
    2:10, p. e0229 - e0229 2020
  • Chest
    Kaminsky Marina, Aurit Sarah, Malesker Mark, Plambeck Robert, Evaluation of the Effects of Etomidate for Induction with Mechanical Ventilation in Patients with Sepsis: A Retrospective Analysis
    158:4, p. A683 - A683 2020
  • Critical Care Medicine
    Jagan Nikhil, Morrow Lee E., Walters Ryan W., Plambeck Robert W., Wallen Tanner J., Patel Tej M., Malesker Mark A., Sepsis and the Obesity Paradox
    48:9, p. E776 - E782 2020
  • Chest
    Munir Ahmed, Plambeck Robert, Koop Lindsey, Klug Michael, Rakhra Amandeep, Landeen Carolina, A Fatal Case of Rare Posterior Mediastinal Mass
    156:4, p. A1967 - A1968 2019
  • Chest
    Morrow Lee, Jagan Nikhil, Walters Ryan, Plambeck Robert, Moore Doug, Patel Tej, Malesker Mark, Sympathetic Stimulation Increases Serum Lactate Concentration in Patients Admitted with Sepsis: Implications for Resuscitation Strategies
    156:4, p. A1690 - A1691 2019
  • Chest
    Alghoula Faysal, Essa Amr, Chung Jacqueline, Plambeck Robert, saadi abdulghani, Complications of the Avalon Dual Lumen ECMO Cannula: Insights from the MAUDE Database
    156:4, p. A1059 - A1059 2019
  • Chest
    Munir AHMED, Rakhra AMANDEEP, Samuel GEETHA, Kukrety SHWETA, Paguia RICHARD, Landeen CAROLINA, Wells ADAM, Velagapudi MANASA, Vivekanandan RENUGA, Plambeck ROBERT, HIV WITH DISSEMINATED TULAREMIA: A RARE PRESENTATION
    154:4, p. 204 - 205A 2018
  • Obstetrics and gynecology (New York. 1953)
    Smith CARL, Albaugh KIMBERLY, Plambeck ROBERT, Rayburn WILLIAM, Relation of Mild Idiopathic Polyhydramnios to Perinatal Outcome
    79:3, p. 387 - 389 1992