College of Medicine
Castillo Lab
Led by Anastasia Castillo · Pediatrics(unverified)
What we study
The Castillo Lab does clinical research in pediatric critical care. A recent student project examines records of children with severe traumatic brain injury to see how often high blood chloride occurs and whether it is linked to kidney injury.
What working here is like
- Clinical
- Computational
- Human participants
- Coding helps
- Project
- 1
- Papers
- 4
Current projects
Association of Hyperchloremia and Acute Kidney Injury in Pediatric Patients with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
The study looks at children with severe brain injury to see how often high blood chloride (≥110 mEq/L) occurs and whether it links to kidney injury within 7 days, as well as other outcomes like fluid buildup and hospital stay. It uses data from 2018‑2023 across several trauma centers.
From the Spring 2025 UF Undergraduate Research Symposium · abstract book, p. 450
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Recent papers, explained
- Genomic Diversity of Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus (HRSV) Type A in a Pediatric Cohort in the United States After the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic
2026 · Microorganisms
Analyzes how HRSV virus changed in kids after COVID-19, finding no clear link between virus types and health issues.
- 1758: USE OF N-ACETYLCYSTEINE IN ACUTE LIVER INJURY SECONDARY TO PROPOFOL-RELATED INFUSION SYNDROME
2025 · Critical Care Medicine
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- 1764: PEDIATRIC SEQUENTIAL ORGAN FAILURE ASSESSMENT (PSOFA) SCORING IN PEDIATRIC BURN PATIENTS
2025 · Critical Care Medicine
- 908: ATRAUMATIC SPLENIC RUPTURE PRESENTING AS CARDIAC ARREST FROM HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK IN AN ADOLESCENT
2023 · Critical Care Medicine
Describes a teen with EBV who had a rare, painless splenic rupture causing sudden cardiac arrest from bleeding.
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