Prof. Dr. Agop Çıtak
Pediatrics
About Agop Çıtak
Prof. Agop Çıtak is a pediatric intensivist with specialized training from Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine, where he completed pediatric intensive care in 2011. He has clinical experience with Acıbadem Health Group and a strong background in critical care for children. He is an active member of national and international professional societies, including the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine and the European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care. Locally, he participates in the Turkish Pediatric Association, the National Pediatric Association of Turkey, the Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Intensive Care Association, the Intensive Care Society for Internal and Surgical Sciences, the Intensive Care Association, the Turkish Medical Chamber, and the Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Alumni Association. His work focuses on delivering high-quality pediatric intensive care, improving emergency and critical care practices for children, and contributing to professional collaboration and education within pediatric critical care networks.
Subspecialties
- Secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
- Macrophage activation syndrome
- Pediatric sepsis
- Pediatric multiple organ dysfunction syndrome
- Hypophosphatemia in critically ill children
- Critical pediatric H1N1 influenza
- Pediatric convulsive status epilepticus
- Pediatric shock
- Peripheral airway obstruction in intubated children
- Poisoning-related seizures
- Amitriptyline poisoning
- Pediatric central venous catheterization
- Pediatric mechanical ventilation
- Pediatric resuscitation
Education
- 2011 Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine Pediatric Intensive Care
- 2011 Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine Pediatric Emergency
- 2003 – 2009 Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine / Associate Professor / Pediatric Intensive Care Unit / Pediatric Emergency Unit
- 2009 Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine / Professor / Department of Pediatric Intensive Care
- 1996 Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine Pediatrics
- 1991 Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine
Experience
- 2010 Acibadem Health Group
- 2000 USC Keck School of Medicine, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles / Divison of Critical Care Medicine
- 1991 – 1996 Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine Pediatrics / Doctor Research Assistant
Professional Memberships
- European Society of Intensive Care Medicine/ European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care
- Turkish Pediatric Association
- Intensive Care Society for Internal and Surgical Sciences
- Intensive Care Association
- Turkish Medical Chamber
- Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Alumni Association
- National Pediatric Association of Turkey
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Intensive Care Association
Selected Publications
- Evaluation of Endocrine Functions in Children Admitted to Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Pediatr Int. 2014 Aydın BK, Demirkol D, Baş F, Türkoğlu U, Kumral A, Karaböcüoğlu M, Cıtak A, Darendeliler F
- Secondary HLH/MAS Critical Care Study Group. Hyperferritinemia in the critically ill child with secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis/sepsis/multiple organ dysfunction syndrome/macrophage activation syndrome: what is the treatment? Crit Care. 2012 Dec 12;16(2):R52 Demirkol D, Yildizdas D, Bayrakci B, Karapinar B, Kendirli T, Koroglu TF, Dursun O, Erkek N, Gedik H, Citak A, Kesici S, Karabocuoglu M, Carcillo JA
- Hypophosphatemia and its clinical implications in critically ill children: a retrospective study. J Crit Care. 2012 Oct;27(5):474-9. Kilic O, Demirkol D, Ucsel R, Citak A, Karabocuoglu M.
- Critically ill children with pandemic influenza (H1N1) in pediatric intensive care units in Turkey. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2012 Jan;13(1):e11-7. D Kendirli T, Demirkol D, Yildizdas D, Anil AB, Asilioglu N, Karapinar B, Erkek N, Sevketoglu E, Dursun O, Arslanköylü AE, Bayrakçi B, Bosnak M, Köroğlu
- Lidocaine Treatment in Pediatric Convulsive Status Epilepticus. Pediatrics International. 2008:50;35-39. Yıldız B, Çıtak A, Karaböcüoglu M, Aydınlı N Üçsel R, Uzel N
- Pediatric Shock. Sıgnae Vitae 2008;3:13-23. Arıkan AA, Çıtak A.
- Positive end-expiratory pressure and pressure support in peripheral airways obstruction : Work of breathing in intubated children. Intensive Care Med. 2007;33:120-127. Graham AS, Chandrashekharaiah G, Citak A, Wetzel RC, Newth CJ.
- Seizures associated with poisoning Pediatr Int, 2006:48;582-585. Çıtak, A, D.D. Soysal, R. Üçsel, M. Karaböcüoğlu, N. Uzel
- Efficacy of Long Duration of Resuscitation and Magnesium Sulfate in Amitriptyline Poisoning Europ J. Emerg Med, 9 (1), 63-6 (2002). Citak, A., D. Soysal, M. Karaböcüoğlu, R. Üçsel, N. Uzel
- Central Venous Catheters in Pediatric Patients Subclavian Venous Approach as the First Choice? Inter Ped, 44 (1), 83-6 (2002). Citak, A., M. Karaböcüoğlu, R. Üçsel, N. Uzel
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