• PhD in Nursing, Department of Acute and Tertiary Care, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
• Master of Nursing Science, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
• Bachelor of Nursing, Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan

Journal Articles

• Yousef KM, Crago E, Kuo C, Horowitz M, Hravnak M (2010). Predictors of Delayed Cerebral Ischemia After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Cardiac Focus. Neurocritical Care, 13(3); 366-372  
• Yousef KM, Pinsky MR, DeVita MA, Sereika S, Hravnak M (2012). Characteristics of Patients with Cardiorespiratory Instability in a Step-Down Unit. American Journal of Critical Care, 21(5); 344-350
• Yousef KM, Balzer J, Crago E, Poloyac SM, Sherwood, PR (2014). Transcranial Regional Cerebral Oxygen Desaturation Predicts Delayed Cerebral Ischemia And Poor Outcomes After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Correlational Study. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing 30 (6); 346—352
• Yousef KM, Balzer J, Bender CM, Hoffman LA, Poloyac SM, Ye F, Sherwood, PR (2015). Cerebral Perfusion Pressure and Delayed Cerebral Ischemia After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. American Journal of Critical Care, 24 (24); E65-E71
• Yousef KM, Balzer J, Bender CM, Hoffman LA, Poloyac SM, Ye F, Sherwood, PR (2015). Temporal Profiles of Cerebral Perfusion Pressure After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, 47(4), E2-E9
• McAteer A, Hravank M, Chang Y, Crago EA, Gallek M, Yousef KM (2016). The relationship between BNP, Neurocardiac Injury Severity, Noninvasive Cardiac Output, and Outcomes after Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Biological Research for Nursing. 19(5):531-537 doi: 10.1177/1099800417711584
• Yousef KM, Crago EA, Lagatutta TF, Hravnak M (2018). Clinical Presentation to the Emergency Department Predicts Subarachnoid Hemorrhage-Associated Myocardial Injury. Journal of Emergency Nursing, 44(2), 132-138.
• doi:10.1016/j.jen.2017.06.005
• Saleh ZT, Connell A, Lennie TA, Bailey AL, Elshatarat RA, Yousef KM, & Moser DK. (2017). Cardiovascular Disease Risk Predicts Health Perception in Prison Inmates. Clinical Nursing Research, 1054773817740534. doi:10.1177/1054773817740534
• Saleh ZT, Wu JR, Salami I, Yousef KM, Lennie TA. (2018). The Association between Depressive Symptoms and N-terminal pro-B type natriuretic peptide with Functional Status in Patients with Heart Failure. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 33(4), 378-383. doi: 10.1097/jcn.0000000000000470
• Yousef KM, Crago EA, Chang Y, Lagatutta TF, Shutter LA, Balzer JR, Pinsky MR, Friedlander RM, Hravnak M (2018). Vasopressor Infusion after Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Does Not Increase Regional Cerebral Tissue Oxygenation By Near Infrared Spectroscopy. Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, 50(4), 225-230. doi: 10.1097/JNN.0000000000000382.
• Alhurani, AS, Dekker R, Ahmad M, Miller J, Yousef KM, Abdulqader B, Salami I, Lennie TA, Randall DC, Moser DK (2018). Stress, Cognitive Appraisal, Coping, and Event Free Survival in Patients with Heart Failure. Heart and Lung; 47(3), 205-210
• Kagiyama N, Sugahara M, Crago E, Qi Z, Lagattuta T, Yousef KM, Friedlander R, Hravnak M, Gorcsan J (2019). Neurocardiac injury by strain imaging is associated with in-hospital mortality in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage. JACC Cardiovascular imaging; pii: S1936-878X(19)30315-8, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2019.02.023
• Almansour I, Aldalaykey M, Saleh Z, Yousef KM, Alnaeem M (2020). Predictive Performance of two Measures of Prognostic Mortality of Cancer Patients in Intensive Care Unit in Jordan: A Comparative Single-Centre Study. The Open Nursing Journal, 14(1), 168-173, DOI: 10.2174/1874434602014010168
• Alwekhyan, S, Alshraideh J, Yousef KM, Hayajneh F (2022). Nurse-Guided Incentive Spirometry use and Postoperative Pulmonary Complications among Cardiac Surgery Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial. The International Journal of Nursing Practice, 28(2), e13023. DOI: 10.1111/ijn.13023 
• Hasanien, A, Albusoul, R, Aqel, A, Saleh, Z, Yousef, KM (2023). Proficiency in 12 lead electrocardiography and arrhythmia monitoring among emergency and critical care nurses. Journal of Electrocardiology, 78, 5-11
  doi.org/10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2023.01.005

Published Abstracts

• Yousef K, Crago E, Kuo C, Hravnak M (2009). Predictors of Ventricular Ectopy after Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Critical Care Medicine, 37(12) Supplement: A 158.
• Hravnak M, Poloyac S, Yao J, Crago E, Thampatty B, Yousef K, Horowitz M (2010). Relationship Between Catecholamines and Complications in Patients with Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Intensive Care Medicine; 36 [Suppl 2]: S312
• Yousef K, Crago E, Kuo C, Horowitz M, Hravnak M (2010). Elevated Intracranial Pressure Predicts Poor Function and Death after Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Critical Care Medicine, 38(12) supplement: A 327. 
• Yousef K, Crago E, Hamilton J, Duursma M, Colorito P, Balzer J, Sherwood P (2011). Relationship Between Mean Arterial Pressure and Cerebral Blood Flow Velocities In Patients With Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Neurocritical Care; 15:  Supplement S120.  
• Yousef K, Kuo C, Crago E, Balzer J, Poloyac, S, Sherwood P (2011). The Impact of Sodium Level on Neurologic Deterioration after Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Critical Care Medicine, 39(12) Supplement: A 314.  
• Yousef K, Choi CJ, Crago E, Poloyac S, Balzer J, Sherwood P (2012). Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Comparing The Performance of Grading Scales in Predicting Complications and Outcomes. Neurocritical Care; 17: S1-S337, page S49.
  (Distinguished Abstract)
• Yousef K, Balzer J, Crago E, Poloyac, S, Sherwood P (2012). Transcranial Regional Cerebral Oxygen Desaturation Predicts Delayed Cerebral Ischemia and Poor Outcomes after Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Critical Care Medicine, 40(12) Supplement: 380.  
• Yousef KM, Balzer J, Bender CM, Hoffman LA, Poloyac SM, Ye F, Sherwood, PR (2013). Examining Temporal Profiles Of Perfusion Pressure After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage And Their Association With Delayed Cerebral Ischemia. Neurocritical Care; 19: S1-S331, page S274.
• Yousef KM, Crago E, Price TJ, Theodore Francis L, Sherwood, PR (2014). Vasopressors Does Not Improve Outcomes of Delayed Cerebral Ischemia After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Critical Care Medicine, 42(12) Supplement: 542. 
• Hravnak M, Yousef KM, Chang Y, Crago E, Friedlander R. (2015). Persistence of Systemic and Cerebral Perfusion Impairment in Patients with Neurocardiac Injury after Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Intensive Care Medicine Experimental; 3(Suppl 1):A777
• Yousef KM, Lagattuta TF, Chang Y, Crago E, Pinsky MR, Hravnak M. (2015). The Impact of Norepinephrine Administration on Cerebral and Peripheral Tissue Oxygen Saturation after Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Neurocritical Care; 23 Supplement: S227 
• Crago, E, Chang, Y., Yousef KM., Lagatutta T, Poloyac, S, Hravnak, M. (2015). Elevated Plasma Estrogen Levels Are Associated With Neurocardiac Injury After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Neurocritical Care; 23 Supplement: S7
• Hravnak M, Yousef KM, Chang Y, Crago B, Lagatutta T, Pinsky MR. (2015). Noninvasive Cardiac Output Monitoring to Evaluate Neurocardiac Injury After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Critical Care Medicine. 43(12 Suppl 1):120-121
• Crago E, Yousef KM, Chang Y, Lagatutta T, Hravnak M. (2015). Relationship Between Cerebral Tissue Oxygenation and Cardiac Output after Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Critical Care Medicine. 43 (12 Suppl 1): 123-123
• Qi Z, Sugahara M, Crago E, Chang Y, Lagattuta T, Yousef KM, Friedlander R, Hravnak M, Gorcsan J (2016). Association of Global Longitudinal Strain with Severity of Cardiac Injury in Patients with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. American College of Cardiology; 67(13_S): 1610-161
• Qi Z, Sugahara M, Crago E, Chang Y, Lagattuta T, Yousef KM, Friedlander R, Hravnak M, Gorcsan J (2016). Neurocardiac Injury in Patients with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage is Associated with Regional Left Ventricular Discoordination Association of Global Longitudinal Strain with Severity of Cardiac Injury in Patients with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. American College of Cardiology; 67(13): 1460
• Qi Z, Sugahara M, Crago EA, Chang Y, Lagattuta TF, Yousef KM, Friedlander RM, Hravnak MT, Gorcsan J (2016). Changes in Echocardiographic Global Longitudinal Strain are Associated with Neurocardiac Injury in Patients with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Journal of American Society of Echocardiography; Jun; 29(6): B88
• Qi Z, Sugahara M, Crago EA, Chang Y, Lagattuta TF, Yousef KM, Friedlander RM, Hravnak MT, Gorcsan J (2016). Dispersion of Left Ventricular Segmental Peak Longitudinal Strain as a New Marker of Neurocardiac Injury in Patients with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Journal of American Society of Echocardiography; Jun; 29(6): B121
• Qi Z, Sugahara M, Crago EA, Chang Y, Lagattuta TF, Yousef KM, Friedlander RM, Hravnak MT, Gorcsan J (2016). Echocardiographic Radial and Circumferential Strain Follow-up Analysis of Neurocardiac Injury in Patients with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Circulation; 134: A17448
• Hravnak M, Yousef KM, Chang Y, Crago E, Friedlander RM (2016). Cerebral Regional Tissue Oxygenation In Patients With Neurocardiac Injury After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Intensive Care Medicine Experimental; 4(Suppl 1):A403
• Yousef KM, Crago EA, Chang Y, Lagattuta TF, Hravnak M (2016). Vasopressors Use in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Does it Improve Cerebral Oxygenation? Critical Care Medicine; 44(12 Suppl 1) p 97
• Yousef KM, Crago EA, Lagattuta TF, Hravnak M (2016). Admission Predictors of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage-Associated Myocardial Injury. Critical Care Medicine 44(12 Suppl 1) p 259
• Hravnak M, Yousef KM, Fisher AM, Lagattuta TF (2016). Neurocardiac Injury Predicts Functional Disability After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Critical Care Medicine; 44(12 Suppl 1) p 261
• Kagiyama N, Sugahara M, Hasselberg NE, Crago E, Lagattuta T, Yousef KM, Hravnak M, Gorcsan J (2017). Reduced Global Longitudinal Strain is Associated with In-hospital Mortality in Patients with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage and Preserved Ejection Fraction. Journal of American Society of Echocardiography, 30 (6) Pages 87 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0894-7317(17)30354-1
• Kagiyama N, Sugahara M, Crago E, Lagattuta T, Yousef KM, Hravnak M, Gorcsan J (2017). Right Ventricular Strain As a New Marker for Neurocardiac Injury in Patients with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Journal of American Society of Echocardiography; 30 (6)
• Yousef KM, Kagiyami N, Crago E, Lagatutta T, Mahmoud K, Friedlander RM, Gorcsan J, Hravnak M (2017). Modest Elevation in Troponin Predicts Functional Myocardial Impairment by Echocardiogram After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Intensive Care Medicine Experimental; 5(Suppl 2):44: 0412
• DOI 10.1186/s40635-017-0151-4
• Kagiyama N, Sugahara M, Crago E, Lagattuta T, Yousef KM, Hravnak M, Gorcsan J (2017). Biventricular Strain as a New Marker of Severity of Neurocardiac Injury in Patients with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Circulation, 136: A18370
• Kagiyama N, Sugahara M, Crago E, Lagattuta T, Yousef KM, Hravnak M, Gorcsan J (2017). Biventricular cardiac dysfunction on in neurocardiac injury assessed by strain imaging is associated with in hospital mortality in subarachnoid hemorrhage. Circulation; 136: A17482
• Hravnak M, Yousef KM, Kagiyama N, Sugahara M, Crago E, Mahmoud K, Lagattuta T, Gorcsan J (2018). Persistent Global Longitudinal Strain Abnormality By Echocardiogram is Predicted by Elevated Cardiac Troponin I after Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Critical Care Medicine; 46(1), P 19
• doi: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000528094.36189.50 
• Kagiyama N, Soyama Y, Crago E, Lagattuta T, Yousef KM, Hravnak M, Gorcsan J (2018). Quantification of Reverse Takotsubo Pattern in Patients with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage by Longitudinal Strain. Journal of American College of Cardiology; 71(11):A1464. DOI 10.1016/S0735-1097(18)32005-9
• Kagiyama N, Soyama Y, Crago E, Lagattuta T, Yousef KM, Hravnak M, Gorcsan J (2018). Prognostic Value of Persistently Abnormal Left Ventricular Global Longitudinal Strain in Patients with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Journal of American College of Cardiology; 71(11):A1714. DOI 10.1016/S0735-1097(18)32255-1
• Kagiyama N, Soyama Y, Crago E, Lagattuta T, Yousef KM, Hravnak M, Gorcsan J (2018). Left Atrial Strain is A New Marker of Neurocardiac Injury Predictive of Pulmonary Edema in Patients with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.  Journal of American Society of Echocardiography, 31(6), B135-136
• Hravnak M, Crago E, Chang Y, Mahmoud K, Yousef KM, Lagattuta T, Fisher A, Pinsky MR, Friedlander RM (2018). Elevated Cardiac Troponin I is Associated with Lower Blood Pressure on the First Admission Day after Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Intensive Care Medicine Experimental, 6( suppl 2):40
• Hravnak M, Crago E, Fisher A, Chang Y, Yousef KM, Mahmoud K, Lagattuta T, Pinsky MR, Friedlander RM (2019). Lower Blood Pressure After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Associated To Late Neuropsychological Dysfunction. Critical Care Medicine, 47(1), p-3.
• Yousef KM, Crago E, Fisher A, Mahmoud K, Lagattuta T, Hravnak M (2019). Grading Scales in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Which Scale to Control for When Studying Outcomes? Critical Care Medicine, 47(1), p-2.
• Hravnak M, Crago E, Chang Y, Lagattuta T, Fisher A, Yousef K, Pinsky MR, Friedlander RM (2019). Level of Low Blood Pressure Associated with Poor Functional Outcomes after Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Intensive Care Experimental, 7(Suppl 3):000419
• Yousef KM, Crago E, Fisher A, Lagattuta T, Hravnak M (2020). Mean Flow Velocity of the Middle Cerebral Artery Predicts Poor Outcomes after Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Critical Care Medicine, 48(1), p-19. 
  doi: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000618648.48501.28
• Yousef KM, Alzoubi E, Shaheen F (2023). Delirium Predicts Mortality and Length of Stay but not Functional Independence Post ICU Discharge. Critical Care Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, 51(1), p-231
  DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000907680.22761.a4

Dr. Yousef’s research effort focuses on predicting secondary complications after neurological injury, particularly, after subarachnoid haemorrhage.

Research Grants

Developing Goal Directed Perfusion Therapy in SAH Neurocardiac Injury: January, 2016 
Co-Investigator  
National Institute of Health (USA) – USD 2,500,000 

Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Haemorrhage: Complications and Outcomes Among the Jordanian Population: December 2015
Principal Investigator  
The University of Jordan - JD 5,000 ($7,046)

Proficiency in ECG Monitoring among Emergency and Critical Care Nurses: June 2014
Co- Investigator
The University of Jordan - JD 5,350 ($7,490)

Dr Yousef has been a member of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the Neurocritical Care Society more than 10 years and is a recipient several awards.

• Essential Skills for Health Researchers
• Evidence Appreciation and Application in Health Care Practice
• Capstone
• Challenges of Ageing