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Alfonso Tafur
Researcher at NorthShore University HealthSystem
Publications - 147
Citations - 5501
Alfonso Tafur is an academic researcher from NorthShore University HealthSystem. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cancer & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 25, co-authored 131 publications receiving 3584 citations. Previous affiliations of Alfonso Tafur include Cardiovascular Institute of the South & University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.
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Characteristics and Impacts of Venous Thromboembolism in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
Yuchen Wang,Bashar M. Attar,Bashar M. Attar,Keiki Hinami,Harry E Fuentes,Palashkumar Jaiswal,Huiyuan Zhang,C. S. Simons-Linares,Alfonso Tafur +8 more
TL;DR: Obesity, Child B cirrhosis, more intra- hepatic lesions, and multi-organ extrahepatic metastasis are associated with cancer-associated VTE, and primary thromboprophylaxis may be warranted in such population.
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Chronic autoimmune urticaria in children
I. Cherrez Ojeda,E Cruz,R. León,Ronnie Mantilla,Thomas Guerrero,J. Soria,Alfonso Tafur,L. Chica,Gustavo Gabino +8 more
TL;DR: Patients with chronic autoimmune urticaria (CAU) have circulating antibodies against the high affinity receptor FceRI or against IgE that stimulate the release of histamine by basophils and mast cells, which causes an important decline in the quality of life and increases annual direct and indirect health care costs.
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Incidence of major adverse cardiovascular events among patients with provoked and unprovoked venous thromboembolism: Findings from the Registro Informatizado de Enfermedad Tromboembólica Registry
Iva Golemi,Lauren Cote,Omer Iftikhar,Benjamin Brenner,Benjamin Brenner,Alfonso Tafur,Behnood Bikdeli,Behnood Bikdeli,Carmen Fernández-Capitán,José María Pedrajas,Remedios Otero,Roberto Quintavalla,Manuel Monreal,Manuel Monreal,Paolo Prandoni,Dominique Farge-Bancel,Raquel Barba,Pierpaolo Di Micco,Laurent Bertoletti,Inna Tzoran,Abílio Reis,Henri Bounameaux,Radovan Malý,Peter Verhamme,Marijan Bosevski,Joseph A. Caprini,Hanh My Bui,M.D. Adarraga,Miguel Ángel Aibar,J. Aibar,C. Amado,Juan I. Arcelus,P.M. Azcarate,Aitor Ballaz,R. Barba,M. Barrón,B. Barrón-Andrés,J. Bascuñana,Ángeles Blanco-Molina,A.M. Camon,C. Carrasco,J. Castro,C. de Ancos,J. del Toro,P. Demelo,María del Carmen Díaz-Pedroche,J.A. Díaz-Peromingo,R. Díaz-Simón,M. Encabo,Conxita Falga,A.I. Farfán,C. Fernández-Capitán,M.C. Fernández-Criado,M.A. Fidalgo,Carme Font,L. Font,M.A. García,F. García-Bragado,M. García-Morillo,A. García-Raso,O. Gavín,I. Gaya,M.C. Gayol,A. Gil-Díaz,L. Guirado,V. Gómez,José González-Martínez,E. Grau,Jose Gutierrez,L.M. Hernández Blasco,M. Iglesias,Luis Jara-Palomares,M.J. Jaras,David Jiménez,I. Jou,M.D. Joya,A. Lalueza,Jorge Lima,Pilar Llamas,José Luis Lobo,Luciano López-Jiménez,P. López-Miguel,Juan J. López-Núñez,Raquel López-Reyes,J.B. López-Sáez,M.A. Lorente,Alicia Lorenzo,Mónica Loring,M. Lumbierres,Olga Madridano,Ana Maestre,Pablo Javier Marchena,J.M. Martín-Guerra,M. Martín Fernández,Meritxell Mellado,M. Monreal,M. Monreal,Ma Morales,J.A. Nieto,M.J. Núñez,M.C. Olivares,S. Otalora,R. Otero,J.M. Pedrajas,G. Pellejero,M. Pérez-Pinar,G. Pérez-Rus,M.L. Peris,M.L. Pesce,J.A. Porras,Agustina Rivas,M.A. Rodríguez-Dávila,L. Rodríguez-Fernández,A. Rodríguez-Hernández,C. Rodríguez-Martín,C.M. Rubio,S. Ruiz-Alcaraz,Pedro Ruiz-Artacho,J. Ruiz-Ruiz,P. Ruiz-Sada,Joan Carles Sahuquillo,V. Salazar,Ángel Sampériz,J.F. Sánchez-Muñoz-Torrero,T. Sancho,I. Sanoja,Silvia Soler,M.J. Soto,J.M. Suriñach,C. Tolosa,M.I. Torres,Javier Trujillo-Santos,Fernando Uresandi,E. Usandizaga,R. Valle,G. Vidal,P. Gutiérrez,Fernando J. Vazquez,A. Vilaseca,Thomas Vanassche,C. Vandenbriele,Peter Verhamme,Jana Hirmerova,R. Malý,E. Salgado,I. Benzidia,L. Bertoletti,Alessandra Bura-Rivière,Philippe Debourdeau,N. Falvo,D. Farge-Bancel,A. Hij,Isabelle Mahé,Farès Moustafa,Andrei Braester,Barry M. Brenner,Barry M. Brenner,Martin Ellis,I. Tzoran,Giovanni Barillari,F. Bilora,Cristiano Bortoluzzi,B. Brandolin,E. Bucherini,Maurizio Ciammaichella,Francesco Dentali,P. Di Micco,Elvira Grandone,E. Imbalzano,Gianfranco Lessiani,R. Maida,Daniela Mastroiacovo,N. Mumoli,N. Vo Hong,F. Pace,R. Parisi,Raffaele Pesavento,M. Pinelli,P. Prandoni,R. Quintavalla,Anna Rocci,Carmine Siniscalchi,Antonella Tufano,Adriana Visonà,Andris Skride,K. Sablinskis,M. Sablinskis,M. Bosevski,M. Zdraveska,H. Bounameaux,Marco Fresa,Barbara Ney,Lucia Mazzolai,J. Caprini,A. Tafur,H.M. Bui +195 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyzed the data from 2009 to 2017 in the Registro Informatizado de Enfermedad Tromboembolica registry, an ongoing, multicenter, international registry of consecutive patients with a diagnosis of objectively confirmed VTE.
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Predictors of active cancer thromboembolic outcomes: mortality associated with calf deep vein thrombosis.
Juan P Salazar Adum,Luis Diaz Quintero,Harry E Fuentes,Benjamin Lind,Joseph A. Caprini,Alfonso Tafur +5 more
TL;DR: Cancer-specific variables and smoking predicted mortality among CDVT patients in this cohort,rather than VTE characteristics at the time of CDVT diagnosis, rather than active cancer as metastatic disease or use of chemotherapy at diagnosis.
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Predictors of Early Mortality in Cancer-Associated Thrombosis: Analysis of the RIETE Database.
Alfonso Tafur,Harry E Fuentes,Joseph A. Caprini,Agustina Rivas,Fernando Uresandi,Rita Duce,Raquel López-Reyes,Adriana Visonà,Adel Merah,Manuel Monreal +9 more
TL;DR: In conclusion, with four sequential questions, the risk of death in CT can be easily stratified, with an elevated WBC count at baseline predicted 30-day mortality better than metastases, PE, or immobility.