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Amy L. Valderrama
Researcher at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Publications - 16
Citations - 1011
Amy L. Valderrama is an academic researcher from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The author has contributed to research in topics: Emergency medical services & Odds ratio. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 16 publications receiving 887 citations.
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Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest surveillance --- Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES), United States, October 1, 2005--December 31, 2010.
Bryan McNally,Rachel Robb,Monica Mehta,Kimberly Vellano,Amy L. Valderrama,Paula W. Yoon,Comilla Sasson,Allison Crouch,Amanda Bray Perez,Robert Merritt,Arthur L. Kellermann +10 more
TL;DR: This report summarizes surveillance data collected during October 1, 2005--December 31, 2010, and concludes that whites were significantly more likely to receive CPR than blacks, Hispanics, or members of other racial/ethnic populations and overall survival to hospital discharge of patients whose events were not witnessed by EMS personnel.
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Racial/Ethnic Disparities in the Awareness, Treatment, and Control of Hypertension — United States, 2003–2010
TL;DR: The proportion of Mexican-Americans and blacks with stage 1 and stage 2 hypertension was greater than for whites* and treatment with medication was significantly lower for Mexican- Americans compared with their non-Hispanic counterparts.
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Subtype Analysis of Cryptosporidium Specimens from Sporadic Cases in Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico, and Iowa in 2007: Widespread Occurrence of One Cryptosporidium hominis Subtype and Case History of an Infection with the Cryptosporidium Horse Genotype
Lihua Xiao,Michele C. Hlavsa,Jonathan S. Yoder,Christina Ewers,Theresa Dearen,Wenli Yang,Randall J. Nett,Stephanie Harris,Sarah M. Brend,Meghan Harris,Lisa Onischuk,Amy L. Valderrama,Shaun Cosgrove,Karen Xavier,Nancy Hall,Sylvia Romero,Stephen Young,Stephanie P. Johnston,Michael J. Arrowood,Sharon L. Roy,Michael J. Beach +20 more
TL;DR: One previously rare Cryptosporidium hominis subtype was indentified in 40 cases (70%) from all four states, and the Cryptospora horse genotype was identified in a pet shop employee with severe clinical symptoms.
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Trends and disparities in stroke mortality by region for American Indians and Alaska Natives.
TL;DR: Although stroke death rates among AI/AN populations have decreased over time, rates are still higher forAI/AN persons than for Whites and interventions that address reducing stroke risk factors, increasing awareness of stroke symptoms, and increasing access to specialty care for stroke may be more successful at reducing disparities.
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Improving the Use of Personal Protective Equipment: Applying Lessons Learned.
TL;DR: Recent research from the Prevention Epicenters Program on healthcare personnel contamination and improvement of the routine use of PPE as well as Ebola-specific PPE is summarized.