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Christopher S. Almond
Researcher at Stanford University
Publications - 177
Citations - 6050
Christopher S. Almond is an academic researcher from Stanford University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Ventricular assist device & Transplantation. The author has an hindex of 36, co-authored 154 publications receiving 5309 citations. Previous affiliations of Christopher S. Almond include Boston Children's Hospital & Vanderbilt University.
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Hyponatremia among runners in the Boston Marathon.
Christopher S. Almond,Andrew Y Shin,Elizabeth B. Fortescue,Rebekah Mannix,David Wypij,Bryce A. Binstadt,Christine Duncan,David P. Olson,Ann E. Salerno,Jane W. Newburger,David S. Greenes +10 more
TL;DR: Considerable weight gain while running, a long racing time, and body-mass-index extremes were associated with hyponatremia, whereas female sex, composition of fluids ingested, and use of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs were not.
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Prospective trial of a pediatric ventricular assist device.
Charles D. Fraser,Robert D.B. Jaquiss,David N. Rosenthal,Tilman Humpl,Charles E. Canter,Eugene H. Blackstone,David C. Naftel,Rebecca Ichord,Lisa Bomgaars,James S. Tweddell,M. Patricia Massicotte,Mark W. Turrentine,Gordon A. Cohen,Eric J. Devaney,F. Bennett Pearce,Kathleen E. Carberry,Robert Kroslowitz,Christopher S. Almond +17 more
TL;DR: The trial showed that survival rates were significantly higher with the ventricular assist device than with ECMO, and serious adverse events, including infection, stroke, and bleeding, occurred in a majority of study participants.
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Berlin Heart EXCOR Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device for Bridge to Heart Transplantation in US Children
Christopher S. Almond,David L.S. Morales,Eugene H. Blackstone,Mark Turrentine,Michiaki Imamura,M. Patricia Massicotte,Lori C. Jordan,Eric J. Devaney,Chitra Ravishankar,Kirk R. Kanter,William L. Holman,Robert Kroslowitz,Christine Tjossem,Lucy Thuita,Gordon A. Cohen,Holger Buchholz,James D. St. Louis,Khanh Nguyen,Robert A. Niebler,Henry L. Walters,Brian Reemtsen,Peter D. Wearden,Olaf Reinhartz,Kristine J. Guleserian,Max B. Mitchell,Mark S. Bleiweis,Charles E. Canter,Tilman Humpl +27 more
TL;DR: Smaller patient size, renal dysfunction, hepatic dysfunction, and biventricular assist device use were associated with mortality, whereas extracorporeal membrane oxygenation before implantation and congenital heart disease were not.
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Three independent biological mechanisms cause exercise-associated hyponatremia: Evidence from 2,135 weighed competitive athletic performances
Timothy D. Noakes,Karen Sharwood,Dale B Speedy,T. Hew,Stephen A Reid,Jonathan P. Dugas,Christopher S. Almond,Paul C Wharam,Louise B. Weschler +8 more
TL;DR: Weight gain consequent to excessive fluid consumption was the principal cause of a reduced serum [Na+] after exercise, yet most subjects who gained weight maintained or increased serum [ Na+], requiring the addition of significant amounts of Na+ into an expanded volume of total body water.
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Waiting List Mortality Among Children Listed for Heart Transplantation in the United States
Christopher S. Almond,Ravi R. Thiagarajan,Gary Piercey,Kimberlee Gauvreau,Elizabeth D. Blume,H. Bastardi,Francis Fynn-Thompson,Tajinder P. Singh +7 more
TL;DR: Looking list mortality since the pediatric heart allocation system was revised in 1999 is examined to determine whether the revised allocation system is prioritizing patients optimally and to identify specific high-risk populations that may benefit from emerging pediatric cardiac assist devices.