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Donald E. Fry
Researcher at Northwestern University
Publications - 244
Citations - 8422
Donald E. Fry is an academic researcher from Northwestern University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Sepsis & Hepatitis C. The author has an hindex of 40, co-authored 241 publications receiving 7843 citations. Previous affiliations of Donald E. Fry include University of New Mexico & Case Western Reserve University.
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Multiple System Organ Failure: The Role of Uncontrolled Infection
TL;DR: Evaluation of multiple factors demonstrated that MSOF is primarily due to infection, the temporal sequence of organ failure is lung, liver, gastric mucosa, and kidney, andMSOF is the most common fatal expression of uncontrolled infection.
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American College of Surgeons and Surgical Infection Society: Surgical Site Infection Guidelines, 2016 Update
Kristen A. Ban,Kristen A. Ban,Joseph P. Minei,Christine Laronga,Brian G. Harbrecht,Eric H. Jensen,Donald E. Fry,Kamal M.F. Itani,E. Patchen Dellinger,Clifford Y. Ko,Clifford Y. Ko,Therese M. Duane +11 more
TL;DR: This data indicates that pre-emptive surgery is a viable option for the treatment of deep vein thrombosis in women with pre-operative indications and this work’s results support this view.
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Use of antimicrobial prophylaxis for major surgery: baseline results from the National Surgical Infection Prevention Project.
Dale W. Bratzler,Peter M. Houck,Chesley L. Richards,Lynn Steele,E. Patchen Dellinger,Donald E. Fry,Claudia Wright,Allen Ma,Karina Carr,Lisa Red +9 more
TL;DR: Substantial opportunities exist to improve the use of prophylactic antimicrobials for patients undergoing major surgery, as described in this national retrospective cohort study.
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Acute hyperglycemia and the innate immune system: clinical, cellular, and molecular aspects.
TL;DR: Acute, short-term hyperglycemia affects all major components of innate immunity and impairs the ability of the host to combat infection, even though certain distinctive proinflammatory alterations of the immune response can be observed under these conditions.
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Enhancement of claims data to improve risk adjustment of hospital mortality.
Michael Pine,Harmon S. Jordan,Anne Elixhauser,Donald E. Fry,David C. Hoaglin,Barbara L. Jones,Roger J. Meimban,David O. Warner,Junius J. Gonzales +8 more
TL;DR: This study supports the value of adding present on admission codes and numerical laboratory values to administrative databases and shows that secondary abstraction of difficult-to-obtain key clinical findings adds little to the predictive power of risk-adjustment equations.