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Karl A. Sporer
Researcher at University of California, San Francisco
Publications - 71
Citations - 2316
Karl A. Sporer is an academic researcher from University of California, San Francisco. The author has contributed to research in topics: Emergency medical services & Poison control. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 66 publications receiving 1996 citations. Previous affiliations of Karl A. Sporer include San Francisco Fire Department & San Francisco General Hospital.
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Clinical Course of γ-Hydroxybutyrate Overdose.
TL;DR: Chin et al. as discussed by the authors described the clinical characteristics and course of γ-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) overdose using the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score, laboratory values, and clinical course.
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Prospective Countywide Surveillance and Autopsy Characterization of Sudden Cardiac Death: POST SCD Study
Zian H. Tseng,Jeffrey E. Olgin,Eric Vittinghoff,Philip C. Ursell,Anthony S. Kim,Karl A. Sporer,Clement Yeh,Benjamin Colburn,Nina M. Clark,Rana Khan,Amy P. Hart,Ellen Moffatt +11 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used emergency medical services records, death certificates, or definitions that infer cause of death to study out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and sudden cardiac death.
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The serotonin syndrome. Implicated drugs, pathophysiology and management.
TL;DR: Because fatalities and severe complications have accompanied the serotonin syndrome, the previously described drug combinations should be used cautiously or not at all.
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A Multisite Assessment of the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma Field Triage Decision Scheme for Identifying Seriously Injured Children and Adults
Craig D. Newgard,Dana Zive,James F. Holmes,Eileen M. Bulger,Kristan Staudenmayer,Michael Liao,Thomas D. Rea,Renee Y. Hsia,N. Ewen Wang,Ross J. Fleischman,Jonathan Jui,N. Clay Mann,Jason S. Haukoos,Karl A. Sporer,K. Dean Gubler,Jerris R. Hedges +15 more
TL;DR: The sensitivity of the Field Triage Decision Scheme for identifying major trauma patients is lower and specificity higher than previously described, particularly among elders.
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Strategies for preventing heroin overdose
TL;DR: Making naloxone available in addicts' homes is one of several official or unofficial ways that are being tried out to reduce the rising toll of fatalities from heroin overdose.