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Ken Zafren
Researcher at Stanford University
Publications - 126
Citations - 1824
Ken Zafren is an academic researcher from Stanford University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poison control & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 109 publications receiving 1454 citations. Previous affiliations of Ken Zafren include Providence Alaska Medical Center & University of Oxford.
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Wilderness Medical Society Consensus Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Acute Altitude Illness
Andrew M. Luks,Scott E. McIntosh,Colin K. Grissom,Paul S. Auerbach,George W. Rodway,Robert B. Schoene,Robert B. Schoene,Ken Zafren,Ken Zafren,Peter H. Hackett +9 more
TL;DR: These guidelines present the main prophylactic and therapeutic modalities for each disorder and provide recommendations for their roles in disease management.
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Wilderness Medical Society Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Acute Altitude Illness: 2014 Update
Andrew M. Luks,Scott E. McIntosh,Colin K. Grissom,Paul S. Auerbach,George W. Rodway,Robert B. Schoene,Ken Zafren,Ken Zafren,Peter H. Hackett +8 more
TL;DR: These guidelines present the main prophylactic and therapeutic modalities for each disorder and provide recommendations about their role in disease management and suggest suggested approaches to prevention and management of each disorder that incorporate these recommendations.
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Wilderness Medical Society Practice Guidelines for the Out-of-Hospital Evaluation and Treatment of Accidental Hypothermia: 2014 Update
Ken Zafren,Ken Zafren,Gordon G. Giesbrecht,Daniel F. Danzl,Hermann Brugger,Emily B. Sagalyn,Beat H. Walpoth,Eric A. Weiss,Paul S. Auerbach,Scott E. McIntosh,Mária Némethy,Marion McDevitt,Jennifer Dow,Robert B. Schoene,George W. Rodway,Peter H. Hackett,Brad L. Bennett,Colin K. Grissom +17 more
TL;DR: These guidelines present the main diagnostic and therapeutic modalities and provide recommendations for the management of hypothermic patients and provide suggested general approaches to the evaluation and treatment of accidental hypothermia that incorporate specific recommendations.
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Resuscitation of avalanche victims: Evidence-based guidelines of the international commission for mountain emergency medicine (ICAR MEDCOM): intended for physicians and other advanced life support personnel.
Hermann Brugger,Bruno Durrer,Fidel Elsensohn,Peter Paal,Giacomo Strapazzon,Eveline Winterberger,Ken Zafren,Jeff Boyd +7 more
TL;DR: Management of avalanche victims should include spinal precautions and other trauma care as indicated, and treatment of hypothermia including gentle extrication, full body insulation, ECG and core-temperature monitoring is recommended, and advanced airway management if appropriate.
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Prospective, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled comparison of acetazolamide versus ibuprofen for prophylaxis against high altitude headache: the Headache Evaluation at Altitude Trial (HEAT).
Jeffrey H. Gertsch,Grant S. Lipman,Peter S. Holck,Andrew L. Merritt,Allison Mulcahy,Robert S. Fisher,Buddha Basnyat,Eric Allison,Keeli Hanzelka,Alberto Hazan,Zachary Meyers,Justin I. Odegaard,Benjamin Pook,Mark Thompson,Brant Slomovic,Henrik Wahlberg,Vanessa Wilshaw,Eric A. Weiss,Ken Zafren +18 more
TL;DR: Ibuprofen was similar to acetazolamide in preventing symptoms of AMS, an interesting finding that implies a potentially new approach to prevention of cerebral forms of acute altitude illness.