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Lena M. Napolitano

Researcher at University of Michigan

Publications -  314
Citations -  20992

Lena M. Napolitano is an academic researcher from University of Michigan. The author has contributed to research in topics: ARDS & Intensive care. The author has an hindex of 62, co-authored 297 publications receiving 17573 citations. Previous affiliations of Lena M. Napolitano include United States Department of Veterans Affairs & Veterans Health Administration.

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Back to basics: validation of the admission systemic inflammatory response syndrome score in predicting outcome in trauma.

Debra L. Malone, +4 more
- 01 Sep 2001 - 
TL;DR: These data provide further validation that an admission SIRS score of > or = 2 is a significant independent predictor of outcome and ICU resource use in trauma.
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Evidence-based protocol for prophylactic antibiotics in open fractures: improved antibiotic stewardship with no increase in infection rates

Lauren Rodriguez, +5 more
- 01 Sep 2014 - 
TL;DR: Implementation of an evidence-based protocol for open fracture antibiotic prophylaxis resulted in significantly decreased use of aminoglycoside and glycopeptide antibiotics with no increase in skin and soft tissue infection rates.
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Anemia and blood transfusion in trauma patients admitted to the intensive care unit.

Marc J. Shapiro, +9 more
- 01 Aug 2003 - 
TL;DR: Anemia is common in critically injured trauma patients and persists throughout the duration of critical illness, and patients in the trauma subset were more likely to be transfused and received an average of 1 additional unit of blood.
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Global variation in postoperative mortality and complications after cancer surgery: a multicentre, prospective cohort study in 82 countries

Stephen R Knight, +2713 more
- 30 Jan 2021 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared postoperative outcomes in breast, colorectal, and gastric cancer surgery in hospitals worldwide, focusing on the effect of disease stage and complications on postoperative mortality.
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Outcome Analysis of Blood Product Transfusion in Trauma Patients: A Prospective, Risk-Adjusted Study

Grant V. Bochicchio, +5 more
- 24 Jun 2008 - 
TL;DR: There is a dose-dependent correlation between blood product transfusion and adverse outcome ( increased mortality and infection) in trauma patients and risk of death increased by 3.5% for every unit of FFP transfused.