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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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Incidental pregnancy in trauma patients.
TL;DR: Reinstitution of the rapid pregnancy test should be considered in all female trauma victims of childbearing age to promote a reduction in fetal radiation exposure and perhaps influence a portion of the fetal mortality in those patients with newly diagnosed incidental pregnancy.
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Blood product transfusion and ventilator-associated pneumonia in trauma patients.
Grant V. Bochicchio,Lena M. Napolitano,Manjari Joshi,Kelly Bochicchio,Diane Shih,Walter Meyer,Thomas M. Scalea +6 more
TL;DR: Blood product transfusion is an independent risk factor for VAP in trauma, and the odds ratio is significantly higher (3.34-4.41) than in published studies of other types of ICU patients (1.89).
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Prediction of Outcomes in Trauma: Anatomic or Physiologic Parameters?
James L. Guzzo,Grant V. Bochicchio,Lena M. Napolitano,Debra L. Malone,Walter Meyer,Thomas M. Scalea +5 more
TL;DR: The predictive ability of this new model is superior to anatomic-based models such as Injury Severity Score, but comparable with other physiologic-based Models such as Revised Trauma Score, Physiologic Trauma score and Trauma, and Injury Severities Score.
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Hemoglobin-based Oxygen Carriers: First, Second or Third Generation? Human or Bovine? Where are we Now?
TL;DR: Current efforts to develop hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers as blood substitutes in light of the worldwide shortage of safe and viable allogeneic donor blood are discussed.