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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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Overwhelming postsplenectomy sepsis and trauma: time to consider revaccination?
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Serum lipopolysaccharide-binding protein concentrations in trauma victims.
Steven C. Cunningham,Debra L. Malone,Grant V. Bochicchio,Thomas Genuit,Kaspar Keledjian,J. Kathleen Tracy,Lena M. Napolitano +6 more
TL;DR: This study assessed time-dependent changes in serum LBP concentrations in trauma patients soon after injury and found that admission LBP plasma concentrations are predictive of outcome (mortality) in trauma.
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Short-Course Antimicrobial Therapy Does Not Increase Treatment Failure Rate in Patients with Intra-Abdominal Infection Involving Fungal Organisms.
Nathan R. Elwood,Christopher A. Guidry,Therese M. Duane,Joseph Cuschieri,Charles H. Cook,Patrick J. O'Neill,Reza Askari,Lena M. Napolitano,Nicholas Namias,E. Patchen Dellinger,Christopher M. Watson,Kaysie L. Banton,David P. Blake,Taryn E. Hassinger,Robert G. Sawyer +14 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that the presence of fungi in IAI may not indicate independently the need for a longer course of Antimicrobial therapy, and a shorter treatment course with fungal organisms randomized to a shorter course had no difference in the rate of treatment failure.
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Hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated pneumonia: what's new in diagnosis and treatment?
TL;DR: The pathophysiology of hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) usually requires that 2 important processes take place: (1) bacterial colonization of the aerodigestive tract, and (2) aspiration of contaminated secretions into the lower airway.