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Louis Girard
Researcher at University of Calgary
Publications - 23
Citations - 766
Louis Girard is an academic researcher from University of Calgary. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Vasculitis. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 18 publications receiving 454 citations. Previous affiliations of Louis Girard include Cardiovascular Institute of the South.
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Plasma Exchange and Glucocorticoids in Severe ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
Michael Walsh,Peter A. Merkel,Chen-Au Peh,Wladimir Szpirt,Xavier Puéchal,Shouichi Fujimoto,Carmel M. Hawley,Nader Khalidi,Oliver Floßmann,Ron Wald,Louis Girard,Adeera Levin,Gina Gregorini,Lorraine Harper,William F. Clark,Christian Pagnoux,Ulrich Specks,Lucy Smyth,Vladimir Tesar,Toshiko Ito-Ihara,Toshiko Ito-Ihara,Janak de Zoysa,Wojciech Szczeklik,Luis Felipe Flores-Suárez,Simon Carette,L. Guillevin,Charles D. Pusey,Alina Casian,Biljana Brezina,Andrea Mazzetti,Carol A. McAlear,Elizabeth Broadhurst,Donna Reidlinger,Samir Mehta,Natalie Ives,David Jayne,Pexivas Investigators Pexivas Investigators +36 more
TL;DR: Among patients with severe ANCA-associated vasculitis, the use of plasma exchange did not reduce the incidence of death or ESKD, and a reduced-dose regimen of glucocorticoids was noninferior to a standard- dose regimen with respect to death orESKD.
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MIC Versus MBEC to Determine the Antibiotic Sensitivity of Staphylococcus aureus in Peritoneal Dialysis Peritonitis
TL;DR: In PD peritonitis that is long standing, recurrent, or not responsive to therapy, MBEC testing should be considered as a biofilm may be present, and Gentamicin should be strongly considered over other agents for empiric gram-negative coverage.
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Simulation Training Improves Diagnostic Performance on a Real Patient With Similar Clinical Findings
Kristin Fraser,Bruce Wright,Louis Girard,Janet Tworek,Mike Paget,Lisa Welikovich,Kevin McLaughlin +6 more
TL;DR: Students trained on mitral regurgitation were more likely to identify and diagnose these findings on a real patient with mitral Regurgitation than those who had trained on aortic stenosis or a scenario with no cardiac murmur.
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Immunoglobulin A–dominant postinfectious glomerulonephritis: frequent occurrence in nondiabetic patients with Staphylococcus aureus infection
Suchin Worawichawong,Louis Girard,Kiril Trpkov,James C. Gough,Daniel B. Gregson,Hallgrimur Benediktsson +5 more
TL;DR: Renal function improved after therapy in 5 nondiabetic patients, but full recovery was not seen during the follow-up, and an association with community-associated methicillin-resistant S aureus was recorded for the first time.
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Validation of a histopathologic classification scheme for antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody–associated glomerulonephritis☆☆☆
TL;DR: Patients with crescentic class biopsies showed significantly more improvement in eGFR at 1 year compared with the mixed and sclerotic classes and it is suggested that it may be generalizable.