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Majid Afshar
Researcher at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Publications - 114
Citations - 1876
Majid Afshar is an academic researcher from University of Wisconsin-Madison. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Computer science. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 87 publications receiving 1060 citations. Previous affiliations of Majid Afshar include North Shore Medical Center & Rush University Medical Center.
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Evaluation and Management of Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome. An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline.
Babak Mokhlesi,Juan F. Masa,Jan Brozek,Indira Gurubhagavatula,Patrick B. Murphy,Amanda J. Piper,Aiman Tulaimat,Majid Afshar,Jay S. Balachandran,Raed A. Dweik,Ronald R. Grunstein,Nicholas Hart,Roop Kaw,Geraldo Lorenzi-Filho,Sushmita Pamidi,Bhakti K. Patel,Susheel P. Patil,Jean-Louis Pépin,Israa Soghier,Maximiliano Tamae Kakazu,Mihaela Teodorescu +20 more
TL;DR: Clinicians may use these recommendations, on the basis of the best available evidence, to guide management and improve outcomes among patients with OHS.
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Narrative Review: Tetanus—A Health Threat After Natural Disasters in Developing Countries
TL;DR: The emergency response to clusters of tetanus infections in developing countries after a natural disaster requires a multidisciplinary approach in the absence of an intensive care unit, readily available resources, and a functioning cold-chain system.
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Identifying Novel Sepsis Subphenotypes Using Temperature Trajectories.
Sivasubramanium V. Bhavani,Kyle A Carey,Emily R. Gilbert,Majid Afshar,Philip A. Verhoef,Matthew M. Churpek +5 more
TL;DR: Four novel subphenotypes of patients with infection are identified and validated using longitudinal temperature trajectories, with significant variability in inflammatory markers and outcomes.
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Validation of a Host Response Assay, SeptiCyte LAB, for Discriminating Sepsis from Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome in the ICU.
Russell R. Miller,Russell R. Miller,Bert K. Lopansri,Bert K. Lopansri,John P. Burke,John P. Burke,Mitchell M. Levy,Steven M. Opal,Richard E. Rothman,Franco R. D'Alessio,Venkataramana K. Sidhaye,Neil R. Aggarwal,Robert A. Balk,Jared A. Greenberg,Mark Yoder,Gourang P. Patel,Emily R. Gilbert,Majid Afshar,Jorge P. Parada,Greg S. Martin,Annette M. Esper,Jordan A. Kempker,Mangala Narasimhan,Adey Tsegaye,Stella Hahn,Paul H. Mayo,Tom van der Poll,Marcus J. Schultz,Brendon P. Scicluna,Peter M. C. Klein Klouwenberg,Antony Rapisarda,Therese Seldon,Leo McHugh,Thomas D. Yager,Silvia Cermelli,Dayle Sampson,Victoria Rothwell,Richard Newman,Shruti Bhide,Brian A. Fox,James T. Kirk,Krupa Arun Navalkar,Roy F. Davis,Roslyn A. Brandon,Richard Bruce Brandon +44 more
TL;DR: SeptiCyte LAB appears to be a promising diagnostic tool to complement physician assessment of infection likelihood in critically ill adult patients with systemic inflammation.
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Impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid Expansion on Cancer Admissions and Surgeries.
Emanuel Eguia,Adrienne N. Cobb,Anai N. Kothari,Ayrin Molefe,Majid Afshar,Gerard V. Aranha,Paul C. Kuo +6 more
TL;DR: In states that expanded Medicaid coverage under the ACA, the rate of surgeries for colorectal and lung CA increased significantly, while breast CA surgeries decreased less, concluding that expanding insurance coverage results in enhanced access to cancer surgery.