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Michael S. Runyon
Researcher at Carolinas Medical Center
Publications - 90
Citations - 1806
Michael S. Runyon is an academic researcher from Carolinas Medical Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Emergency department & Randomized controlled trial. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 87 publications receiving 1401 citations. Previous affiliations of Michael S. Runyon include Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences & Carolinas Healthcare System.
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Serial Procalcitonin Predicts Mortality in Severe Sepsis Patients: Results From the Multicenter Procalcitonin MOnitoring SEpsis (MOSES) Study.
Philipp Schuetz,Robert H. Birkhahn,Robert Sherwin,Alan E. Jones,Adam J. Singer,Jeffrey A. Kline,Michael S. Runyon,Wesley H. Self,D. Mark Courtney,Richard M. Nowak,David F. Gaieski,Stefan Ebmeyer,Sascha Johannes,Jan C. Wiemer,Andrej Schwabe,Nathan I. Shapiro +15 more
TL;DR: Results of this large, prospective multicenter U.S. study indicate that inability to decrease procalcitonin by more than 80% is a significant independent predictor of mortality and may aid in sepsis care.
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Comparison of the unstructured clinician estimate of pretest probability for pulmonary embolism to the Canadian score and the Charlotte rule: a prospective observational study.
TL;DR: The unstructured clinical estimate of low pretest probability for PE compares favorably with the Canadian score and the Charlotte rule, and interobserver agreement for the unstructuring estimate is moderate.
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Emergency care capacity in Africa: a clinical and educational initiative in Tanzania.
Teri A. Reynolds,Teri A. Reynolds,Juma A. Mfinanga,Hendry R. Sawe,Michael S. Runyon,Victor Mwafongo +5 more
TL;DR: An initiative to create dedicated acute care facilities and emergency training programs is described at Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar es Salaam, with a focus on the development of the emergency medicine residency program.
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Emergency medicine practitioner knowledge and use of decision rules for the evaluation of patients with suspected pulmonary embolism: variations by practice setting and training level.
TL;DR: Academic clinicians were more likely to report familiarity with either of these two specific decision rules, and future work should consider clinical gestalt in the evaluation of patients with possible PE.
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Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Updates in Diagnosis and Management
TL;DR: Noncontrast brain computed tomography performed within 6 hours of symptom onset has sensitivity approaching 100%.