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Richard P. Wenzel
Researcher at Virginia Commonwealth University
Publications - 435
Citations - 45794
Richard P. Wenzel is an academic researcher from Virginia Commonwealth University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Infection control & Health care. The author has an hindex of 103, co-authored 425 publications receiving 44403 citations. Previous affiliations of Richard P. Wenzel include University of Iowa & National Institutes of Health.
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Septic shock : An analysis of outcomes for patients with onset on hospital wards versus intensive care units
Jerilyn S. Lundberg,Trish M. Perl,Todd Wiblin,Michele Costigan,Jeffrey D. Dawson,Mary D. Nettleman,Richard P. Wenzel +6 more
TL;DR: The data suggest that for patients with septic shock on wards, there were clinically important delays in transfer of patients to the ICU, receipt of intravenous fluid boluses, and receipt of inotropic agents, and the most powerful predictors of mortality were APACHE II scores and bloodstream infection with Candida species.
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The antibiotic pipeline--challenges, costs, and values
TL;DR: Dr. Richard P. Wenzel examines the dramatic reduction in the number of pharmaceutical companies engaged in the discovery of antiinfective agents.
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Bedside prediction of mortality from bacteremic sepsis. A dynamic analysis of ICU patients.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors determined variables readily identifiable at the bedside that predict mortality in intensive care unit (ICU) patients with sepsis and positive blood cultures and determined the prognostic value of these variables using logistic regression procedures.
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Nosocomial Bloodstream Infections Caused by Acinetobacter Species in United States Hospitals: Clinical Features, Molecular Epidemiology, and Antimicrobial Susceptibility
Hilmar Wisplinghoff,Michael B. Edmond,Michael A. Pfaller,Ronald N. Jones,Richard P. Wenzel,Harald Seifert +5 more
TL;DR: Clinical and epidemiological features of nosocomial bloodstream infections caused by Acinetobacter species, including A. baumannii BSI, are examined at 49 United States hospitals from 1 March 1995 through 28 February 1998.
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Investigation of the sequence of colonization and candidemia in nonneutropenic patients.
TL;DR: It is found that Candida colonization or infection with an identical strain frequently precedes bloodstream infection in nonneutropenic patients with hematologic malignancies and who have vascular catheter or urine samples that are positive for a Candida on culture should be treated empirically.