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Robert A. Balk
Researcher at Rush University Medical Center
Publications - 177
Citations - 31415
Robert A. Balk is an academic researcher from Rush University Medical Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Sepsis & Septic shock. The author has an hindex of 48, co-authored 165 publications receiving 29583 citations. Previous affiliations of Robert A. Balk include Rush Medical College & University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.
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Sound transmission in the chest under surface excitation: an experimental and computational study with diagnostic applications
Ying Peng,Zoujun Dai,Hansen A. Mansy,Hansen A. Mansy,Richard H. Sandler,Richard H. Sandler,Robert A. Balk,Thomas J. Royston +7 more
TL;DR: A computational model was developed and validated by comparing its predictions with results from animal and human experiments which involved applying acoustic excitation to the anterior chest, while detecting skin vibrations at the posterior chest, and predicted wave patterns inside the chest.
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Developing a new, national approach to surveillance for ventilator-associated events: executive summary.
Shelley S. Magill,Michael Klompas,Robert A. Balk,Suzanne M. Burns,Clifford S. Deutschman,Daniel J. Diekema,Scott K. Fridkin,Linda Greene,Alice Guh,David D. Gutterman,Beth Hammer,David K. Henderson,Dean R. Hess,Nicholas S. Hill,Teresa C. Horan,Marin H. Kollef,Mitchell Levy,Edward Septimus,Carole VanAntwerpen,Don Wright,Pamela A. Lipsett +20 more
TL;DR: This book presents a meta-analyses of the immune system’s response to certain types of infectious disease, called “hallucinations,” which have an uncertain prognosis and can be treated with antibiotics.
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Effects of ibuprofen on neutrophil function and acute lung injury in canine endotoxin shock.
TL;DR: The dose response of ibuprofen on the increased neutrophil adherence and the extent of lung injury associated with canine endotoxin shock was investigated and it was found that ib uprofen treatment did not affect the histologic or morphometric extent of the lung injury.
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The characteristics and impact of source of infection on sepsis-related ICU outcomes
Niranjan Jeganathan,Stephen Yau,Neha Ahuja,Dara Otu,Brian D. Stein,Louis Fogg,Robert A. Balk +6 more
TL;DR: There are significant differences in patient characteristics, microbiology positivity, organs affected, mortality, length of stay and cost based on the source of sepsis.
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Reduced alveolar macrophage production of tumor necrosis factor during sepsis in mice and men.
TL;DR: These studies indicate that sepsis and endotoxin injection result in a rapid decrease in the ability of pulmonary alveolar macrophages from both humans and mice to produce and secrete TNF in response to lipopolysaccharide.