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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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Physician agreement on the diagnosis of sepsis in the intensive care unit: estimation of concordance and analysis of underlying factors in a multicenter cohort
Bert K. Lopansri,Bert K. Lopansri,Russell R. Miller,Russell R. Miller,John P. Burke,John P. Burke,Mitchell M. Levy,Steven M. Opal,Richard E. Rothman,Franco R. D'Alessio,Venkataramana K. Sidhaye,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,Leo McHugh,Antony Rapisarda,Dayle Sampson,Roslyn A. Brandon,Therese Seldon,Thomas D. Yager,Richard Bruce Brandon +31 more
TL;DR: Logistic regression and machine learning techniques were used to search for significant variables that could explain heterogeneity within the indeterminate and SIRS patient subgroups and underscore the need to provide physicians with accurate, timely diagnostic information in evaluating possible sepsis.
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Markers of fungal translocation are elevated during post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 and induce NF-κB signaling
Leila B. Giron,Michael J. Peluso,Jianyi Ding,Grace Kenny,Netanel F. Zilberstein,Jane Koshy,Kai Ying Hong,Heather E. Rasmussen,G. E. Miller,Faraz Bishehsari,Robert A. Balk,James Moy,Rebecca Hoh,Scott Lu,Aaron Goldman,Hsin-Yao Tang,Brandon C. Yee,Ahmed Chenna,John Winslow,Christos J. Petropoulos,J. Daniel Kelly,Haimanot Wasse,Jeffrey N. Martin,Qin Liu,Ali Keshavarzian,Alan L. Landay,Steven G. Deeks,Timothy J. Henrich,Mohamed Abdel-Mohsen +28 more
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Correction to: Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of critical illness-related corticosteroid insufficiency (CIRCI) in critically ill patients (Part I): Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) 2017 (Intensive Care Medicine, (2017), 43, 12, (1751-1763), 10.1007/s00134-017-4919-5)
Djillali Annane,Stephen M. Pastores,Bram Rochwerg,Wiebke Arlt,Robert A. Balk,Albertus Beishuizen,Josef Briegel,Joseph A. Carcillo,Mirjam Christ-Crain,Mark S. Cooper,Paul E. Marik,Gianfranco Umberto Meduri,Keith M. Olsen,Sophia C. Rodgers,James A. Russell,Greet Van den Berghe +15 more
TL;DR: To update the 2008 consensus statements for the diagnosis and management of critical illness-related corticosteroid insufficiency (CIRCI) in adult and pediatric patients, CIRCI is updated.
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Pneumothorax effects on pulmonary acoustic transmission
Hansen A. Mansy,Robert A. Balk,William H. Warren,Thomas J. Royston,Zoujun Dai,Ying Peng,Richard H. Sandler +6 more
TL;DR: Investigation of the changes in sound transmission in the thorax due to PTX in humans found that sound transmission measurement was able to distinguish between baseline and PTX states in this small patient group.
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Real-world use of procalcitonin and other biomarkers among sepsis hospitalizations in the United States: A retrospective, observational study.
Eric Gluck,H. Bryant Nguyen,Kishore Yalamanchili,Margaret Elizabeth McCusker,Jaya Madala,Frank A. Corvino,Xuelian Zhu,Robert A. Balk +7 more
TL;DR: Serial biomarker monitoring may be associated with improved patient outcomes in the most critically ill septic patients and PCT use was associated with decreased odds of in-hospital mortality but increased hospital costs per day.