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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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Role of Antithrombin III and Tissue Factor Pathway in the Pathogenesis of Sepsis.
TL;DR: Treatment strategies incorporating AT replacement therapy in sepsis and septic shock have not resulted in an improvement in survival or reversal of disseminated intravascular coagulation.
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Role of Integrated Pulmonary Index in Identifying Extubation Failure
TL;DR: Declining IPI measurements postextubation are predictive of extubation failure, and further clinical trials are needed to assess the role of IPI in guiding interventions in extubated patients.
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Pro-inflammatory endothelial cell dysfunction is associated with intersectin-1s down-regulation
Sunit Singla,Dan Predescu,Dan Predescu,Cristina Bardita,Minhua Wang,Jian Zhang,Robert A. Balk,Sanda Predescu,Sanda Predescu +8 more
TL;DR: The results suggest that ITSN-1s deficiency is relevant for the pro-inflammatory ECs dysfunction induced by LPS.
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Prognostic factors in sepsis: the cold facts.
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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,Robert A. Balk,Suzanne M. Burns,Suzanne M. Burns,Clifford S. Deutschman,Clifford S. Deutschman,Daniel J. Diekema,Scott K. Fridkin,Linda Greene,Alice Guh,David D. Gutterman,David D. Gutterman,Beth Hammer,Beth Hammer,David K. Henderson,Dean R. Hess,Dean R. Hess,Nicholas S. Hill,Nicholas S. Hill,Teresa C. Horan,Marin H. Kollef,Marin H. Kollef,Mitchell Levy,Mitchell Levy,Edward Septimus,Edward Septimus,Carole VanAntwerpen,Carole VanAntwerpen,Don Wright,Pamela A. Lipsett +31 more
TL;DR: This article is an executive summary of a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Surveillance Definition Working Group, entitled “Developing a new, national approach to surveillance for ventilATOR-associated events” and published in Critical Care Medicine.