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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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E5 Murine Monoclonal Antiendotoxin Antibody in Gram-Negative Sepsis
Derek C. Angus,Mary C. Birmingham,Robert A. Balk,Patrick J. Scannon,David A. Collins,James A. Kruse,Donald R. Graham,Harakh V. Dedhia,Scott R. Homann,Neil R. MacIntyre +9 more
TL;DR: Despite adequate sample size and high enrollment of patients with confirmed gram-negative sepsis, E5 did not improve short-term survival and the current study rationale and designs should be carefully reviewed before further large-scale studies of Patients with sepsi are conducted.
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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.
Djillali Annane,Stephen M. Pastores,Bram Rochwerg,Wiebke Arlt,Robert A. Balk,Albertus Beishuizen,Josef Briegel,Joseph 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: Evidence-based recommendations for the use of corticosteroids in critically ill patients with sepsis and septic shock, acute respiratory distress syndrome, and major trauma have been developed by a multispecialty task force.
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Developing a New, National Approach to Surveillance for Ventilator-Associated Events*
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 M. Levy,Mitchell M. Levy,Edward Septimus,Edward Septimus,Carole VanAntwerpen,Carole VanAntwerpen,Don Wright,Pamela A. Lipsett +31 more
TL;DR: Ventilator-associated events surveillance was implemented in January 2013 in the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network and can identify a broad range of conditions and complications occurring in mechanically ventilated adult patients, including but not limited to VAP.
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The Relation of Pneumothorax and Other Air Leaks to Mortality in the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
John G. Weg,Antonio Anzueto,Robert A. Balk,Herbert P. Wiedemann,Edward N. Pattishall,M. Anthony Schork,Leslie A. Wagner +6 more
TL;DR: In patients with sepsis-induced acute respiratory distress syndrome who were receiving mechanical ventilation with conventional pressures and volumes, there were no significant correlations between high ventilatory pressures or volumes and the development of pneumothorax or other air leaks.
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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
Djillali Annane,Stephen M. Pastores,Bram Rochwerg,Wiebke Arlt,Robert A. Balk,Albertus Beishuizen,Josef Briegel,Joseph 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: Evidence-based recommendations for the use of corticosteroids in critically ill patients with sepsis and septic shock, acute respiratory distress syndrome, and major trauma have been developed by a multispecialty task force.