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Steven M. Scharf
Researcher at University of Maryland, Baltimore
Publications - 251
Citations - 11524
Steven M. Scharf is an academic researcher from University of Maryland, Baltimore. The author has contributed to research in topics: Obstructive sleep apnea & Cardiac output. The author has an hindex of 54, co-authored 249 publications receiving 10470 citations. Previous affiliations of Steven M. Scharf include Yeshiva University & Veterans Health Administration.
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Azithromycin for Prevention of Exacerbations of COPD
Richard K. Albert,Richard K. Albert,John E. Connett,William C. Bailey,Richard Casaburi,J. Allen D. Cooper,Gerard J. Criner,Jeffrey L. Curtis,Mark T. Dransfield,MeiLan K. Han,Stephen C. Lazarus,Barry J. Make,Nathaniel Marchetti,Fernando J. Martinez,Nancy E. Madinger,Charlene McEvoy,Dennis E. Niewoehner,Janos Porsasz,Connie S. Price,Connie S. Price,John J. Reilly,Paul D. Scanlon,Frank C. Sciurba,Steven M. Scharf,George R. Washko,Prescott G. Woodruff,Nicholas R. Anthonisen +26 more
TL;DR: Among selected subjects with COPD, azithromycin taken daily for 1 year, when added to usual treatment, decreased the frequency of exacerbations and improved quality of life but caused hearing decrements in a small percentage of subjects.
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Hemodynamic characterization of patients with severe emphysema.
TL;DR: Elevations of pulmonary vascular pressures are common, pulmonary hypertension may be related to factors other than hypoxia, and pulmonary hypertension does not impair resting systemic O(2) delivery, and elevated cardiac diastolic pressures do not represent systolic dysfunction.
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Sleep, Sleepiness, Fatigue, and Performance of 12-Hour-Shift Nurses
Jeanne Geiger-Brown,Valerie E. Rogers,Alison M. Trinkoff,Robert L. Kane,R. Barker Bausell,Steven M. Scharf +5 more
TL;DR: Certain nurses appear more vulnerable to sleep loss than others, as measured by attention lapses, and nurses accrue a considerable sleep debt while working successive 12-h shifts with accompanying fatigue and sleepiness.
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Simvastatin for the Prevention of Exacerbations in Moderate-to-Severe COPD
G.J. Criner,John E. Connett,Shawn D. Aaron,Richard K. Albert,William C. Bailey,Richard Casaburi,John A. D. Cooper,Jeffrey L. Curtis,Mark T. Dransfield,MeiLan K. Han,Barry J. Make,Nathaniel Marchetti,Fernando J. Martinez,Dennis E. Niewoehner,Paul D. Scanlon,Frank C. Sciurba,Steven M. Scharf,Don D. Sin,Helen Voelker,George R. Washko,Prescott G. Woodruff,Stephen C. Lazarus +21 more
TL;DR: Simvastatin at a daily dose of 40 mg did not affect exacerbation rates or the time to a first exacerbation in patients with COPD who were at high risk for exacerbations.
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A "closed" medical intensive care unit (MICU) improves resource utilization when compared with an "open" MICU.
Alan S. Multz,Donald B. Chalfin,Israel M. Samson,David R. Dantzker,Alan M. Fein,Harry Steinberg,Michael S. Niederman,Steven M. Scharf +7 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that patient care is more efficient with a closed ICU, and that mortality is not adversely affected.