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Public health interventions and epidemic intensity during the 1918 influenza pandemic by Hatchett, Richard J, Mecher, Carter E, Lipsitch, Marc

“…Nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) intended to reduce infectious contacts between persons form an integral part of plans to mitigate the impact of the next…”
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Predicting High-risk and High-cost Patients for Proactive Intervention by Gao, Jian, Moran, Eileen, Higgins, Donald S., Mecher, Carter

“…It is well known that 20% of the patients incur 80% of health care costs and many diseases and complications can be prevented or ameliorated with prompt…”
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The Application of a Hospital Medical Surge Preparedness Index to Assess National Pandemic and Other Mass Casualty Readiness by Marcozzi, David E., Pietrobon, Ricardo, Lawler, James V., French, Michael T., Mecher, Carter, Baehr, Nicole E., Browne, Brian J.

“…EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This article describes the use and findings of the Hospital Medical Surge Preparedness Index (HMSPI) tool to improve the understanding of…”
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Development of a Hospital Medical Surge Preparedness Index using a national hospital survey by Marcozzi, David E., Pietrobon, Ricardo, Lawler, James V., French, Michael T., Mecher, Carter, Peffer, John, Baehr, Nicole E., Browne, Brian J.

“…To generate a Hospital Medical Surge Preparedness Index that can be used to evaluate hospitals across the United States in regard to their capacity to handle…”
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Unexplained metabolic acidosis in critically ill patients: the role of pyroglutamic acid by MIZOCK, Barry A, BELYAEV, Stanislav, MECHER, Carter

“…To determine the role of pyroglutamic acid (PGA) in the pathogenesis of unexplained metabolic acidosis in critically ill patients. Case series in the medical…”
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Predicting High-risk and High-cost Patients for Proactive Intervention by Gao, Jian, Moran, Eileen, Higgins, Donald S., Mecher, Carter

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The Application of a Hospital Medical Surge Preparedness Index to Assess National Pandemic and Other Mass Casualty Readiness by Marcozzi, David E., Pietrobon, Ricardo, Lawler, James V., French, Michael T., Mecher, Carter, Baehr, Nicole E., Browne, Brian J.

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Venous hypercarbia associated with severe sepsis and systemic hypoperfusion by Mecher, C E, Rackow, E C, Astiz, M E, Weil, M H

“…We studied 37 patients with severe sepsis and systemic hypoperfusion to assess changes in PvCO2. Before fluid administration, the cardiac index (CI) was 2.64…”
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Unaccounted for anion in metabolic acidosis during severe sepsis in humans by Mecher, C, Rackow, E C, Astiz, M E, Weil, M H

“…To quantitate the contribution of lactate, phosphate, urate, total serum proteins, and unidentified anions to the anion gap in patients with severe sepsis…”
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449. Post-Hurricane Maria Surveillance for Infectious Diseases in the Veterans Affairs San Juan Medical Center, Puerto Rico by Oda, Gina, Matanock, Almea, Hunter, Jennifer C, Patel, Anita, Pillai, Satish, Styles, Timothy, Saavedra, Sonia, Martinez, Mirsonia, Jones, Makoto, Mecher, Carter, Ryono, Russell, Holodniy, Mark

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Pyroglutamic acid and high anion gap: Looking through the keyhole? by Mizock, Barry A, Mecher, Carter

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Effects of pentastarch and albumin infusion on cardiorespiratory function and coagulation in patients with severe sepsis and systemic hypoperfusion by Rackow, E C, Mecher, C, Astiz, M E, Griffel, M, Falk, J L, Weil, M H

“…Twenty consecutive patients with severe sepsis were randomized to fluid challenge with 5% albumin or 10% low MW hydroxyethyl starch (pentastarch) solutions…”
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Increased venous-arterial carbon dioxide tension difference during severe sepsis in rats by Rackow, E C, Astiz, M E, Mecher, C E, Weil, M H

“…To test the hypothesis that decreases in blood flow during septic shock lead to increases in the venous-arterial PCO2 difference in a rat model of sepsis…”
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Predictors of outcome from critical illness. Shock and cardiopulmonary resuscitation by Tuchschmidt, J A, Mecher, C E

“…Many of our patients in ICUs suffer from shock, be it due to sepsis, trauma, arrest, or other causes. These patients continue to have a very high mortality…”
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The HA-1A Monoclonal Antibody for Gram-Negative Sepsis by Gazmuri, Raul J, Mecher, Carter, Weil, Max Harry, Tanio, Craig P, Feldman, Harold I, Carlet, J, Offenstadt, G, Chastang, C, Doyon, F, Brun-Buisson, C, Dhainaut, J.F, Schlemmer, B, Gutmann, L, Schmidt, Gregory A, Peled, Harry B, Mackenzie, S, Kinsella, J, Young, Lowell S, Gorelick, Kenneth J, Baumgartner, Jean-Daniel, Heumann, Didier, Glauser, Michel-Pierre, Ziegler, Elizabeth J, Fisher, Charles J, Sprung, Charles L, Smith, Craig R, Straube, Richard C, Sadoff, Jerald C, Dellinger, R. Phillip, Wolff, Sheldon M

“…To the Editor: Ziegler and collaborators (Feb. 14 issue) 1 recently reported on an impressive reduction in 28-day mortality, from 49 percent to 30 percent, in…”
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Elevated pulmonary capillary wedge pressure in a patient with hypovolemia by Tuchschmidt, J, Mecher, C, Wagers, P, Jung, R

“…Since its introduction in 1969, the balloon-tipped pulmonary artery catheter has become widely accepted. Pulmonary capillary wedge pressures have been used…”
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