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List of works by Alfred F Connors

A comparison of generalist and pulmonologist care for patients hospitalized with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: resource intensity, hospital costs, and survival. SUPPORT Investigators. Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for

scientific article published on 01 November 1998

A fresh look at the weaning process

scientific article published on 08 November 2006

A national study of physician recommendations to initiate and discontinue growth hormone for short stature

scientific article published on 30 August 2010

A predictive risk model for outcomes of ischemic stroke.

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Automated intensive care unit risk adjustment: results from a National Veterans Affairs study.

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Can medical school admission committee members predict which applicants will choose primary care careers?

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Cardiac arrhythmias during postural drainage and chest percussion of critically ill patients

scientific article published on 01 December 1992

Chest physical therapy. The immediate effect on oxygenation in acutely ill patients

scientific article published on 01 October 1980

Choices of seriously ill patients about cardiopulmonary resuscitation: correlates and outcomes. SUPPORT Investigators. Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatments.

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Comparative effectiveness research in lung diseases and sleep disorders: recommendations from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute workshop

scientific article (publication date: October 2011)

Comparison of the performance of two comorbidity measures, with and without information from prior hospitalizations.

scientific article published on July 2001

Complications of endoscopic variceal sclerotherapy

scientific article published on 01 July 1991

Cost effectiveness of aggressive care for patients with nontraumatic coma.

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Cost-utility of initial medical management for Crohn's disease perianal fistulae.

scientific article published in June 2001

Critical care neurology.

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Decision making in SUPPORT: introduction

scientific article published on 01 January 1990

Decision making in SUPPORT: physician perceptions and preferences

scientific article published on 01 January 1990

Do advance directives provide instructions that direct care? SUPPORT Investigators. Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatment

scientific article published on 01 April 1997

Do patient preferences influence decisions on treatment for patients with steroid-refractory ulcerative colitis?

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Effect of decisions to withhold life support on prolonged survival

scientific article published on 15 January 2008

Effects of volume and frequency of mechanical ventilation on respiratory activity in humans

scientific article published on 01 November 1986

Effects on breathing of putative neurotransmitters in the rostral hypothalamus of the rat.

scientific article published in January 1981

Equipoise, power, and the pulmonary artery catheter

scientific article published on 08 February 2002

Evaluation of right-heart catheterization in the critically ill patient without acute myocardial infarction

scientific article published on 01 February 1983

Factors associated with do-not-resuscitate orders: patients' preferences, prognoses, and physicians' judgments. SUPPORT Investigators. Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatment.

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Factors associated with two different protocols of do-not-resuscitate orders in a medical ICU*.

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Gas exchange during separate diaphragm and intercostal muscle breathing.

scientific article published in June 2004

Generalists and oncologists show similar care practices and outcomes for hospitalized late-stage cancer patients. SUPPORT Investigators. Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks for Treatment.

scientific article published on November 2000

Glucose variability and mortality in patients with sepsis.

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Hemodynamic assessment in managing the critically ill: is physician confidence warranted?

scientific article published on 01 July 1993

Hemodynamic status in critically ill patients with and without acute heart disease

scientific article published on 01 November 1990

Identification of comatose patients at high risk for death or severe disability. SUPPORT Investigators. Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatments

scientific article published on 01 June 1995

Incidence of thrombosis during central venous catheterization of newborns: a prospective study

scientific article published on January 1, 1992

Indwelling arterial catheters in the intensive care unit: necessary and beneficial, or a harmful crutch?

scientific article published on 01 July 2010

Is economic hardship on the families of the seriously ill associated with patient and surrogate care preferences? SUPPORT Investigators

scientific article published on 01 August 1996

Lack of comprehension of common prostate cancer terms in an underserved population

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Lens model analysis of hemodynamic status in the critically ill

scientific article published on 01 October 1989

Management of chronic alveolar hypoventilation with nasal positive pressure breathing

scientific article published on 01 November 1987

Outcomes and cost-effectiveness of ventilator support and aggressive care for patients with acute respiratory failure due to pneumonia or acute respiratory distress syndrome

scientific article published on 01 December 2000

Outcomes following acute exacerbation of severe chronic obstructive lung disease. The SUPPORT investigators (Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatments)

scientific article published on 01 October 1996

Outcomes research in critical care: results of the American Thoracic Society Critical Care Assembly Workshop on Outcomes Research. The Members of the Outcomes Research Workshop

scientific article published on 01 July 1999

Outcomes up to 5 years after severe, acute respiratory failure.

scientific article published in December 2004

Pain and satisfaction with pain control in seriously ill hospitalized adults: findings from the SUPPORT research investigations. For the SUPPORT investigators. Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatmentm

scientific article published on 01 December 1996

Pain in the oldest-old during hospitalization and up to one year later. HELP Investigators. Hospitalized Elderly Longitudinal Project

scientific article published on 01 October 1997

Patient age and decisions to withhold life-sustaining treatments from seriously ill, hospitalized adults. SUPPORT Investigators. Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatment

scientific article published on 01 January 1999

Patient empowerment and feedback did not decrease pain in seriously ill hospitalized adults.

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Patient preferences for communication with physicians about end-of-life decisions. SUPPORT Investigators. Study to Understand Prognoses and Preference for Outcomes and Risks of Treatment

scientific article published on 01 July 1997

Patient, physician, and consumer drivers: referrals for short stature and access to specialty drugs.

scientific article published in August 2009

Perceptions by family members of the dying experience of older and seriously ill patients. SUPPORT Investigators. Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatments

scientific article published on 01 January 1997

Physician-attributable differences in intensive care unit costs: a single-center study

scientific article published on 14 September 2006

Physicians' influence over decisions to forego life support

scientific article published on 01 December 2007

Predicting outcome in ischemic stroke: external validation of predictive risk models

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Preference for comfort care does not affect the pain experience of seriously ill patients. The SUPPORT Investigators. Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatment.

scientific article published in November 1998

Preferences for cardiopulmonary resuscitation: physician-patient agreement and hospital resource use. The SUPPORT Investigators

scientific article published on 01 April 1995

Prognosis-based futility guidelines: does anyone win? SUPPORT Investigators. Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatment.

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Pulmonary-artery versus central venous catheter to guide treatment of acute lung injury.

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Race and sex differences in long-term survival rates for elderly patients with pulmonary embolism

scientific article published on 01 October 1998

Racial disparities in renal transplant outcomes.

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Regional collaboration across hospital systems to develop and implement trauma protocols saves lives within 2 years

scientific article published on 01 October 2013

Relationship Between Cancer Patients' Predictions of Prognosis and Their Treatment Preferences ⬇️

scientific article published on June 3, 1998

Relationship between arterial blood gases and spirometry in acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

scientific article published on 01 May 1989

Risk of toxicity in patients with elevated theophylline levels

scientific article published on 01 June 1990

Seriously ill hospitalized adults: do we spend less on older patients? Support Investigators. Study to Understand Prognoses and Preference for Outcomes and Risks of Treatments

scientific article published on 01 September 1996

Sodium morrhuate delivery to the lung during endoscopic variceal sclerotherapy

scientific article published on 01 October 1986

Surrogate and physician understanding of patients' preferences for living permanently in a nursing home

scientific article published on 01 July 1997

The Connors et al PAC Study, with expert commentary by Dr Gordon Bernard.

scientific article published in June 2005

The Effect of Pulmonary Artery Catheter Use on Costs and Long-Term Outcomes of Acute Lung Injury ⬇️

scientific article published on July 21, 2011

The Outcome of Patients With 2 Different Protocols of Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders: An Observational Cohort Study.

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The accuracy of endometrial biopsy and saline sonohysterography in the determination of the cause of abnormal uterine bleeding.

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The adult respiratory distress syndrome

scientific article published on 01 January 1981

The effectiveness of early endoscopy for upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage: a community-based analysis

scientific article published on 01 April 1998

The illusion of end-of-life resource savings with advance directives. SUPPORT Investigators. Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatment.

scientific article published in April 1997

The influence of prognosis on care decisions in the critically ill

scientific article published on 01 January 1999

The lens model--a gem of a method of judgment analysis or just a diamond in the rough?

scientific article published on 01 October 1989

The relation of autopsy rate to physicians' beliefs and recommendations regarding autopsy

scientific article published in August 2004

The relationship of nausea and dyspnea to pain in seriously ill patients ⬇️

scientific article published on June 1, 1997

The role of right heart catheterization in the care of the critically ill: benefits, limitations, and risks

scientific article published on 01 November 1983

The symptom burden of seriously ill hospitalized patients. SUPPORT Investigators. Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcome and Risks of Treatment

scientific article published on 01 April 1999

Theophylline concentrations in patients with acute exacerbation of COPD.

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Thrombosis and infection complicating central venous catheterization in neonates

scientific article published on 01 September 1986

Two distinct Do-Not-Resuscitate protocols leaving less to the imagination: an observational study using propensity score matching.

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Veterans Affairs intensive care unit risk adjustment model: validation, updating, recalibration.

scientific article published in April 2008

Weaning from mechanical ventilation

scientific article published on 01 May 2007

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