Publications by authors named "Catherine L Kuntz"

Background: Patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) are susceptible to stress ulcers. We hypothesize that despite recommendations, stress ulcer prophylaxis (SUP) is still overused in the ICU and often continued after resolution of risk factors for bleeding.

Methods: We retrospectively studied all ICU admissions for 4 months.

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Background: Primary graft dysfunction (PGD) is a leading cause of early morbidity and mortality in lung transplantation. We sought to identify risk factors for PGD using the United Network for Organ Sharing/International Society for Heart and Lung Transplant (UNOS/ISHLT) Registry.

Methods: A total of 6984 lung transplants between 1994 and 2002 were available for analysis.

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