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Overview

Alfred F. Connors is affiliated with Case Western Reserve University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with specific concentration in surgery, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, geriatrics and gerontology, and emergency medicine.

The main topics addressed in Connors's work include hip and femur fractures, cardiac, anesthesia and surgical outcomes, frailty in older adults, and appendicitis diagnosis and management.

Connors has contributed to several recent papers published across diverse venues. Notable works include:

  • Heath status, frailty, and multimorbidity in patients with emergency general surgery conditions (2022, Surgery)
  • Mortality burden from variation in provision of surgical care in emergency general surgery: a cohort study using the National Inpatient Sample (2024, Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open)
  • Lack of Comprehension of Common Prostate Cancer Terms in an Underserved Population (2020, UNC Libraries)
  • Linked PDF of Table of Contents (2023, Synthesis)

Connors collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including Vanessa P. Ho, Wyatt P. Bensken, Christopher W. Towe, Heena P. Santry, and David F. Warner. Of these, Vanessa P. Ho, Wyatt P. Bensken, and Christopher W. Towe have co-authored multiple publications with Connors.

Their work appears in a range of publication venues, highlighting an interdisciplinary approach within the medical field:

  • Surgery
  • Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open
  • UNC Libraries
  • Synthesis

Best Publications

  • Comparison of two fluid-management strategies in acute lung injury.

    Herbert P Wiedemann;Arthur P Wheeler

  • A controlled trial to improve care for seriously ill hospitalized patients: The study to understand prognoses and preferences for outcomes and risks of treatments (SUPPORT)

    Alfred F Connors;Neal V Dawson;N. A. Desbiens;W. J. Fulkerson

  • The Effectiveness of Right Heart Catheterization in the Initial Care of Critically Ill Patients

    Alfred F. Connors;Theodore Speroff;Neal V. Dawson;Charles Thomas

  • Intensity of renal support in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury

    Paul M. Palevsky;Jane Hongyuan Zhang;Theresa Z. O'Connor;Glenn M. Chertow

  • 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)

    Alfred F. Connors;Neal V. Dawson;Charles Thomas;Frank E. Harrell

  • The effectiveness of right heart catheterization in the initial care of critically ill patients. SUPPORT Investigators.

    Connors Af;Speroff T;Dawson Nv;Thomas C

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

    Jane Weeks;E. Francis Cook;Steven J. O'Day;Lynn M. Peterson

  • Perceptions by Family Members of the Dying Experience of Older and Seriously Ill Patients

    Joanne Lynn;Joan M. Teno;Russell S. Phillips;Albert W. Wu

  • Acquired Weakness, Handgrip Strength, and Mortality in Critically Ill Patients

    Naeem A. Ali;James M. O'Brien;Stephen P. Hoffmann;Gary Phillips

  • The Impact of Serious Illness on Patients' Families

    Kenneth E. Covinsky;Kenneth E. Covinsky;Lee Goldman;E. Francis Cook;Robert Oye

  • The SUPPORT Prognostic Model: Objective Estimates of Survival for Seriously Ill Hospitalized Adults

    William A. Knaus;Frank E. Harrell;Joanne Lynn;Lee Goldman

  • Advance Directives for Seriously Ill Hospitalized Patients: Effectiveness with the Patient Self‐Determination Act and the SUPPORT Intervention

    Joan Teno;Joanne Lynn;Neil Wenger;Russell S. Phillips

  • Patient Preferences for Communication with Physicians about End-of-Life Decisions

    Joe Hofmann;Neil S. Wenger;Roger B. Davis;Joan M. Teno

  • Glucose variability and mortality in patients with sepsis.

    Naeem A. Ali;James M. O'Brien;Kathleen Dungan;Gary Phillips

  • Pain and satisfaction with pain control in seriously ill hospitalized adults: Findings from the SUPPORT research investigations

    Norman A. Desbiens;Albert W. Wu;Steven K. Broste;Neil S. Wenger

  • Do Advance Directives Provide Instructions That Direct Care

    Joan M Teno;Sandra Licks;Joanne Lynn;Neil Wenger

  • The impact of serious illness on patients' families. SUPPORT Investigators. Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatment.

    Covinsky Ke;Goldman L;Cook Ef;Oye R

  • Patient Age and Decisions To Withhold Life-Sustaining Treatments from Seriously Ill, Hospitalized Adults

    Mary Beth Hamel;Joan M. Teno;Lee Goldman;Joanne Lynn

  • Factors Associated with Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders: Patients' Preferences, Prognoses, and Physicians' Judgments

    Rosemarie B. Hakim;Joan M. Teno;Frank E. Harrell;William A. Knaus

  • The effectiveness of right heart catheterization in the initial care of critically ill patients

    A. F. Connors;T. Speroff;N. V. Dawson

Frequent Co-Authors

Russell S. Phillips
Russell S. Phillips Harvard University
Joanne Lynn
Joanne Lynn Altarum Institute
Neil S. Wenger
Neil S. Wenger University of California, Los Angeles
Joan M. Teno
Joan M. Teno Brown University
Frank E. Harrell
Frank E. Harrell Vanderbilt University
Robert M. Califf
Robert M. Califf Duke University
Albert W. Wu
Albert W. Wu Johns Hopkins University
Roger B. Davis
Roger B. Davis Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
William A. Knaus
William A. Knaus University of Virginia
Paul E. Bellamy
Paul E. Bellamy University of California, Los Angeles

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