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Frances S. Shofer is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States and has made contributions primarily in the field of medicine. Their research spans several key subfields including surgery, public health, environmental and occupational health, emergency medicine, pharmacology, and general health professions.

Their work covers multiple main topics, notably opioid use disorder treatment, spine and intervertebral disc pathology, musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, cardiac, anesthesia and surgical outcomes, heme oxygenase-1 and carbon monoxide, cardiac arrest and resuscitation, as well as ultrasound in clinical applications.

Selected recent publications by Frances S. Shofer include:

  • "Severe Impairment of Microcirculatory Perfused Vessel Density Is Associated With Postoperative Lactate and Acute Organ Injury After Cardiac Surgery," 2020, Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia
  • "The Impact of Medical Cannabis on Intermittent and Chronic Opioid Users with Back Pain: How Cannabis Diminished Prescription Opioid Usage," 2020, Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • "Low Microcirculatory Perfused Vessel Density and High Heterogeneity are Associated With Increased Intensity and Duration of Lactic Acidosis After Cardiac Surgery with Cardiopulmonary Bypass," 2020, Shock
  • "Improved Self-Reported Comfort, Stability, and Limb Temperature Regulation With an Immediate Fit, Adjustable Transtibial Prosthesis," 2020, Archives of Rehabilitation Research and Clinical Translation
  • "Factors Associated With COVID-19 Vaccine Receipt by Health Care Personnel at a Major Academic Hospital During the First Months of Vaccine Availability," 2021, JAMA Network Open

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Shofer include David H. Jang, John C. Greenwood, Benjamin S. Abella, Todd J. Kilbaugh, and Nova L. Panebianco.

The scientist's work has appeared repeatedly in several publication venues, with multiple papers published in The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Journal of Medical Toxicology, SSRN Electronic Journal, and American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation.

Best Publications

  • Impact of time to antibiotics on survival in patients with severe sepsis or septic shock in whom early goal-directed therapy was initiated in the emergency department*

    David F. Gaieski;Mark E. Mikkelsen;Roger A. Band;Jesse M. Pines

  • Canine intracranial primary neoplasia: 173 cases (1986-2003).

    Jessica M. Snyder;Frances S. Shofer;Thomas J. Van Winkle;Christiane Massicotte

  • Community Exposure to Perfluorooctanoate: Relationships Between Serum Concentrations and Exposure Sources

    Edward Anthony Emmett;Frances Susan Shofer;Hong Zhang;David Freeman

  • The effect of emergency department crowding on patient satisfaction for admitted patients.

    Jesse M. Pines;Sanjay Iyer;Maureen Disbot;Judd E. Hollander

  • Skin Tumors of the Dog and Cat

    M. H. Goldschmidt;F. S. Shofer

  • Gender disparity in analgesic treatment of emergency department patients with acute abdominal pain.

    Esther H. Chen;Frances S. Shofer;Anthony J. Dean;Judd E. Hollander

  • The association between emergency department crowding and adverse cardiovascular outcomes in patients with chest pain.

    Jesse M. Pines;Charles V. Pollack;Deborah B. Diercks;Anna Marie Chang

  • Application of the TIMI risk score for unstable angina and non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome to an unselected emergency department chest pain population.

    Charles V. Pollack;Frank D. Sites;Frances S. Shofer;Keara L. Sease

  • Clinical, clinicopathologic, radiographic, and ultrasonographic abnormalities in dogs with fatal acute pancreatitis: 70 cases (1986-1995).

    Hess Rs;Saunders Hm;Van Winkle Tj;Shofer Fs

  • Assessment of airway visualization: validation of the percentage of glottic opening (POGO) scale.

    Levitan Rm;Ochroch Ea;Kush S;Shofer Fs

  • Epidemiologic evaluation of postoperative wound infections in dogs and cats.

    Dorothy Cimino Brown;Michael G. Conzemius;Michael G. Conzemius;Frances Shofer;Heather Swann

  • Canine mammary gland tumours; a histological continuum from benign to malignant; clinical and histopathological evidence.

    K. U. Sorenmo;K. U. Sorenmo;V. M. Kristiansen;M. A. Cofone;M. A. Cofone;F. S. Shofer

  • Survey of the use and outcome of confrontational and non-confrontational training methods in client-owned dogs showing undesired behaviors

    Meghan E. Herron;Frances S. Shofer;Ilana R. Reisner

  • Screening of Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus intermedius, and Staphylococcus schleiferi isolates obtained from small companion animals for antimicrobial resistance: a retrospective review of 749 isolates (2003–04)

    Daniel O. Morris;Kathryn A. Rook;Frances S. Shofer;Shelley C. Rankin

  • Postvaccinal sarcomas in the cat: epidemiology and electron probe microanalytical identification of aluminum.

    Mattie J. Hendrick;Michael H. Goldschmidt;Frances S. Shofer;Yun-Yu Wang

  • Feline intracranial neoplasia: Retrospective review of 160 cases (1985-2001)

    Mark T Troxel;Charles H Vite;Thomas J Van Winkle;Alisa L Newton

  • Prospective Validation of the Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction Risk Score in the Emergency Department Chest Pain Population

    Maureen Chase;Jennifer L. Robey;Kara E. Zogby;Keara L. Sease

  • The Effects of Perioperative Hypothermia and the Duration of Anesthesia on Postoperative Wound Infection Rate in Clean Wounds: A Retrospective Study

    Matthew W. Beal;Dorothy Cimino Brown;Frances S. Shofer

  • Screening for skin carriage of methicillin‐resistant coagulase‐positive staphylococci and Staphylococcus schleiferi in dogs with healthy and inflamed skin

    Gregory C. Griffeth;Daniel O. Morris;Jill L. Abraham;Frances S. Shofer

  • Evaluation of risk factors for fatal acute pancreatitis in dogs.

    R S Hess;P H Kass;F S Shofer;T J Van Winkle

Frequent Co-Authors

Judd E. Hollander
Judd E. Hollander Thomas Jefferson University
Benjamin S. Abella
Benjamin S. Abella University of Pennsylvania
David A. Asch
David A. Asch University of Pennsylvania
Charles V. Pollack
Charles V. Pollack Thomas Jefferson University
Alan J. Wein
Alan J. Wein University of Miami
Charles C. Branas
Charles C. Branas Columbia University
John C. Hershey
John C. Hershey University of Pennsylvania
Graham Nichol
Graham Nichol University of Washington
Frances K. Barg
Frances K. Barg University of Pennsylvania
Motomi Enomoto-Iwamoto
Motomi Enomoto-Iwamoto University of Maryland, Baltimore

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