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Frederick A. Ofosu

Frederick A. Ofosu

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
49
Citations
8104
World Ranking
18066
National Ranking
630

Overview

Frederick A. Ofosu is affiliated with McMaster University in Canada. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of Medicine, Nursing, and Social Sciences. Within these areas, their work covers subfields including Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Safety Research.

Ofosu's research contributions include recent investigations into global maternal and child health, child nutrition and water access, as well as poverty, education, and child welfare. These topics reflect a multidisciplinary approach to health and welfare issues affecting vulnerable populations.

They have coauthored publications with several researchers, including Hirotsugu Aiga, Yoshito Kawakatsu, Nobuhiro Kadoi, Emmanuel Obeng, and Frank Tabi Addai. Collaboration with these coauthors indicates engagement with various experts focusing on similar themes in health and social sciences.

Ofosu has published in the journal PLoS ONE, which is their noted frequent publication venue. A highlighted paper from 2024 is titled "Effectiveness of a community-based intervention package in maternal health service utilization: A cross-sectional quasi-experimental study in rural Ghana", published in PLoS ONE. This work addresses community health interventions and utilization of maternal health services, contributing to evidence on healthcare delivery in rural contexts.

The research topics explored in their work include:

  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare

Their main fields of study can be summarized as:

  • Medicine
  • Nursing
  • Social Sciences

Subfields engaged by Ofosu encompass:

  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Nutrition and Dietetics
  • Safety Research

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Hirotsugu Aiga
  • Yoshito Kawakatsu
  • Nobuhiro Kadoi
  • Emmanuel Obeng
  • Frank Tabi Addai

Publication venues where Ofosu has contributed include:

  • PLoS ONE

Best Publications

  • Maturation of the hemostatic system during childhood.

    Maureen Andrew;Patsy Vegh;Marilyn Johnston;Janet Bowker

  • Thrombin generation in newborn plasma is critically dependent on the concentration of prothrombin

    Maureen Andrew;Barbara Schmidt;Lesley Mitchell;Bosco Paes

  • Delivery of human factor IX in mice by encapsulated recombinant myoblasts: a novel approach towards allogeneic gene therapy of hemophilia B.

    Gonzalo Hortelano;Ayman Al-Hendy;Frederick A. Ofosu;Patricia L. Chang

  • Thrombin generation during cardiac surgery: is heparin the ideal anticoagulant?

    S J Brister;F A Ofosu;F A Ofosu;M R Buchanan

  • Hemorrhagic doses of heparin and other glycosaminoglycans induce a platelet defect

    F. Fernandez;P. N'guyen;J. Van Ryn;F.A. Ofosu

  • Thrombin structure and function: why thrombin is the primary target for antithrombotics.

    J. W. Fenton;F. A. Ofosu;D. G. Moon;J. M. Maraganore

  • Expression of Human Factor IX by Microencapsulated Recombinant Fibroblasts

    Hong-Wen Liu;Fred A. Ofosu;Patricia L. Chang

  • Differences in the clinically effective molar concentrations of four direct thrombin inhibitors explain their variable prothrombin time prolongation.

    Theodore E Warkentin;Andreas Greinacher;Sharon Craven;Lori Dewar

  • The relative importance of thrombin inhibition and factor Xa inhibition to the antithrombotic effects of heparin

    Buchanan;B Boneu;F Ofosu;J Hirsh

  • The inhibition of thrombin-dependent positive-feedback reactions is critical to the expression of the anticoagulant effect of heparin

    F A Ofosu;P Sie;G J Modi;F Fernandez

  • Thrombin regulation in children differs from adults in the absence and presence of heparin.

    Maureen Andrew;Lesley Mitchell;Patsy Vegh;Frederick Ofosu

  • Effects of unfractionated heparin, dermatan sulfate and low molecular weight heparin on vessel wall permeability in rabbits.

    M. A. Blajchman;E. Young;F. A. Ofosu;F. A. Ofosu

  • Heparan sulfate and dermatan sulfate inhibit the generation of thrombin activity in plasma by complementary pathways.

    Frederick A. Ofosu;Gaman J. Modi;Lindsay M. Smith;Andrew L. Cerskus

  • Neutralization of enoxaparine-induced bleeding by protamine sulfate.

    J Van Ryn-McKenna;L Cai;F A Ofosu;J Hirsh

  • The haemorrhagic and antithrombotic effects of dermatan sulphate.

    F. Fernandez;J. Van Ryn;F. A. Ofosu;J. Hirsh

  • Unfractionated heparin inhibits thrombin-catalysed amplification reactions of coagulation more efficiently than those catalysed by factor Xa.

    F A Ofosu;F A Ofosu;J Hirsh;C T Esmon;G J Modi

  • Plasma factor VII and thrombin-antithrombin III levels indicate increased tissue factor activity in sickle cell patients.

    Joseph Kurantsin-Mills;Frederick A. Ofosu;Toufic K. Safa;Robert S. Siegel

  • Preliminary study to identify cancer patients at high risk of venous thrombosis following major surgery.

    A. Falanga;F. A. Ofosu;S. Cortelazzo;F. Delaini

  • THROMBIN AND ANTITHROMBOTICS

    John W. Fenton;Frederick A. Ofosu;Diane V. Brezniak;Houria I. Hassouna

  • Antithrombin-III-Hamilton: A Gene With a Point Mutation (Guanine to Adenine) in Codon 382 Causing Impaired Serine Protease Reactivity

    Rozemin Devraj-Kizuk;David H.K. Chui;Edward V. Prochownik;Cedric J. Carter

Frequent Co-Authors

Morris A. Blajchman
Morris A. Blajchman McMaster University
Jack Hirsh
Jack Hirsh McMaster University
Maureen Andrew
Maureen Andrew University of Toronto
John Freedman
John Freedman University of Toronto
Jawed Fareed
Jawed Fareed Loyola University Chicago
Jeffrey S. Ginsberg
Jeffrey S. Ginsberg McMaster University
Bruce N. Cronstein
Bruce N. Cronstein New York University
Anna Falanga
Anna Falanga University of Milano-Bicocca
Jane E. Freedman
Jane E. Freedman Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Andreas Greinacher
Andreas Greinacher Greifswald University Hospital

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