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Alexander K. Smith

Researcher at University of California, San Francisco

Publications -  173
Citations -  9076

Alexander K. Smith is an academic researcher from University of California, San Francisco. The author has contributed to research in topics: Palliative care & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 38, co-authored 147 publications receiving 7362 citations. Previous affiliations of Alexander K. Smith include CERN & Harvard University.

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The LHCb detector at the LHC

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TL;DR: The LHCb experiment is dedicated to precision measurements of CP violation and rare decays of B hadrons at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN (Geneva).
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Prognostic Indices for Older Adults: A Systematic Review

TL;DR: Several indices for predicting overall mortality in different patient groups are identified; future studies need to independently test their accuracy in heterogeneous populations and their ability to improve clinical outcomes before their widespread use can be recommended.
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Bartenders' Respiratory Health After Establishment of Smoke-Free Bars and Taverns

TL;DR: Establishment of smoke-free bars and taverns was associated with a rapid improvement of respiratory health and complete cessation of workplace ETS exposure (compared with continued exposure) wasassociated with improved mean FVC.
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Advance Care Planning and the Quality of End-of-Life Care in Older Adults

TL;DR: To determine whether advance care planning influences quality of end‐of‐life care, a large number of patients are provided with advance care information before, during and after they receive treatment.
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Am I doing the right thing? Provider perspectives on improving palliative care in the emergency department.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored the attitudes, experiences, and beliefs of emergency providers about palliative care in the ED, using structured qualitative methods, and found that participants agreed with the feasibility and desirability of Palliative Care.