Lauren Dembeck, PhD

Contributing Writer https://www.pulmonologyadvisor.com

Lauren Dembeck is a freelance science and medical writer and a contributing author for the Haymarket Medical Network. She holds a BS in biology and a BA in foreign languages from West Virginia University and a PhD in genetics from North Carolina State University. Prior to freelance writing, Lauren was a postdoctoral researcher at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology in Japan, where she studied developmental neurobiology. You can find more of her writing at https://laurendembeck.com/.

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Lung Infection

Use of Empiric Therapeutic Anticoagulation in Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19

Lauren Dembeck, PhD

January 12, 2021

Researchers evaluated coagulation-linked complications in critically ill patients with COVID-19 and survival outcomes following therapeutic anticoagulation.

Lung Infection

Use of Convalescent Plasma Therapy in Severe COVID-19 in the Yale-New Haven Health System

Lauren Dembeck, PhD

January 6, 2021

A multicenter team reported on the administration of COVID-19 convalescent plasma to patients with severe COVID-19 in the Yale-New Haven Health System.

Whether cryosurgery or cryoablation will prove a viable alternative to lumpectomy — the standard of

Lung Infection

COVID-19-Free Surgical Pathways Benefit Patients Undergoing Elective Cancer Surgery

Lauren Dembeck, PhD

October 30, 2020

Elective cancer surgery within COVID-19–free surgical pathways results in lower pulmonary complication, SARS-CoV-2 infection, and mortality rates.

Lung Infection

Factor V Activity Associated With Clinical Outcomes in Severe COVID-19

Lauren Dembeck, PhD

September 14, 2020

Investigators assess underlying mechanisms and relevant biomarkers of morbidity and mortality due to coagulopathy in patients with severe COVID-19 infection.

Critical Care

Effect of Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis on Mortality in Mechanical Ventilation

Lauren Dembeck, PhD

March 2, 2020

In-hospital mortality rates among patients requiring mechanical ventilation were not significantly different when comparing 2 stress ulcer prophylaxis strategies: proton pump inhibitors vs histamine-2 receptor blockers.

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Lauren Dembeck, PhD

All articles by Lauren Dembeck, PhD

Use of Empiric Therapeutic Anticoagulation in Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19

Use of Convalescent Plasma Therapy in Severe COVID-19 in the Yale-New Haven Health System

COVID-19-Free Surgical Pathways Benefit Patients Undergoing Elective Cancer Surgery

Factor V Activity Associated With Clinical Outcomes in Severe COVID-19

Effect of Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis on Mortality in Mechanical Ventilation

Positive Airway Pressure Reduces Mortality After OHS-Related Acute Respiratory Failure