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Paul Firth

Associate Professor, Harvard University
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An introduction to InP-based generic integration technology

…, D Heiss, G Roelkens, M Wale, P Firth… - Semiconductor …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Photonic integrated circuits (PICs) are considered as the way to make photonic systems or
subsystems cheap and ubiquitous. PICs still are several orders of magnitude more expensive …

The anesthetic considerations of tracheobronchial foreign bodies in children: a literature review of 12,979 cases

CW Fidkowski, H Zheng, PG Firth - Anesthesia & Analgesia, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Asphyxiation by an inhaled foreign body is a leading cause of accidental death among children
younger than 4 years. We analyzed the recent epidemiology of foreign body aspiration …

Mortality on Mount Everest, 1921-2006: descriptive study

PG Firth, H Zheng, JS Windsor, AI Sutherland… - Bmj, 2008 - bmj.com
Objective To examine patterns of mortality among climbers on Mount Everest over an 86
year period. Design Descriptive study. Setting Climbing expeditions to Mount Everest, 1921-…

Sickle cell disease and anesthesia

PG Firth, CA Head, DC Warltier - … Journal of the American Society of …, 2004 - pubs.asahq.org
IN October 1902, a “peculiar anomaly in human red blood corpuscles... came to notice in the
histologic laboratory of the Ohio State University,” Columbus, Ohio.“Examination disclosed …

Functional MRI detection of pharmacologically induced memory impairment

…, HD Rosas, A Cocchiarella, P Firth… - Proceedings of the …, 2002 - National Acad Sciences
To examine alterations in brain activation associated with pharmacologically induced
memory impairment, we used functional MRI (fMRI) to study the effects of lorazepam and …

An electronic checklist improves transfer and retention of critical information at intraoperative handoff of care

AV Agarwala, PG Firth, MA Albrecht… - Anesthesia & …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Communication failures are a significant cause of preventable medical
errors, and poor-quality handoffs are associated with adverse events. We developed and …

[HTML][HTML] End-to-end continuous manufacturing of conventional compressed tablets: From flow synthesis to tableting through integrated crystallization and filtration

…, K Tacsi, H Pataki, YC Liu, A Balogh, P Firth… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
An end-to-end continuous pharmaceutical manufacturing process was developed for the
production of conventional direct compressed tablets on a proof-of-concept level for the first time…

A prospective study of age-dependent changes in propofol-induced electroencephalogram oscillations in children

…, KJ Pavone, H Deng, TT Houle, PG Firth… - …, 2017 - pubs.asahq.org
Background In adults, frontal electroencephalogram patterns observed during propofol-induced
unconsciousness consist of slow oscillations (0.1 to 1 Hz) and coherent alpha …

[PDF][PDF] Intensive care in low-income countries–a critical need

P Firth, S Ttendo - N Engl J Med, 2012 - med.unipmn.it
Mbarara is a small town in the rural southwest of Uganda, one of the poorest countries in the
world. The per capita income in this equatorial East African nation is less than $4 a day, and …

[PDF][PDF] Allocating medical resources in the time of Covid-19

…, J Goodwin, K Liddell, S Martin, S Palmer, P Firth… - N Engl J …, 2020 - researchgate.net
To the Editor: The Covid-19 pandemic has caused severe shortages and threatens to overwhelm
health care infrastructure; thus, guidance on allocation like that offered by Emanuel et al…