Charles L. Sprung

78.0k total citations · 13 hit papers
263 papers, 24.6k citations indexed

About

Charles L. Sprung is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Charles L. Sprung has authored 263 papers receiving a total of 24.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 95 papers in Epidemiology, 85 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 48 papers in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. Recurrent topics in Charles L. Sprung's work include Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (83 papers), Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (72 papers) and Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy (34 papers). Charles L. Sprung is often cited by papers focused on Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (83 papers), Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (72 papers) and Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy (34 papers). Charles L. Sprung collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and United Kingdom. Charles L. Sprung's co-authors include Rui P. Moreno, Jean‐Louis Vincent, Yasser Sakr, William J. Sibbald, Didier Payen, Gordon R. Bernard, Arnaldo de Mendonça, F. Cantraine, John C. Marshall and Nicolas V. Christou and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Charles L. Sprung

256 papers receiving 23.5k citations

Hit Papers

Use of the SOFA score to assess the incidence of organ dy... 1984 2026 1998 2012 1998 2006 1995 2008 1991 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Use of the SOFA score to assess the incidence of organ dysfunction/failure in intensive care units
    1998 2.5k citations Jean‐Louis Vincent, Rui P. Moreno et al. Critical Care Medicine profile →
  2. Sepsis in European intensive care units: Results of the SOAP study*
    2006 2.0k citations Jean‐Louis Vincent, Yasser Sakr et al. Critical Care Medicine profile →
  3. Multiple Organ Dysfunction Score
    1995 1.9k citations John C. Marshall, Nicolas V. Christou et al. Critical Care Medicine profile →
  4. Hydrocortisone Therapy for Patients with Septic Shock
    2008 1.3k citations Charles L. Sprung, Djillali Annane et al. profile →
  5. Treatment of Gram-Negative Bacteremia and Septic Shock with HA-1A Human Monoclonal Antibody against Endotoxin
    1991 1.1k citations Charles L. Sprung et al. profile →
  6. The use of maximum SOFA score to quantify organ dysfunction/failure in intensive care. Results of a prospective, multicentre study
    1999 719 citations Rui P. Moreno, Jean‐Louis Vincent et al. profile →
  7. End-of-Life Practices in European Intensive Care Units
    2003 694 citations Charles L. Sprung, Simon Cohen et al. profile →
  8. Clinical Antecedents to In-Hospital Cardiopulmonary Arrest
    1990 636 citations Roland M.H. Schein, Maria Pena et al. profile →
  9. High-Dose Corticosteroids in Patients with the Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome
    1987 633 citations Gordon R. Bernard, Charles L. Sprung et al. profile →
  10. A look into the nature and causes of human errors in the intensive care unit
    1995 581 citations Charles L. Sprung et al. Critical Care Medicine profile →
  11. Recommendations for the diagnosis and management of corticosteroid insufficiency in critically ill adult patients: Consensus statements from an international task force by the American College of Critical Care Medicine
    2008 579 citations Paul E. Marik, Stephen M. Pastores et al. Critical Care Medicine profile →
  12. The Effects of High-Dose Corticosteroids in Patients with Septic Shock
    1984 527 citations Charles L. Sprung, Eileen H. Marcial et al. profile →
  13. ICU Admission, Discharge, and Triage Guidelines: A Framework to Enhance Clinical Operations, Development of Institutional Policies, and Further Research
    2016 396 citations Charles L. Sprung et al. Critical Care Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Charles L. Sprung Israel 65 10.8k 5.5k 4.7k 4.6k 4.5k 263 24.6k
Rui P. Moreno Portugal 55 13.7k 1.3× 6.9k 1.2× 4.9k 1.0× 6.5k 1.4× 4.8k 1.1× 143 26.5k
Douglas P. Wagner United States 53 14.5k 1.3× 7.4k 1.3× 6.9k 1.5× 7.3k 1.6× 6.3k 1.4× 115 33.4k
William A. Knaus United States 53 14.2k 1.3× 7.7k 1.4× 7.3k 1.5× 7.6k 1.7× 6.4k 1.4× 131 34.4k
Jean Carlet France 60 10.6k 1.0× 7.1k 1.3× 3.6k 0.8× 3.4k 0.7× 7.8k 1.7× 210 23.4k
Jack E. Zimmerman United States 43 14.2k 1.3× 7.7k 1.4× 7.2k 1.5× 7.5k 1.6× 6.4k 1.4× 95 31.9k
Elizabeth A. Draper United States 29 12.5k 1.2× 7.0k 1.3× 6.2k 1.3× 6.6k 1.4× 5.6k 1.3× 43 28.0k
William J. Sibbald Canada 57 10.1k 0.9× 6.1k 1.1× 3.7k 0.8× 5.6k 1.2× 5.8k 1.3× 242 23.6k
Mitchell M. Levy United States 65 27.7k 2.6× 11.6k 2.1× 6.1k 1.3× 8.6k 1.9× 6.3k 1.4× 205 46.8k
Peter Pompei United States 12 8.1k 0.8× 3.4k 0.6× 3.4k 0.7× 9.8k 2.2× 7.0k 1.6× 20 41.3k
Joseph A. Carcillo United States 63 9.5k 0.9× 3.7k 0.7× 2.9k 0.6× 3.0k 0.6× 3.6k 0.8× 291 20.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Joynt, Gavin M., et al.. (2024). End-of-life practices in Hong Kong intensive care units: results from the Ethicus-2 study. Hong Kong Medical Journal. 30(4). 300–309.
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Estella, Ángel, Carolina Lagares, Belén Estebánez, et al.. (2024). Limitación de tratamientos de soporte vital en Unidades de Cuidados Intensivos españolas: análisis del estudio ETHICUS II. Medicina Intensiva. 48(5). 247–253.
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Sprung, Charles L., Gavin M. Joynt, Andrej Michalsen, et al.. (2021). The Influence of Geography, Religion, Religiosity and Institutional Factors on Worldwide End-of-Life Care for the Critically Ill: The WELPICUS Study. Journal of Palliative Care. 39(4). 316–324. 10 indexed citations
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Sprung, Charles L., Antonio Artigas, Jozef Kesecioğlu, et al.. (2011). The Eldicus prospective, observational study of triage decision making in European intensive care units. Part II. Critical Care Medicine. 40(1). 132–138. 136 indexed citations
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Dreiher, Jacob, Yaniv Almog, Charles L. Sprung, et al.. (2011). Temporal trends in patient characteristics and survival of intensive care admissions with sepsis. Critical Care Medicine. 40(3). 855–860. 33 indexed citations
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Burns, Karen E. A., Simon Finfer, Niranjan Kissoon, et al.. (2010). Clinical research ethics for critically ill patients: A pandemic proposal. Critical Care Medicine. 38(4 Suppl). e138–e142. 28 indexed citations
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Fowler, Robert, Steven Webb, Kathy Rowan, et al.. (2010). Early observational research and registries during the 2009–2010 influenza A pandemic. Critical Care Medicine. 38(4 Suppl). e120–e132. 30 indexed citations
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Vincent, Jean‐Louis, et al.. (2008). Are Blood Transfusions Associated with Greater Mortality Rates?. Anesthesiology. 108(1). 31–39. 134 indexed citations
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Marik, Paul E., Stephen M. Pastores, Djillali Annane, et al.. (2008). Recommendations for the diagnosis and management of corticosteroid insufficiency in critically ill adult patients: Consensus statements from an international task force by the American College of Critical Care Medicine. Critical Care Medicine. 36(6). 1937–1949. 579 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sprung, Charles L., Didier Ledoux, Hans‐Henrik Bülow, et al.. (2008). Relieving suffering or intentionally hastening death: Where do you draw the line?*. Critical Care Medicine. 36(1). 8–13. 50 indexed citations
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Angus, Derek C., Djillali Annane, Charles L. Sprung, et al.. (2008). New recommendations for the use of corticosteroids in sepsis: Not so fast!. Critical Care Medicine. 36(8). 2490–2490.
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Mnatzaganian, George, Charles L. Sprung, Yana Zitser‐Gurevich, et al.. (2008). Effect of infections on 30-day mortality among critically ill patients hospitalized in and out of the intensive care unit. Critical Care Medicine. 36(4). 1097–1104. 12 indexed citations
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Collins, Níamh, Dermot Phelan, Brian Marsh, & Charles L. Sprung. (2006). End-of-life care in the intensive care unit: the Irish Ethicus data. Critical Care and Resuscitation. 8(4). 315–320. 14 indexed citations
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Ganz, Freda DeKeyser, et al.. (2006). The impact of regional culture on intensive care end of life decision making: an Israeli perspective from the ETHICUS study. Journal of Medical Ethics. 32(4). 196–199. 43 indexed citations
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Vincent, Jean‐Louis, Yasser Sakr, Charles L. Sprung, et al.. (2006). Sepsis in European intensive care units: Results of the SOAP study*. Critical Care Medicine. 34(2). 344–353. 2020 indexed citations breakdown →
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Matot, Idit, Reuven Pizov, & Charles L. Sprung. (1998). Evaluation of Institutional Review Board review and informed consent in publications of human research in critical care medicine. Critical Care Medicine. 26(9). 1596–1602. 40 indexed citations
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Marshall, John C., et al.. (1995). Multiple Organ Dysfunction Score. Critical Care Medicine. 23(10). 1638–1652. 1909 indexed citations breakdown →
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Reinhart, Konrad, Klaus Eyrich, & Charles L. Sprung. (1994). Sepsis : current perspectives in pathophysiology and therapy. Springer eBooks. 45 indexed citations
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Sprung, Charles L., Frank B. Cerra, Herbert R. Freund, et al.. (1991). Amino acid alterations and encephalopathy in the sepsis syndrome. Critical Care Medicine. 19(6). 753–757. 69 indexed citations
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Sprung, Charles L. & Åke Grenvik. (1985). Invasive procedures in critical care. Churchill Livingstone eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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