Christopher W. Seymour

57.7k total citations · 5 hit papers
60 papers, 24.0k citations indexed

About

Christopher W. Seymour is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Emergency Medicine and Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher W. Seymour has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 24.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Epidemiology, 19 papers in Emergency Medicine and 17 papers in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. Recurrent topics in Christopher W. Seymour's work include Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (29 papers), Emergency and Acute Care Studies (12 papers) and Respiratory Support and Mechanisms (11 papers). Christopher W. Seymour is often cited by papers focused on Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (29 papers), Emergency and Acute Care Studies (12 papers) and Respiratory Support and Mechanisms (11 papers). Christopher W. Seymour collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Christopher W. Seymour's co-authors include Gordon D. Rubenfeld, Derek C. Angus, Clifford S. Deutschman, Manu Shankar‐Hari, Mervyn Singer, Jean‐Louis Vincent, Mitchell M. Levy, Rinaldo Bellomo, Craig M. Coopersmith and Michael Bauer and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Christopher W. Seymour

59 papers receiving 23.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3)

2016 17.0k citations Christopher W. Seymour, Mitchell M. Levy et al. JAMA profile →
Assessment of Clinical Criteria for Sepsis

2016 2.4k citations Christopher W. Seymour, Theodore J. Iwashyna et al. JAMA profile →
Developing a New Definition and Assessing New Clinical Criteria for Septic Shock

2016 1.5k citations Gary Phillips, Christopher W. Seymour et al. JAMA profile →
Time to Treatment and Mortality during Mandated Emergency Care for Sepsis

2017 1.3k citations Christopher W. Seymour, Foster Gesten et al. profile →
Optimal Vasopressin Initiation in Septic Shock

2025 15 citations Jason Kennedy, Derek C. Angus et al. JAMA profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christopher W. Seymour United States	26	15.3k	5.3k	4.3k	3.3k	3.0k	60	24.0k
Jean‐Daniel Chiche France	47	13.6k 0.9×	5.4k 1.0×	4.6k 1.1×	3.7k 1.1×	4.4k 1.5×	150	25.3k
Manu Shankar‐Hari United Kingdom	34	15.2k 1.0×	5.5k 1.0×	4.7k 1.1×	3.9k 1.2×	2.6k 0.9×	137	25.8k
Clifford S. Deutschman United States	42	15.4k 1.0×	5.8k 1.1×	4.8k 1.1×	3.9k 1.2×	2.8k 0.9×	148	27.0k
Craig M. Coopersmith United States	56	14.2k 0.9×	5.7k 1.1×	4.3k 1.0×	5.7k 1.7×	2.3k 0.7×	234	27.7k
R. Phillip Dellinger United States	43	14.8k 1.0×	5.9k 1.1×	5.3k 1.2×	3.0k 0.9×	3.6k 1.2×	112	23.5k
Joseph A. Carcillo United States	63	9.5k 0.6×	3.7k 0.7×	3.0k 0.7×	3.1k 0.9×	2.9k 0.9×	291	20.8k
Joseph E. Parrillo United States	75	12.1k 0.8×	4.2k 0.8×	6.0k 1.4×	3.5k 1.0×	3.4k 1.1×	332	26.2k
R.A. Balk United States	44	10.5k 0.7×	4.7k 0.9×	3.3k 0.8×	3.3k 1.0×	2.0k 0.7×	242	19.5k
Konrad Reinhart Germany	69	10.2k 0.7×	5.4k 1.0×	4.7k 1.1×	2.4k 0.7×	2.1k 0.7×	283	20.5k
Didier Payen France	66	9.0k 0.6×	4.5k 0.8×	4.6k 1.1×	3.6k 1.1×	2.7k 0.9×	328	20.8k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Seymour, Christopher W.. (2025). A Revision to Organ Failure Assessment in Critically Ill Patients. JAMA. 334(23). 2075–2075.

Amstel, Rombout B. E. van, Emma Rademaker, Jason Kennedy, et al.. (2025). Clinical subtypes in critically ill patients with sepsis: validation and parsimonious classifier model development. Critical Care. 29(1). 58–58. 4 indexed citations

Nauka, Peter C., Jason Kennedy, Emily Brant, et al.. (2025). Challenges with reinforcement learning model transportability for sepsis treatment in emergency care. npj Digital Medicine. 8(1). 91–91. 1 indexed citations

Rio‐Pertuz, Gaspar Del, Priyanka Priyanka, A.J. Conrad Smith, et al.. (2024). Distribution of Acute and Chronic Kidney Disease Across Clinical Phenotypes for Sepsis. CHEST Journal. 166(3). 480–490. 7 indexed citations

Kennedy, Jason, et al.. (2024). Cardiac Function Before Sepsis and Clinical Outcomes. JAMA. 331(17). 1496–1496. 7 indexed citations

Dicpinigaitis, Alis J., Daniel E. Hall, Hasan Nassereldine, et al.. (2024). Adaptation of the Risk Analysis Index for Frailty Assessment Using Diagnostic Codes. JAMA Network Open. 7(5). e2413166–e2413166. 8 indexed citations

Komorowski, Matthieu, et al.. (2022). Sepsis biomarkers and diagnostic tools with a focus on machine learning. EBioMedicine. 86. 104394–104394. 85 indexed citations

Levy, Mitchell M., Foster Gesten, Gary Phillips, et al.. (2018). Mortality Changes Associated with Mandated Public Reporting for Sepsis: The Results of the New York State Initiative. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 198(11). 1406–1412. 87 indexed citations

Barbash, Ian J., Francis Pike, Scott R. Gunn, Christopher W. Seymour, & Jeremy M. Kahn. (2017). Effects of Physician-targeted Pay for Performance on Use of Spontaneous Breathing Trials in Mechanically Ventilated Patients. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 196(1). 56–63. 16 indexed citations

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Lewis, Anthony, Christopher W. Seymour, & Matthew R. Rosengart. (2016). Current Murine Models of Sepsis. Surgical Infections. 17(4). 385–393. 198 indexed citations

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Wallace, David J., Christopher W. Seymour, & Jeremy M. Kahn. (2016). Hospital-Level Changes in Adult ICU Bed Supply in the United States. Critical Care Medicine. 45(1). e67–e76. 42 indexed citations

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Dale, Christopher, Miriam M. Treggiari, J. Randall Curtis, et al.. (2012). Association between hospital volume and network membership and an analgesia, sedation and delirium order set quality score: a cohort study. Critical Care. 16(3). R106–R106. 5 indexed citations

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Seymour, Christopher W., Theodore J. Iwashyna, William J. Ehlenbach, Hannah Wunsch, & Colin R. Cooke. (2012). Hospital‐Level Variation in the Use of Intensive Care. Health Services Research. 47(5). 2060–2080. 84 indexed citations

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Seymour, Christopher W., Pratik P. Pandharipande, Leonard D. Hudson, et al.. (2012). Diurnal sedative changes during intensive care. Critical Care Medicine. 40(10). 2788–2796. 43 indexed citations

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Seymour, Christopher W., Colin R. Cooke, Paul L. Hebert, & Thomas D. Rea. (2011). Intravenous Access During Out-of-Hospital Emergency Care of Noninjured Patients: A Population-Based Outcome Study. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 59(4). 296–303. 20 indexed citations

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Seymour, Christopher W., David Carlbom, Colin R. Cooke, et al.. (2011). Temperature and time stability of whole blood lactate: implications for feasibility of pre-hospital measurement. BMC Research Notes. 4(1). 169–169. 20 indexed citations

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Seymour, Christopher W., Colin R. Cooke, Mark E. Mikkelsen, et al.. (2010). Out-of-Hospital Fluid in Severe Sepsis: Effect on Early Resuscitation in the Emergency Department. Prehospital Emergency Care. 14(2). 145–152. 52 indexed citations

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Seymour, Christopher W., Jeremy M. Kahn, C. William Schwab, & Barry D. Fuchs. (2008). Adverse events during rotary-wing transport of mechanically ventilated patients: a retrospective cohort study. Critical Care. 12(3). R71–R71. 46 indexed citations

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Seymour, Christopher W., et al.. (2007). Airway Pressure Release and Biphasic Intermittent Positive Airway Pressure Ventilation: Are They Ready for Prime Time?. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 62(5). 1298–1309. 24 indexed citations

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Seymour, Christopher W., John P. Pryor, Rajan Gupta, & C. William Schwab. (2004). Anaphylactoid Reaction to Oral Contrast for Computed Tomography. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 57(5). 1105–1107. 16 indexed citations

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