Damon C. Scales

17.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
252 papers, 9.2k citations indexed

About

Damon C. Scales is a scholar working on Emergency Medicine, Epidemiology and Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Damon C. Scales has authored 252 papers receiving a total of 9.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 136 papers in Emergency Medicine, 69 papers in Epidemiology and 55 papers in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. Recurrent topics in Damon C. Scales's work include Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (77 papers), Emergency and Acute Care Studies (58 papers) and Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (50 papers). Damon C. Scales is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (77 papers), Emergency and Acute Care Studies (58 papers) and Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (50 papers). Damon C. Scales collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Damon C. Scales's co-authors include Ruxandra Pinto, Neill K. J. Adhikari, Robert Fowler, Hannah Wunsch, Niall D. Ferguson, Gordon D. Rubenfeld, Jan O. Friedrich, Donald A. Redelmeier, Laurie J. Morrison and Dale M. Needham and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Damon C. Scales

237 papers receiving 9.0k 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.

Has Mortality from Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Decreased over Time?: A Systematic Review

2008 555 citations Jason Phua, Joan R. Badia et al. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine profile →
Mechanical Ventilation–induced Diaphragm Atrophy Strongly Impacts Clinical Outcomes

2017 450 citations Ewan C. Goligher, Martin Dres et al. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine profile →
Association of Noninvasive Oxygenation Strategies With All-Cause Mortality in Adults With Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure

2020 226 citations Bruno L. Ferreyro, Federico Angriman et al. profile →
Defibrillation Strategies for Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation

2022 86 citations Sheldon Cheskes, P. Richard Verbeek et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Damon C. Scales Canada	51	3.5k	2.4k	2.2k	2.0k	1.4k	252	9.2k
Karen E. A. Burns Canada	47	1.9k 0.5×	3.1k 1.3×	1.2k 0.6×	2.7k 1.3×	996 0.7×	237	8.4k
Bram Rochwerg Canada	50	1.6k 0.5×	3.1k 1.3×	2.3k 1.0×	2.5k 1.2×	1.3k 0.9×	296	9.6k
Hannah Wunsch United States	54	2.5k 0.7×	2.4k 1.0×	2.3k 1.0×	2.6k 1.3×	1.8k 1.3×	250	10.0k
Janice L. Zimmerman United States	29	4.0k 1.1×	2.3k 1.0×	4.4k 1.9×	2.4k 1.2×	1.9k 1.4×	71	10.8k
Murray M. Pollack United States	53	3.6k 1.0×	3.5k 1.5×	3.8k 1.7×	1.5k 0.8×	1.7k 1.2×	245	10.9k
Henry E. Wang United States	52	5.0k 1.4×	1.6k 0.7×	2.5k 1.1×	1.1k 0.6×	2.4k 1.7×	403	10.4k
Alexis F. Turgeon Canada	45	2.1k 0.6×	766 0.3×	1.5k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	2.0k 1.5×	254	7.2k
Paul C. Hébert Canada	63	3.4k 1.0×	2.3k 0.9×	3.8k 1.7×	5.1k 2.5×	3.1k 2.3×	191	16.8k
Jacques Lacroix Canada	51	2.1k 0.6×	2.4k 1.0×	3.1k 1.4×	2.8k 1.4×	1.2k 0.9×	217	9.7k
Sangeeta Mehta Canada	48	2.6k 0.8×	5.6k 2.3×	1.8k 0.8×	6.5k 3.2×	1.0k 0.8×	211	12.7k

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Barrett, Kali, Hannah Chung, Peter Dodek, et al.. (2024). High-cost users after sepsis: a population-based observational cohort study. Critical Care. 28(1). 338–338. 5 indexed citations

Angriman, Federico, André Carlos Kajdacsy-Balla Amaral, Eddy Fan, et al.. (2024). Timing of Extubation in Adult Patients with Acute Brain Injury. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 211(3). 339–346. 2 indexed citations

Cheskes, Sheldon, P. Richard Verbeek, Ian R. Drennan, et al.. (2022). Defibrillation Strategies for Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation. New England Journal of Medicine. 387(21). 1947–1956. 86 indexed citations breakdown →

Hall, A W, Danny J. Zuege, Dawn Opgenorth, et al.. (2021). Association Between Afterhours Discharge From the Intensive Care Unit and Hospital Mortality: A Multi-Center Retrospective Cohort Study. Journal of Intensive Care Medicine. 37(1). 134–143. 3 indexed citations

Ferreyro, Bruno L., Federico Angriman, Laveena Munshi, et al.. (2020). Noninvasive oxygenation strategies in adult patients with acute respiratory failure: a protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis. Systematic Reviews. 9(1). 95–95. 6 indexed citations

Li, Xuehan, Damon C. Scales, & Brian P. Kavanagh. (2018). Unproven and Expensive before Proven and Cheap: Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation versus Prone Position in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 197(8). 991–993. 30 indexed citations

Goligher, Ewan C., Martin Dres, Eddy Fan, et al.. (2017). Mechanical Ventilation–induced Diaphragm Atrophy Strongly Impacts Clinical Outcomes. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 197(2). 204–213. 450 indexed citations breakdown →

Rose, Louise, Damon C. Scales, Clare Atzema, et al.. (2016). Emergency Department Length of Stay for Critical Care Admissions. A Population-based Study. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 13(8). 1324–1332. 47 indexed citations

Scales, Damon C., Eyal Golan, Ruxandra Pinto, et al.. (2016). Improving Appropriate Neurologic Prognostication after Cardiac Arrest: A Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 194(9). 1083–1091. 19 indexed citations

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McCredie, Victoria, Aziz S. Alali, Damon C. Scales, et al.. (2016). Effect of Early Versus Late Tracheostomy or Prolonged Intubation in Critically Ill Patients with Acute Brain Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Neurocritical Care. 26(1). 14–25. 95 indexed citations

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Shuvy, Mony, Laurie J. Morrison, Damon C. Scales, et al.. (2015). Abstract 14128: Predictors of Long-Term Mortality for Survivors of Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Circulation. 132(suppl_3). 1 indexed citations

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Scales, Damon C., et al.. (2014). Registration and design alterations of clinical trials in critical care: a cross-sectional observational study. Intensive Care Medicine. 40(5). 700–722. 25 indexed citations

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Alali, Aziz S., Robert Fowler, Todd G. Mainprize, et al.. (2013). Intracranial Pressure Monitoring in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Results from the American College of Surgeons Trauma Quality Improvement Program. Journal of Neurotrauma. 30(20). 1737–1746. 152 indexed citations

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Dainty, Katie N., Damon C. Scales, Tasnim Sinuff, & Merrick Zwarenstein. (2013). Competition in collaborative clothing: a qualitative case study of influences on collaborative quality improvement in the ICU. BMJ Quality & Safety. 22(4). 317–323. 24 indexed citations

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Ferguson, Niall D., Damon C. Scales, Ruxandra Pinto, et al.. (2012). Integrating Mortality and Morbidity Outcomes. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 187(3). 256–261. 35 indexed citations

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Kahn, Jeremy M., Damon C. Scales, David H. Au, et al.. (2010). An Official American Thoracic Society Policy Statement: Pay-for-Performance in Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 181(7). 752–761. 33 indexed citations

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Phua, Jason, Joan R. Badia, Neill K. J. Adhikari, et al.. (2009). Are Outcomes Improving in Patients with ARDS?. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 180(11). 1159–1159. 1 indexed citations

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Phua, Jason, Joan R. Badia, Neill K. J. Adhikari, et al.. (2008). Has Mortality from Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Decreased over Time?: A Systematic Review. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 179(3). 220–227. 555 indexed citations breakdown →

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Fowler, Robert, Neill K. J. Adhikari, Damon C. Scales, Warren L. Lee, & Gordon D. Rubenfeld. (2008). Update in Critical Care 2007. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 177(8). 808–819. 3 indexed citations

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Scales, Damon C. & Neill K. J. Adhikari. (2005). Maintaining allocation concealment: following your SNOSE. Journal of Critical Care. 20(2). 191–193. 20 indexed citations

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