Daniel De Backer

53.5k total citations · 14 hit papers
373 papers, 22.4k citations indexed

About

Daniel De Backer is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Surgery and Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel De Backer has authored 373 papers receiving a total of 22.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 189 papers in Epidemiology, 172 papers in Surgery and 118 papers in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. Recurrent topics in Daniel De Backer's work include Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (178 papers), Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy (149 papers) and Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (67 papers). Daniel De Backer is often cited by papers focused on Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (178 papers), Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy (149 papers) and Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (67 papers). Daniel De Backer collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United States and France. Daniel De Backer's co-authors include Jean‐Louis Vincent, Jacques Créteur, Marc‐Jacques Dubois, Yasser Sakr, Gustavo A. Ospina‐Tascón, Fabio Silvio Taccone, Katia Donadello, Jean‐Charles Preiser, Marc Koch and Can İnce and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Daniel De Backer

354 papers receiving 21.8k 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.

  1. Comparison of Dopamine and Norepinephrine in the Treatment of Shock
    2010 1.1k citations Daniel De Backer, Jean‐Louis Vincent et al. profile →
  2. Consensus on circulatory shock and hemodynamic monitoring. Task force of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine
    2014 1.0k citations Maurizio Cecconi, Daniel De Backer et al. Intensive Care Medicine profile →
  3. Microvascular Blood Flow Is Altered in Patients with Sepsis
    2002 990 citations Daniel De Backer, Jacques Créteur et al. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine profile →
  4. Persistent microcirculatory alterations are associated with organ failure and death in patients with septic shock*
    2004 849 citations Yasser Sakr, Daniel De Backer et al. Critical Care Medicine profile →
  5. Circulatory Shock
    2013 826 citations Jean‐Louis Vincent, Daniel De Backer profile →
  6. How to evaluate the microcirculation: report of a round table conference
    2007 644 citations Daniel De Backer, Gustavo A. Ospina‐Tascón et al. Critical Care profile →
  7. A Unified Theory of Sepsis-Induced Acute Kidney Injury
    2013 567 citations Daniel De Backer, Didier Payen et al. Shock profile →
  8. Pulse pressure variations to predict fluid responsiveness: influence of tidal volume
    2005 457 citations Daniel De Backer, Jean‐Louis Vincent et al. Intensive Care Medicine profile →
  9. The Endothelium in Sepsis
    2016 450 citations Gustavo A. Ospina‐Tascón, Glenn Hernández et al. Shock profile →
  10. Microcirculatory Alterations in Patients With Severe Sepsis
    2013 406 citations Daniel De Backer, Katia Donadello et al. Critical Care Medicine profile →
  11. Fluid challenges in intensive care: the FENICE study
    2015 343 citations Maurizio Cecconi, Jean–Louis Teboul et al. Intensive Care Medicine profile →
  12. Pilot trial of high-dose vitamin C in critically ill COVID-19 patients
    2021 189 citations Daniel De Backer, Zhiyong Peng et al. Annals of Intensive Care profile →
  13. How can assessing hemodynamics help to assess volume status?
    2022 90 citations Daniel De Backer, Maurizio Cecconi et al. Intensive Care Medicine profile →
  14. Surviving Sepsis Campaign Research Priorities 2023
    2024 51 citations Daniel De Backer, Sheila Nainan Myatra et al. Critical Care Medicine profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Daniel De Backer 10.6k 10.2k 6.4k 4.5k 4.1k 373 22.4k
Paul E. Marik 7.1k 0.7× 10.0k 1.0× 7.7k 1.2× 5.1k 1.1× 2.9k 0.7× 386 29.3k
Jukka Takala 9.5k 0.9× 6.9k 0.7× 6.1k 1.0× 4.0k 0.9× 4.0k 1.0× 377 23.2k
Joseph E. Parrillo 12.1k 1.1× 6.0k 0.6× 4.2k 0.7× 5.5k 1.2× 3.4k 0.8× 332 26.2k
Andrew Rhodes 7.2k 0.7× 7.9k 0.8× 4.1k 0.6× 6.4k 1.4× 2.4k 0.6× 265 21.8k
Michael R. Pinsky 9.6k 0.9× 10.8k 1.1× 6.2k 1.0× 7.7k 1.7× 4.0k 1.0× 470 27.3k
Jean‐Daniel Chiche 13.6k 1.3× 4.6k 0.4× 5.4k 0.8× 2.5k 0.5× 4.4k 1.1× 150 25.3k
Didier Payen 9.0k 0.9× 4.6k 0.4× 4.5k 0.7× 2.5k 0.5× 2.7k 0.7× 328 20.8k
Djillali Annane 20.6k 1.9× 6.7k 0.7× 9.8k 1.5× 3.4k 0.8× 3.5k 0.9× 405 42.4k
Massimo Antonelli 6.7k 0.6× 4.4k 0.4× 6.1k 0.9× 2.2k 0.5× 5.4k 1.3× 381 21.4k
R. Phillip Dellinger 14.8k 1.4× 5.3k 0.5× 5.9k 0.9× 2.2k 0.5× 3.6k 0.9× 112 23.5k

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All Works

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Delaney, Anthony, Marcío Borges-Sa, Michelle S. Chew, et al.. (2025). Current standard of care for septic shock. Intensive Care Medicine. 52(1). 89–103. 1 indexed citations
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Dessap, Armand Mekontso, Fayez Alshamsi, Alessandro Belletti, et al.. (2025). European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) 2025 clinical practice guideline on fluid therapy in adult critically ill patients: part 2—the volume of resuscitation fluids. Intensive Care Medicine. 51(3). 461–477. 6 indexed citations
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Backer, Daniel De, et al.. (2025). Cocaine and ketamine-induced paraspinal muscle compartment syndrome. Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine. 25(2). 147–151.
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Legrand, Matthieu, Ashish K. Khanna, Marlies Ostermann, et al.. (2024). The renin–angiotensin–aldosterone-system in sepsis and its clinical modulation with exogenous angiotensin II. Critical Care. 28(1). 389–389. 4 indexed citations
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Messina, Antonio, Andrea Brunati, Elena Costantini, et al.. (2024). Fluid boluses and infusions in the early phase of resuscitation from septic shock and sepsis-induced hypotension: a retrospective report and outcome analysis from a tertiary hospital. Annals of Intensive Care. 14(1). 123–123. 6 indexed citations
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Chaves, Renato Carneiro de Freitas, Carmen Sílvia Valente Barbas, Ary Serpa Neto, et al.. (2024). ASSESSMENT OF FLUID RESPONSIVENESS IN PATIENTS UNDER MECHANICAL VENTILATION: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS. CHEST Journal. 166(4). A1761–A1762. 1 indexed citations
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Bruno, Raphael Romano, Jakob Wollborn, Karl Fengler, et al.. (2023). Direct assessment of microcirculation in shock: a randomized-controlled multicenter study. Intensive Care Medicine. 49(6). 645–655. 29 indexed citations
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Su, Fuhong, Carlos A. Santacruz, Xinrong He, et al.. (2016). Effects of Different Crystalloid Solutions on Hemodynamics, Peripheral Perfusion, and the Microcirculation in Experimental Abdominal Sepsis. Anesthesiology. 125(4). 744–754. 25 indexed citations
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Cortés, Diego Orbegozo, Katia Donadello, Fabio Silvio Taccone, et al.. (2015). Normobaric hyperoxia alters the microcirculation in healthy volunteers. Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles). 61 indexed citations
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Fagnoul, David, Antoine Herpain, Jean‐Louis Vincent, & Daniel De Backer. (2013). Trombo aortico intraluminal e hematoma intramural apos manobra de ressuscitacao cardiopulmonar. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations
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Backer, Daniel De. (2011). Choosing catecholamine therapy for shock. Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles). 15(6). 269–275. 2 indexed citations
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Antonelli, Massimo, et al.. (2009). Paediatrics, ethics, outcome research and critical care organization, sedation, pharmacology and miscellanea.. Intensive Care Medicine. 2009. 1 indexed citations
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Lobo, Suzana M, Francisco García Soriano, Denise Frediani Barbeiro, et al.. (2009). Effects of dobutamine on gut mucosal nitric oxide production during endotoxic shock in rabbits.. PubMed. 15(2). BR37–42. 12 indexed citations
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Sakr, Yasser, Konrad Reinhart, Jean‐Louis Vincent, et al.. (2006). Does dopamine administration in shock influence outcome? Results of the Sepsis Occurrence in Acutely Ill Patients (SOAP) Study*. Critical Care Medicine. 34(3). 589–597. 241 indexed citations
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Decruyenaere, Johan, et al.. (2005). 90-DAY FOLLOW-UP OF PATIENTS TREATED WITH DROTRECOGIN ALFA (ACTIVATED) (DAA) FOR SEVERE SEPSIS: A BELGIAN OPEN LABEL STUDY.. Critical Care Medicine. 33. A10–A10. 4 indexed citations
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Vincent, Jean‐Louis, Jonathan Cohen, H. Burchardi, et al.. (2005). A PILOT-CONTROLLED STUDY OF A POLYMYXIN B-IMMOBILIZED HEMOPERFUSION CARTRIDGE IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE SEPSIS SECONDARY TO INTRA-ABDOMINAL INFECTION. Shock. 23(5). 400–405. 230 indexed citations
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Sun, Qinghua, George Dimοpoulos, Duc Nam Nguyen, et al.. (2003). Low-Dose Vasopressin in the Treatment of Septic Shock in Sheep. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 168(4). 481–486. 69 indexed citations

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