David H. Au

11.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
221 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

David H. Au is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, General Health Professions and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, David H. Au has authored 221 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 109 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 54 papers in General Health Professions and 53 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in David H. Au's work include Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (80 papers), Asthma and respiratory diseases (33 papers) and Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (30 papers). David H. Au is often cited by papers focused on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (80 papers), Asthma and respiratory diseases (33 papers) and Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (30 papers). David H. Au collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. David H. Au's co-authors include Christopher G. Slatore, Edmunds M. Udris, J. Randall Curtis, Mary B. McDonell, Stephan D. Fihn, Chris L. Bryson, Laura C. Feemster, Jason W. Chien, Todd A. Lee and Ruth A. Engelberg and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Journal of Clinical Oncology and Annals of Internal Medicine.

In The Last Decade

David H. Au

211 papers receiving 7.1k 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.

An Official ATS/AACN/ACCP/ESICM/SCCM Policy Statement: Responding to Requests for Potentially Inappropriate Treatments in Intensive Care Units

2015 321 citations J. Randall Curtis, David H. Au et al. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine profile →
Area-Level Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Health Care Spending

2024 29 citations David H. Au et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
David H. Au	3.4k	1.6k	1.4k	1.3k	952	221	7.3k
Shabbir M.H. Alibhai	4.2k 1.2×	1.4k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	1.6k 1.2×	445 0.5×	437	11.4k
Lynn Ackerson	1.7k 0.5×	750 0.5×	811 0.6×	1.2k 1.0×	1.3k 1.3×	88	6.7k
Suetonia C. Palmer	1.6k 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	875 0.6×	635 0.5×	800 0.8×	215	10.7k
Giovanni FM Strippoli	2.0k 0.6×	991 0.6×	675 0.5×	686 0.5×	1.5k 1.6×	286	13.9k
Andrea S. Gershon	4.4k 1.3×	765 0.5×	825 0.6×	3.6k 2.8×	1.1k 1.2×	222	8.2k
David R. Flum	3.2k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	877 0.6×	2.0k 1.5×	809 0.8×	297	15.4k
William Dale	2.1k 0.6×	1.8k 1.2×	983 0.7×	2.3k 1.8×	575 0.6×	267	10.0k
Russell Harris	1.4k 0.4×	1.6k 1.0×	1.9k 1.4×	469 0.4×	1.1k 1.2×	96	7.9k
Esa M. Davis	1.3k 0.4×	1.1k 0.7×	676 0.5×	514 0.4×	572 0.6×	119	6.1k
David T. Gilbertson	1.5k 0.5×	939 0.6×	576 0.4×	385 0.3×	1.2k 1.3×	180	10.2k

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O’Donnell, Colin, Paul L. Hebert, Brian N. Palen, et al.. (2025). Staff Experiences With Implementation of the Referral Coordination Initiative. Health Services Research. 60(6). e14654–e14654.

Spece, Laura J., Kevin I. Duan, Brian N. Palen, et al.. (2025). Incidence and Predictors of Long-Term Hypnotic Receipt among Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 22(6). 863–871.

Doll, Jacob A., Carol Simons, Stephanie C. Eisenbarth, et al.. (2025). Evaluation of Peer Review of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Operator Performance. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. 18(1). e011159–e011159.

Spece, Laura J., Lucas M. Donovan, Kevin I. Duan, et al.. (2024). The Impact of Changing Race-Specific Equations for Lung Function Tests among Veterans with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 21(9). 1272–1280. 3 indexed citations

Duan, Kevin I., et al.. (2024). Rural Residence Associated with Receipt of Recommended Postdischarge Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Care among a Cohort of U.S. Veterans. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 22(4). 515–522.

Au, David H., et al.. (2023). Harnessing ChatGPT-4 and Explainable AI for Financial Nowcasting. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

Zaeh, Sandra E., Meredith A. Case, David H. Au, et al.. (2023). Clinical Practices Surrounding the Prescription of Home Oxygen in Patients With COPD and Desaturation. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases Journal of the COPD Foundation. 10(4). 343–354. 2 indexed citations

List, Justin M., Paul M. Palevsky, Suzanne Tamang, et al.. (2023). Eliminating Algorithmic Racial Bias in Clinical Decision Support Algorithms: Use Cases from the Veterans Health Administration. Health Equity. 7(1). 809–816. 2 indexed citations

Reinke, Lynn F., Donald R. Sullivan, Christopher G. Slatore, et al.. (2022). A Randomized Trial of a Nurse-Led Palliative Care Intervention for Patients with Newly Diagnosed Lung Cancer. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 25(11). 1668–1676. 15 indexed citations

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Graney, Bridget A., David H. Au, Anna E. Barón, et al.. (2019). Advancing Symptom Alleviation with Palliative Treatment (ADAPT) trial to improve quality of life: a study protocol for a randomized clinical trial. Trials. 20(1). 355–355. 18 indexed citations

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Press, Valerie G., David H. Au, Jean Bourbeau, et al.. (2019). Reducing Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Hospital Readmissions. An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 16(2). 161–170. 73 indexed citations

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Donovan, Lucas M., Scott Coggeshall, Laura J. Spece, et al.. (2019). Use of In-Laboratory Sleep Studies in the Veterans Health Administration and Community Care. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 200(6). 779–782. 6 indexed citations

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Rinne, Seppo T., Edwin S. Wong, Paul L. Hebert, et al.. (2016). Organizational structure for chronic heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.. PubMed. 22(3). e82–7. 5 indexed citations

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Kirsh, Susan, Evan Carey, David C. Aron, et al.. (2015). Impact of a national specialty e-consultation implementation project on access.. PubMed. 21(12). e648–54. 41 indexed citations

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Thomas, Rachel, Emily C. Williams, Haili Sun, et al.. (2012). Association between alcohol screening scores and diabetic self-care behaviors.. PubMed. 44(8). 555–63. 26 indexed citations

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Janssen, Daisy J.A., J. Randall Curtis, David H. Au, et al.. (2011). Patient–clinician communication about end-of-life care for Dutch and US patients with COPD. European Respiratory Journal. 38(2). 268–276. 49 indexed citations

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Parimon, Tanyalak, David K. Madtes, David H. Au, Joan G. Clark, & Jason W. Chien. (2005). Pretransplant Lung Function, Respiratory Failure, and Mortality after Stem Cell Transplantation. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 172(3). 384–390. 74 indexed citations

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Fan, Vincent S., David H. Au, Mary B. McDonell, & Stephan D. Fihn. (2004). Intraindividual change in SF-36 in ambulatory clinic primary care patients predicted mortality and hospitalizations. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 57(3). 277–283. 43 indexed citations

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Fan, Vincent S., Chris L. Bryson, J. Randall Curtis, et al.. (2003). Inhaled Corticosteroids in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Risk of Death and Hospitalization. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 168(12). 1488–1494. 73 indexed citations

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Au, David H., Rozenn N. Lemaître, J. Randall Curtis, Nicholas L. Smith, & Bruce M. Psaty. (2000). The Risk of Myocardial Infarction Associated with Inhaled β -Adrenoceptor Agonists. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 161(3). 827–830. 94 indexed citations

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