Dirk Bruegger

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Dirk Bruegger is a scholar working on Surgery, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Dirk Bruegger has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Surgery, 15 papers in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine and 8 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Dirk Bruegger's work include Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation (14 papers), Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy (10 papers) and Renal function and acid-base balance (6 papers). Dirk Bruegger is often cited by papers focused on Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation (14 papers), Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy (10 papers) and Renal function and acid-base balance (6 papers). Dirk Bruegger collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Slovakia and United Kingdom. Dirk Bruegger's co-authors include Bernhard F. Becker, Matthias Jacob, Markus Rehm, Daniel Chappell, Peter Conzen, Ulrich Welsch, Mechthild Stoeckelhuber, Thorsten Annecke, F. Christ and Bruno Reichart and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, The Journal of Physiology and Critical Care Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Dirk Bruegger

33 papers receiving 2.4k citations

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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.

Shedding of the Endothelial Glycocalyx in Patients Undergoing Major Vascular Surgery With Global and Regional Ischemia

2007 510 citations Markus Rehm, Dirk Bruegger et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dirk Bruegger Germany	19	1.5k	884	616	527	457	34	2.5k
Peter Goedhart Netherlands	17	508 0.3×	631 0.7×	647 1.1×	132 0.3×	333 0.7×	32	1.9k
O. Häbler Germany	25	687 0.5×	616 0.7×	232 0.4×	109 0.2×	442 1.0×	104	2.8k
Alina A. Constantinescu Netherlands	22	396 0.3×	761 0.9×	233 0.4×	198 0.4×	559 1.2×	90	1.9k
Ulf Schött Sweden	21	623 0.4×	464 0.5×	172 0.3×	84 0.2×	233 0.5×	90	1.6k
Caveh Madjdpour Switzerland	25	599 0.4×	538 0.6×	131 0.2×	101 0.2×	136 0.3×	45	1.7k
Fabrizio Monaco Italy	28	318 0.2×	865 1.0×	439 0.7×	97 0.2×	1.1k 2.4×	156	2.4k
Corinna Velik‐Salchner Austria	25	1.0k 0.7×	783 0.9×	291 0.5×	32 0.1×	708 1.5×	63	2.3k
Philip S. Mullenix United States	21	313 0.2×	964 1.1×	322 0.5×	111 0.2×	320 0.7×	50	1.8k
J. Modig Sweden	24	305 0.2×	1.2k 1.3×	274 0.4×	62 0.1×	699 1.5×	100	2.2k
Brigitte Ickx Belgium	24	381 0.3×	669 0.8×	152 0.2×	91 0.2×	452 1.0×	70	1.4k

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Goldhardt, Oliver, Hans Förstl, Dennis M. Hedderich, et al.. (2023). Head‐to‐head comparison of CSF AD biomarker assays: fully‐automated high‐throughput platforms (ECLIA and CLEIA) vs ELISA. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 19(S24).

Saller, Thomas, Sven Peterß, Patrick Scheiermann, et al.. (2020). Natriuretic Peptides as a Prognostic Marker for Delirium in Cardiac Surgery—A Pilot Study. Medicina. 56(6). 258–258. 1 indexed citations

Brettner, Florian, Daniel Chappell, Lisa Barrie Schwartz, et al.. (2017). Vascular Endothelial Dysfunction during Cardiac Surgery: On-Pump versus Off-Pump Coronary Surgery. European Surgical Research. 58(5-6). 354–368. 18 indexed citations

Bruegger, Dirk, Florian Brettner, Claudia Nußbaum, et al.. (2015). Acute Degradation of the Endothelial Glycocalyx in Infants Undergoing Cardiac Surgical Procedures. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 99(3). 926–931. 49 indexed citations

Chappell, Daniel, Dirk Bruegger, Matthias Jacob, et al.. (2014). Hypervolemia increases release of atrial natriuretic peptide and shedding of the endothelial glycocalyx. Critical Care. 18(5). 538–538. 242 indexed citations

Chappell, Daniel, Florian Brettner, Matthias Jacob, et al.. (2014). Protection of glycocalyx decreases platelet adhesion after ischaemia/reperfusion. European Journal of Anaesthesiology. 31(9). 474–481. 71 indexed citations

Annecke, Thorsten, Markus Rehm, Dirk Bruegger, et al.. (2012). Ischemia–Reperfusion-Induced Unmeasured Anion Generation and Glycocalyx Shedding: Sevoflurane versus Propofol Anesthesia. Journal of Investigative Surgery. 25(3). 162–168. 49 indexed citations

Weig, Thomas, Michael E. Dolch, Lorenz Frey, et al.. (2011). Delayed intracardial shunting and hypoxemia after massive pulmonary embolism in a patient with a biventricular assist device. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. 6(1). 133–133. 5 indexed citations

Jacob, Matthias, Daniel Chappell, Mechthild Stoeckelhuber, et al.. (2010). Perspectives in Microvascular Fluid Handling: Does the Distribution of Coagulation Factors in Human Myocardium Comply with Plasma Extravasation in Venular Coronary Segments?. Journal of Vascular Research. 48(3). 219–226. 6 indexed citations

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Becker, Bernhard F., Daniel Chappell, Dirk Bruegger, Thorsten Annecke, & Matthias Jacob. (2010). Therapeutic strategies targeting the endothelial glycocalyx: acute deficits, but great potential. Cardiovascular Research. 87(2). 300–310. 337 indexed citations

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Bigdeli, Amir K., Christoph Schmitz, Dirk Bruegger, et al.. (2009). Heparin-Induced Thrombosis without Thrombocytopenia Causing Fulminant Pulmonary Embolism after Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. The Heart Surgery Forum. 12(6). E368–E370. 2 indexed citations

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Bruegger, Dirk, Markus Rehm, Jan‐Michael Abicht, et al.. (2009). Shedding of the endothelial glycocalyx during cardiac surgery: On-pump versus off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 138(6). 1445–1447. 69 indexed citations

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Bruegger, Dirk, G. Kemming, Matthias Jacob, et al.. (2007). Causes of metabolic acidosis in canine hemorrhagic shock: role of unmeasured ions. Critical Care. 11(6). R130–R130. 35 indexed citations

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Jacob, Matthias, Markus Rehm, Dirk Bruegger, et al.. (2007). The Endothelial Glycocalyx Prefers Albumin for Evoking Shear Stress-Induced, Nitric Oxide-Mediated Coronary Dilatation. Journal of Vascular Research. 44(6). 435–443. 65 indexed citations

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Bruegger, Dirk, Matthias Jacob, Markus Rehm, et al.. (2005). Atrial natriuretic peptide induces shedding of endothelial glycocalyx in coronary vascular bed of guinea pig hearts. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 289(5). H1993–H1999. 193 indexed citations

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Jacob, Matthias, Dirk Bruegger, P. Conzen, et al.. (2005). Development and validation of a mathematical algorithm for quantifying preoperative blood volume by means of the decrease in hematocrit resulting from acute normovolemic hemodilution. Transfusion. 45(4). 562–571. 15 indexed citations

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Bauer, Andreas, Dirk Bruegger, & F. Christ. (2005). Mikrozirkulatorisches Monitoring der Sepsis. Der Anaesthesist. 54(12). 1163–1175. 6 indexed citations

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Bruegger, Dirk, Andreas Bauer, Markus Rehm, et al.. (2005). Effect of hypertonic saline dextran on acid-base balance in patients undergoing surgery of abdominal aortic aneurysm*. Critical Care Medicine. 33(3). 556–563. 28 indexed citations

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Bruegger, Dirk, et al.. (2004). Severe Metabolic Acidosis Resulting from a Dislocated Gastric Band. Obesity Surgery. 14(4). 555–558. 14 indexed citations

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Bauer, Andreas, Dirk Bruegger, J. Gamble, & F. Christ. (2002). Influence of Different Cuff Inflation Protocols on Capillary Filtration Capacity in Human Calves ‐ A Congestion Plethysmography Study. The Journal of Physiology. 543(3). 1025–1031. 13 indexed citations

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