Edward J. OʼRourke

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

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Edward J. OʼRourke is a scholar working on Surgery, Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Edward J. OʼRourke has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Surgery, 11 papers in Epidemiology and 8 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Edward J. OʼRourke's work include Surgical site infection prevention (4 papers), Disaster Response and Management (4 papers) and Nosocomial Infections in ICU (4 papers). Edward J. OʼRourke is often cited by papers focused on Surgical site infection prevention (4 papers), Disaster Response and Management (4 papers) and Nosocomial Infections in ICU (4 papers). Edward J. OʼRourke collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Edward J. OʼRourke's co-authors include Scott B. Halstead, Marc N. Baskin, Gary Fleisher, Donald A. Goldmann, J. S. Porterfield, Fredric A. Hoffer, Frank F. Rand, B C Dangman, Ira F. Salkin and Craig M. Wilson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and Annals of Internal Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Edward J. OʼRourke

40 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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Antibody-enhanced dengue virus infection in primate leukocytes

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Edward J. OʼRourke United States	19	738	657	573	339	237	42	1.9k
Fredrick M. Abrahamian United States	23	812 1.1×	898 1.4×	660 1.2×	321 0.9×	111 0.5×	51	2.6k
Imad Kassis Israel	23	648 0.9×	481 0.7×	967 1.7×	451 1.3×	124 0.5×	110	2.3k
Yechiel Schlesinger Israel	32	897 1.2×	680 1.0×	1.5k 2.5×	555 1.6×	205 0.9×	94	3.1k
Gary D. Overturf United States	30	662 0.9×	378 0.6×	1.1k 1.9×	277 0.8×	165 0.7×	88	2.5k
Harry P. Dalton United States	25	861 1.2×	748 1.1×	809 1.4×	203 0.6×	91 0.4×	87	2.4k
Glenn Wortmann United States	30	718 1.0×	951 1.4×	1.1k 1.9×	148 0.4×	100 0.4×	88	2.7k
Karin L. McGowan United States	30	674 0.9×	599 0.9×	1.6k 2.7×	322 0.9×	572 2.4×	88	2.9k
H. Dele Davies Canada	30	1.0k 1.4×	856 1.3×	1.3k 2.3×	370 1.1×	149 0.6×	78	2.8k
Basim I. Asmar United States	24	511 0.7×	406 0.6×	693 1.2×	492 1.5×	121 0.5×	97	1.8k
Vicente Pintado Spain	33	1.3k 1.8×	489 0.7×	1.5k 2.6×	274 0.8×	95 0.4×	76	3.2k

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OʼRourke, Edward J., Christopher Laing, Aakif Ullah Khan, et al.. (2008). The Case ∣ Allograft dysfunction in a patient with sickle cell disease. Kidney International. 74(9). 1219–1220. 6 indexed citations

Brown, Samuel M., et al.. (2007). Prospective Surveillance for Surgical Site Infection in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 28(3). 319–325. 18 indexed citations

Win, Z., Edward J. OʼRourke, Jeannie F Todd, et al.. (2005). Vesico-colic fistula as demonstrated by [18F]FDG-PET. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 33(1). 107–107. 7 indexed citations

OʼRourke, Edward J., C. Thakar, Jonathan Tibballs, et al.. (2005). Complex injuries from a gunshot injury to the upper abdomen. Have we moved to the post surgery era?. Clinical Radiology. 60(8). 930–934. 3 indexed citations

Melgaard, B, et al.. (2005). Panel 2.9: Repair and Recovery of Health Systems. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. 20(6). 428–431. 2 indexed citations

Goldmann, Donald A., et al.. (2004). Use of an Alcohol-Based Handrub and Quality Improvement Interventions to Improve Hand Hygiene in a Russian Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 25(3). 191–191. 6 indexed citations

Hansen, Anne, Peter Forbes, Alana Arnold, & Edward J. OʼRourke. (2003). Once-daily Gentamicin Dosing for the Preterm and Term Newborn: Proposal for a Simple Regimen that Achieves Target Levels. Journal of Perinatology. 23(8). 635–639. 34 indexed citations

Brown, Samuel M., et al.. (2003). Use of an Alcohol-Based Hand Rub and Quality Improvement Interventions to Improve Hand Hygiene in a Russian Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 24(3). 172–179. 80 indexed citations

Snydman, David R., M. E. Falagas, Robin K. Avery, et al.. (2001). Use of combination cytomegalovirus immune globulin plus ganciclovir for prophylaxis in CMV-seronegative liver transplant recipients of a CMV-seropositive donor organ: a multicenter, open-label study. Transplantation Proceedings. 33(4). 2571–2575. 27 indexed citations

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Fishman, Steven J., et al.. (2000). Perforated appendicitis: Prospective outcome analysis for 150 children. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 35(6). 923–926. 77 indexed citations

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Huskins, W. Charles, et al.. (1998). Hospital Infection Prevention and Control: A Model for Improving the Quality of Hospital Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 19(2). 125–135. 12 indexed citations

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Yokoe, Deborah S., Jane Anderson, Robert G. Chambers, et al.. (1998). Simplified Surveillance for Nosocomial Bloodstream Infections. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 19(9). 657–660. 13 indexed citations

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OʼRourke, Edward J.. (1995). The first HICPAC guideline: Well done, CDC. American Journal of Infection Control. 23(1). 50–52. 1 indexed citations

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Snydman, David R., Barbara G. Werner, John Griffith, et al.. (1994). A further analysis of the use of cytomegalovirus immune globulin in orthotopic liver transplant patients at risk for primary infection. Boston Center for Liver Transplantation CMVIG-Study Group.. PubMed. 26(5 Suppl 1). 23–7. 11 indexed citations

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Snydman, David R., Barbara G. Werner, John L. Griffith, et al.. (1993). Cytomegalovirus Immune Globulin Prophylaxis in Liver Transplantation. Annals of Internal Medicine. 119(10). 984–991. 160 indexed citations

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Baskin, Marc N., Edward J. OʼRourke, & Gary Fleisher. (1992). Outpatient treatment of febrile infants 28 to 89 days of age with intramuscular administration of ceftriaxone. The Journal of Pediatrics. 120(1). 22–27. 263 indexed citations

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Dangman, B C, Fredric A. Hoffer, Frank F. Rand, & Edward J. OʼRourke. (1992). Osteomyelitis in children: gadolinium-enhanced MR imaging.. Radiology. 182(3). 743–747. 100 indexed citations

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Rhinehart, Emily, Donald A. Goldmann, & Edward J. OʼRourke. (1991). Adaptation of the centers for disease control guidelines for the prevention of nosocomial infection in a pediatric intensive care unit in Jakarta, Indonesia. The American Journal of Medicine. 91(3). S213–S220. 31 indexed citations

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Wilson, Craig M., Edward J. OʼRourke, Michael R. McGinnis, & Ira F. Salkin. (1990). Scedosporium inflatum: Clinical Spectrum of a Newly Recognized Pathogen. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 161(1). 102–107. 88 indexed citations

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OʼRourke, Edward J., Scott B. Halstead, A. C. Allison, & Thomas A.E. Platts‐Mills. (1978). Specific lethality of silica for human peripheral blood mononuclear phagocytes, in vitro. Journal of Immunological Methods. 19(2-3). 137–151. 39 indexed citations

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