Hans Flaatten

10.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
146 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Hans Flaatten is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Hans Flaatten has authored 146 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Epidemiology, 34 papers in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine and 32 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Hans Flaatten's work include Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (37 papers), Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders (31 papers) and Frailty in Older Adults (24 papers). Hans Flaatten is often cited by papers focused on Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (37 papers), Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders (31 papers) and Frailty in Older Adults (24 papers). Hans Flaatten collaborates with scholars based in Norway, France and United Kingdom. Hans Flaatten's co-authors include Reidar Kvåle, Bertrand Guidet, Rui P. Moreno, Kristian Strand, Atle Ulvik, Maurizia Capuzzo, Tore Wentzel‐Larsen, Christian Rylander, Carl Bäckman and Andrew Rhodes and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Hans Flaatten

139 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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. The variability of critical care bed numbers in Europe
    2012 410 citations Hans Flaatten, Bertrand Guidet et al. Intensive Care Medicine profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Hans Flaatten 1.5k 1.0k 997 864 783 146 4.6k
Allan Garland 977 0.7× 861 0.8× 649 0.7× 718 0.8× 474 0.6× 133 3.8k
Maurizia Capuzzo 1.3k 0.9× 1.2k 1.2× 746 0.7× 655 0.8× 742 0.9× 49 3.7k
Jozef Kesecioğlu 1.8k 1.2× 1.2k 1.2× 701 0.7× 717 0.8× 524 0.7× 137 5.5k
Ruxandra Pinto 1.6k 1.1× 1.3k 1.3× 733 0.7× 1.4k 1.6× 358 0.5× 150 5.2k
Michael C. Reade 2.7k 1.8× 1.0k 1.0× 766 0.8× 1.1k 1.2× 923 1.2× 158 7.1k
James F. Orme 1.7k 1.1× 872 0.8× 634 0.6× 1.1k 1.3× 477 0.6× 81 4.8k
Shannon S. Carson 2.2k 1.5× 883 0.9× 467 0.5× 766 0.9× 1.3k 1.6× 115 4.8k
Brian H. Cuthbertson 2.0k 1.4× 1.9k 1.9× 1.5k 1.5× 1.1k 1.3× 850 1.1× 154 7.9k
Peter E. Spronk 3.1k 2.1× 1.9k 1.9× 1.4k 1.4× 923 1.1× 920 1.2× 173 7.7k
Bronagh Blackwood 1.9k 1.3× 824 0.8× 522 0.5× 753 0.9× 1.0k 1.3× 161 4.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hans Flaatten

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hans Flaatten

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Hans Flaatten. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Hans Flaatten based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Hans Flaatten. Hans Flaatten is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Schwarz, G., Ingrid Miljeteig, Karl Ove Hufthammer, et al.. (2024). ICU Admission Preferences in the Hypothetical Event of Acute Critical Illness: A Survey of Very Old Norwegians and Their Next-of-Kins. Critical Care Explorations. 6(12). e1185–e1185. 2 indexed citations
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Jacobs, Jeremy M., Michael Beil, Bertrand Guidet, et al.. (2024). Critical care beyond organ support: the importance of geriatric rehabilitation. Annals of Intensive Care. 14(1). 71–71. 2 indexed citations
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Beil, Michael, Rui P. Moreno, Jakub Fronczek, et al.. (2024). Prognosticating the outcome of intensive care in older patients—a narrative review. Annals of Intensive Care. 14(1). 97–97. 6 indexed citations
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Bruno, Raphael Romano, Bertrand Guidet, Susannah Leaver, et al.. (2024). Sublingual microcirculatory assessment on admission independently predicts the outcome of old intensive care patients suffering from shock. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 25668–25668. 2 indexed citations
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Flaatten, Hans, Bertrand Guidet, Michael Beil, et al.. (2023). The role of clinical phenotypes in decisions to limit life-sustaining treatment for very old patients in the ICU. Annals of Intensive Care. 13(1). 40–40. 11 indexed citations
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Wernly, Bernhard, Raphael Romano Bruno, Michael Beil, et al.. (2023). Frailty’s influence on 30-day mortality in old critically ill ICU patients: a bayesian analysis evaluating the clinical frailty scale. Annals of Intensive Care. 13(1). 126–126. 8 indexed citations
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Lonsdale, D, Helen Farrah, Sarah Farnell-Ward, et al.. (2022). The clinical frailty scale – does it predict outcome of the very-old in UK ICUs?. Journal of the Intensive Care Society. 24(2). 154–161. 5 indexed citations
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Mamandipoor, Behrooz, Raphael Romano Bruno, Bernhard Wernly, et al.. (2022). COVID-19 machine learning model predicts outcomes in older patients from various European countries, between pandemic waves, and in a cohort of Asian, African, and American patients. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(11). e0000136–e0000136. 4 indexed citations
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Courvoisier, Delphine S., Cédric Annweiler, Hans Flaatten, et al.. (2019). Validation of the clinical frailty score (CFS) in French language. BMC Geriatrics. 19(1). 322–322. 32 indexed citations
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Ricou, Bara, Ruth Piers, & Hans Flaatten. (2019). ‘Less is more’ in modern ICU: blessings and traps of treatment limitation. Intensive Care Medicine. 46(1). 110–112. 3 indexed citations
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Knoop, Siri Tandberg, Steinar Skrede, Nina Langeland, & Hans Flaatten. (2017). Epidemiology and impact on all-cause mortality of sepsis in Norwegian hospitals: A national retrospective study. PLoS ONE. 12(11). e0187990–e0187990. 45 indexed citations
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Bruun, Trond, Bård Reiakvam Kittang, S. Aardal, et al.. (2013). Necrotizing soft tissue infections caused by Streptococcus pyogenes and Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis of groups C and G in western Norway. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 19(12). E545–E550. 59 indexed citations
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Flaatten, Hans. (2012). The present use of quality indicators in the intensive care unit. Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica. 56(9). 1078–1083. 56 indexed citations
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Flaatten, Hans. (2010). Mental and physical disorders after ICU discharge. Current Opinion in Critical Care. 16(5). 510–515. 20 indexed citations
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Brattebø, Guttorm, et al.. (2003). Reduksjon i respiratortid ved systematisk kvalitetsarbeid. Tidsskrift for Den Norske Laegeforening. 1 indexed citations
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Kvåle, Reidar, Atle Ulvik, & Hans Flaatten. (2003). Follow-up after intensive care: a single center study. Intensive Care Medicine. 29(12). 2149–2156. 75 indexed citations
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Trovik, Jone, Kjell Haram, A. Berstad, & Hans Flaatten. (1996). Nasoenteral sondeernæring ved hyperemesis gravidarum. Tidsskrift for Den Norske Laegeforening.
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Flaatten, Hans, S. Å. Rodt, Jan Sverre Vamnes, et al.. (1989). Postdural puncture headache A comparison between 26‐ and 29‐gauge needles in young patients. Anaesthesia. 44(2). 147–149. 96 indexed citations

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