Hugo Van Aken

25.8k citations

580 papers · 16.2k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 61

Surgery top 0.2%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine top 0.2%
Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine top 0.05%
Nephrology top 0.1%
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine top 0.05%

Co-authors: Alexander Zarbock C. G. Schmidt Erik Vandermeulen Melanie Meersch Carola Wempe Jos Vermylen Martin Westphal G. Brodner
Topics: Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (145 papers)Anesthesia and Pain Management (137 papers)Anesthesia and Sedative Agents (89 papers)
Cited by: Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Nephrology
Journals: The Lancet JAMA Circulation
Partner nations: Germany Belgium United States

In The Last Decade

Hugo Van Aken

556 papers receiving 15.5k 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.

Effect of Early vs Delayed Initiation of Renal Replacement Therapy on Mortality in Critically Ill Patients With Acute Kidney Injury

2016 641 citations Alexander Zarbock, Hugo Van Aken et al. profile →
Anticoagulants and Spinal-Epidural Anesthesia

1994 574 citations Erik Vandermeulen, Hugo Van Aken et al. Anesthesia & Analgesia profile →
Prevention of cardiac surgery-associated AKI by implementing the KDIGO guidelines in high risk patients identified by biomarkers: the PrevAKI randomized controlled trial

2017 532 citations Hugo Van Aken, Alexander Zarbock et al. Intensive Care Medicine profile →

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This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Hugo Van Aken. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Hugo Van Aken 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 Hugo Van Aken. Hugo Van Aken is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Resuscitation with Hydroxyethyl Starch Maintains Hemodynamic Coherence in Ovine Hemorrhagic Shock 2019 ·Anesthesiology ·Philip‐Helge Arnemann,Michael Heßler,Tim Kampmeier,(unknown),(unknown),Hugo Van Aken,Andrea Morelli,Sebastian Rehberg,Can İnce,Christian Ertmer	15
2	Directed transport of neutrophil-derived extracellular vesicles enables platelet-mediated innate immune response 2016 ·Nature Communications ·Jan Rossaint,(unknown),(unknown),Hugo Van Aken,Mark R. Looney,Andrés Hidalgo,Alexander Zarbock	156
3	Age- and Procedure-Specific Differences of Epidural Analgesia in Children—A Database Analysis 2015 ·Pain Medicine ·Alexander Schnabel,(unknown),Christiane Goeters,Hua Zheng,Peter Zahn,Hugo Van Aken,Esther Pogatzki‐Zahn	7
4	Effect of Waxy Maize-derived Hydroxyethyl Starch 130/0.4 on Renal Function in Surgical Patients 2013 ·Anesthesiology ·Claude Martin,Matthias Jacob,Éric Vicaut,Bertrand Guidet,Hugo Van Aken,Andrea Kurz	105
5	Regional anaesthesia and antithrombotic agents: recommendations of the European Society of Anaesthesiology 2010 ·European Journal of Anaesthesiology ·Wiebke Gogarten,Erik Vandermeulen,Hugo Van Aken,S. Kozek,Juan V. Llau,Charles Marc Samama	301
6	Sleep Disturbances after Posterior Scoliosis Surgery with an Intraoperative Wake-up Test Using Remifentanil 2008 ·Anesthesiology ·Sebastian Rehberg,Thomas P. Weber,Hugo Van Aken,(unknown),Christian Ertmer,Katrin Bröking,Tobias L. Schulte,Nani Osada,(unknown),Viola Bullmann	12
7	Postoperative Akutschmerztherapie - Die Rolle der Regionalanästhesie 2007 ·AINS - Anästhesiologie · Intensivmedizin · Notfallmedizin · Schmerztherapie ·G. Brodner,Hugo Van Aken,Wiebke Gogarten	8
8	ROLE OF ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE-SENSITIVE POTASSIUM CHANNEL INHIBITION IN SHOCK STATES 2007 ·Shock ·Matthias Lange,Andrea Morelli,Christian Ertmer,Katrin Bröking,Sebastian Rehberg,Hugo Van Aken,Daniel L. Traber,Martin Westphal	29
9	IL‐4 enhances hypoxia induced HIF‐1α protein levels in human transformed intestinal cells 2006 ·FEBS Letters ·Marion Scharte,Kerstin Jurk,Beate E. Kehrel,Alexander Zarbock,Hugo Van Aken,Kai Singbartl	15
10	Stability of a sufentanil–ropivacaine mixture in a glass and a PVC reservoir 2002 ·European Journal of Anaesthesiology ·G. Brodner,(unknown),Hugo Van Aken,M. Westphal,M. A. E. Marcus,Wiebke Gogarten,Christiane Goeters,(unknown)	17
11	Regional anaesthesia in patients at coronary risk for noncardiac and cardiac surgery 2001 ·Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology ·T. Möllhoff,Gregor Theilmeier,Hugo Van Aken	13
12	What Concentration of Sufentanil Should be Combined with Ropivacaine 0.2% wt/vol for Postoperative Patient-Controlled Epidural Analgesia? 2000 ·Anesthesia & Analgesia ·G. Brodner,N. Mertes,Hugo Van Aken,T. Möllhoff,(unknown),Stefan Wirtz,Marco A. E. Marcus,Hartmut Buerkle	63
13	Thoracic epidural anaesthesia 1999 ·N. Rolf,Hugo Van Aken	2
14	Role of Nitric Oxide in Sepsis-associated Pulmonary Edema 1999 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Frank Hinder,Henning D. Stubbe,Hugo Van Aken,René Waurick,Michael Booke,J. Meyer	51
15	A Multimodal Approach to Control Postoperative Pathophysiology and Rehabilitation in Patients Undergoing Abdominothoracic Esophagectomy 1998 ·Anesthesia & Analgesia ·G. Brodner,Esther M. Pogatzki,Hugo Van Aken,Hartmut Buerkle,Christiane Goeters,Carola Schulzki,H. Nottberg,N. Mertes	142
16	Regional anaesthesia and thromboembolism prophylaxis/anticoagulation 1997 ·Wiebke Gogarten,Hugo Van Aken,Hans Christian Wulf,(unknown),Erik Vandermeulen,Job Harenberg	9
17	New developments in epidural and spinal drugs administration 1993 ·Hugo Van Aken	2
18	Pulmonary embolism confirmed by transoesophageal echocardiography 1992 ·Anaesthesia ·Luc Sermeus,Jan Van Hemelrijck,(unknown),Hugo Van Aken	17
19	The use of midazolam versus propofol for short-term sedation following coronary artery bypass grafting 1990 ·Intensive Care Medicine ·(unknown),Peter Lauwers,(unknown),Geert Byttebier,Hugo Van Aken	55
20	Reliability of PCWP as an Index for Left Ventricular Preload 1988 ·British Journal of Anaesthesia ·Hugo Van Aken,E. Vandermeersch	8

About Hugo Van Aken

Hugo Van Aken is a scholar working on Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine and Developmental Neuroscience, having authored 580 papers that have together received 16.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (145 papers), Anesthesia and Pain Management (137 papers) and Anesthesia and Sedative Agents (89 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine (2.9k citations), Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (2.4k citations) and Nephrology (2.5k citations). Hugo Van Aken has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, Belgium and United States. Frequent co-authors include Alexander Zarbock, C. G. Schmidt, Erik Vandermeulen, Melanie Meersch, Carola Wempe, Jos Vermylen, Martin Westphal, G. Brodner, Hartmut Buerkle and Joachim Gerß. Their work appears in journals such as The Lancet, JAMA and Circulation.

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