Irwin Schweitzer

7.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Irwin Schweitzer is a scholar working on Biochemistry, Epidemiology and Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Irwin Schweitzer has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Biochemistry, 8 papers in Epidemiology and 5 papers in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. Recurrent topics in Irwin Schweitzer's work include Blood transfusion and management (9 papers), Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (7 papers) and Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation (5 papers). Irwin Schweitzer is often cited by papers focused on Blood transfusion and management (9 papers), Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (7 papers) and Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation (5 papers). Irwin Schweitzer collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and United States. Irwin Schweitzer's co-authors include Paul C. Hébert, George A. Wells, Giuseppe Pagliarello, Claudio M. Martin, Martin Tweeddale, Morris A. Blajchman, Elizabeth Yetisir, John C. Marshall, John C. Marshall and M.A. Blajchman and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Irwin Schweitzer

22 papers receiving 4.8k 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.

A Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial of Transfusion Requirements in Critical Care

1999 3.3k citations Paul C. Hébert, George A. Wells et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Irwin Schweitzer Canada	15	3.0k	1.9k	995	929	829	22	5.1k
Giuseppe Pagliarello Canada	17	2.8k 0.9×	1.8k 0.9×	982 1.0×	826 0.9×	957 1.2×	34	4.9k
Jonathan H. Waters United States	35	2.5k 0.8×	1.7k 0.9×	305 0.3×	783 0.8×	1.7k 2.1×	158	5.4k
Colleen G. Koch United States	39	2.5k 0.8×	1.5k 0.8×	458 0.5×	717 0.8×	2.0k 2.4×	107	5.6k
Daryl J. Kor United States	40	1.2k 0.4×	1.3k 0.7×	947 1.0×	500 0.5×	1.2k 1.5×	161	4.8k
Gavin J. Murphy United Kingdom	36	2.1k 0.7×	1.5k 0.8×	517 0.5×	761 0.8×	2.4k 2.9×	165	5.7k
Yves Ozier France	35	1.3k 0.4×	2.6k 1.4×	791 0.8×	782 0.8×	2.7k 3.3×	144	6.1k
Helaine Noveck United States	16	2.2k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	307 0.3×	731 0.8×	1.6k 1.9×	29	3.8k
Pierre Robillard Canada	25	1.4k 0.5×	913 0.5×	356 0.4×	440 0.5×	507 0.6×	78	3.0k
A. A. Klein United Kingdom	40	1.7k 0.6×	1.3k 0.7×	297 0.3×	918 1.0×	1.6k 1.9×	137	4.8k
Keyvan Karkouti Canada	46	2.8k 0.9×	2.6k 1.3×	465 0.5×	1.3k 1.4×	2.7k 3.2×	151	7.5k

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Pagano, Monica B., Claudia S. Cohn, Sylvie Gross, et al.. (2018). An International Registry of Granulocyte Transfusions. Transfusion Medicine and Hemotherapy. 45(5). 318–322. 12 indexed citations

McIntyre, Lauralyn, Brian H. Rowe, Alasdair Gray, et al.. (2016). Multicountry survey of emergency and critical care medicine physicians’ fluid resuscitation practices for adult patients with early septic shock. BMJ Open. 6(7). e010041–e010041. 14 indexed citations

Fergusson, Dean, et al.. (2005). Ensuring high accuracy of data abstracted from patient charts: the use of a standardized medical record as a training tool. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 58(9). 918–923. 49 indexed citations

Hébert, Paul C., Dean Fergusson, Morris A. Blajchman, et al.. (2003). Clinical Outcomes Following Institution of the Canadian Universal Leukoreduction Program for Red Blood Cell Transfusions. JAMA. 289(15). 1941–1941. 254 indexed citations

Hébert, Paul C., Elizabeth Yetisir, Claudio M. Martin, et al.. (2001). Is a low transfusion threshold safe in critically ill patients with cardiovascular diseases?*. Critical Care Medicine. 29(Supplement). S181–S188. 2 indexed citations

Hébert, Paul C., Elizabeth Yetisir, Claudio M. Martin, et al.. (2001). Is a low transfusion threshold safe in critically ill patients with cardiovascular diseases?. Critical Care Medicine. 29(2). 227–234. 390 indexed citations

Blajchman, M. A., et al.. (2001). Do Blood Transfusions Improve Outcomes Related to Mechanical Ventilation?. CHEST Journal. 119(6). 1850–1857. 100 indexed citations

Hébert, Paul C., George A. Wells, Morris A. Blajchman, et al.. (1999). A Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial of Transfusion Requirements in Critical Care. New England Journal of Medicine. 340(6). 409–417. 3295 indexed citations breakdown →

Hébert, Paul C., George A. Wells, Claudio M. Martin, et al.. (1999). Variation in red cell transfusion practice in the intensive care unit: a multicentre cohort study. Critical Care. 3(2). 57–63. 83 indexed citations

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Hébert, Paul C., George A. Wells, Claudio M. Martin, et al.. (1998). A Canadian survey of transfusion practices in critically ill patients. Critical Care Medicine. 26(3). 482–487. 136 indexed citations

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Hébert, Paul C., Irwin Schweitzer, Lisa A. Calder, M.A. Blajchman, & Antonio Giulivi. (1997). Review of the clinical practice literature on allogeneic red blood cell transfusion. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 156(11). 54 indexed citations

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Hébert, Paul C., George A. Wells, Martin Tweeddale, et al.. (1997). Does Transfusion Practice Affect Mortality in Critically Ill Patients? Transfusion Requirements in Critical Care (TRICC) Investigators and the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 155(5). 1618–1623. 244 indexed citations

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Schweitzer, Irwin, et al.. (1996). Respiratory infections and the autumn increase in asthma morbidity. European Respiratory Journal. 9(1). 72–77. 97 indexed citations

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Dales, Robert, et al.. (1995). Risk factors for recurrent emergency department visits for asthma.. Thorax. 50(5). 520–524. 84 indexed citations

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Dales, Robert, et al.. (1993). Preoperative Prediction of Pulmonary Complications Following Thoracic Surgery. CHEST Journal. 104(1). 155–159. 115 indexed citations

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Dales, Robert, et al.. (1992). Chronic Cough Responsive to Ibuprofen. Pharmacotherapy The Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug Therapy. 12(4). 331–333. 3 indexed citations

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Dales, Robert, Murray Fyfe, & Irwin Schweitzer. (1992). Does forced air heating exacerbate asthma?. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 90(5). 803–807. 4 indexed citations

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Brown, David L., Judy E. Little, Nathalie Chaly, Irwin Schweitzer, & Micheline Paulin‐Levasseur. (1985). Effects of taxol on microtubule organization in mouse splenic lymphocytes and on response to mitogenic stimulation.. PubMed. 37. 130–9. 19 indexed citations

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Schweitzer, Irwin & David L. Brown. (1985). Changes in organization and microtubule assembly activity of the centrosome during lymphocyte stimulation. Biology of the Cell. 52(2). 147–159. 10 indexed citations

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Haggis, G. H., et al.. (1983). Freeze fracture through the cytoskeleton, nucleus and nuclear matrix of lymphocytes studied by scanning electron microscopy. Journal of Microscopy. 132(2). 185–194. 9 indexed citations

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