John E. Heffner

19.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
160 papers, 10.6k citations indexed

About

John E. Heffner is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery and Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, John E. Heffner has authored 160 papers receiving a total of 10.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 90 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 30 papers in Surgery and 26 papers in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. Recurrent topics in John E. Heffner's work include Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases (37 papers), Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (21 papers) and Ultrasound in Clinical Applications (17 papers). John E. Heffner is often cited by papers focused on Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases (37 papers), Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (21 papers) and Ultrasound in Clinical Applications (17 papers). John E. Heffner collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. John E. Heffner's co-authors include Steven A. Sahn, Barry J. Make, Yancy Y. Phillips, Brian Tiep, Bartolomé R. Celli, Sidney S. Braman, Gordon L. Snider, Irwin Ziment, Gerald N. Olsen and Jeffrey S. Klein and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

John E. Heffner

156 papers receiving 10.1k 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.

Standards for the Diagnosis and Care of Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

1995 3.1k citations John E. Heffner et al. profile →
Management of Spontaneous Pneumothorax

2001 792 citations John E. Heffner, Richard W. Light et al. CHEST Journal profile →
An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Policy Statement: Palliative Care for Patients with Respiratory Diseases and Critical Illnesses

2008 519 citations Paul N. Lanken, Peter B. Terry et al. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine profile →
Pulmonary Strategies of Antioxidant Defense

1989 451 citations John E. Heffner et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Enhanced Detection of Community-Acquired Pneumonia Pathogens With the BioFire® Pneumonia FilmArray® Panel 2020 ·Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease ·David N. Gilbert, J. E. Leggett, Lian Wang, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), John E. Heffner	27
2	Prevalence of Diagnosed Sleep Apnea Among Patients With Type 2 Diabetes in Primary Care 2011 ·CHEST Journal ·John E. Heffner, Yelena Rozenfeld, (unknown), Elizabeth Stephens, Lee K. Brown	76
3	An Official American Thoracic Society Policy Statement: Pay-for-Performance in Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine 2010 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Jeremy M. Kahn, Damon C. Scales, David H. Au, Shannon S. Carson, J. Randall Curtis, R. Adams Dudley, Theodore J. Iwashyna, Jerry A. Krishnan, J.R. Maurer, Richard A. Mularski, John Popovich, Gordon D. Rubenfeld, Tasnim Sinuff, John E. Heffner	33
4	Road ahead to respiratory health: Experts chart future research directions 2009 ·Respirology ·John E. Heffner, Stephen T. Holgate, Kian Fan Chung, Michael S. Niederman, Charles L. Daley, James R. Jett, John Stradling, Athol U. Wells, Richard W. Light, Victor F. Tapson, David M. Hansell, (unknown), Gary Lee	7
5	An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Policy Statement: Palliative Care for Patients with Respiratory Diseases and Critical Illnesses breakdown → 2008 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Paul N. Lanken, Peter B. Terry, Horace M. DeLisser, Bonnie Fahy, John Hansen‐Flaschen, John E. Heffner, Mitchell M. Levy, Richard A. Mularski, Molly L. Osborne, Thomas J. Prendergast, Graeme Rocker, William J. Sibbald, Benjamin S. Wilfond, James R. Yankaskas	519
6	A vision statement on guideline development for respiratory disease: the example of COPD 2008 ·The Lancet ·Holger J. Schünemann, Mark Woodhead, Antonio Anzueto, Sonia Buist, William MacNee, Klaus F. Rabe, John E. Heffner	52
7	Discriminating Between Transudates and Exudates 2006 ·Clinics in Chest Medicine ·John E. Heffner	13
8	Airway Management of the Critically Ill Patient 2005 ·CHEST Journal ·Stuart F. Reynolds, John E. Heffner	87
9	The Ethical Conduct of Clinical Research Involving Critically Ill Patients in the United States and Canada 2004 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·John M. Luce, Richard J. Cook, Thomas R. Martin, Derek C. Angus, Homer A. Boushey, J. Randall Curtis, John E. Heffner, Paul N. Lanken, Mitchell M. Levy, (unknown), Graeme Rocker, Robert D. Truog	64
10	A Meta-analysis Derivation of Continuous Likelihood Ratios for Diagnosing Pleural Fluid Exudates 2003 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·John E. Heffner, Kristin B. Highland, Lee K. Brown	34
11	Emerging Issues in Antibiotic Resistance in Blood-borne Infections 2000 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·George H. Karam, John E. Heffner	16
12	INFECTION OF THE PLEURAL SPACE 1999 ·Clinics in Chest Medicine ·John E. Heffner	23
13	Communicating Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders With a Computer-Based System 1998 ·Archives of Internal Medicine ·John E. Heffner, Celia Barbieri, (unknown), (unknown)	17
14	Outcomes of Advance Directive Education of Pulmonary Rehabilitation Patients 1997 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·John E. Heffner, Bonnie Fahy, Lana Hilling, Celia Barbieri	78
15	Attitudes Regarding Advance Directives Among Patients in Pulmonary Rehabilitation 1996 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·John E. Heffner, Bonnie Fahy, Lana Hilling, Celia Barbieri	91
16	Prospective Validation of an Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Predictive Score 1995 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·John E. Heffner, Louise Brown, C. Barbieri, (unknown), (unknown)	52
17	Pleural Fluid Chemical Analysis in Parapneumonic Effusions. A Meta-Analysis 1995 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·John E. Heffner, Louise Brown, Celia Barbieri, J.M. DeLeo	202
18	Bowel Infarction as the Initial Manifestation of Disseminated Aspergillosis 1992 ·CHEST Journal ·Rubin I. Cohen, John E. Heffner	28
19	Renal Vein Thrombosis 1991 ·CHEST Journal ·(unknown), Susan D. Reynolds, (unknown), (unknown), John E. Heffner	2
20	The Effect of Theophylline on Respiratory Muscle Contractility and Fatigue 1990 ·Pharmacotherapy The Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug Therapy ·(unknown), (unknown), John E. Heffner	13

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