Karel O’Brien

6.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
88 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Karel O’Brien is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Radiological and Ultrasound Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Karel O’Brien has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 45 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 23 papers in Radiological and Ultrasound Technology. Recurrent topics in Karel O’Brien's work include Infant Development and Preterm Care (46 papers), Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (43 papers) and Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units (23 papers). Karel O’Brien is often cited by papers focused on Infant Development and Preterm Care (46 papers), Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (43 papers) and Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units (23 papers). Karel O’Brien collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Karel O’Brien's co-authors include Linda S. Franck, Shoo K. Lee, Marianne Bracht, Arne Ohlsson, Susan E. Richardson, Bonnie Stevens, Patrick J. McGrath, Joseph Beyene, G. Allen Finley and Smadar Eventov Friedman and has published in prestigious journals such as PEDIATRICS, Clinical Infectious Diseases and Pain.

In The Last Decade

Karel O’Brien

85 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

The evolution of family‐centered care: From supporting parent‐delivered interventions to a model of family integrated care

2019 188 citations Linda S. Franck, Karel O’Brien profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Karel O’Brien Canada	35	2.0k	1.3k	724	592	502	88	3.0k
Susan W. Aucott United States	30	1.8k 0.9×	1.6k 1.2×	170 0.2×	410 0.7×	621 1.2×	65	3.4k
Annie Janvier Canada	34	2.5k 1.2×	1.4k 1.1×	508 0.7×	187 0.3×	485 1.0×	155	3.6k
Paula P. Meier United States	44	2.3k 1.1×	1.9k 1.4×	199 0.3×	3.5k 5.9×	436 0.9×	139	5.5k
Dan L. Stewart United States	24	1.1k 0.5×	1.2k 0.9×	122 0.2×	605 1.0×	545 1.1×	72	2.7k
Jay P. Goldsmith United States	24	1.8k 0.9×	1.9k 1.4×	149 0.2×	249 0.4×	561 1.1×	51	3.1k
Mohamed Abdellatif Australia	32	1.8k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	79 0.1×	417 0.7×	801 1.6×	145	3.4k
Douglas McMillan Canada	32	1.3k 0.6×	1.7k 1.3×	73 0.1×	537 0.9×	809 1.6×	94	3.3k
Edgardo Szyld United States	22	1.1k 0.5×	2.1k 1.6×	105 0.1×	237 0.4×	554 1.1×	75	3.1k
Jon Dorling United Kingdom	24	1.2k 0.6×	1.3k 1.0×	62 0.1×	433 0.7×	479 1.0×	116	2.5k
Agnes van den Hoogen Netherlands	25	782 0.4×	448 0.3×	172 0.2×	287 0.5×	86 0.2×	79	1.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karel O’Brien

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20 of 20 papers shown

Altit, Gabriel, et al.. (2024). Skin-to-skin care (SSC) for term and preterm infants. Paediatrics & Child Health. 29(4). 238–245. 2 indexed citations

Lai, G. Y., et al.. (2023). Understanding the Family Context: A Qualitative Descriptive Study of Parent and NICU Clinician Experiences and Perspectives. Children. 10(5). 896–896. 1 indexed citations

Franck, Linda S., et al.. (2023). A Pilot Study of Family-Integrated Care (FICare) in Critically Ill Preterm and Term Infants in the NICU: FICare Plus. Children. 10(8). 1337–1337. 5 indexed citations

Yu, Wayne, Xiang Y. Ye, Julie Petrie, et al.. (2021). Lower Maternal Chronic Physiological Stress and Better Child Behavior at 18 Months: Follow-Up of a Cluster Randomized Trial of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Family Integrated Care. The Journal of Pediatrics. 243. 107–115.e4. 22 indexed citations

Treyvaud, Karli, Alicia J. Spittle, Peter J. Anderson, & Karel O’Brien. (2019). A multilayered approach is needed in the NICU to support parents after the preterm birth of their infant. Early Human Development. 139. 104838–104838. 96 indexed citations

Shah, Prakesh S., Sarah D. McDonald, Jon Barrett, et al.. (2018). The Canadian Preterm Birth Network: a study protocol for improving outcomes for preterm infants and their families. CMAJ Open. 6(1). E44–E49. 30 indexed citations

King, Sebastian K., Karel O’Brien, Theo J. Moraes, et al.. (2016). Congenital diaphragmatic hernia: Observed/expected lung-to-head ratio as a predictor of long-term morbidity. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 51(5). 699–702. 13 indexed citations

O’Brien, Karel, Marianne Bracht, Kate Robson, et al.. (2015). Evaluation of the Family Integrated Care model of neonatal intensive care: a cluster randomized controlled trial in Canada and Australia. BMC Pediatrics. 15(1). 210–210. 85 indexed citations

Barton, Michelle, Karel O’Brien, Joan Robinson, et al.. (2014). Invasive candidiasis in low birth weight preterm infants: risk factors, clinical course and outcome in a prospective multicenter study of cases and their matched controls. BMC Infectious Diseases. 14(1). 327–327. 55 indexed citations

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Doyle, Lex W., Barbara Schmidt, Peter J. Anderson, et al.. (2014). Reduction in Developmental Coordination Disorder with Neonatal Caffeine Therapy. The Journal of Pediatrics. 165(2). 356–359.e2. 58 indexed citations

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Robson, Kate, et al.. (2013). Implementing Family-Integrated Care in the NICU. Advances in Neonatal Care. 13(4). 262–269. 46 indexed citations

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Synnes, Anne, et al.. (2012). Multi-institutional follow-up of patients with congenital diaphragmatic hernia reveals severe disability and variations in practice. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 47(5). 836–841. 58 indexed citations

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Shah, Prakesh S., Desmond Bohn, Sophia Pantazi, et al.. (2011). Congenital diaphragmatic hernia: lung-to-head ratio and lung volume for prediction of outcome. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 205(1). 43.e1–43.e8. 85 indexed citations

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Frisk, Virginia, Lorna S. Jakobson, Sharon Unger, Daniel Trachsel, & Karel O’Brien. (2011). Long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes of congenital diaphragmatic hernia survivors not treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 46(7). 1309–1318. 46 indexed citations

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Stevens, Bonnie, Patrick J. McGrath, Annie Dupuis, et al.. (2008). Indicators of pain in neonates at risk for neurological impairment. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 65(2). 285–296. 17 indexed citations

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Gibbins, Sharyn, Bonnie Stevens, Patrick J. McGrath, et al.. (2008). Changes in physiological and behavioural pain indicators over time in preterm and term infants at risk for neurologic impairment. Early Human Development. 84(11). 731–738. 8 indexed citations

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Gibbins, Sharyn, Bonnie Stevens, Patrick J. McGrath, et al.. (2007). Comparison of Pain Responses in Infants of Different Gestational Ages. Neonatology. 93(1). 10–18. 99 indexed citations

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Moore, Aideen M. & Karel O’Brien. (2006). Follow-up issues with multiples. Paediatrics & Child Health. 11(5). 283–286. 11 indexed citations

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Stevens, Bonnie, Patrick J. McGrath, Sharyn Gibbins, et al.. (2006). Determining behavioural and physiological responses to pain in infants at risk for neurological impairment. Pain. 127(1). 94–102. 50 indexed citations

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Breau, Lynn M., Patrick J. McGrath, Bonnie Stevens, et al.. (2006). Judgments of Pain in the Neonatal Intensive Care Setting: A Survey of Direct Care Staffs' Perceptions of Pain in Infants at Risk for Neurological Impairment. Clinical Journal of Pain. 22(2). 122–129. 25 indexed citations

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