Kenneth Sands

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
82 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Kenneth Sands is a scholar working on Surgery, Epidemiology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenneth Sands has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Surgery, 23 papers in Epidemiology and 19 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Kenneth Sands's work include Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (14 papers), Surgical site infection prevention (11 papers) and Patient Safety and Medication Errors (10 papers). Kenneth Sands is often cited by papers focused on Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (14 papers), Surgical site infection prevention (11 papers) and Patient Safety and Medication Errors (10 papers). Kenneth Sands collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Australia. Kenneth Sands's co-authors include Richard Platt, Richard Platt, Gordon C. Vineyard, Sara E. Cosgrove, Ellen Meara, Edward Guadagnoli, Eli N. Perencevich, Patricia Folcarelli, James M. Livingston and Mark D. Aronson and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Circulation and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Kenneth Sands

79 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

Epidemiology of Sepsis Syndrome in 8 Academic Medical Centers

1997 517 citations Kenneth Sands JAMA profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kenneth Sands United States	32	1.2k	1.2k	713	675	591	82	3.8k
Gianluca Villa Italy	25	1.3k 1.0×	965 0.8×	1.1k 1.5×	405 0.6×	640 1.1×	126	5.9k
Keith M. Olsen United States	29	2.2k 1.8×	1.2k 1.0×	773 1.1×	274 0.4×	1.2k 2.1×	107	5.5k
Jean‐Pierre Quenot France	35	591 0.5×	1.7k 1.4×	404 0.6×	581 0.9×	1.3k 2.1×	167	4.2k
Jean‐Marie Januel Switzerland	10	1.1k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	735 1.0×	428 0.6×	209 0.4×	21	5.0k
Sheila Harvey United Kingdom	28	1.6k 1.3×	1.7k 1.4×	801 1.1×	427 0.6×	994 1.7×	77	4.5k
Brian H. Nathanson United States	32	641 0.5×	1.2k 1.0×	434 0.6×	289 0.4×	693 1.2×	159	3.5k
Hans Flaatten Norway	38	997 0.8×	1.0k 0.8×	545 0.8×	643 1.0×	1.5k 2.5×	146	4.6k
Jens‐Ulrik Stæhr Jensen Denmark	30	652 0.5×	1.6k 1.3×	1.0k 1.4×	356 0.5×	455 0.8×	211	4.5k
Daiana Stolz Switzerland	43	500 0.4×	2.9k 2.3×	830 1.2×	557 0.8×	1.4k 2.3×	262	7.3k
Ruxandra Pinto Canada	41	733 0.6×	1.3k 1.1×	525 0.7×	806 1.2×	1.6k 2.7×	150	5.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sands, Kenneth, et al.. (2025). Enhanced recovery pathways improve early outcomes and reduce length of stay in primary hip and knee arthroplasty: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials. International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing. 57. 101186–101186. 1 indexed citations

Cao, Aize, et al.. (2025). Racial Disparities in Mortality and Readmission Among COVID-19 Hospitalized Patients. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 36(1). 115–143.

Gohil, Shruti K., Edward Septimus, Ken Kleinman, et al.. (2025). Initial Antibiotic Selection Strategy and Subsequent Antibiotic Use—Insights From the INSPIRE Trials. JAMA. 334(12). 1107–1107. 1 indexed citations

Fawzy, Ashraf, Tianshi David Wu, Kunbo Wang, et al.. (2023). Clinical Outcomes Associated With Overestimation of Oxygen Saturation by Pulse Oximetry in Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19. JAMA Network Open. 6(8). e2330856–e2330856. 26 indexed citations

Sands, Kenneth, et al.. (2023). Health Care–Associated Infections Among Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19, March 2020-March 2022. JAMA Network Open. 6(4). e238059–e238059. 26 indexed citations

Sands, Kenneth, Richard P. Wenzel, Laura McLean, et al.. (2020). Patient characteristics and admitting vital signs associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)–related mortality among patients admitted with noncritical illness. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 42(4). 399–405. 25 indexed citations

Yeramaneni, Samrat, et al.. (2020). Famotidine Use Is Not Associated With 30-day Mortality: A Coarsened Exact Match Study in 7158 Hospitalized Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 From a Large Healthcare System. Gastroenterology. 160(3). 919–921.e3. 18 indexed citations

Sands, Kenneth, Richard P. Wenzel, Laura McLean, et al.. (2020). Changes in hospitalized coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patient characteristics and resource use in a system of community hospitals in the United States. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 42(2). 228–229. 6 indexed citations

Bell, Sigall K., Stephanie D. Roche, Anna Johansson, et al.. (2016). Clinician Perspectives on an Electronic Portal to Improve Communication with Patients and Families in the Intensive Care Unit. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 13(12). 2197–2206. 12 indexed citations

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Goldsmith, Jeffrey D., et al.. (2016). Achieving High Reliability in Histology. American Journal of Clinical Pathology. 146(5). 554–560. 4 indexed citations

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Bell, Sigall K., Peter B. Smulowitz, Alan C. Woodward, et al.. (2012). Disclosure, Apology, and Offer Programs: Stakeholders’ Views of Barriers to and Strategies for Broad Implementation. Milbank Quarterly. 90(4). 682–705. 47 indexed citations

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Grossman, Shamai A., Christopher Fischer, Lewis A. Lipsitz, et al.. (2007). Predicting Adverse Outcomes in Syncope. Journal of Emergency Medicine. 33(3). 233–239. 109 indexed citations

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Sands, Kenneth, Deborah S. Yokoe, David C. Hooper, et al.. (2003). Detection of Postoperative Surgical-Site Infections: Comparison of Health Plan–Based Surveillance With Hospital-Based Programs. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 24(10). 741–743. 44 indexed citations

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Platt, Richard, Deborah S. Yokoe, & Kenneth Sands. (2001). Automated Methods for Surveillance of Surgical Site Infections. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3 indexed citations

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Sands, Kenneth, James E. Gray, Robert A. Parker, et al.. (2000). Occurrence of nosocomial bloodstream infections in six neonatal intensive care units. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 19(1). 56–65. 155 indexed citations

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Sands, Kenneth, Gordon C. Vineyard, James M. Livingston, Claus Christiansen, & Richard Platt. (1999). Efficient Identification of Postdischarge Surgical Site Infections: Use of Automated Pharmacy Dispensing Information, Administrative Data, and Medical Record Information. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 179(2). 434–441. 56 indexed citations

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Sands, Kenneth, David W. Bates, Paul N. Lanken, et al.. (1998). Epidemiology of Sepsis Syndrome in 8 Academic Medical Centers. Survey of Anesthesiology. 42(4). 196–196. 52 indexed citations

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Jansen, David A., et al.. (1998). Breast Cancer in Reduction Mammoplasty: Case Reports and a Survey of Plastic Surgeons. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. 101(2). 361–364. 52 indexed citations

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Katz, David A., David W. Bates, Eve Rittenberg, et al.. (1997). Predicting Clostridium difficile Stool Cytotoxin Results in Hospitalized Patients with Diarrhea. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 12(1). 57–62. 20 indexed citations

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Sands, Kenneth, Gordon C. Vineyard, & Richard Platt. (1996). Surgical Site Infections Occurring after Hospital Discharge. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 173(4). 963–970. 180 indexed citations

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