Laura P. Sands

12.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
169 papers, 9.6k citations indexed

About

Laura P. Sands is a scholar working on Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, General Health Professions and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Laura P. Sands has authored 169 papers receiving a total of 9.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, 39 papers in General Health Professions and 36 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Laura P. Sands's work include Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders (39 papers), Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (32 papers) and Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research (26 papers). Laura P. Sands is often cited by papers focused on Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders (39 papers), Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (32 papers) and Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research (26 papers). Laura P. Sands collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and Canada. Laura P. Sands's co-authors include Jacqueline M. Leung, Kenneth E. Covinsky, Kristine Yaffe, Meryl Brod, Anita L. Stewart, W. W. Campbell, P Walton, Anju Sahay, Linnea Vaurio and Rebecca J. Lasek and has published in prestigious journals such as Neurology, The FASEB Journal and Social Science & Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Laura P. Sands

166 papers receiving 9.2k 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.

Conceptualization and Measurement of Quality of Life in Dementia: The Dementia Quality of Life Instrument (DQoL)

1999 526 citations Meryl Brod, Laura P. Sands et al. The Gerontologist profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Laura P. Sands United States	54	2.1k	2.1k	2.0k	1.3k	1.2k	169	9.6k
Douglas Leslie United States	52	2.9k 1.4×	2.0k 1.0×	1.2k 0.6×	1.4k 1.1×	746 0.6×	283	10.4k
Jennifer L. Waller United States	59	1.3k 0.6×	442 0.2×	1.2k 0.6×	282 0.2×	1.1k 0.9×	279	12.2k
Rob J. de Haan Netherlands	69	1.9k 0.9×	675 0.3×	918 0.5×	171 0.1×	834 0.7×	211	14.4k
Ann L. Gruber‐Baldini United States	48	2.3k 1.1×	518 0.3×	3.7k 1.8×	218 0.2×	518 0.4×	188	8.5k
Bonnie Stevens Canada	65	924 0.4×	348 0.2×	1.3k 0.7×	1.8k 1.4×	413 0.3×	273	17.4k
John N. Morris United States	59	5.5k 2.6×	877 0.4×	7.6k 3.8×	726 0.5×	626 0.5×	162	16.6k
Geir Selbæk Norway	47	5.7k 2.7×	717 0.3×	4.0k 2.0×	463 0.3×	1.1k 0.9×	290	17.9k
Christina Wolfson Canada	54	2.4k 1.1×	391 0.2×	1.5k 0.7×	184 0.1×	980 0.8×	253	12.8k
Joel Katz Canada	66	1.7k 0.8×	307 0.1×	987 0.5×	5.1k 3.8×	1.8k 1.4×	332	19.5k
Gerry Humphris United Kingdom	59	1.8k 0.8×	922 0.4×	3.1k 1.6×	1.4k 1.0×	220 0.2×	285	13.3k

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Sands, Laura P., et al.. (2024). Risks and Outcomes of New Onset of Unmet Need for Mobility and Self-Care Daily Activities. The Gerontologist. 65(2). 1 indexed citations

Pruchno, Rachel, Laura P. Sands, Francine P. Cartwright, Miriam Rose, & Xiaofan Zhu. (2023). Subjective Successful Aging Predicts Probability of Mortality Over 9 Years Among Adults Aged 50–74. The Gerontologist. 64(7). 4 indexed citations

Leung, Jacqueline M., Julio C. Rojas, Adam L. Boxer, et al.. (2023). Presence of Preoperative Neurodegeneration Biofluid Markers in Patients with Postoperative Delirium. Anesthesiology. 139(4). 432–443. 11 indexed citations

Schmitt, Daniel, et al.. (2022). Racial differences in running and landing measures associated with injury risk vary by sex. Sports Biomechanics. 23(12). 2738–2756. 1 indexed citations

Leung, Jacqueline M., Laura P. Sands, Ningning Chen, et al.. (2017). Perioperative Gabapentin Does Not Reduce Postoperative Delirium in Older Surgical Patients. Anesthesiology. 127(4). 633–644. 44 indexed citations

Abrahamson, Kathleen, Zachary Hass, & Laura P. Sands. (2017). Likelihood that expectations of informal care will be met at onset of caregiving need: a retrospective study of older adults in the USA. BMJ Open. 7(12). e017791–e017791. 9 indexed citations

Leung, Jacqueline M., Laura P. Sands, Eunjung Lim, Tiffany Tsai, & Sakura Kinjo. (2013). Does Preoperative Risk for Delirium Moderate the Effects of Postoperative Pain and Opiate Use on Postoperative Delirium?. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 21(10). 946–956. 105 indexed citations

DePalma, Glen, Huiping Xu, Kenneth E. Covinsky, et al.. (2012). Hospital Readmission Among Older Adults Who Return Home With Unmet Need for ADL Disability. The Gerontologist. 53(3). 454–461. 138 indexed citations

Kinjo, Sakura, Eunjung Lim, Laura P. Sands, Kevin J. Bozic, & Jacqueline M. Leung. (2012). Does using a femoral nerve block for total knee replacement decrease postoperative delirium?. BMC Anesthesiology. 12(1). 4–4. 32 indexed citations

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Leung, Jacqueline M., et al.. (2009). Does Postoperative Delirium Limit the Use of Patient-controlled Analgesia in Older Surgical Patients?. Anesthesiology. 111(3). 625–631. 45 indexed citations

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Wang, Yun, Laura P. Sands, Linnea Vaurio, Evan Mullen, & Jacqueline M. Leung. (2006). The Effects of Postoperative Pain and Its Management on Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 15(1). 50–59. 99 indexed citations

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Leung, Jacqueline M., Laura P. Sands, María Antonieta Rico, et al.. (2006). Pilot clinical trial of gabapentin to decrease postoperative delirium in older patients. Neurology. 67(7). 1251–1253. 119 indexed citations

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Sands, Laura P., et al.. (2006). The Role of Postoperative Analgesia in Delirium and Cognitive Decline in Elderly Patients: A Systematic Review. Anesthesia & Analgesia. 102(4). 1255–1266. 225 indexed citations

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Sands, Laura P., Yun Wang, George P. McCabe, et al.. (2006). Rates of Acute Care Admissions for Frail Older People Living with Met Versus Unmet Activity of Daily Living Needs. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 54(2). 339–344. 106 indexed citations

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Chren, Mary‐Margaret, Anju Sahay, Laura P. Sands, et al.. (2004). Variation in Care for Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer in a Private Practice and a Veterans Affairs Clinic. Medical Care. 42(10). 1019–1026. 24 indexed citations

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Buffum, Martha D., Laura P. Sands, Christine Miaskowski, Meryl Brod, & Allyson Washburn. (2004). A Clinical Trial of the Effectiveness of Regularly Scheduled Versus As‐Needed Administration of Acetaminophen in the Management of Discomfort in Older Adults with Dementia. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 52(7). 1093–1097. 36 indexed citations

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Steinman, Michael A., Laura P. Sands, & Kenneth E. Covinsky. (2001). Self-restriction of Medications Due to Cost in Seniors without Prescription Coverage: A National Survey. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 16(12). 793–799. 57 indexed citations

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Yaffe, Kristine, Terri Blackwell, L. Robert Gore, et al.. (1999). Depressive Symptoms and Cognitive Decline in Nondemented Elderly Women. Archives of General Psychiatry. 56(5). 425–425. 7 indexed citations

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Sands, Laura P., Ira R. Katz, & Suzanne R. Doyle. (1993). Detecting Subclinical Change in Cognitive Functioning in Older Adults: Part II: Initial Validation of the Method. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 1(4). 275–287. 7 indexed citations

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Katz, Ira R., et al.. (1991). Bedside Clinical and Electrophysiological Assessment: Assessment of Change in Vulnerable Patients. International Psychogeriatrics. 3(2). 289–300. 15 indexed citations

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