Lehana Thabane

73.0k total citations · 14 hit papers
1.1k papers, 37.0k citations indexed

About

Lehana Thabane is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Surgery and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Lehana Thabane has authored 1.1k papers receiving a total of 37.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 230 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 171 papers in Surgery and 162 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Lehana Thabane's work include Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (144 papers), Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (138 papers) and Hip and Femur Fractures (61 papers). Lehana Thabane is often cited by papers focused on Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (144 papers), Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (138 papers) and Hip and Femur Fractures (61 papers). Lehana Thabane collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Lehana Thabane's co-authors include Ji Cheng, Sandra Eldridge, Michael J. Campbell, Sally Hopewell, Christine Bond, Gillian Lancaster, Gordon Guyatt, Lora Giangregorio, P.J. Devereaux and Lawrence Mbuagbaw and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Lehana Thabane

1.0k papers receiving 36.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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 tutorial on pilot studies: the what, why and how

2010 2.1k citations Lehana Thabane et al. profile →
CONSORT 2010 statement: extension to randomised pilot and feasibility trials

2016 1.8k citations Sandra Eldridge, Michael J. Campbell et al. profile →
Effects of a mobile phone short message service on antiretroviral treatment adherence in Kenya (WelTel Kenya1): a randomised trial

2010 989 citations Lehana Thabane et al. profile →
Relationship between Intraoperative Mean Arterial Pressure and Clinical Outcomes after Noncardiac Surgery

2013 922 citations Michael Walsh, P.J. Devereaux et al. Anesthesiology profile →
Ventilation Strategy Using Low Tidal Volumes, Recruitment Maneuvers, and High Positive End-Expiratory Pressure for Acute Lung Injury and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

2008 875 citations Lehana Thabane et al. profile →
Defining Feasibility and Pilot Studies in Preparation for Randomised Controlled Trials: Development of a Conceptual Framework

2016 839 citations Sandra Eldridge, Gillian Lancaster et al. profile →
Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy in Sub-Saharan Africa and North America

2006 704 citations Lehana Thabane et al. profile →
Can trial sequential monitoring boundaries reduce spurious inferences from meta-analyses?

2008 625 citations P.J. Devereaux, Lehana Thabane et al. profile →
A tutorial on sensitivity analyses in clinical trials: the what, why, when and how

2013 600 citations Lehana Thabane, Lawrence Mbuagbaw et al. profile →
The statistical significance of randomized controlled trial results is frequently fragile: a case for a Fragility Index

2014 443 citations Michael Walsh, Lehana Thabane et al. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology profile →
Development of the Instrument to assess the Credibility of Effect Modification Analyses (ICEMAN) in randomized controlled trials and meta-analyses

2020 356 citations Xin Sun, Michael Walsh et al. profile →
The prevalence of sarcopenia in community-dwelling older adults, an exploration of differences between studies and within definitions: a systematic review and meta-analyses

2018 323 citations Lehana Thabane et al. profile →
Efficacy and safety of low and very low carbohydrate diets for type 2 diabetes remission: systematic review and meta-analysis of published and unpublished randomized trial data

2021 267 citations Lehana Thabane et al. profile →
Development of the Microbiota and Associations With Birth Mode, Diet, and Atopic Disorders in a Longitudinal Analysis of Stool Samples, Collected From Infancy Through Early Childhood

2020 198 citations Lehana Thabane et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The Impact of Virtual Care on Health-Related Quality of Life in Pediatric Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review 2025 ·Adolescent Health Medicine and Therapeutics ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Laura Banfield, Uma H. Athale, Lehana Thabane, M. Constantine Samaan	0
2	Getting fit for hip and knee replacement: The Fit-Joints multimodal intervention for frail patients with osteoarthritis – a pilot randomized controlled trial 2025 ·The Journal of Frailty & Aging ·(unknown), Ahmed Negm, Jonathan D. Adachi, David Armstrong, Stephanie A. Atkinson, Victoria Avram, Justin de Beer, (unknown), George Ioannidis, Courtney Kennedy, Patricia Hewston, Arthur Lau, Justin Lee, Julie Richardson, Sharon Marr, Akbar Panju, Danielle Petruccelli, Lehana Thabane, Mitchell Winemaker, Alexandra Papaioannou	1
3	‘Excellent for mind, body and spirit’: Participant, facilitator, and community stakeholder experiences of Music and Movement for Health 2024 ·Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Hilary Moss, Rosemary Joan Gowran, Quinette Louw, Catherine Woods, Desmond O’Neill, Liam Glynn, (unknown), (unknown), Jon Salsberg, Lehana Thabane, Amanda M. Clifford	1
4	Association between Complications and Death Within 30 days after General Surgery 2024 ·Annals of Surgery ·Lily Park, Flávia K. Borges, Sandra Ofori, Rahima Nenshi, Michael J. Jacka, Diane Heels‐Ansdell, (unknown), (unknown), Matthew T.V. Chan, (unknown), Carísi Anne Polanczyk, David Lee Skinner, José Manuel Asencio, Pilar Paniagua, Michael J. Rosen, Pablo E. Serrano, Michael Marcaccio, Marko Šimunović, Lehana Thabane, P.J. Devereaux	1
5	Opioid reduction and enhanced recovery in orthopaedic surgery (OREOS): a protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty 2024 ·Pilot and Feasibility Studies ·Kim Madden, (unknown), (unknown), Anthony Adili, Mohit Bhandari, Lisa C. Carlesso, Moin Khan, Ydo V. Kleinlugtenbelt, (unknown), Matilda E. Nowakowski, Tara Packham, (unknown), Jean‐Éric Tarride, Lehana Thabane, Daniel Tushinski, (unknown), Mitchell Winemaker, Harsha Shanthanna	2
6	Effectiveness of the community paramedicine at home (CP@home) program for frequent users of emergency medical services in Ontario: a randomized controlled trial 2024 ·BMC Health Services Research ·Gina Agarwal, Ricardo Angeles, (unknown), Melissa Pirrie, Francine Marzanek, Brent McLeod, Lehana Thabane	1
7	Less focus on symptom scales in psychiatric trials: it is time to ensure research equality between psychiatry and other medical specialities 2024 ·The Lancet Regional Health - Europe ·Sophie Juul, Faiza Siddiqui, (unknown), (unknown), Caroline Barkholt Kamp, (unknown), Lehana Thabane, Joanna Moncrieff, Mark Horowitz, Zainab Samaan, Michael P. Hengartner, Lawrence Mbuagbaw, Markus Harboe Olsen, Christian Gluud, Janus Christian Jakobsen	4
8	Computerized clinical decision support to improve stroke prevention therapy in primary care management of atrial fibrillation: a cluster randomized trial 2024 ·American Heart Journal ·Jafna L. Cox, (unknown), Lehana Thabane, Gary Foster, James MacKillop, Feng Xie, Antonio Ciaccia, Shurjeel Choudhri, (unknown), Ratika Parkash	1
9	Health TAPESTRY Ontario: A Multi-Site Randomized Controlled Trial Testing Implementation and Reproducibility 2023 ·The Annals of Family Medicine ·Dee Mangin, Larkin Lamarche, Doug Oliver, Gord Blackhouse, (unknown), Sayem Borhan, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Lisa Dolovich, Jessica Gaber, (unknown), Michelle Howard, (unknown), Cathy Risdon, (unknown), Jean‐Éric Tarride, Lehana Thabane, Ruta Valaitis, David Price	1
10	Mobile phone text messaging plus motivational interviewing versus usual care: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial to evaluate effects on breastfeeding, child health, and survival outcomes, among women living with HIV (MTI-MI) 2023 ·Trials ·Moleen Zunza, Lehana Thabane, Louise Kuhn, (unknown), Mark F. Cotton, Taryn Young	1
11	Impact of Vincristine-Steroid Pulses in Maintenance for B-Cell Pediatric ALL: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 2023 ·Blood ·(unknown), (unknown), Farid Foroutan, Lehana Thabane, Mignon L. Loh, David T. Teachey, Elizabeth A. Raetz, Sumit Gupta	3
12	Bariatric Surgery and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients With Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease: 2021 ·Circulation ·Aristithes G. Doumouras, Jorge Wong, J. Michael Paterson, Yung Lee, Branavan Sivapathasundaram, Jean‐Éric Tarride, Lehana Thabane, (unknown), Salim Yusuf, Mehran Anvari	123
13	Quantifying the impacts of human mobility restriction on the spread of coronavirus disease 2019: an empirical analysis from 344 cities of China 2021 ·Chinese Medical Journal ·Jing Tan, (unknown), Yiquan Xiong, (unknown), (unknown), Xin Lü, Lehana Thabane, Feng Xie, Xin Sun, Weimin Li	1
14	Continuous erector spinae plane block versus intercostal nerve block in patients undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: a pilot randomized controlled trial 2021 ·Pilot and Feasibility Studies ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Yaron Shargall, Christian Finley, Waël C. Hanna, John Agzarian, Mauricio Forero, (unknown), Thuva Vanniyasingam, Lehana Thabane, Harsha Shanthanna	17
15	<p>N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Antagonists and Steroids for the Prevention of Persisting Post-Surgical Pain After Thoracoscopic Surgeries: A Randomized Controlled, Factorial Design, International, Multicenter Pilot Trial</p> 2020 ·Journal of Pain Research ·Harsha Shanthanna, Alparslan Turan, Jessica Vincent, (unknown), Yaron Shargall, (unknown), Kimberly Davis, (unknown), (unknown), James Paul, Ian Gilron, Henrik Kehlet, Daniel I. Sessler, Mohit Bhandari, Lehana Thabane, P.J. Devereaux	3
16	Additional file 1 of CONSORT 2010 statement: extension to randomised pilot and feasibility trials 2016 ·Figshare ·Sandra Eldridge, (unknown), Michael J. Campbell, (unknown), Sally Hopewell, Lehana Thabane, Gillian Lancaster	2
17	Relationship between Intraoperative Mean Arterial Pressure and Clinical Outcomes after Noncardiac Surgery breakdown → 2013 ·Anesthesiology ·Michael Walsh, P.J. Devereaux, Amit X. Garg, Andrea Kurz, Alparslan Turan, Reitze Rodseth, Jacek B. Cywiński, Lehana Thabane, Daniel I. Sessler	922
18	A survey of patient's perceptions of what is “adverse” in manual physiotherapy and predicting who is likely to say so 2013 ·Journal of Clinical Epidemiology ·Lisa C. Carlesso, Joy C. MacDermid, Pasqualina Santaguida, Lehana Thabane	6
19	Measuring the degree of integration for an integrated service network 2012 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Chenglin Ye, Gina Browne, (unknown), Joseph Beyene, Lehana Thabane	1
20	Hypotonic Versus Isotonic Maintenance Fluids After Surgery for Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial 2011 ·PEDIATRICS ·Karen Choong, (unknown), (unknown), Forough Farrokhyar, Desigen Reddy, Lehana Thabane, J. Mark Walton	95

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