Michael Blaivas

17.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
229 papers, 8.9k citations indexed

About

Michael Blaivas is a scholar working on Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Surgery and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Blaivas has authored 229 papers receiving a total of 8.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 133 papers in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, 98 papers in Surgery and 58 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Michael Blaivas's work include Ultrasound in Clinical Applications (129 papers), Radiology practices and education (38 papers) and Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy (36 papers). Michael Blaivas is often cited by papers focused on Ultrasound in Clinical Applications (129 papers), Radiology practices and education (38 papers) and Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy (36 papers). Michael Blaivas collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Canada. Michael Blaivas's co-authors include Matthew Lyon, Larry Brannam, Srikar Adhikari, Paul Sierzenski, Daniel Theodoro, James W. Tsung, J. Christian Fox, Sandeep Duggal, Michael J. Lambert and Andrew W. Kirkpatrick and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

Michael Blaivas

220 papers receiving 8.5k 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.

International evidence-based recommendations on ultrasound-guided vascular access

2012 510 citations Massimo Lamperti, Andrew Bodenham et al. Intensive Care Medicine profile →
Guidelines for the Appropriate Use of Bedside General and Cardiac Ultrasonography in the Evaluation of Critically Ill Patients—Part I

2015 314 citations Andrew W. Kirkpatrick, Mahmoud Elbarbary et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Michael Blaivas	4.6k	3.8k	2.0k	2.0k	1.7k	229	8.9k
Andrew W. Kirkpatrick	4.8k 1.0×	8.2k 2.2×	5.9k 2.9×	1.4k 0.7×	4.9k 2.8×	357	14.0k
Lorne H. Blackbourne	5.0k 1.1×	3.2k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	260 0.1×	5.5k 3.1×	195	9.3k
Kenneth L. Mattox	2.6k 0.6×	8.5k 2.3×	4.9k 2.4×	387 0.2×	6.2k 3.6×	274	13.0k
Chad G. Ball	2.1k 0.4×	5.4k 1.4×	3.0k 1.5×	637 0.3×	3.2k 1.8×	348	8.4k
Todd E. Rasmussen	4.8k 1.0×	3.7k 1.0×	2.4k 1.2×	152 0.1×	5.6k 3.2×	276	9.4k
Richard W. Light	4.4k 1.0×	4.3k 1.1×	12.0k 5.9×	394 0.2×	767 0.4×	287	15.6k
Lane F. Donnelly	791 0.2×	2.2k 0.6×	2.3k 1.1×	2.5k 1.3×	465 0.3×	262	7.6k
David V. Feliciano	1.7k 0.4×	9.2k 2.4×	4.6k 2.3×	334 0.2×	4.5k 2.6×	313	12.2k
Pierre Carli	1.2k 0.3×	1.9k 0.5×	938 0.5×	253 0.1×	6.2k 3.5×	191	8.1k
Vicki E. Noble	2.7k 0.6×	1.6k 0.4×	729 0.4×	1.5k 0.7×	831 0.5×	104	4.2k

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Blaivas, Michael, Roman Hari, Beatrice Hoffmann, et al.. (2025). Teaching methods, facilities, and institutions in student ultrasound education (SUSE): e-learning, simulation, and ultrasound skills labs. Journal of Ultrasonography. 25(101). 20250014–20250014.

Graumann, Ole, Adrian Goudie, Michael Blaivas, et al.. (2025). Artificial Intelligence in Abdominal, Gynecological, Obstetric, Musculoskeletal, Vascular and Interventional Ultrasound. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. 51(11). 1865–1877.

Goudie, Adrian, Michael Blaivas, Rudolf Horn, et al.. (2024). Ultrasound during Advanced Life Support—Help or Harm?. Diagnostics. 14(6). 593–593. 2 indexed citations

Recker, Florian, Yi Dong, Christian Jenssen, et al.. (2024). Exploring the dynamics of ultrasound training in medical education: current trends, debates, and approaches to didactics and hands-on learning. BMC Medical Education. 24(1). 1311–1311. 5 indexed citations

Şerban, Oana, Daniela Fodor, Michael Blaivas, et al.. (2024). Ultrasound in bone fracture diagnosis – a comparative meta-analysis and systematic review. Medical Ultrasonography. 27(1). 52–62. 2 indexed citations

Goudie, Adrian, Michael Blaivas, Young Jun Chai, et al.. (2024). WFUMB Commentary Paper on Artificial intelligence in Medical Ultrasound Imaging. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. 51(3). 428–438.

Blaivas, Michael, Yale Tung‐Chen, José Mariz, et al.. (2022). Early Lung Ultrasound Findings in Patients With COVID‐19 Pneumonia: A Retrospective Multicenter Study of 479 Patients. Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. 41(10). 2547–2556. 9 indexed citations

Abbasi, Adeel, Mohammed Nayeemuddin, Gary Phillips, et al.. (2020). Respiratory Variation in Carotid Artery Peak Systolic Velocity Is Unable to Predict Fluid Responsiveness in Spontaneously Breathing Critically Ill Patients When Assessed by Novice Physician Sonologists. Journal of Intensive Care Medicine. 36(8). 885–892. 7 indexed citations

Blaivas, Michael, et al.. (2020). Lung Ultrasound Point‐of‐View in Pediatric and Adult COVID‐19 Infection. Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. 40(5). 899–908. 10 indexed citations

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Fair, James, Michael Mallin, Joshua Zimmerman, et al.. (2017). Transesophageal Echocardiography: Guidelines for Point-of-Care Applications in Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 71(2). 201–207. 50 indexed citations

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Blaivas, Michael, et al.. (2017). Use and Education of Point‐of‐Care Ultrasound in Pediatric Emergency Medicine in Saudi Arabia. Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. 36(11). 2219–2225. 6 indexed citations

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Stefanidis, Konstantinos, Peter G. Brindley, Michael Blaivas, et al.. (2017). Bedside Ultrasound to Facilitate Early Diagnosis and Ease of Follow-Up in Neurogenic Heterotopic Ossification: A Pilot Study From the Intensive Care Unit. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation. 32(6). E54–E58. 10 indexed citations

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Lamperti, Massimo, Andrew Bodenham, Mauro Pittiruti, et al.. (2012). International evidence-based recommendations on ultrasound-guided vascular access. Intensive Care Medicine. 38(7). 1105–1117. 510 indexed citations breakdown →

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McBeth, Paul B., Michael Blaivas, Trevor D. Hamilton, et al.. (2011). Simple, Almost Anywhere, With Almost Anyone: Remote Low-Cost Telementored Resuscitative Lung Ultrasound. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 71(6). 1528–1535. 57 indexed citations

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Blaivas, Michael, Srikar Adhikari, & Lina Lander. (2011). A Prospective Comparison of Procedural Sedation and Ultrasound‐guided Interscalene Nerve Block for Shoulder Reduction in the Emergency Department. Academic Emergency Medicine. 18(9). 922–927. 94 indexed citations

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Adhikari, Srikar & Michael Blaivas. (2009). 216: Comparison of Bedside Ultrasound and Panorex Radiography in the Diagnosis of a Dental Abscess in the Emergency Department. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 54(3). S67–S67.

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Blaivas, Michael, Srikar Adhikari, Stephen A. Shiver, & Matthew Lyon. (2008). 277: Transfer of Real-Time Ultrasound Video of FAST Examinations from Victims at a Disaster Scene Via a Commercially Available Video Cell Phone. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 52(4). S126–S127. 1 indexed citations

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Blaivas, Michael, Daniel Theodoro, & Paul Sierzenski. (2002). Proliferation of Ultrasound Fellowships in Emergency Medicine: How Do We Ensure Future Experts Are Expertly Trained?. Academic Emergency Medicine. 9(8). 863–864. 9 indexed citations

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Blaivas, Michael, Daniel Theodoro, & Paul Sierzenski. (2002). A Study of Bedside Ocular Ultrasonography in the Emergency Department. Academic Emergency Medicine. 9(8). 791–799. 72 indexed citations

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