Michael D. Howell

10.5k citations

100 papers · 6.3k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 41

Impact in

Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine top 0.1%
- Nosocomial Infections in ICU
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
Family Practice top 0.2%
- Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills

Papers in

Family Practice 12
- Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills 12
Emergency Medicine 38
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies 22
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation 11

Co-authors: Daniel Talmor Nathan I. Shapiro Dana P. Edelson Matthew M. Churpek Alan Lisbon Michael W. Donnino Richard E. Wolfe J. Woodrow Weiss
Journals: Critical Care Medicine (14 papers)Academic Emergency Medicine (6 papers)Annals of Emergency Medicine (6 papers)Journal of Critical Care (4 papers)CHEST Journal (4 papers)
Partner nations: United States Israel Portugal

In The Last Decade

Michael D. Howell

97 papers receiving 6.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Quick Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment, Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome, and Early Warning Scores for Detecting Clinical Deterioration in Infected Patients outside the Intensive Care Unit 2016 · 452 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2016 American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
2005 Annals of Emergency Medicine

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All Works

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1	Prevalence of Dyspnea Among Hospitalized Patients at the Time of Admission Journal of Pain and Symptom Management ·Jennifer P. Stevens, Tenzin Dechen, Richard M. Schwartzstein, Carl R. O’Donnell, Kathy Baker, Michael D. Howell, Robert B. Banzett	2018	33
2	The Practice of Respect in the ICU American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Samuel M. Brown, Élie Azoulay, Dominique Benoît, I H Bellgam, Patricia Folcarelli, Gail Geller, Ronen Rozenblum, 徳昭北田, Lauge Sokol‐Hessner, Daniel Talmor, Kathleen Turner, Michael D. Howell	2018	38
3	How the discovery of ISS-N1 led to the first medical therapy for spinal muscular atrophy Gene Therapy ·Neha Singh, Michael D. Howell, Elliot J. Androphy, Ravindra Singh	2017	131
4	An Emergency Department Validation of the SEP-3 Sepsis and Septic Shock Definitions and Comparison With 1992 Consensus Definitions Annals of Emergency Medicine ·Daniel J. Henning, Michael A. Puskarich, Wesley H. Self, Michael D. Howell, Michael W. Donnino, Donald M. Yealy, Alan E. Jones, Nathan I. Shapiro	2017	62
5	Improving Value by Reducing Unnecessary Telemetry and Urinary Catheter Utilization in Hospitalized Patients The American Journal of Medicine ·Charlie M. Wray, John Fahrenbach, Nikhil Bassi, F.Hyde Maberly, Matthew Modes, Michael D. Howell, Vineet M. Arora	2017	8
6	Quick Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment, Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome, and Early Warning Scores for Detecting Clinical Deterioration in Infected Patients outside the Intensive Care Unit American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Matthew M. Churpek, Ashley Snyder, Xuan Han, Sarah Sokol, Natasha N. Pettit, Michael D. Howell, Dana P. Edelson Hit paper breakdown →	2016	452
7	The Ask Me to Explain Campaign: A 90-Day Intervention to Promote Patient and Family Involvement in Care in a Pediatric Emergency Department The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety ·عبدالمهدی انصاری, Heinz-Eberhard Maul, James L. Driscoll, Pierre‐Luc Thériault, Michael D. Howell	2016	4
8	Proton-pump inhibitor use is associated with low serum magnesium concentrations DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) ·John Danziger, Jeffrey H. William, Daniel Scott, Joon Lee, Li-wei H. Lehman, Roger G. Mark, Michael D. Howell, Leo Anthony Celi, Kenneth J. Mukamal	2015	1
9	Incidence and Prognostic Value of the Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome and Organ Dysfunctions in Ward Patients American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Matthew M. Churpek, Frank J. Zadravecz, Christopher Winslow, Michael D. Howell, Dana P. Edelson	2015	207
10	Determining the Ideal Strategy for Ventilator-associated Pneumonia Prevention. Cost–Benefit Analysis American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Westyn Branch‐Elliman, Sharon B. Wright, Michael D. Howell	2015	57
11	Estimating duration of central venous catheter at time of insertion: Clinician judgment and clinical predictors Journal of Critical Care ·Mathias J. Holmberg, Lars W. Andersen, Paulo Sérgio Novais, Sharon B. Wright, 淡〓, Michael D. Howell, Michael W. Donnino, Michael N. Cocchi	2015	0
12	Strategies to Prevent Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Acute Care Hospitals: 2014 Update Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology ·Michael Klompas, Richard D. Branson, Eric C. Eichenwald, Linda Greene, Michael D. Howell, Grace Lee, Shelley S. Magill, Lisa L. Maragakis, Gregory P. Priebe, Kathleen Speck, Deborah S. Yokoe, Sean M. Berenholtz	2014	130
13	Strategies to Prevent Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Acute Care Hospitals: 2014 Update Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology ·Michael Klompas, Richard D. Branson, Eric C. Eichenwald, Linda Greene, Michael D. Howell, Grace Lee, Shelley S. Magill, Lisa L. Maragakis, Gregory P. Priebe, Kathleen Speck, Deborah S. Yokoe, Sean M. Berenholtz	2014	279
14	Proton-pump inhibitor use is associated with low serum magnesium concentrations Kidney International ·John Danziger, Jeffrey H. William, Daniel Scott, Joon Lee, Li-wei H. Lehman, Roger G. Mark, Michael D. Howell, Leo Anthony Celi, Kenneth J. Mukamal	2013	125
15	Elements of a High-Quality Inpatient Consultation in the Intensive Care Unit. A Qualitative Study Annals of the American Thoracic Society ·Jennifer P. Stevens, Anna Johansson, Mara A. Schonberg, Michael D. Howell	2013	15
16	Teamwork and Leadership in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·Sabina Hunziker, Anna Johansson, Franziska Tschan, Norbert K. Semmer, Laura K. Rock, Michael D. Howell, Stephan Märsch	2011	240
17	Mortality in Emergency Department Sepsis (MEDS) score predicts 1-year mortality* Critical Care Medicine ·Nathan I. Shapiro, Michael D. Howell, Daniel Talmor, Michael W. Donnino, Long Ngo, David W. Bates	2006	73
18	A Blueprint for a Sepsis Protocol Academic Emergency Medicine ·Nathan I. Shapiro, Michael D. Howell, Daniel Talmor	2005	45
19	Serum Lactate as a Predictor of Mortality in Emergency Department Patients with Infection Annals of Emergency Medicine ·Nathan I. Shapiro, Michael D. Howell, Daniel Talmor, Larry Nathanson, Alan Lisbon, Richard E. Wolfe, J. Woodrow Weiss Hit paper breakdown →	2005	550
20	Awareness and use of the ottawa ankle and knee rules in 5 countries: Can publication alone be enough to change practice? Annals of Emergency Medicine ·Ian D. Graham, Ian G. Stiell, A. Laupacis, Laura McAuley, Michael D. Howell, Michael Clancy, Pierre Durieux, N. Simon, José Ignacio Emparanza, Alexander Abdennur, Annette M. O’Connor, George A. Wells	2001	88

About Michael D. Howell

Michael D. Howell is a scholar working on Family Practice, Emergency Medicine, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Issues, ethics and legal aspects and Radiological and Ultrasound Technology, having authored 100 papers that have together received 6.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (37 papers), Emergency and Acute Care Studies (22 papers), Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills (12 papers), Respiratory Support and Mechanisms (11 papers), Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders (11 papers), Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (11 papers), Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (10 papers) and Nosocomial Infections in ICU (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine (1.7k citations), Family Practice (482 citations), Emergency Medicine (1.7k citations), Epidemiology (3.0k citations) and Nephrology (598 citations). Michael D. Howell has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Israel and Portugal. Frequent co-authors include Daniel Talmor, Nathan I. Shapiro, Dana P. Edelson, Matthew M. Churpek, Alan Lisbon, Michael W. Donnino, Richard E. Wolfe, J. Woodrow Weiss, Sabina Hunziker and Larry Nathanson. Their work appears in journals such as Critical Care Medicine, Academic Emergency Medicine, Annals of Emergency Medicine, Journal of Critical Care and CHEST Journal.

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