Michael E. Detsky

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Michael E. Detsky is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael E. Detsky has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 13 papers in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine and 11 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Michael E. Detsky's work include Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (14 papers), Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders (11 papers) and Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units (8 papers). Michael E. Detsky is often cited by papers focused on Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (14 papers), Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders (11 papers) and Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units (8 papers). Michael E. Detsky collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Michael E. Detsky's co-authors include Laveena Munshi, Randy S. Wax, Vicki R. LeBlanc, Eddy Fan, Ewan C. Goligher, Niall D. Ferguson, Paulina Farías, Franco Laghi, Brian P. Kavanagh and Gordon D. Rubenfeld and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Michael E. Detsky

44 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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Measuring diaphragm thickness with ultrasound in mechanically ventilated patients: feasibility, reproducibility and validity

2015 289 citations Ewan C. Goligher, Franco Laghi et al. Intensive Care Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael E. Detsky Canada	15	532	375	353	220	216	48	1.4k
Mary E. Hartman United States	20	570 1.1×	427 1.1×	515 1.5×	249 1.1×	199 0.9×	43	1.7k
Kiran Hebbar United States	21	347 0.7×	266 0.7×	301 0.9×	101 0.5×	180 0.8×	65	1.4k
Tom B. Rice United States	16	514 1.0×	409 1.1×	203 0.6×	122 0.6×	126 0.6×	47	1.5k
Carol Nicholson United States	22	611 1.1×	454 1.2×	379 1.1×	509 2.3×	390 1.8×	40	2.2k
Christopher J. L. Newth United States	25	1.0k 1.9×	493 1.3×	229 0.6×	161 0.7×	143 0.7×	58	1.8k
Jefferson Pedro Piva Brazil	26	727 1.4×	243 0.6×	266 0.8×	274 1.2×	586 2.7×	176	2.1k
Lewis Eisen United States	24	577 1.1×	283 0.8×	393 1.1×	70 0.3×	168 0.8×	64	1.7k
Pedro Celiny Ramos Garcia Brazil	22	588 1.1×	209 0.6×	226 0.6×	214 1.0×	339 1.6×	148	1.7k
Roberto Malacrida Switzerland	14	735 1.4×	373 1.0×	372 1.1×	143 0.7×	233 1.1×	40	1.6k
John D. Santamaria Australia	20	502 0.9×	533 1.4×	255 0.7×	74 0.3×	61 0.3×	60	1.7k

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Kruser, Jacqueline M., et al.. (2025). Characterizing Physician Recommendations within Code Status Documentation: A Multicentre Cohort Study and Qualitative Discourse Analysis. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 41(2). 355–363.

Burry, Lisa, David Williamson, Michael E. Detsky, et al.. (2025). Low-Dose Melatonin for Prevention of Delirium in Critically Ill Patients. CHEST Journal. 167(5). 1397–1407. 3 indexed citations

Kurahashi, Allison, Rashmi Sharma, Ramona Mahtani, et al.. (2024). A Comparison of Palliative Care Delivery between Ethnically Chinese and Non-Chinese Canadians in the Last Year of Life. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 39(14). 2732–2740. 1 indexed citations

Munshi, Laveena, Guillaume Dumas, Bram Rochwerg, et al.. (2024). Long-term survival and functional outcomes of critically ill patients with hematologic malignancies: a Canadian multicenter prospective study. Intensive Care Medicine. 50(4). 561–572. 9 indexed citations

Detsky, Michael E., Saeha Shin, Michael Fralick, et al.. (2023). Using the Hospital Frailty Risk Score to assess mortality risk in older medical patients admitted to the intensive care unit. CMAJ Open. 11(4). E607–E614. 3 indexed citations

Piquette, Dominique, et al.. (2023). Critical Care Education and the ICU Care Continuum. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 209(4). 360–361. 1 indexed citations

Kruser, Jacqueline M., et al.. (2023). Impact of Interprofessional Teamwork on Aligning Intensive Care Unit Care with Patient Goals: A Qualitative Study of Transactive Memory Systems. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 20(4). 548–555. 7 indexed citations

Rozenberg, Dmitry, Michael E. Detsky, Bruno L. Ferreyro, et al.. (2022). The association between nutritional risk index and ICU outcomes across hematologic malignancy patients with acute respiratory failure. Annals of Hematology. 102(2). 439–445. 4 indexed citations

Ferreyro, Bruno L., Dmitry Rozenberg, Michael C. Sklar, et al.. (2021). Association of Thoracic Computed Tomographic Measurements and Outcomes in Patients with Hematologic Malignancies Requiring Mechanical Ventilation. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 18(7). 1219–1226. 3 indexed citations

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Yarnell, Christopher J., Ruxandra Pinto, Luke Devine, et al.. (2021). Observational study of agreement between attending and trainee physicians on the surprise question: “Would you be surprised if this patient died in the next 12 months?”. PLoS ONE. 16(2). e0247571–e0247571. 6 indexed citations

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Courtright, Katherine R., Jaspal Singh, Brian Bayes, et al.. (2020). Prognosticating Outcomes and Nudging Decisions with Electronic Records in the Intensive Care Unit Trial Protocol. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 18(2). 336–346. 9 indexed citations

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Yadav, Kuldeep N., et al.. (2019). What’s behind the white coat: Potential mechanisms of physician-attributable variation in critical care. PLoS ONE. 14(5). e0216418–e0216418. 11 indexed citations

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Viglianti, Elizabeth M., et al.. (2019). Time-limited Trials in the Intensive Care Unit to Promote Goal-Concordant Patient Care. Clinical Pulmonary Medicine. 26(5). 141–145. 17 indexed citations

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Buehler, Anna E., Aaron M. Delman, Saida Kent, et al.. (2018). Contributors to Intensive Care Unit Clinicians’ Predictions of Patient Outcomes: A Qualitative Analysis. American Journal of Critical Care. 27(6). 445–453.

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Detsky, Michael E., Michael O. Harhay, Aaron M. Delman, et al.. (2017). Six-Month Morbidity and Mortality among Intensive Care Unit Patients Receiving Life-Sustaining Therapy. A Prospective Cohort Study. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 14(10). 1562–1570. 30 indexed citations

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Burry, Lisa, Damon C. Scales, David Williamson, et al.. (2017). Feasibility of melatonin for prevention of delirium in critically ill patients: a protocol for a multicentre, randomised, placebo-controlled study. BMJ Open. 7(3). e015420–e015420. 12 indexed citations

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Munshi, Laveena, et al.. (2015). Mechanical ventilation during extracorporeal life support (ECLS): a systematic review. Intensive Care Medicine. 41(6). 994–1003. 63 indexed citations

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Goligher, Ewan C., Franco Laghi, Michael E. Detsky, et al.. (2015). Measuring diaphragm thickness with ultrasound in mechanically ventilated patients: feasibility, reproducibility and validity. Intensive Care Medicine. 41(4). 642–649. 289 indexed citations breakdown →

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Munshi, Laveena, et al.. (2014). Mechanical Ventilation during Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. An International Survey. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 11(6). 956–961. 77 indexed citations

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Detsky, Michael E. & Allan S. Detsky. (2007). Encouraging medical students to do research and write papers. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 176(12). 1719–1721. 24 indexed citations

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