Michael Klompas

36.5k total citations · 10 hit papers
307 papers, 15.3k citations indexed

About

Michael Klompas is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Klompas has authored 307 papers receiving a total of 15.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 164 papers in Epidemiology, 121 papers in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine and 79 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Michael Klompas's work include Nosocomial Infections in ICU (107 papers), Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (82 papers) and Respiratory Support and Mechanisms (45 papers). Michael Klompas is often cited by papers focused on Nosocomial Infections in ICU (107 papers), Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (82 papers) and Respiratory Support and Mechanisms (45 papers). Michael Klompas collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Switzerland. Michael Klompas's co-authors include Chanu Rhee, Sameer S. Kadri, Meghan A. Baker, Richard Platt, André C. Kalil, John Muscedere, Charles‐Édouard Luyt, Robert L. Danner, Laurent Papazian and Mark L. Metersky and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Michael Klompas

295 papers receiving 15.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Management of Adults With Hospital-acquired and Ventilator-associated Pneumonia: 2016 Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American Thoracic Society

2016 2.3k citations André C. Kalil, Mark L. Metersky et al. Clinical Infectious Diseases profile →
Incidence and Trends of Sepsis in US Hospitals Using Clinical vs Claims Data, 2009-2014

2017 1.2k citations Chanu Rhee, Raymund Dantes et al. profile →
Ventilator-associated pneumonia in adults: a narrative review

2020 470 citations Michael Klompas et al. Intensive Care Medicine profile →
Difficult-to-Treat Resistance in Gram-negative Bacteremia at 173 US Hospitals: Retrospective Cohort Analysis of Prevalence, Predictors, and Outcome of Resistance to All First-line Agents

2018 377 citations Sameer S. Kadri, Chanu Rhee et al. Clinical Infectious Diseases profile →
Prevalence, Underlying Causes, and Preventability of Sepsis-Associated Mortality in US Acute Care Hospitals

2019 363 citations Chanu Rhee, Raymund Dantes et al. JAMA Network Open profile →
Executive Summary: Management of Adults With Hospital-acquired and Ventilator-associated Pneumonia: 2016 Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American Thoracic Society

2016 289 citations André C. Kalil, Mark L. Metersky et al. Clinical Infectious Diseases profile →
Airborne Transmission of SARS-CoV-2

2020 289 citations Michael Klompas, Meghan A. Baker et al. profile →
Prevalence of Antibiotic-Resistant Pathogens in Culture-Proven Sepsis and Outcomes Associated With Inadequate and Broad-Spectrum Empiric Antibiotic Use

2020 232 citations Chanu Rhee, Sameer S. Kadri et al. JAMA Network Open profile →
Healthcare-associated infections in adult intensive care unit patients: Changes in epidemiology, diagnosis, prevention and contributions of new technologies

2022 156 citations Stijn Blot, Michael Klompas et al. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing profile →
Strategies to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia, ventilator-associated events, and nonventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia in acute-care hospitals: 2022 Update

2022 124 citations Michael Klompas, Richard D. Branson et al. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Should we still use chlorhexidine oral care? No! 2025 ·Intensive and Critical Care Nursing ·Stijn Blot, (unknown), Michael Klompas	1
2	Syndromic Analysis of Sepsis Cohorts Using Large Language Models 2025 ·JAMA Network Open ·Theodore R. Pak, Sanjat Kanjilal, (unknown), (unknown), Chanu Rhee, Michael Klompas	0
3	Evaluating potential modifications to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Adult Sepsis Event definition: impact on sepsis incidence, outcomes, and clinical validity 2025 ·Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology ·(unknown), (unknown), Michael Klompas, Christina K. Chan, Raymund Dantes, Chanu Rhee	0
4	How to approach a patient hospitalized for pneumonia who is not responding to treatment? 2025 ·Intensive Care Medicine ·Pedro Póvoa, Luís Coelho, Jordi Carratalà, Kelly Cawcutt, Sara E. Cosgrove, Ricard Ferrer, Carlos A. Gómez, Michael Klompas, Thiago Lisboa, Ignacio Martín‐Loeches, Saad Nseir, Jorge I. Salluh, Sias Scherger, Daniel A. Sweeney, André C. Kalil	4
5	Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Antibiotic Resistant Infection Burden in U.S. Hospitals 2025 ·Annals of Internal Medicine ·Christina Yek, (unknown), Guoqing Diao, Morgan Walker, Maniraj Neupane, (unknown), (unknown), Mary Richert, Chanu Rhee, Michael Klompas, Bruce Swihart, Sarah Warner, Sameer S. Kadri, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	4
6	Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Position Statement: Why IDSA Did Not Endorse the Community-Acquired Pneumonia Guidelines 2025 Update 2025 ·Clinical Infectious Diseases ·Michael Klompas, Majdi N. Al‐Hasan, Mayar Al Mohajer, Robert C. Colgrove, Shira Doron, Thomas M. File, Natasha N. Pettit, Michael S. Pulia, Sharon Weissman	0
7	Trends in antibiotic utilization for patients hospitalized with COVID-19 with and without signs of sepsis 2024 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Claire Shappell, Michael Klompas, Christina K. Chan, Tom Chen, Chanu Rhee	1
8	Association Between the Sequence of β-Lactam and Vancomycin Administration and Mortality in Patients With Suspected Sepsis 2024 ·Clinical Infectious Diseases ·Yutaka Kondo, Michael Klompas, (unknown), Theodore R. Pak, Claire Shappell, Laura DelloStritto, Chanu Rhee	1
9	Electronic Health Record Data for Lyme Disease Surveillance, Massachusetts, USA, 2017–2018 2024 ·Emerging infectious diseases ·Kshema Nagavedu, (unknown), Sarah J. Willis, (unknown), (unknown), Susan Soliva, Sarah Scotland, Noelle M. Cocoros, (unknown), Liisa M. Randall, Catherine Brown, Michael Klompas	3
10	Prospective Genomic Surveillance Reveals Cryptic MRSA Outbreaks with Local to International Origins among NICU Patients 2023 ·Journal of Clinical Microbiology ·Jay Worley, Jessica W. Crothers, William J. Wolfgang, (unknown), Maria Hoffmann, (unknown), Michael Klompas, Marc W. Allard, Lynn Bry	3
11	Improving Sepsis Outcomes in the Era of Pay-for-Performance and Electronic Quality Measures: A Joint IDSA/ACEP/PIDS/SHEA/SHM/SIDP Position Paper 2023 ·Clinical Infectious Diseases ·Chanu Rhee, Jeffrey R. Strich, Kathleen Chiotos, David C. Classen, Sara E. Cosgrove, (unknown), Emily L. Heil, Sameer S. Kadri, André C. Kalil, David N. Gilbert, Henry Masur, Edward Septimus, Daniel A. Sweeney, (unknown), Dean L. Winslow, Donald M. Yealy, Michael Klompas	20
12	Assessment of Hospital-Onset SARS-CoV-2 Infection Rates and Testing Practices in the US, 2020-2022 2023 ·JAMA Network Open ·Kelly M Hatfield, James Baggs, (unknown), Sarah Warner, John A. Jernigan, Sameer S. Kadri, Michael Klompas, Sujan Reddy	10
13	Leveraging Electronic Health Record Data for Timely Chronic Disease Surveillance: The Multi-State EHR-Based Network for Disease Surveillance 2023 ·Journal of Public Health Management and Practice ·(unknown), (unknown), Michael Klompas, Emily M. Kraus, Wenjun Li, Thomas W. Carton, Noelle M. Cocoros, Sandra L. Jackson, Bryant T. Karras, Jennifer L. Wiltz, Hilary K. Wall	23
14	Mycobacterium abscessus Cluster in Cardiac Surgery Patients Potentially Attributable to a Commercial Water Purification System 2023 ·Annals of Internal Medicine ·Michael Klompas, (unknown), Jon Boyer, Ann E. Woolley, (unknown), Robert Tucker, Chanu Rhee, Karen Fiumara, Madelyn Pearson, Charles A. Morris, Eric J. Rubin, Meghan A. Baker	7
15	Forecasting hospital-level COVID-19 admissions using real-time mobility data 2023 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Brennan Klein, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), M. Hu, (unknown), Moritz U. G. Kraemer, Matteo Chinazzi, Michael Klompas, Alessandro Vespignani, Samuel V. Scarpino, Hojjat Salmasian	14
16	Genomic Determination of Relative Risks for Clostridioides difficile Infection From Asymptomatic Carriage in Intensive Care Unit Patients 2020 ·Clinical Infectious Diseases ·Jay Worley, (unknown), (unknown), Andrea DuBois, Michael Klompas, Lynn Bry	19
17	Oropharyngeal Decontamination with Antiseptics to Prevent Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: Rethinking the Benefits of Chlorhexidine 2017 ·Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Michael Klompas	35
18	Management of Adults With Hospital-acquired and Ventilator-associated Pneumonia: 2016 Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American Thoracic Society breakdown → 2016 ·Clinical Infectious Diseases ·André C. Kalil, Mark L. Metersky, Michael Klompas, John Muscedere, Daniel A. Sweeney, Lucy B. Palmer, Lena M. Napolitano, Naomi P. O’Grady, John G. Bartlett, Jordi Carratalà, Ali A. El Solh, Santiago Ewig, Paul D. Fey, Thomas M. File, Marcos I. Restrepo, Jason A. Roberts, Grant Waterer, Peggy Cruse, Shandra L. Knight, Jan Brożek	2347
19	Strategies to Prevent Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Acute Care Hospitals: 2014 Update 2014 ·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	130
20	Objective surveillance definitions for ventilator-associated pneumonia* 2012 ·Critical Care Medicine ·Michael Klompas, Shelley S. Magill, Ari Robicsek, Judith Strymish, Ken Kleinman, R. Scott Evans, James F. Lloyd, Yosef Khan, Deborah S. Yokoe, Kurt Stevenson, Matthew H. Samore, Richard Platt	78

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