Nancy Ciesla

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Nancy Ciesla is a scholar working on Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Radiological and Ultrasound Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nancy Ciesla has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, 11 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 5 papers in Radiological and Ultrasound Technology. Recurrent topics in Nancy Ciesla's work include Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders (14 papers), Respiratory Support and Mechanisms (9 papers) and Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (5 papers). Nancy Ciesla is often cited by papers focused on Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders (14 papers), Respiratory Support and Mechanisms (9 papers) and Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (5 papers). Nancy Ciesla collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Netherlands. Nancy Ciesla's co-authors include Dale M. Needham, Carl Shanholtz, Pedro A. Mendez-Tellez, Peter J. Pronovost, Elizabeth Colantuoni, Eddy Fan, Victor D. Dinglas, Jonathan Sevransky, Sanjay V. Desai and Cheryl Dennison Himmelfarb and has published in prestigious journals such as Critical Care Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine and Physical Therapy.

In The Last Decade

Nancy Ciesla

22 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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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.

Physical Complications in Acute Lung Injury Survivors

2013 427 citations Eddy Fan, David W. Dowdy et al. Critical Care Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nancy Ciesla United States	16	995	575	301	243	202	22	1.4k
Béatrix Clerckx Belgium	9	1.1k 1.1×	579 1.0×	318 1.1×	182 0.7×	180 0.9×	16	1.4k
Karen Taylor United States	8	831 0.8×	388 0.7×	322 1.1×	123 0.5×	134 0.7×	13	1.2k
Lisa Salisbury United Kingdom	24	901 0.9×	268 0.5×	483 1.6×	174 0.7×	228 1.1×	46	1.5k
Susan J. Leach United States	5	1.0k 1.0×	477 0.8×	410 1.4×	147 0.6×	154 0.8×	11	1.2k
G R Bernard United States	11	1.6k 1.6×	459 0.8×	415 1.4×	316 1.3×	145 0.7×	17	2.2k
Andrea Matte-Martyn Canada	7	1.2k 1.2×	882 1.5×	321 1.1×	315 1.3×	159 0.8×	8	2.0k
Radha Korupolu United States	13	939 0.9×	395 0.7×	430 1.4×	154 0.6×	148 0.7×	32	1.3k
Linda Spears United States	4	2.1k 2.1×	822 1.4×	722 2.4×	310 1.3×	272 1.3×	6	2.4k
Karen Waak United States	8	669 0.7×	285 0.5×	244 0.8×	102 0.4×	127 0.6×	13	860
K. G. M. Moons Netherlands	5	1.6k 1.6×	228 0.4×	413 1.4×	309 1.3×	145 0.7×	8	1.9k

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Dinglas, Victor D., Lisa Aronson Friedman, Elizabeth Colantuoni, et al.. (2017). Muscle Weakness and 5-Year Survival in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Survivors*. Critical Care Medicine. 45(3). 446–453. 132 indexed citations

Dinglas, Victor D., Ann M. Parker, Dereddi Raja Reddy, et al.. (2014). A Quality Improvement Project Sustainably Decreased Time to Onset of Active Physical Therapy Intervention in Patients with Acute Lung Injury. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 11(8). 1230–1238. 21 indexed citations

Kho, Michelle E., Alexander D. Truong, Jennifer M. Zanni, et al.. (2014). Neuromuscular electrical stimulation in mechanically ventilated patients: A randomized, sham-controlled pilot trial with blinded outcome assessment. Journal of Critical Care. 30(1). 32–39. 93 indexed citations

Mendez-Tellez, Pedro A., Victor D. Dinglas, Elizabeth Colantuoni, et al.. (2013). Factors associated with timing of initiation of physical therapy in patients with acute lung injury. Journal of Critical Care. 28(6). 980–984. 28 indexed citations

Fan, Eddy, David W. Dowdy, Elizabeth Colantuoni, et al.. (2013). Physical Complications in Acute Lung Injury Survivors. Critical Care Medicine. 42(4). 849–859. 427 indexed citations breakdown →

Kho, Michelle E., Alexander D. Truong, Roy G. Brower, et al.. (2012). Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation for Intensive Care Unit–Acquired Weakness: Protocol and Methodological Implications for a Randomized, Sham-Controlled, Phase II Trial. Physical Therapy. 92(12). 1564–1579. 24 indexed citations

Ciesla, Nancy, et al.. (2011). Manual Muscle Testing: A Method of Measuring Extremity Muscle Strength Applied to Critically Ill Patients. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 90 indexed citations

Ciesla, Nancy, et al.. (2011). Manual Muscle Testing: A Method of Measuring Extremity Muscle Strength Applied to Critically Ill Patients. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 43 indexed citations

Fan, Eddy, Nancy Ciesla, Alex Truong, et al.. (2010). Inter-rater reliability of manual muscle strength testing in ICU survivors and simulated patients. Intensive Care Medicine. 36(6). 1038–1043. 111 indexed citations

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Needham, Dale M., Weiwei Wang, Sanjay V. Desai, et al.. (2007). Intensive care unit exposures for long-term outcomes research: Development and description of exposures for 150 patients with acute lung injury. Journal of Critical Care. 22(4). 275–284. 43 indexed citations

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Needham, Dale M., Cheryl Dennison Himmelfarb, David W. Dowdy, et al.. (2005). Study protocol: The Improving Care of Acute Lung Injury Patients (ICAP) study. Critical Care. 10(1). R9–R9. 76 indexed citations

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Ciesla, Nancy. (2001). Linda Crane Lecture "Integrity”. Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal. 12(2). 50–56. 1 indexed citations

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Ciesla, Nancy, et al.. (1999). Lines, Tubes, Catheters, and Physiologic Monitoring in the ICU. Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal. 11(1). 16–25. 5 indexed citations

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Ciesla, Nancy. (1996). Chest Physical Therapy for Patients in the Intensive Care Unit. Physical Therapy. 76(6). 609–625. 84 indexed citations

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Ciesla, Nancy, et al.. (1993). Chest Physical Therapy May Have Prevented Bronchoscopy and Exploratory Laparotomy — A Case Report. Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal. 4(1). 2–3. 1 indexed citations

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Ciesla, Nancy, et al.. (1992). A Comparison of Two Breathing Exercise Programs for Patients with Quadriplegia. Physical Therapy. 72(11). 763–769. 43 indexed citations

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Ciesla, Nancy, et al.. (1990). A Comparison of Two Different Breathing Exercises for Quadriplegic Patients. Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal. 1(1). 15–15. 1 indexed citations

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Mackenzie, Colin F., et al.. (1989). Chest Physiotherapy in the Intensive Care Unit. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 16 indexed citations

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Anderson, Paul B., et al.. (1988). EFFECT OF CHEST PHYSIOTHERAPY (CPT)POSITIONING ON INTRACRANIAL (ICP) AND CEREBRAL PERFUSION PRESSURE (CPP). Critical Care Medicine. 16(4). 382–382. 5 indexed citations

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Ciesla, Nancy, et al.. (1981). Chest Physical Therapy to the Patient with Multiple Trauma. Physical Therapy. 61(2). 202–205. 2 indexed citations

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