O. Blatchford

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

O. Blatchford is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Gastroenterology. According to data from OpenAlex, O. Blatchford has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Infectious Diseases, 10 papers in Epidemiology and 10 papers in Gastroenterology. Recurrent topics in O. Blatchford's work include Gastrointestinal Bleeding Diagnosis and Treatment (10 papers), Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments (6 papers) and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (5 papers). O. Blatchford is often cited by papers focused on Gastrointestinal Bleeding Diagnosis and Treatment (10 papers), Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments (6 papers) and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (5 papers). O. Blatchford collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and United States. O. Blatchford's co-authors include William R. Murray, Jill P. Pell, Harry R. Dalton, Adrian J. Stanley, U. Warshow, Ali S. Taha, Wilson J. Angerson, Craig Mowat, M Groome and George S. Benson and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Gut and Journal of Clinical Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

O. Blatchford

32 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

A risk score to predict need for treatment for uppergastrointestinal haemorrhage

2000 734 citations O. Blatchford, William R. Murray et al. The Lancet profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
O. Blatchford United Kingdom	18	1.4k	1.2k	307	268	232	32	2.1k
Man Yee Yung Hong Kong	19	789 0.6×	1.4k 1.1×	289 0.9×	1.3k 4.8×	67 0.3×	33	3.5k
Richard S. Johannes United States	26	565 0.4×	1.2k 1.0×	43 0.1×	263 1.0×	135 0.6×	52	2.4k
David D.K. Rolston United States	18	215 0.2×	520 0.4×	108 0.4×	741 2.8×	66 0.3×	38	1.6k
Elihu M. Schimmel United States	20	384 0.3×	1.1k 0.9×	162 0.5×	71 0.3×	45 0.2×	30	1.9k
Francis J. Tedesco United States	31	1.1k 0.8×	1.7k 1.4×	96 0.3×	1.2k 4.5×	40 0.2×	84	3.6k
A C Wicks United Kingdom	25	323 0.2×	874 0.7×	65 0.2×	201 0.8×	19 0.1×	67	1.9k
Markus Wehler Germany	19	43 0.0×	566 0.5×	185 0.6×	140 0.5×	95 0.4×	47	1.5k
Chaitanya Pant United States	20	319 0.2×	567 0.5×	151 0.5×	976 3.6×	12 0.1×	53	1.7k
Vikas Singla India	16	69 0.0×	389 0.3×	408 1.3×	533 2.0×	42 0.2×	90	1.6k
A. K. Dutta India	19	63 0.0×	110 0.1×	118 0.4×	314 1.2×	68 0.3×	81	1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of O. Blatchford

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Gibbons, Cheryl, Bram van Bunnik, O. Blatchford, et al.. (2016). Not just a matter of size: a hospital-level risk factor analysis of MRSA bacteraemia in Scotland. BMC Infectious Diseases. 16(1). 222–222. 6 indexed citations

Madden, R.G., Adrian J. Stanley, Claire Crossan, et al.. (2015). Hepatitis E virus in patients with decompensated chronic liver disease: a prospective UK/French study. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 42(5). 574–581. 75 indexed citations

Laursen, Stig Borbjerg, Harry R. Dalton, Iain Murray, et al.. (2014). Performance of New Thresholds of the Glasgow Blatchford Score in Managing Patients With Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 13(1). 115–121.e2. 84 indexed citations

Dalton, Harry R., O. Blatchford, Craig Mowat, et al.. (2014). Is the Glasgow Blatchford score useful in the risk assessment of patients presenting with variceal haemorrhage?. European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 26(4). 432–437. 20 indexed citations

Morrison, Alex, et al.. (2014). Storage of apheresis platelet concentrates after manual replacement of >95% of plasma with PAS 5. Vox Sanguinis. 107(3). 247–253. 8 indexed citations

Armstrong, Megan, et al.. (2012). OC-141 Upper GI bleeding in Scotland 2000–2010: improving outcome but a significant weekend effect. Gut. 61(Suppl 2). A61.1–A61. 3 indexed citations

Stanley, Adrian J., Harry R. Dalton, O. Blatchford, et al.. (2011). Multicentre comparison of the Glasgow Blatchford and Rockall scores in the prediction of clinical end-points after upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 34(4). 470–475. 107 indexed citations

Dalton, Harry R., O. Blatchford, Craig Mowat, et al.. (2011). Is the Glasgow Blatchford Score useful in the risk assessment of patients presenting with variceal haemorrhage?. Gut. 60(Suppl 1). A45–A45. 1 indexed citations

Hawkins, G., Sally Stewart, O. Blatchford, & J. Reilly. (2011). Should healthcare workers be screened routinely for meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus? A review of the evidence. Journal of Hospital Infection. 77(4). 285–289. 70 indexed citations

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Stanley, Adrian J., Harry R. Dalton, O. Blatchford, et al.. (2010). OC-022 Multicentre comparison of the Glasgow Blatchford and Rockall scores in the prediction of clinical endpoints in upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage. A9.3–A10. 1 indexed citations

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Johnston, Fiona, et al.. (2009). Enhanced Surveillance of Mycobacterial Infections (ESMI) in Scotland: 2009 tuberculosis annual report for Scotland.. BioMed Research International. 43(50). 340804–340804. 3 indexed citations

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Stanley, Adrian J., Harry R. Dalton, Craig Mowat, et al.. (2008). Outpatient management of patients with low-risk upper-gastrointestinal haemorrhage: multicentre validation and prospective evaluation. The Lancet. 373(9657). 42–47. 240 indexed citations

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Taha, Ali S., et al.. (2007). Upper gastrointestinal bleeding and the changing use of COX‐2 non‐steroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs and low‐dose aspirin. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 26(8). 1171–1178. 28 indexed citations

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Taha, Ali S., Wilson J. Angerson, R. P. Knill‐Jones, & O. Blatchford. (2006). Clinical outcome in upper gastrointestinal bleeding complicating low‐dose aspirin and antithrombotic drugs. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 24(4). 633–636. 16 indexed citations

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Taha, Ali S., Wilson J. Angerson, R. P. Knill‐Jones, & O. Blatchford. (2006). Upper gastrointestinal mucosal abnormalities and blood loss complicating low‐dose aspirin and antithrombotic therapy. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 23(4). 489–495. 30 indexed citations

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Taha, Ali S., Wilson J. Angerson, R. P. Knill‐Jones, & O. Blatchford. (2005). Upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage associated with low‐dose aspirin and anti‐thrombotic drugs – a 6‐year analysis and comparison with non‐steroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 22(4). 285–289. 52 indexed citations

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Blatchford, O., et al.. (2000). A risk score to predict need for treatment for uppergastrointestinal haemorrhage. The Lancet. 356(9238). 1318–1321. 734 indexed citations breakdown →

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Blatchford, O., et al.. (2000). Infectious health care workers: should patients be told?. Journal of Medical Ethics. 26(1). 27–33. 19 indexed citations

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Blatchford, O., et al.. (1997). Acute upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage in west of Scotland: case ascertainment study. BMJ. 315(7107). 510–514. 248 indexed citations

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Pell, Jill P., A. C. Pell, Caroline Morrison, O. Blatchford, & H. J. Dargie. (1996). Retrospective study of influence of deprivation on uptake of cardiac rehabilitation: Table 1. BMJ. 313(7052). 267–268. 88 indexed citations

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