Patrick Ferdinande

15.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
49 papers, 9.9k citations indexed

About

Patrick Ferdinande is a scholar working on Surgery, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Patrick Ferdinande has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 9.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Surgery, 10 papers in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine and 9 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Patrick Ferdinande's work include Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders (8 papers), Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints (6 papers) and Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes (6 papers). Patrick Ferdinande is often cited by papers focused on Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders (8 papers), Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints (6 papers) and Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes (6 papers). Patrick Ferdinande collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Austria and Norway. Patrick Ferdinande's co-authors include Peter Lauwers, Miet Schetz, Greet Van den Berghe, Charles Verwaest, Dirk Vlasselaers, Pieter Wouters, Roger Bouillon, Frank Weekers, Frans Bruyninckx and Hans Flaatten and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, European Heart Journal and Critical Care Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Patrick Ferdinande

47 papers receiving 9.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Intensive Insulin Therapy in Critically Ill Patients

2001 6.5k citations Greet Van den Berghe, Pieter Wouters et al. profile →
Outcome benefit of intensive insulin therapy in the critically ill: Insulin dose versus glycemic control*

2003 968 citations Greet Van den Berghe, Pieter Wouters et al. Critical Care Medicine profile →
Early exercise in critically ill patients enhances short-term functional recovery*

2009 691 citations Patrick Ferdinande et al. Critical Care Medicine profile →
The variability of critical care bed numbers in Europe

2012 410 citations Patrick Ferdinande et al. Intensive Care Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Patrick Ferdinande Belgium	20	4.4k	2.6k	2.0k	1.8k	1.7k	49	9.9k
Peter Lauwers Belgium	24	5.0k 1.2×	2.6k 1.0×	1.2k 0.6×	1.8k 1.0×	1.7k 1.0×	111	9.6k
Charles Verwaest Belgium	19	4.7k 1.1×	2.5k 1.0×	1.1k 0.6×	1.5k 0.8×	1.7k 1.0×	21	8.8k
Frank Weekers Belgium	16	5.1k 1.2×	2.4k 0.9×	933 0.5×	1.5k 0.8×	1.4k 0.9×	24	8.6k
Dirk Vlasselaers Belgium	23	5.1k 1.2×	2.6k 1.0×	1.3k 0.7×	2.2k 1.2×	1.9k 1.1×	60	10.5k
Miet Schetz Belgium	43	5.8k 1.3×	4.2k 1.6×	2.5k 1.3×	2.8k 1.6×	2.7k 1.6×	94	15.4k
Didier Keh Germany	28	2.5k 0.6×	5.8k 2.2×	2.7k 1.4×	2.0k 1.1×	1.7k 1.0×	59	9.5k
Moritoki Egi Japan	38	2.3k 0.5×	2.1k 0.8×	972 0.5×	1.2k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	125	6.6k
Simon Finfer Australia	52	1.5k 0.3×	5.4k 2.0×	4.2k 2.1×	2.0k 1.1×	2.7k 1.6×	210	13.1k
Christian Mélot Belgium	49	1.0k 0.2×	1.9k 0.7×	1.8k 0.9×	4.2k 2.4×	1.7k 1.0×	246	10.0k
Michael Joannidis Austria	51	907 0.2×	2.1k 0.8×	1.7k 0.9×	2.5k 1.4×	2.1k 1.3×	256	9.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Patrick Ferdinande

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Geluwe, Bart Van, Ina Jochmans, Nicolas Meurisse, et al.. (2011). Laboratory meld-based allocation of liver grafts: is the "sickest first" principle justified?. Transplant International. 24. 35–35. 2 indexed citations

Darius, Tom, Diethard Monbaliu, R. Aerts, et al.. (2010). Living Related Intestinal Transplantation for Churg-Strauss Syndrome: A Case Report. Transplantation Proceedings. 42(10). 4423–4424. 5 indexed citations

Dierickx, Daan, Diethard Monbaliu, Evelyne Lerut, et al.. (2010). Thrombotic Microangiopathy Following Intestinal Transplantation: A Single Center Experience. Transplantation Proceedings. 42(1). 79–81. 12 indexed citations

Moons, Philip, et al.. (2008). Self‐extubation risk assessment tool: predictive validity in a real‐life setting. Nursing in Critical Care. 13(6). 310–314. 18 indexed citations

Pirenne, Jacques, Ilse Hoffman, Marc Miserez, et al.. (2006). Selection Criteria and Outcome of Patients Referred to Intestinal Transplantation: An European Center Experience. Transplantation Proceedings. 38(6). 1671–1672. 2 indexed citations

Pirenne, Jacques, Diethard Monbaliu, F Van Gelder, et al.. (2005). Liver Transplantation Using Livers From Septuagenarian and Octogenarian Donors: An Underused Strategy to Reduce Mortality on the Waiting List. Transplantation Proceedings. 37(2). 1180–1181. 19 indexed citations

Moons, Philip, et al.. (2004). Development of a risk assessment tool for deliberate self-extubation in intensive care patients. Intensive Care Medicine. 30(7). 1348–1355. 53 indexed citations

Ferdinande, Patrick, Frans Bruyninckx, Dirk Van Raemdonck, Willem Daenen, & Geert M. Verleden. (2004). Phrenic nerve dysfunction after heart-lung and lung transplantation. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 23(1). 105–109. 40 indexed citations

Berghe, Greet Van den, Pieter Wouters, Roger Bouillon, et al.. (2003). Outcome benefit of intensive insulin therapy in the critically ill: Insulin dose versus glycemic control*. Critical Care Medicine. 31(2). 359–366. 968 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kitade, Hiroaki, Mark Waer, Karel Geboes, et al.. (2002). Complete freedom from rejection, infection and drug toxicity after intestinal transplantation using a new tolerogenic protocol combined with low immunosuppression. Transplantation. 74. 1 indexed citations

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Pirenne, Jacques, T Koshiba, Karel Geboes, et al.. (2002). Complete freedom from rejection after intestinal transplantation using a new tolerogenic protocol combined with low immunosuppression. Transplantation. 73(6). 966–968. 20 indexed citations

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Moons, Philip, et al.. (2001). Unplanned extubation in intensive care patients is determined by the level of sedation and neurological functioning. European Heart Journal. 22. 216–216. 2 indexed citations

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Ferdinande, Patrick, et al.. (1999). Recommendations for intra-hospital transport of the severely head injured patient. Intensive Care Medicine. 25(12). 1441–1443. 31 indexed citations

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Verwaest, Charles, Jan Verhaegen, Patrick Ferdinande, et al.. (1997). Randomized, controlled trial of selective digestive decontamination in 600 mechanically ventilated patients in a multidisciplinary intensive care unit. Critical Care Medicine. 25(1). 63–71. 136 indexed citations

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Schetz, Miet, Patrick Ferdinande, Greet Van den Berghe, Charles Verwaest, & Peter Lauwers. (1995). Pharmacokinetics of continuous renal replacement therapy. Intensive Care Medicine. 21(7). 612–620. 83 indexed citations

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Schetz, Miet, Patrick Ferdinande, Greet Van den Berghe, Charles Verwaest, & Peter Lauwers. (1995). Removal of pro-inflammatory cytokines with renal replacement therapy: Sense or nonsense?. Intensive Care Medicine. 21(2). 169–176. 74 indexed citations

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Schetz, Miet, Peter Lauwers, & Patrick Ferdinande. (1989). Extracorporeal treatment of acute renal failure in the intensive care unit: a critical view. Intensive Care Medicine. 15(6). 349–357. 29 indexed citations

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Ferdinande, Patrick, et al.. (1988). Pulmonary function tests after different techniques for coronary artery bypass surgery. Intensive Care Medicine. 14(6). 623–7. 15 indexed citations

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Lauwers, Peter, et al.. (1978). Computer assisted monitoring in intensive medicine.. PubMed. 29(3). 287–304. 3 indexed citations

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Ferdinande, Patrick, et al.. (1977). Plasma catecholamines in patients receiving increasing doses of dopamine infusion. Intensive Care Medicine. 3(3). 201–201. 1 indexed citations

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