Paul Dark

19.6k citations

98 papers · 3.3k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 27

Impact in

Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine top 0.5%
Infectious Diseases top 2%
- COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research

Papers in ⓘ

Epidemiology 30
- Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment 19
Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 28
- Nosocomial Infections in ICU 11
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders 8

Co-authors: Clare Murray (1 shared paper)Mervyn Singer (2 shared papers)Geoffrey Warhurst (11 shared papers)Gavin D. Perkins (10 shared papers)Daniel F. McAuley (14 shared papers)Bronagh Blackwood (10 shared papers)Fiona Lecky (5 shared papers)Andrew Claxton (4 shared papers)
Journals: Journal of the Intensive Care Society (8 papers)BMJ Open (7 papers)Resuscitation (5 papers)Intensive Care Medicine (5 papers)British Journal of Anaesthesia (4 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom Netherlands Australia

In The Last Decade

Paul Dark

95 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

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2021 · 737 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2021 Repository@Nottingham (University of Nottingham)
2019 BMJ Open Respiratory Research

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1	Repository@Nottingham (University of Nottingham) ·(unknown), (unknown), Clare Murray, (unknown), Paul Dark Hit paper breakdown →	2021	737
2	Guidelines on the management of acute respiratory distress syndrome BMJ Open Respiratory Research ·Mark Griffiths, Daniel F. McAuley, Gavin D. Perkins, Nicholas Barrett, Bronagh Blackwood, Andrew Boyle, Nigel Chee, Bronwen Connolly, Paul Dark, Simon J. Finney, Aemun Salam, Jonathan A. Silversides, Nick T Tarmey, Matt P. Wise, Simon Baudouin Hit paper breakdown →	2019	311
3	The validity of trans-esophageal Doppler ultrasonography as a measure of cardiac output in critically ill adults Intensive Care Medicine ·Paul Dark, Mervyn Singer	2004	165
4	Developing a roadmap to improve trial delivery for under-served groups: results from a UK multi-stakeholder process Trials ·Miles D. Witham, Eleanor Anderson, Camille Carroll, Paul Dark, Kim Down, Alistair S. Hall, Joanna Knee, Rebecca Maier, Gail Mountain, Gary Nestor, Laurie Oliva, Sarah R Prowse, Amanda Tortice, James Wason, Lynn Rochester, (unknown)	2020	124
5	Longitudinal immune profiling reveals key myeloid signatures associated with COVID-19 Science Immunology ·Elizabeth R. Mann, Madhvi Menon, Sean Knight, Joanne E. Konkel, Christopher Jagger, Tovah N. Shaw, Siddharth Krishnan, Magnus Rattray, Andrew Ustianowski, Nawar Diar Bakerly, Paul Dark, Graham M. Lord, Angela Simpson, Timothy Felton, Ling‐Pei Ho, (unknown), Marc Feldmann, (unknown), John R. Grainger, Tracy Hussell	2020	116
6	Sepsis: the LightCycler SeptiFast Test MGRADE®, SepsiTest™ and IRIDICA BAC BSI assay for rapidly identifying bloodstream bacteria and fungi – a systematic review and economic evaluation Health Technology Assessment ·Matt Stevenson, Abdullah Pandor, Marrissa Martyn‐St James, Rachid Rafia, Lesley Uttley, John Stevens, Jean Sanderson, Ruth Wong, Gavin D. Perkins, Ronan McMullan, Paul Dark	2016	115
7	Vital signs and estimated blood loss in patients with major trauma: Testing the validity of the ATLS classification of hypovolaemic shock Resuscitation ·H R Guly, Omar Bouamra, Harry Spiers, Paul Dark, Tim Coats, Fiona Lecky	2011	111
8	Bench-to-bedside review: The promise of rapid infection diagnosis during sepsis using polymerase chain reaction-based pathogen detection Critical Care ·Paul Dark, Paul Dean, Geoffrey Warhurst	2009	92
9	Nanotools for Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Advanced Healthcare Materials ·Lana Papafilippou, Andrew Claxton, Paul Dark, Kostas Kostarelos, Marilena Hadjidemetriou	2020	86
10	Accuracy of LightCycler® SeptiFast for the detection and identification of pathogens in the blood of patients with suspected sepsis: a systematic review and meta-analysis Intensive Care Medicine ·Paul Dark, Bronagh Blackwood, Simon Gates, Daniel F. McAuley, Gavin D. Perkins, Ronan McMullan, Claire Wilson, Daniel B. Graham, Kate Timms, Geoffrey Warhurst	2014	83
11	Organ‐specific effects of oxygen and carbogen gas inhalation on tissue longitudinal relaxation times Magnetic Resonance in Medicine ·James P.B. O’Connor, Alan Jackson, Giovanni A. Buonaccorsi, David L. Buckley, Caleb Roberts, Yvonne Watson, Sue Cheung, Deirdre M. McGrath, Josephine H. Naish, Chris J. Rose, Paul Dark, Gordon C. Jayson, Geoff J.M. Parker	2007	73
12	Rapid detection of health-care-associated bloodstream infection in critical care using multipathogen real-time polymerase chain reaction technology: a diagnostic accuracy study and systematic review Health Technology Assessment ·Geoffrey Warhurst, Graham Dunn, Paul Chadwick, Bronagh Blackwood, Daniel F. McAuley, Gavin D. Perkins, Ronan McMullan, Simon Gates, Andrew Bentley, Duncan Young, Gordon Carlson, Paul Dark	2015	73
13	BreathDx – molecular analysis of exhaled breath as a diagnostic test for ventilator–associated pneumonia: protocol for a European multicentre observational study BMC Pulmonary Medicine ·Pouline M. P. van Oort, Tamara M. E. Nijsen, Hans Weda, Hugo Knobel, Paul Dark, Timothy Felton, Nicholas J. W. Rattray, Oluwasola Lawal, Waqar Ahmed, Craig Portsmouth, Peter J. Sterk, Marcus J. Schultz, Tetyana Zakharkina, Antonio Artigas, Pedro Póvoa, Ignacio Martín‐Loeches, Stephen J. Fowler, Lieuwe D. J. Bos	2017	72
14	Testing the validity of the ATLS classification of hypovolaemic shock Resuscitation ·H R Guly, Omar Bouamra, R. A. Little, Paul Dark, Tim Coats, Peter Driscoll, Fiona Lecky	2010	69
15	The accuracy of pulse oximetry in measuring oxygen saturation by levels of skin pigmentation: a systematic review and meta-analysis BMC Medicine ·Chunhu Shi, Mark Goodall, Jo C Dumville, James Hill, Gill Norman, Oliver Hamer, Andrew Clegg, Caroline Watkins, George Georgiou, Alexander Hodkinson, Catherine Elizabeth Lightbody, Paul Dark, Nicky Cullum	2022	63
16	The use of pre- pro- and synbiotics in adult intensive care unit patients: Systematic review Clinical Nutrition ·Peter Watkinson, Vicki S Barber, Paul Dark, Duncan Young	2006	61
17	The potential role of exhaled breath analysis in the diagnostic process of pneumonia—a systematic review Journal of Breath Research ·Pouline M. P. van Oort, Pedro Póvoa, Ronny M. Schnabel, Paul Dark, Antonio Artigas, Dennis C. J. J. Bergmans, Timothy Felton, Luís Coelho, Marcus J. Schultz, Stephen J. Fowler, Lieuwe D. J. Bos	2018	58
18	Protein corona fingerprinting to differentiate sepsis from non-infectious systemic inflammation Nanoscale ·Lana Papafilippou, Andrew Claxton, Paul Dark, Kostas Kostarelos, Marilena Hadjidemetriou	2020	52
19	Surveillance for lower airway pathogens in mechanically ventilated patients by metabolomic analysis of exhaled breath: a case-control study Thorax ·Stephen J. Fowler, M. Basanta-Sanchez, Yun Xu, Royston Goodacre, Paul Dark	2015	51
20	Differences between brain and rectal temperatures during routine critical care of patients with severe traumatic brain injury* Anaesthesia ·Charmaine Childs, Andy Vail, Richard Protheroe, Andrew T. King, Paul Dark	2005	50

About Paul Dark

Paul Dark is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Surgery and Clinical Biochemistry, having authored 98 papers that have together received 3.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (19 papers), Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing (14 papers), Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (13 papers), Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy (12 papers), Trauma and Emergency Care Studies (11 papers), Nosocomial Infections in ICU (11 papers), Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders (8 papers) and Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine (579 citations), Infectious Diseases (850 citations), Clinical Biochemistry (282 citations), Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (81 citations) and Emergency Medicine (371 citations). Paul Dark has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Clare Murray, Mervyn Singer, Geoffrey Warhurst, Gavin D. Perkins, Daniel F. McAuley, Bronagh Blackwood, Fiona Lecky, Andrew Claxton, Omar Bouamra and Ronan McMullan. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of the Intensive Care Society, BMJ Open, Resuscitation, Intensive Care Medicine and British Journal of Anaesthesia.

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