Pedro Póvoa

13.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
204 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Pedro Póvoa is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Pedro Póvoa has authored 204 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 115 papers in Epidemiology, 83 papers in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine and 43 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Pedro Póvoa's work include Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (77 papers), Nosocomial Infections in ICU (55 papers) and Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (50 papers). Pedro Póvoa is often cited by papers focused on Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (77 papers), Nosocomial Infections in ICU (55 papers) and Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (50 papers). Pedro Póvoa collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, Denmark and Brazil. Pedro Póvoa's co-authors include Jorge I. Salluh, João Gonçalves-Pereira, Luís Coelho, Pedro Moreira, Eduardo Alves de Almeida, R. Mealha, Henrique Augusto Cantareira Sabino, Antero Fernandes, Ignacio Martín‐Loeches and Joana Silvestre and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine and Clinical Infectious Diseases.

In The Last Decade

Pedro Póvoa

188 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Symptoms of burnout in intensive care unit specialists facing the COVID-19 outbreak

2020 260 citations Élie Azoulay, Ricard Ferrer et al. Annals of Intensive Care profile →
Healthcare-associated infections in adult intensive care unit patients: Changes in epidemiology, diagnosis, prevention and contributions of new technologies

2022 156 citations Michael Klompas, Ignacio Martín‐Loeches et al. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing profile →
How to use biomarkers of infection or sepsis at the bedside: guide to clinicians

2023 134 citations Pedro Póvoa, Luís Coelho et al. Intensive Care Medicine profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Personalized Mechanical Ventilation in Patient With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Guided by Lung Ultrasound: A Pilot Phase Study 2025 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·(unknown), Marry R. Smit, Aniruddha Ghose, Harm‐Jan de Grooth, Greet Hermans, Theis Skovsgaard Itenov, Eleni Ischaki, John G. Laffey, (unknown), Pedro Póvoa, Charalampos Pierrakos, Luigi Pisani, Oriol Roca, Marcus J. Schultz, Konstanty Szułdrzyński, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	0
2	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
3	Association Between Type of Immunosuppression and the Incidence, Microbiology, and Outcomes of Bacterial Ventilator-Associated Lower Respiratory Tract Infections: A Retrospective Multicenter Study 2025 ·Critical Care Medicine ·Louis Kreitmann, (unknown), Ignacio Martín‐Loeches, Pedro Póvoa, Jorge I. Salluh, Anahita Rouzé, (unknown), Alain Duhamel, Julien Labreuche, Saad Nseir, (unknown)	0
4	When to Stop Antibiotics in the Critically Ill? 2024 ·Antibiotics ·Nathan D. Nielsen, (unknown), (unknown), Andrew Conway Morris, Pedro Póvoa, Jeroen Schouten, Nicholas Parchim	7
5	Biomarkers in pulmonary infections: a clinical approach 2024 ·Annals of Intensive Care ·Pedro Póvoa, Luís Coelho, (unknown), Adrián Ceccato, Andrew Conway Morris, Jorge I. Salluh, Vandack Nobre, Saad Nseir, Ignacio Martín‐Loeches, Thiago Lisboa, Paula Ramírez, Anahita Rouzé, Daniel A. Sweeney, André C. Kalil	15
6	Comparative epidemiology of bacteraemia in two ageing populations: Singapore and Denmark 2024 ·Epidemiology and Infection ·(unknown), Zongbin Li, (unknown), John Coia, Ming Chen, Stig Lønberg Nielsen, Thøger Gorm Jensen, Jens Kjølseth Møller, Ram Benny Dessau, Pedro Póvoa, Kim Oren Gradel, Angela Chow, (unknown)	2
7	Septic shock in the immunocompromised cancer patient: a narrative review 2024 ·Critical Care ·Joseph L. Nates, Frédéric Pène, (unknown), (unknown), Pedro Castro, Sascha David, Pedro Póvoa, Lene Russell, Nathan D. Nielsen, (unknown), Kim Oren Gradel, Élie Azoulay, (unknown), (unknown)	20
8	Current approach to fever of unknown origin in the intensive care unit 2023 ·Intensive and Critical Care Nursing ·(unknown), Pedro Póvoa	2
9	Endothelial dysfunction triggers acute respiratory distress syndrome in patients with sepsis: a narrative review 2023 ·Frontiers in Medicine ·(unknown), Lieuwe D. J. Bos, Pedro Póvoa, Ignacio Martín‐Loeches	14
10	Remdesivir and corticosteroids in the treatment of hospitalized COVID-19 patients 2023 ·Scientific Reports ·Luís Coelho, (unknown), Pedro Póvoa, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Cândida Fonseca, Luís Campos, Kamal Mansinho, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), José Manuel Correia	3
11	Evaluation of the Kinetics of Pancreatic Stone Protein as a Predictor of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia 2023 ·Biomedicines ·Adrián Ceccato, Marta Camprubí–Rimblas, Lieuwe D. J. Bos, Pedro Póvoa, Ignacio Martín‐Loeches, Carles Forné, (unknown), (unknown), Luis Morales–Quinteros, (unknown), Paula Ramírez, Mariano Esperatti, Antoní Torres, Lluís Blanch, Antonio Artigas	2
12	How to use biomarkers of infection or sepsis at the bedside: guide to clinicians breakdown → 2023 ·Intensive Care Medicine ·Pedro Póvoa, Luís Coelho, Felipe Dal‐Pizzol, Ricard Ferrer, Angela Huttner, Andrew Conway Morris, Vandack Nobre, Paula Ramírez, Anahita Rouzé, Jorge I. Salluh, Mervyn Singer, Daniel A. Sweeney, Antoní Torres, Grant Waterer, André C. Kalil	134
13	Platelet transfusions in adult thrombocytopenic ICU patients: Protocol for a sub‐study of the PLOT‐ICU cohort 2023 ·Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica ·Carl Thomas Anthon, Frédéric Pène, Anders Perner, Élie Azoulay, Kathryn Puxty, (unknown), Sanjay Chawla, Pedro Castro, Pedro Póvoa, Luís Coelho, Victoria Metaxa, Matthias Kochanek, Tobias Liebregts, Thomas Kander, (unknown), Morten Hylander Møller, Lene Russell	0
14	Airway and Respiratory Devices in the Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia 2023 ·Medicina ·Luís Coelho, (unknown), (unknown), Pedro Póvoa	7
15	Identification of Distinct Clinical Phenotypes of Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients: Results from a Cohort Observational Study 2023 ·Journal of Clinical Medicine ·José Pedro Cidade, Vicente Cés de Souza-Dantas, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Pedro Póvoa	3
16	Antibiotic prophylaxis in ICU patients: should I do or not? 2022 ·Intensive Care Medicine ·Marc Léone, Cássia Righy, Pedro Póvoa	0
17	Pancreatic Stone Protein: Review of a New Biomarker in Sepsis 2022 ·Journal of Clinical Medicine ·(unknown), David Nora, Luís Coelho, Pedro Póvoa	25
18	Cardiovascular Events after Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Global Perspective with Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies 2020 ·Journal of Clinical Medicine ·António Tralhão, Pedro Póvoa	38
19	Appraisal of systemic inflammation and diagnostic markers in a porcine model of VAP: secondary analysis from a study on novel preventive strategies 2018 ·Intensive Care Medicine Experimental ·Gianluigi Li Bassi, Raquel Guillamat‐Prats, Antonio Artigas, (unknown), (unknown), Otávio T. Ranzani, Montserrat Rigol, Laia Fernández‐Barat, Andrea Meli, Denise Battaglini, Néstor Luque, Miguel Ferrer, Ignacio Martín‐Loeches, Pedro Póvoa, Davide Chiumello, Paolo Pelosi, Antoní Torres	3
20	Using Gamification Combined with Indoor Location to Improve Nurses' Hand Hygiene Compliance in an ICU Ward. 2016 ·PubMed ·Luís Velez Lapão, (unknown), João Gregório, (unknown), Pedro Póvoa, Miguel Mira da Silva	6

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