Theodore Speroff

18.9k total citations · 6 hit papers
143 papers, 13.6k citations indexed

About

Theodore Speroff is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Theodore Speroff has authored 143 papers receiving a total of 13.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 25 papers in Surgery and 25 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Theodore Speroff's work include Patient Safety and Medication Errors (13 papers), Clinical practice guidelines implementation (11 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (10 papers). Theodore Speroff is often cited by papers focused on Patient Safety and Medication Errors (13 papers), Clinical practice guidelines implementation (11 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (10 papers). Theodore Speroff collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Theodore Speroff's co-authors include Robert S. Dittus, Gordon R. Bernard, Brenda Truman, Richard Margolin, Joseph Francis, Shiva Gautam, E. Wesley Ely, Sharon K. Inouye, Sharon M. Gordon and Robert P. Hart and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Circulation and Annals of Internal Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Theodore Speroff

140 papers receiving 13.0k 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.

Delirium in Mechanically Ventilated Patients

2001 2.2k citations E. Wesley Ely, Gordon R. Bernard et al. JAMA profile →
Evaluation of delirium in critically ill patients: Validation of the Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit (CAM-ICU)

2001 1.6k citations E. Wesley Ely, Richard Margolin et al. Critical Care Medicine profile →
Monitoring Sedation Status Over Time in ICU Patients

2003 1.2k citations E. Wesley Ely, Brenda Truman et al. JAMA profile →
The impact of delirium in the intensive care unit on hospital length of stay

2001 735 citations E. Wesley Ely, Shiva Gautam et al. profile →
Costs associated with delirium in mechanically ventilated patients*

2004 613 citations Ayumi Shintani, Theodore Speroff et al. Critical Care Medicine profile →
Automated Identification of Postoperative Complications Within an Electronic Medical Record Using Natural Language Processing

2011 346 citations Fern FitzHenry, Michael E. Matheny et al. JAMA profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Theodore Speroff	6.6k	4.3k	2.8k	1.7k	1.6k	143	13.6k
Claudia Spies	7.0k 1.1×	3.8k 0.9×	2.7k 1.0×	5.3k 3.0×	6.3k 3.9×	816	21.4k
Robert S. Dittus	16.8k 2.5×	10.1k 2.3×	6.6k 2.4×	2.4k 1.4×	3.4k 2.2×	253	28.5k
Sangeeta Mehta	6.5k 1.0×	1.9k 0.4×	665 0.2×	744 0.4×	1.0k 0.7×	211	12.7k
Dale M. Needham	16.4k 2.5×	2.2k 0.5×	1.5k 0.5×	2.2k 1.3×	2.4k 1.5×	368	27.8k
Jane McCusker	3.5k 0.5×	2.0k 0.5×	1.3k 0.5×	696 0.4×	550 0.3×	265	11.6k
John Young	2.3k 0.3×	1.1k 0.3×	703 0.3×	1.7k 1.0×	1.8k 1.1×	223	17.0k
Maureen O. Meade	5.7k 0.9×	1.7k 0.4×	323 0.1×	1.3k 0.7×	2.2k 1.4×	212	16.6k
Elizabeth Colantuoni	4.0k 0.6×	710 0.2×	439 0.2×	502 0.3×	785 0.5×	165	8.7k
Koen Milisen	1.7k 0.3×	864 0.2×	581 0.2×	816 0.5×	1.2k 0.7×	285	9.1k
R. Sean Morrison	1.4k 0.2×	1.5k 0.3×	324 0.1×	1.8k 1.0×	2.2k 1.4×	227	16.6k

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Ramesh, Karthik, Jialin Mao, Sharon E. Davis, et al.. (2024). A machine learning framework to adjust for learning effects in medical device safety evaluation. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 32(1). 206–217. 1 indexed citations

Davis, Sharon E., Jialin Mao, Theodore Speroff, et al.. (2023). Simulating complex patient populations with hierarchical learning effects to support methods development for post-market surveillance. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 23(1). 89–89. 2 indexed citations

McGirt, Matthew J., Mohamad Bydon, Kristin R. Archer, et al.. (2017). An analysis from the Quality Outcomes Database, Part 1. Disability, quality of life, and pain outcomes following lumbar spine surgery: predicting likely individual patient outcomes for shared decision-making. Journal of Neurosurgery Spine. 27(4). 357–369. 133 indexed citations

Weinger, Matthew B., Jason Slagle, Jonathan S. Schildcrout, et al.. (2015). A Multimodal Intervention Improves Postanesthesia Care Unit Handovers. Anesthesia & Analgesia. 121(4). 957–971. 53 indexed citations

Marx, Brian P., Erika J. Wolf, M Cornette, et al.. (2015). Using the WHODAS 2.0 to Assess Functioning Among Veterans Seeking Compensation for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Psychiatric Services. 66(12). 1312–1317. 29 indexed citations

Gobbel, Glenn T., Ruth Reeves, Dario A. Giuse, et al.. (2013). Development and evaluation of RapTAT: A machine learning system for concept mapping of phrases from medical narratives. Journal of Biomedical Informatics. 48. 54–65. 19 indexed citations

Saleem, Shirin, Rohit Prasad, Shiv Vitaladevuni, et al.. (2012). Automatic Detection of Psychological Distress Indicators and Severity Assessment from Online Forum Posts. International Conference on Computational Linguistics. 2375–2388. 17 indexed citations

Saleem, Shirin, Rohit Prasad, Brian P. Marx, et al.. (2012). Automatic detection of psychological distress indicators in online forum posts. Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference. 1–4. 2 indexed citations

Speroff, Theodore, Patricia L. Sinnott, Brian P. Marx, et al.. (2012). Impact of Evidence‐Based Standardized Assessment on the Disability Clinical Interview for Diagnosis of Service‐Connected PTSD: A Cluster‐Randomized Trial. Journal of Traumatic Stress. 25(6). 607–615. 10 indexed citations

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Trusko, Brett, S. Trent Rosenbloom, James C. Jackson, et al.. (2010). Are posttraumatic stress disorder mental health terms found in SNOMED‐CT medical terminology. Journal of Traumatic Stress. 23(6). 794–801. 8 indexed citations

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Patel, Rina P., Theodore Speroff, Theresa A Scott, et al.. (2009). Delirium and sedation in the intensive care unit: Survey of behaviors and attitudes of 1384 healthcare professionals*. Critical Care Medicine. 37(3). 825–832. 247 indexed citations

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Brown, Steven H., Theodore Speroff, Elliot M. Fielstein, et al.. (2006). eQuality: Electronic Quality Assessment From Narrative Clinical Reports. Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 81(11). 1472–1481. 28 indexed citations

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Roumie, Christianne L., Tom A. Elasy, Robert A. Greevy, et al.. (2006). Improving Blood Pressure Control through Provider Education, Provider Alerts, and Patient Education. Annals of Internal Medicine. 21 indexed citations

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Grogan, Eric L., Renée A. Stiles, Daniel J. France, et al.. (2004). The impact of aviation-based teamwork training on the attitudes of health-care professionals. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 199(6). 843–848. 201 indexed citations

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Ellis, Shelley, Theodore Speroff, Robert S. Dittus, et al.. (2003). Diabetes patient education: a meta-analysis and meta-regression. Patient Education and Counseling. 52(1). 97–105. 381 indexed citations

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Ely, E. Wesley, Brenda Truman, Ayumi Shintani, et al.. (2003). Monitoring Sedation Status Over Time in ICU Patients. JAMA. 289(22). 2983–2983. 1152 indexed citations breakdown →

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Schiff, Gordon D., Sharon Fung, Theodore Speroff, & Robert Mcnutt. (2003). Decompensated heart failure: symptoms, patterns of onset, and contributing factors. The American Journal of Medicine. 114(8). 625–630. 197 indexed citations

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Kizilisik, A.T, Irene D. Feurer, Paul E. Wise, et al.. (2003). Effects of diabetes and cadaveric organs on functional performance and health-related quality of life after kidney transplantation. The American Journal of Surgery. 186(5). 535–539. 20 indexed citations

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Speroff, Theodore, et al.. (1998). Improving Health Care, Part 5: Applying the Dartmouth Clinical Improvement Model to Community Health. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality Improvement. 24(12). 679–703. 8 indexed citations

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Speroff, Theodore, Natalie L. Dawson, & Leon Speroff. (1987). Is postmenopausal estrogen use risky results from a methodologic review and information synthesis. Clinical research. 35(3). 362. 2 indexed citations

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