Victor L. Yu

22.1k total citations · 6 hit papers
193 papers, 16.5k citations indexed

About

Victor L. Yu is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Victor L. Yu has authored 193 papers receiving a total of 16.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Epidemiology, 49 papers in Infectious Diseases and 29 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Victor L. Yu's work include Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (40 papers), Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (22 papers) and Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy (22 papers). Victor L. Yu is often cited by papers focused on Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (40 papers), Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (22 papers) and Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy (22 papers). Victor L. Yu collaborates with scholars based in United States, Taiwan and South Africa. Victor L. Yu's co-authors include Marilyn M. Wagener, Robert R. Muder, Nina Singh, M. Hong Nguyen, Joseph W. Chow, John D. Rihs, Jeffrey J. Zuravleff, George A. Sarosi, Lionel A. Mandell and James E. Peacock and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Victor L. Yu

193 papers receiving 15.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Guidelines for the Management of Adults with Community-acquired Pneumonia

2001 1.6k citations Thomas M. File, Victor L. Yu et al. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine profile →
Medical Section pf the American Lung Association: Guidelines for the Initial Management of Adults with Community-acquired Pneumonia: Diagnosis, Assessment of Severity, and Initial Antimicrobial Therapy

1993 834 citations Victor L. Yu et al. profile →
New and Emerging Etiologies for Community-Acquired Pneumonia with Implications for Therapy

1990 703 citations Victor L. Yu, Robert R. Muder et al. profile →
Short-course Empiric Antibiotic Therapy for Patients with Pulmonary Infiltrates in the Intensive Care Unit

2000 702 citations Nina Singh, Paul Rogers et al. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine profile →
The changing face of candidemia: emergence of non-Candida albicans species and antifungal resistance

1996 656 citations M. Hong Nguyen, Arthur J. Morris et al. The American Journal of Medicine profile →
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: A consensus review of the microbiology, pathogenesis, and epidemiology with implications for prevention and management

1993 542 citations Joyce A. Korvick, Victor L. Yu et al. The American Journal of Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Victor L. Yu United States	58	8.5k	5.5k	2.4k	2.3k	2.0k	193	16.5k
Marilyn M. Wagener United States	65	8.0k 0.9×	8.6k 1.6×	1.5k 0.6×	1.9k 0.8×	1.8k 0.9×	171	17.1k
Matthew H. Samore United States	68	5.5k 0.6×	5.7k 1.0×	1.8k 0.7×	2.5k 1.1×	1.8k 0.9×	389	18.2k
Thomas M. Hooton United States	71	15.8k 1.8×	3.4k 0.6×	1.8k 0.8×	2.7k 1.2×	2.8k 1.4×	187	25.1k
Jordi Carratalà Spain	63	8.6k 1.0×	2.8k 0.5×	2.9k 1.2×	2.3k 1.0×	1.7k 0.9×	332	14.2k
Richard P. Wenzel United States	72	8.2k 1.0×	10.9k 2.0×	3.3k 1.3×	2.5k 1.1×	4.4k 2.2×	241	21.3k
Dennis G. Maki United States	81	7.0k 0.8×	4.7k 0.9×	4.1k 1.7×	1.2k 0.5×	2.5k 1.3×	207	21.5k
Lance R. Peterson United States	61	4.8k 0.6×	7.4k 1.3×	1.3k 0.5×	2.0k 0.9×	2.5k 1.3×	267	12.6k
David R. Snydman United States	68	9.2k 1.1×	6.9k 1.2×	1.0k 0.4×	1.2k 0.5×	2.3k 1.2×	350	17.6k
Daniel M. Musher United States	75	17.3k 2.0×	6.9k 1.2×	3.1k 1.3×	1.5k 0.6×	1.6k 0.8×	340	26.9k
Stephan Harbarth Switzerland	68	5.8k 0.7×	7.3k 1.3×	2.6k 1.1×	3.0k 1.3×	3.5k 1.8×	342	19.3k

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Patel, Divya, et al.. (2023). Sirolimus suppresses circulating fibrocytes in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in a randomized controlled crossover trial. JCI Insight. 8(8). 15 indexed citations

Haddad, Daniel, et al.. (2023). A Survey Study of Surgeons and Anesthesiologists Regarding Perioperative Multimodal Analgesia for Opioid-Tolerant Patients. Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing. 39(1). 87–92. 1 indexed citations

Yu, Victor L., et al.. (2011). Investigation of polymethylmethacrylate pulmonary embolus in a patient ten years following vertebroplasty. Journal of Radiology Case Reports. 5(10). 14–21. 9 indexed citations

File, Thomas M., Scott V. Monte, Jerome J. Schentag, et al.. (2008). A disease model descriptive of progression between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations and community-acquired pneumonia: roles for underlying lung disease and the pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics of the antibiotic. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents. 33(1). 58–64. 12 indexed citations

Yu, Victor L., et al.. (2005). General gynaecology: Intrauterine lignocaine as an anaesthetic during endometrial sampling: a randomised double‐blind controlled trial. BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 113(1). 53–57. 27 indexed citations

Baddour, Larry M., Victor L. Yu, Keith P. Klugman, et al.. (2004). Combination Antibiotic Therapy Lowers Mortality among Severely Ill Patients with Pneumococcal Bacteremia. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 170(4). 440–444. 301 indexed citations

Singh, Nina, Paul Rogers, Charles W. Atwood, Marilyn M. Wagener, & Victor L. Yu. (2000). Short-course Empiric Antibiotic Therapy for Patients with Pulmonary Infiltrates in the Intensive Care Unit. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 162(2). 505–511. 702 indexed citations breakdown →

Yu, Victor L., Thomas C. Merigan, & Steven L. Barriere. (1999). Antimicrobial therapy and vaccines : editors, Victor L. Yu, Thomas C. Merigan,Jr., Steven L. Barriere ; associate editors, Alan M. Sugar ... [et al.]. Williams & Wilkins eBooks. 1 indexed citations

Berrios, Daniel C., Andrew Kehler, David Kim, Victor L. Yu, & Lawrence M. Fagan. (1998). Automated Text Markup for Information Retrieval from an Electronic Textbook of Infectious Disease. PubMed Central. 975–975. 5 indexed citations

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Kovács, Klára, David L. Paterson, & Victor L. Yu. (1998). Antimicrobial therapy for Pseudomonas aeruginosa - Skin and soft tissue, ear, and eye infections, meningitis, and clinical syndromes of febrile neutropenic and HIV patients. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 15(7). 2 indexed citations

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Nguyen, M. Hong, Victor L. Yu, & Arthur J. Morris. (1996). Candida infection of the arteriovenous fistula used for hemodialysis. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 27(4). 596–598. 11 indexed citations

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Singh, Nina, Timothy Gayowski, & Victor L. Yu. (1995). Herpes zoster-associated idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura in a liver transplant recipient: a case report and overview. Transplant International. 8(1). 58–60. 12 indexed citations

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Grandis, Jennifer R., Richard M. Vickers, John D. Rihs, Victor L. Yu, & Jonas T. Johnson. (1994). Efficacy Of Topical Amoxicillin Plus Clavulanate/Ticarcillin Plus Clavulanate And Clindamycin In Contaminated Head And Neck Surgery: Effect Of Antibiotic Spectra And Duration Of Therapy. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 170(3). 729–732. 33 indexed citations

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Singh, Nina, Luis Mieles, Victor L. Yu, & Thomas E. Starzl. (1994). Decreased incidence of viral infections in liver transplant recipients. Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 39(1). 15–18. 18 indexed citations

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Aeba, Ryo, Janet E. Stout, Nicola A Francalancia, et al.. (1993). Aspects of lung transplantation that contribute to increased severity of pneumonia. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 106(3). 449–457. 10 indexed citations

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Brancati, F. L., et al.. (1993). Is pneumonia really the old man's friend? Two-year prognosis after community-acquired pneumonia. The Lancet. 342(8862). 30–33. 108 indexed citations

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Singh, Nina, Victor L. Yu, Luis Mieles, & Marilyn M. Wagener. (1993). β-Lactam antibiotic-induced leukopenia in severe hepatic dysfunction: Risk factors and implications for dosing in patients with liver disease. The American Journal of Medicine. 94(3). 251–256. 25 indexed citations

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Goetz, Angella, et al.. (1992). Transmission of Legionella by Respiratory Equipment and Aerosol Generating Devices. CHEST Journal. 102(5). 1586–1590. 43 indexed citations

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Swanson, D. J., et al.. (1991). A new dosing schedule for gentamicin in blood pythons (Python curtus): a pharmacokinetic study. Research in Veterinary Science. 50(2). 127–130. 5 indexed citations

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Yu, Victor L., et al.. (1989). Antibiotic therapy for pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia: Outcome correlations in a prospective study of 200 patients. The American Journal of Medicine. 87. 540–546. 36 indexed citations

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