Yasser Sakr

21.3k total citations · 7 hit papers
139 papers, 13.0k citations indexed

About

Yasser Sakr is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Yasser Sakr has authored 139 papers receiving a total of 13.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Epidemiology, 50 papers in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine and 34 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Yasser Sakr's work include Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (70 papers), Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders (21 papers) and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (21 papers). Yasser Sakr is often cited by papers focused on Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (70 papers), Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders (21 papers) and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (21 papers). Yasser Sakr collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Belgium and France. Yasser Sakr's co-authors include Jean‐Louis Vincent, Konrad Reinhart, Daniel De Backer, Konrad Reinhart, Charles L. Sprung, Didier Payen, V. Marco Ranieri, Rui P. Moreno, Jacques Créteur and Marc‐Jacques Dubois and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, CHEST Journal and The American Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Yasser Sakr

135 papers receiving 12.6k 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.

Sepsis in European intensive care units: Results of the SOAP study*

2006 2.0k citations Jean‐Louis Vincent, Yasser Sakr et al. Critical Care Medicine profile →
Assessment of the worldwide burden of critical illness: the Intensive Care Over Nations (ICON) audit

2014 857 citations Jean‐Louis Vincent, Silvio A. Ñamendys‐Silva et al. profile →
Persistent microcirculatory alterations are associated with organ failure and death in patients with septic shock*

2004 849 citations Yasser Sakr, Daniel De Backer et al. Critical Care Medicine profile →
A positive fluid balance is associated with a worse outcome in patients with acute renal failure

2008 663 citations Didier Payen, Àngels Pont et al. Critical Care profile →
Microcirculatory Alterations in Patients With Severe Sepsis

2013 406 citations Daniel De Backer, Yasser Sakr et al. Critical Care Medicine profile →
Obesity in the critically ill: a narrative review

2019 324 citations Peter Pickkers, Yasser Sakr et al. Intensive Care Medicine profile →
Sepsis in Intensive Care Unit Patients: Worldwide Data From the Intensive Care over Nations Audit

2018 306 citations Yasser Sakr, Ulrich Jaschinski et al. Open Forum Infectious Diseases profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yasser Sakr

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yasser Sakr. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yasser Sakr based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Yasser Sakr. Yasser Sakr is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Tocilizumab Therapy in Critically Ill Patients with Coronavirus Disease-2019 Pneumonia. A Propensity Score-adjusted Analysis 2023 ·Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences ·Yasser Sadek Nassar, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ashraf Rady, (unknown), Mostafa Elshazly, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Yasser Sakr	0
2	Evaluation of Expressed MicroRNAs as Prospective Biomarkers for Detection of Breast Cancer 2022 ·Diagnostics ·Amal Ahmed Mohamed, Ahmed E. Allam, Ahmed Aref, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Yasser Sakr, (unknown), Sarah Albogami, Eman Fayad, Fayez Althobaiti, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Asmaa Sayed Abdelgeliel, (unknown)	10
3	MicroRNA-224 Up-regulation: A Risk for Complications in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Egyptian Patients 2022 ·Pharmacophore ·(unknown), Dina M. Abo‐Elmatty, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Yasser Sakr, (unknown)	1
4	Correlation of quantitative computed tomography derived bone density values with Hounsfield units of a contrast medium computed tomography in 98 thoraco-lumbar vertebral bodies 2021 ·Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery ·(unknown), Yasser Sakr, (unknown), Christian Senft, Falko Schwarz	16
5	Sepsis in Intensive Care Unit Patients: Worldwide Data From the Intensive Care over Nations Audit breakdown → 2018 ·Open Forum Infectious Diseases ·Yasser Sakr, Ulrich Jaschinski, Xavier Wittebole, Tamás Szakmány, Jeffrey Lipman, Silvio A. Ñamendys‐Silva, Ignacio Martín‐Loeches, Marc Léone, Mary‐Nicoleta Lupu, Jean‐Louis Vincent, (unknown)	306
6	Comparison of European ICU patients in 2012 (ICON) versus 2002 (SOAP) 2018 ·Intensive Care Medicine ·(unknown), Jean‐Louis Vincent, (unknown), Jean‐Yves Lefrant, Katarzyna Kotfis, Rahul Nanchal, Ignacio Martín‐Loeches, Xavier Wittebole, Samir G. Sakka, Peter Pickkers, Rui P. Moreno, Yasser Sakr	96
7	Risk factors for reoperation after initial burr hole trephination in chronic subdural hematomas 2015 ·Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery ·Falko Schwarz, (unknown), Pedro Dünisch, Yasser Sakr, (unknown), Rolf Kalff, Christian Ewald	70
8	Infections and Use of Antibiotics in Patients Admitted for Severe Acute Pancreatitis: Data from the EPIC II Study 2014 ·Surgical Infections ·Jan J. De Waele, Jordi Rello, Antonio Anzueto, Rui P. Moreno, Jeffrey Lipman, Yasser Sakr, Peter Pickkers, Marc Léone, Andrew Ferguson, Lavi Oud, Jean‐Louis Vincent, (unknown)	18
9	Infections, antibiotic treatment and mortality in patients admitted to ICUs in countries considered to have high levels of antibiotic resistance compared to those with low levels 2014 ·BMC Infectious Diseases ·Håkan Hanberger, Massimo Antonelli, (unknown), Jeffrey Lipman, Peter Pickkers, Marc Léone, Jordi Rello, Yasser Sakr, Sten Walther, Philippe Vanhems, Jean‐Louis Vincent, (unknown)	20
10	Serial measurement of Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System-28 (TISS-28) in a surgical intensive care unit 2010 ·Journal of Critical Care ·(unknown), (unknown), Martin Specht, (unknown), Konrad Reinhart, Yasser Sakr	20
11	Infections of respiratory or abdominal origin in ICU patients: what are the differences? 2010 ·Critical Care ·Eleni Volakli, Claudia Spies, Argyris Michalopoulos, AB Johan Groeneveld, Yasser Sakr, Jean‐Louis Vincent	50
12	Does the time of onset of severe sepsis in a surgical intensive care unit influence mortality rates: a single-center retrospective analysis 2009 ·Journal of Critical Care ·Suzana Margareth Lobo, Ederlon Rezende, Andreas Kortgen, Utz Settmacher, Martin Bräuer, Konrad Reinhart, Yasser Sakr	2
13	Are Blood Transfusions Associated with Greater Mortality Rates? 2008 ·Anesthesiology ·Jean‐Louis Vincent, Yasser Sakr, Charles L. Sprung, (unknown), Pierre Damas	134
14	A positive fluid balance is associated with a worse outcome in patients with acute renal failure breakdown → 2008 ·Critical Care ·Didier Payen, Àngels Pont, Yasser Sakr, Claudia Spies, Konrad Reinhart, Jean‐Louis Vincent	663
15	Protein C Concentrations Correlate with Organ Dysfunction and Predict Outcome Independent of the Presence of Sepsis 2007 ·Anesthesiology ·Frank M. Brunkhorst, Yasser Sakr, Stefan Hagel, Konrad Reinhart	20
16	Sepsis in European intensive care units: Results of the SOAP study* breakdown → 2006 ·Critical Care Medicine ·Jean‐Louis Vincent, Yasser Sakr, Charles L. Sprung, V. Marco Ranieri, Konrad Reinhart, Herwig Gerlach, Rui P. Moreno, Jean Carlet, Jean‐Roger Le Gall, Didier Payen	2020
17	Does dopamine administration in shock influence outcome? Results of the Sepsis Occurrence in Acutely Ill Patients (SOAP) Study* 2006 ·Critical Care Medicine ·Yasser Sakr, Konrad Reinhart, Jean‐Louis Vincent, Charles L. Sprung, Rui P. Moreno, V. Marco Ranieri, Daniel De Backer, Didier Payen	241
18	Has mortality from acute renal failure decreased? A systematic review of the literature 2005 ·The American Journal of Medicine ·(unknown), Yasser Sakr, Konrad Reinhart, Jean‐Louis Vincent	263
19	Is albumin administration in the acutely ill associated with increased mortality? Results of the SOAP study 2005 ·Critical Care ·Jean‐Louis Vincent, Yasser Sakr, Konrad Reinhart, Charles L. Sprung, Herwig Gerlach, V. Marco Ranieri, (unknown)	63
20	Relation of ECG changes to neurological outcome in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage 2004 ·International Journal of Cardiology ·Yasser Sakr, Noelle Lim, André Carlos Kajdacsy-Balla Amaral, (unknown), Frederico Bruzzi de Carvalho, Marc Renard, Jean‐Louis Vincent	72

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