Vanderbilt University Medical Center Surgical Critical Care

Topics

• Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders 242
• Trauma and Emergency Care Studies 238
• Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation 225
• Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes 145
• Bone fractures and treatments 119
• Abdominal Trauma and Injuries 89
• Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances 80
• Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries 77
• Trauma Management and Diagnosis 73
• Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes 69
• Hip and Femur Fractures 68
• Diversity and Career in Medicine 63

Most cited

1. A Focused Update to the Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Pain, Anxiety, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobility, and Sleep Disruption in Adult Patients in the ICU.

   Critical care medicine · 2025 · 177 citations · Pratik Pandharipande

2. Video versus Direct Laryngoscopy for Tracheal Intubation of Critically Ill Adults.

   The New England journal of medicine · 2023 · 267 citations · Christopher Hughes

3. Assessing the Accuracy of Responses by the Language Model ChatGPT to Questions Regarding Bariatric Surgery.

   Obesity surgery · 2023 · 209 citations · Stuart Abel

4. Prevalence and risk factors for delirium in critically ill patients with COVID-19 (COVID-D): a multicentre cohort study.

   The Lancet. Respiratory medicine · 2021 · 421 citations · Pratik Pandharipande

5. Delirium in critical illness: clinical manifestations, outcomes, and management.

   Intensive care medicine · 2021 · 332 citations · Pratik Pandharipande

6. 2025 American Society of Anesthesiologists Practice Advisory for Perioperative Care of Older Adults Scheduled for Inpatient Surgery.

   Anesthesiology · 2025 · 72 citations · Christopher Hughes