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Alastair Forbes

Alastair Forbes

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Medicine

D-Index
95
Citations
53487
World Ranking
9862
National Ranking
2

Overview

Alastair Forbes is affiliated with the University of Tartu in Estonia. Their research contributions primarily span the field of Medicine, with particular emphasis on Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Nutrition and Dietetics, Genetics, and Epidemiology.

The scientist has authored numerous publications focusing on multiple topics. Principal research areas include:

  • Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology
  • Abdominal vascular conditions and treatments
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  • Abdominal Surgery and Complications
  • Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Microscopic Colitis
  • Gastrointestinal motility and disorders

Notable recent papers by Alastair Forbes include:

  • ESPEN practical guideline: Clinical Nutrition in inflammatory bowel disease (2020, Clinical Nutrition)
  • ESPEN guideline on Clinical Nutrition in inflammatory bowel disease (2023, Clinical Nutrition)
  • Incidence and outcomes of acute mesenteric ischaemia: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2022, BMJ Open)
  • Intravenous supplementation type and volume are associated with 1-year outcome and major complications in patients with chronic intestinal failure (2020, Gut)
  • Incidence, diagnosis, management and outcome of acute mesenteric ischaemia: a prospective, multicentre observational study (AMESI Study) (2024, Critical Care)

Frequent co-authors working alongside Alastair Forbes include:

  • Annika Reintam Blaser
  • Kadri Tamme
  • Martin Björck
  • Joel Starkopf
  • Marko Murruste

The scientist publishes regularly in recognized venues, with several publications appearing in the following journals and platforms:

  • Clinical Nutrition ESPEN
  • Clinical Nutrition
  • Nutrients
  • Critical Care
  • World Journal of Emergency Surgery

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls

    Paul R. Burton;David G. Clayton;Lon R. Cardon;Nick Craddock

  • ESPEN Guidelines on Parenteral Nutrition: intensive care.

    Pierre Singer;Mette M. Berger;Greet Van den Berghe;Gianni Biolo

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight loci associated with blood pressure

    Christopher Newton-Cheh;Christopher Newton-Cheh;Toby Johnson;Toby Johnson;Vesela Gateva;Martin D. Tobin

  • Severity of inflammation is a risk factor for colorectal neoplasia in ulcerative colitis

    Matthew Rutter;Brian Saunders;Kay Wilkinson;Steve Rumbles

  • Association scan of 14,500 nonsynonymous SNPs in four diseases identifies autoimmunity variants

    Paul R Burton;David G Clayton;Lon R Cardon;Nick Craddock

  • Sequence variants in the autophagy gene IRGM and multiple other replicating loci contribute to Crohn's disease susceptibility.

    Miles Parkes;Jeffrey C Barrett;Natalie J Prescott;Mark Tremelling

  • Association between insertion mutation in NOD2 gene and Crohn's disease in German and British populations

    Jochen Hampe;Andrew Cuthbert;Peter J. P. Croucher;Muddassar M. Mirza

  • Understanding Patients’ Adherence-Related Beliefs about Medicines Prescribed for Long-Term Conditions: A Meta-Analytic Review of the Necessity-Concerns Framework

    Rob Horne;Sarah C. E. Chapman;Rhian Parham;Nick Freemantle

  • Adult starvation and disease-related malnutrition: a proposal for etiology-based diagnosis in the clinical practice setting from the International Consensus Guideline Committee.

    Gordon L. Jensen;Jay Mirtallo;Charlene Compher;Rupinder Dhaliwal

  • European evidence based consensus on the diagnosis and management of Crohn’s disease: current management

    Spl Travis;EF Stange;Marc Lémann;T Oresland

  • Genome-wide association study of CNVs in 16,000 cases of eight common diseases and 3,000 shared controls

    Nick Craddock;Matthew E. Hurles;Niall Cardin;Richard D. Pearson

  • The contribution of NOD2 gene mutations to the risk and site of disease in inflammatory bowel disease

    Andrew P. Cuthbert;Sheila A. Fisher;Muddassar M. Mirza;Kathy King

  • Thirty-Year Analysis of a Colonoscopic Surveillance Program for Neoplasia in Ulcerative Colitis

    Matthew D. Rutter;Brian P. Saunders;Kay H. Wilkinson;Steve Rumbles

  • Infliximab for the treatment of pyoderma gangrenosum: a randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial

    T N Brooklyn;M G S Dunnill;A Shetty;J J Bowden

  • Localization of type 1 diabetes susceptibility to the MHC class I genes HLA-B and HLA-A

    Sergey Nejentsev;Joanna M. M. Howson;Neil M. Walker;Jeffrey Szeszko

  • European evidence based consensus on the diagnosis and management of Crohn's disease: special situations.

    R. Caprilli;M. A. Gassull;J. C. Escher;G. Moser

  • Pancolonic indigo carmine dye spraying for the detection of dysplasia in ulcerative colitis

    M D Rutter;B P Saunders;G Schofield;A Forbes

  • ESPEN guideline: Clinical nutrition in inflammatory bowel disease

    Alastair Forbes;Johanna Escher;Xavier Hébuterne;Stanisław Kłęk

  • ESPEN endorsed recommendations. Definition and classification of intestinal failure in adults.

    Loris Pironi;Jann Arends;Janet Baxter;Federico Bozzetti

  • Intravenous acetylcysteine in paracetamol induced fulminant hepatic failure: a prospective controlled trial.

    R. Keays;P. M. Harrison;J. A. Wendon;A. Forbes

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeremy D. Sanderson
Jeremy D. Sanderson Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Christopher G. Mathew
Christopher G. Mathew King's College London
Cathryn M. Lewis
Cathryn M. Lewis King's College London
Michael A. Kamm
Michael A. Kamm University of Melbourne
Dimitrios P. Bogdanos
Dimitrios P. Bogdanos University Of Thessaly
Natalie J. Prescott
Natalie J. Prescott King's College London
Stefan Schreiber
Stefan Schreiber Kiel University
Roger Williams
Roger Williams Foundation for Liver Research
Ian C. Talbot
Ian C. Talbot Leicester Royal Infirmary
Jochen Hampe
Jochen Hampe TU Dresden

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