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D-Index
77
Citations
37803
World Ranking
18246
National Ranking
9103

Overview

Carmen Rodriguez was affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research focused primarily on medicine, with a significant emphasis on internal medicine, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, epidemiology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, as well as critical care and intensive care medicine.

Their work spanned several key topics within medical science, including:

  • Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management
  • Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
  • Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
  • Ultrasound in Clinical Applications
  • Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
  • Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis

Rodriguez published extensively in several notable venues, with the most frequent publication sites being:

  • Thrombosis Research
  • Archivos de Bronconeumología
  • CHEST Journal
  • ESMO Open
  • Open Respiratory Archives

Several recent papers attributed to Rodriguez included:

  • "Incidence of VTE and Bleeding Among Hospitalized Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019," 2020, CHEST Journal
  • "Effect of a Pulmonary Embolism Diagnostic Strategy on Clinical Outcomes in Patients Hospitalized for COPD Exacerbation," 2021, JAMA
  • "Epidemiological trends of HIV/HCV coinfection in Spain, 2015-2019," 2022, HIV Medicine
  • "High-Sensitivity vs Conventional Troponin Cutoffs for Risk Stratification in Patients With Acute Pulmonary Embolism," 2023, JAMA Cardiology
  • "Randomised controlled trial of a prognostic assessment and management pathway to reduce the length of hospital stay in normotensive patients with acute pulmonary embolism," 2021, European Respiratory Journal

Frequent collaborators in their research included:

  • David Jiménez
  • Behnood Bikdeli
  • Alfonso Muriel
  • Manuel Monréal
  • Ana Retegui

Best Publications

  • Overweight, obesity, and mortality from cancer in a prospectively studied cohort of U.S. adults.

    Eugenia E. Calle;Carmen Rodriguez;Kimberly Walker-Thurmond;Michael J. Thun

  • Body-Mass Index and Mortality in a Prospective Cohort of U.S. Adults

    Eugenia E. Calle;Michael J. Thun;Jennifer M. Petrelli;Carmen Rodriguez

  • Genome-wide association study of prostate cancer identifies a second risk locus at 8q24

    Meredith Yeager;Nick Orr;Richard B Hayes;Kevin B Jacobs

  • Multiple loci identified in a genome-wide association study of prostate cancer

    Gilles Thomas;Kevin B Jacobs;Meredith Yeager;Meredith Yeager;Peter Kraft

  • Meat consumption and risk of colorectal cancer.

    Ann Chao;Michael J. Thun;Cari J. Connell;Marjorie L. McCullough

  • The American Cancer Society Cancer Prevention Study II Nutrition Cohort: rationale, study design, and baseline characteristics.

    Eugenia E Calle;Carmen Rodriguez;Eric J Jacobs;M Lyn Almon

  • The American Cancer Society Cancer Prevention Study II Nutrition Cohort

    Eugenia E. Calle;Carmen Rodriguez;Eric J. Jacobs;M. Lyn Almon

  • Estrogen replacement therapy and ovarian cancer mortality in a large prospective study of US women.

    Carmen Rodriguez;Alpa V. Patel;Eugenia E. Calle;Eric J. Jacob

  • Body mass index, weight change, and risk of prostate cancer in the Cancer Prevention Study II Nutrition Cohort.

    Carmen Rodriguez;Stephen J Freedland;Anusila Deka;Eric J Jacobs

  • Body Mass Index and Colon Cancer Mortality in a Large Prospective Study

    Terrell K. Murphy;Eugenia E. Calle;Carmen Rodriguez;Henry S. Kahn

  • Incidence of VTE and Bleeding Among Hospitalized Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

    David Jiménez;Aldara García-Sanchez;Parth Rali;Alfonso Muriel

  • Obesity-related plasma hemodilution and PSA concentration among men with prostate cancer.

    Lionel L. Bañez;Robert J. Hamilton;Robert J. Hamilton;Alan W. Partin;Robin T. Vollmer

  • Body mass index, height, and prostate cancer mortality in two large cohorts of adult men in the United States.

    Carmen Rodriguez;Alpa V. Patel;Eugenia E. Calle;Eric J. Jacobs

  • A Large Cohort Study of Long-Term Daily Use of Adult-Strength Aspirin and Cancer Incidence

    Eric J. Jacobs;Michael J. Thun;Elizabeth B. Bain;Carmen Rodriguez

  • Obesity, recreational physical activity, and risk of pancreatic cancer in a large U.S. Cohort.

    Alpa V. Patel;Carmen Rodriguez;Leslie Bernstein;Ann Chao

  • Cigarette Smoking and Colorectal Cancer Mortality in the Cancer Prevention Study II

    Ann Chao;Michael J. Thun;Eric J. Jacobs;S. Jane Henley

  • Methods for pooling results of epidemiologic studies: The pooling project of prospective studies of diet and cancer

    Stephanie A. Smith-Warner;Donna Spiegelman;John Ritz;Demetrius Albanes

  • Calcium, vitamin D, dairy products, and risk of colorectal cancer in the Cancer Prevention Study II Nutrition Cohort (United States)

    Marjorie L. McCullough;Andrea S. Robertson;Carmen Rodriguez;Eric J. Jacobs

  • Body mass index, height, and postmenopausal breast cancer mortality in a prospective cohort of US women

    Jennifer M. Petrelli;Eugenia E. Calle;Carmen Rodriguez;Michael J. Thun

  • Coffee Consumption, Gender, and Parkinson’s Disease Mortality in the Cancer Prevention Study II Cohort: The Modifying Effects of Estrogen

    Alberto Ascherio;Marc G. Weisskopf;Eilis J. O’Reilly;Marjorie L. McCullough

Frequent Co-Authors

Eugenia E. Calle
Eugenia E. Calle American Cancer Society
Michael J. Thun
Michael J. Thun Emory University
Eric J. Jacobs
Eric J. Jacobs American Cancer Society
Marjorie L. McCullough
Marjorie L. McCullough American Cancer Society
Alpa V. Patel
Alpa V. Patel American Cancer Society
David J. Hunter
David J. Hunter Harvard University
Stephen J. Chanock
Stephen J. Chanock National Institutes of Health
Walter C. Willett
Walter C. Willett Harvard University
Julie E. Buring
Julie E. Buring Brigham and Women's Hospital
Shumin M. Zhang
Shumin M. Zhang Brigham and Women's Hospital

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