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Daren K. Heyland

Daren K. Heyland

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Medicine
Canada
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
145
Citations
79904
World Ranking
1383
National Ranking
43

Daren K. Heyland publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Daren K. Heyland sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 721 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Daren K. Heyland D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Daren K. Heyland sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 145 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Canada Leader Award

Overview

Daren K. Heyland is affiliated with Queen's University in Canada and has a research focus primarily in the fields of medicine and nursing. Their work encompasses critical areas within nutrition and dietetics, public health, environmental and occupational health, physiology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and critical care and intensive care medicine.

Their research portfolio includes numerous studies related to clinical nutrition and gastroenterology, nutrition and health in aging, palliative care and end-of-life issues, intensive care unit cognitive disorders, family and patient care in intensive care units, electrolyte and hormonal disorders, and burn injury management and outcomes.

Frequent publication venues for Heyland include:

  • Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
  • Critical Care
  • Critical Care Medicine
  • Clinical Nutrition
  • The Lancet

Heyland has collaborated extensively with several coauthors, notably:

  • Christian Stoppe
  • Andrew G. Day
  • Zheng-Yii Lee
  • Jayshil J. Patel
  • Luis Ortiz-Reyes

Recent publications authored or coauthored by Heyland include:

  • "The effect of higher protein dosing in critically ill patients with high nutritional risk (EFFORT Protein): an international, multicentre, pragmatic, registry-based randomised trial," 2023, The Lancet
  • "Incidence, Risk Factors, and Clinical Consequence of Enteral Feeding Intolerance in the Mechanically Ventilated Critically Ill: An Analysis of a Multicenter, Multiyear Database," 2020, Critical Care Medicine

Other highly cited relevant works from collaborative efforts within related fields include:

  • "Intravenous Vitamin C in Adults with Sepsis in the Intensive Care Unit," 2022, New England Journal of Medicine
  • "The effect of higher versus lower protein delivery in critically ill patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials," 2021, Critical Care
  • "Association between ultrasound quadriceps muscle status with premorbid functional status and 60-day mortality in mechanically ventilated critically ill patient: A single-center prospective observational study," 2020, Clinical Nutrition

Best Publications

  • Intensive versus conventional glucose control in critically ill patients.

    Nice-Sugar Study Investigators;D. Chittock;S. Su;D. Blair

  • Canadian clinical practice guidelines for nutrition support in mechanically ventilated, critically ill adult patients

    Daren K. Heyland;Rupinder Dhaliwal;John W. Drover;Leah Gramlich

  • Intensive insulin therapy and mortality among critically ill patients: a meta-analysis including NICE-SUGAR study data

    Donald E.G. Griesdale;Russell J. de Souza;Rob M. van Dam;Daren K. Heyland

  • Definition and recommendations for advance care planning : an international consensus supported by the European Association for Palliative Care

    Judith A C Rietjens;Rebecca L Sudore;Rebecca L Sudore;Michael Connolly;Johannes J van Delden

  • Defining Advance Care Planning for Adults: A Consensus Definition From a Multidisciplinary Delphi Panel

    Rebecca L. Sudore;Rebecca L. Sudore;Hillary D. Lum;John J. You;Laura C. Hanson

  • Should Immunonutrition Become Routine in Critically Ill Patients?A Systematic Review of the Evidence

    Daren K. Heyland;Frantisek Novak;John W. Drover;Minto Jain

  • Hypoglycemia and risk of death in critically ill patients.

    Simon R Finfer;Bette Liu;Dean R Chittock;Robyn Norton

  • The Attributable Morbidity and Mortality of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in the Critically Ill Patient

    Daren K. Heyland;Deborah J. Cook;Lauren Griffith;Sean P. Keenan

  • The relationship between nutritional intake and clinical outcomes in critically ill patients: results of an international multicenter observational study

    Cathy Alberda;Leah Gramlich;Leah Gramlich;Naomi Jones;Naomi Jones;Khursheed Jeejeebhoy;Khursheed Jeejeebhoy

  • A Randomized Trial of Glutamine and Antioxidants in Critically Ill Patients

    Daren Heyland;John Muscedere;Paul E. Wischmeyer;Deborah Cook

  • Glutamine supplementation in serious illness: a systematic review of the evidence.

    Frantisek Novak;Daren K. Heyland;Alison Avenell;John W. Drover

  • Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis in Critically Ill Patients Resolving Discordant Meta-Analyses

    D. J. Cook;B. K. Reeve;G. H. Guyatt;D. K. Heyland

  • Corticosteroid treatment for sepsis: a critical appraisal and meta-analysis of the literature.

    L. Cronin;D. J. Cook;J. Carlet;D. K. Heyland

  • Evidence-based clinical practice guideline for the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia.

    Peter Dodek;Sean Keenan;Deborah Cook;Daren Heyland

  • Does enteral nutrition compared to parenteral nutrition result in better outcomes in critically ill adult patients? A systematic review of the literature

    Leah Gramlich;Krikor Kichian;Jaime Pinilla;Nadia J. Rodych

  • Identifying critically ill patients who benefit the most from nutrition therapy: the development and initial validation of a novel risk assessment tool

    Daren K Heyland;Daren K Heyland;Rupinder Dhaliwal;Xuran Jiang;Andrew G Day

  • What matters most in end-of-life care: perceptions of seriously ill patients and their family members

    Daren K. Heyland;Peter Dodek;Graeme Rocker;Dianne Groll

  • Total Parenteral Nutrition in the Critically Ill Patient: a Meta-analysis

    Daren K. Heyland;Shaun Macdonald;Laurie Keefe;John W. Drover

  • Prevalence and Factors of Intensive Care Unit Conflicts The Conflicus Study

    Élie Azoulay;Jean-François Timsit;Charles L. Sprung;Marcio Soares

  • Family satisfaction with care in the intensive care unit: results of a multiple center study

    Daren K Heyland;Graeme M Rocker;Peter M Dodek;Demetrios J Kutsogiannis

Frequent Co-Authors

Deborah J. Cook
Deborah J. Cook McMaster University
Neill K. J. Adhikari
Neill K. J. Adhikari University of Toronto
Khursheed N. Jeejeebhoy
Khursheed N. Jeejeebhoy University of Toronto
Gordon H. Guyatt
Gordon H. Guyatt McMaster University
Paul C. Hébert
Paul C. Hébert University of Alberta
Maureen O. Meade
Maureen O. Meade McMaster University
Robert A. Fowler
Robert A. Fowler Sunnybrook Health Science Centre
Rinaldo Bellomo
Rinaldo Bellomo Monash University
John C. Marshall
John C. Marshall University of Toronto
Amiram Gafni
Amiram Gafni McMaster University

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