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  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
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Overview

Derek C. Angus is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. The scientist's academic output primarily falls within the field of Medicine, with a considerable number of publications focusing on various subfields including Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The research topics covered by Derek C. Angus emphasize multiple key areas:

  • Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Nosocomial Infections in ICU

Derek C. Angus has contributed to highly cited papers, which include the following:

  • "Global, regional, and national sepsis incidence and mortality, 1990-2017: analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study" (2020), published in The Lancet
  • "Surviving sepsis campaign: international guidelines for management of sepsis and septic shock 2021" (2021), Intensive Care Medicine
  • "Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock 2021" (2021), Critical Care Medicine
  • "Association Between Administration of Systemic Corticosteroids and Mortality Among Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19" (2020), JAMA
  • "Interleukin-6 Receptor Antagonists in Critically Ill Patients with Covid-19" (2021), New England Journal of Medicine

The scientist frequently collaborates with several peers. Notable coauthors include Roger Lewis, Christopher Seymour, Anne Rentoumis Cappola, Preeti Malani, and Mary McDermott. These collaborations reflect sustained partnerships in research efforts.

Derek C. Angus's publications often appear in venues such as:

  • JAMA
  • Intensive Care Medicine
  • JAMA Network Open
  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Among awards, Derek C. Angus holds membership in the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • 2001 SCCM/ESICM/ACCP/ATS/SIS International Sepsis Definitions Conference

    Mitchell M. Levy;Mitchell P. Fink;John C. Marshall;Edward Abraham

  • Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International Guidelines for Management of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock, 2012

    R. Phillip Dellinger;Mitchell M. Levy;Andrew Rhodes;Djillali Annane

  • Epidemiology of severe sepsis in the United States: analysis of incidence, outcome, and associated costs of care.

    Derek C. Angus;Walter T. Linde-Zwirble;Jeffrey Lidicker;Gilles Clermont

  • Surviving sepsis campaign: international guidelines for management of sepsis and septic shock 2021.

    Laura Evans;Andrew Rhodes;Waleed Alhazzani;Massimo Antonelli

  • Severe sepsis and septic shock

    Derek C. Angus;Tom van der Poll

  • Global, regional, and national sepsis incidence and mortality, 1990–2017: analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study

    Kristina E Rudd;Sarah Charlotte Johnson;Kareha M Agesa;Katya Anne Shackelford

  • Assessment of Clinical Criteria for Sepsis: For the Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3)

    Christopher W. Seymour;Vincent X. Liu;Theodore J. Iwashyna;Frank M. Brunkhorst

  • Assessment of Global Incidence and Mortality of Hospital-treated Sepsis. Current Estimates and Limitations.

    Carolin Fleischmann;André Scherag;Neill K. J. Adhikari;Christiane S. Hartog

  • A Randomized Trial of Protocol-Based Care for Early Septic Shock

    Donald M. Yealy;John A. Kellum;David T. Huang;Lisa A. Weissfeld

  • Developing a New Definition and Assessing New Clinical Criteria for Septic Shock: For the Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3)

    Manu Shankar-Hari;Manu Shankar-Hari;Gary S. Phillips;Mitchell L. Levy;Christopher W. Seymour

  • Association Between Administration of Systemic Corticosteroids and Mortality Among Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19: A Meta-analysis.

    Sterne Jac.;S Murthy;J V Diaz

  • Interleukin-6 Receptor Antagonists in Critically Ill Patients with Covid-19.

    Morris J Brown;William Alazawi;Stavroula Kanoni

  • RIFLE criteria for acute kidney injury are associated with hospital mortality in critically ill patients: a cohort analysis.

    Eric A J Hoste;Eric A J Hoste;Gilles Clermont;Alexander Kersten;Ramesh Venkataraman

  • Incidence and Trends of Sepsis in US Hospitals Using Clinical vs Claims Data, 2009-2014

    Chanu Rhee;Chanu Rhee;Raymund Dantes;Raymund Dantes;Lauren Epstein;David J. Murphy

  • A minimal common outcome measure set for COVID-19 clinical research

    John C. Marshall;Srinivas Murthy;Janet Diaz;Neil Adhikari

  • Use of intensive care at the end of life in the United States: an epidemiologic study.

    Derek C. Angus;Amber E. Barnato;Walter T. Linde-Zwirble;Lisa A. Weissfeld

  • Epidemiology of sepsis: an update.

    Derek C. Angus;Randy S. Wax

  • Epidemiology and Treatment of Painful Procedures in Neonates in Intensive Care Units

    Ricardo Carbajal;André Rousset;Claude Danan;Sarah Coquery

  • The Epidemiology of Severe Sepsis in Children in the United States

    R. Scott Watson;Joseph A. Carcillo;Walter T. Linde-Zwirble;Gilles Clermont

  • Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock: 2008 (Intensive Care Medicine (2008) 34, (17-60))

    R. Phillip Dellinger;Mitchell M. Levy;Jean M. Carlet;Julian Bion

Frequent Co-Authors

John A. Kellum
John A. Kellum University of Pittsburgh
Michael R. Pinsky
Michael R. Pinsky University of Pittsburgh
Jean Louis Vincent
Jean Louis Vincent Université Libre de Bruxelles
Theodore J. Iwashyna
Theodore J. Iwashyna University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Gordon D. Rubenfeld
Gordon D. Rubenfeld Sunnybrook Health Science Centre
John C. Marshall
John C. Marshall University of Toronto
Fernando A. Bozza
Fernando A. Bozza Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Gordon R. Bernard
Gordon R. Bernard Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Patrick M. Kochanek
Patrick M. Kochanek University of Pittsburgh
Judith R. Lave
Judith R. Lave University of Pittsburgh

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