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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Gordon R. Bernard is affiliated with Vanderbilt University Medical Center in the United States. Their research predominantly focuses on medicine with a specialization in fields such as infectious diseases, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, critical care and intensive care medicine, public health, environmental and occupational health, and epidemiology.

The scientist's recent published works include the following:

  • A New Global Definition of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, 2023, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • Effect of Vitamin C, Thiamine, and Hydrocortisone on Ventilator- and Vasopressor-Free Days in Patients With Sepsis, 2021, JAMA
  • Dexmedetomidine or Propofol for Sedation in Mechanically Ventilated Adults with Sepsis, 2021, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Oxygen-Saturation Targets for Critically Ill Adults Receiving Mechanical Ventilation, 2022, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Assessment of Awake Prone Positioning in Hospitalized Adults With COVID-19, 2022, JAMA Internal Medicine

The main topics covered in their work include intensive care unit cognitive disorders, respiratory support and mechanisms, COVID-19 clinical research studies, sepsis diagnosis and treatment, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, health systems, economic evaluations, quality of life, and health and medical research impacts.

Gordon R. Bernard has frequently published in these venues:

  • Journal of Clinical and Translational Science
  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • CHEST Journal
  • Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
  • JAMA

The scientist has collaborated extensively with other researchers, including Todd W. Rice, Christopher J. Lindsell, Wesley H. Self, Jill M. Pulley, and Matthew W. Semler.

Gordon R. Bernard has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2015.

Best Publications

  • The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3)

    Mervyn Singer;Clifford S. Deutschman;Christopher Warren Seymour;Manu Shankar-Hari

  • Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock: 2016

    Andrew Rhodes;Laura E. Evans;Waleed Alhazzani;Mitchell M. Levy

  • The American-European Consensus Conference on ARDS: Definitions, mechanisms, relevant outcomes, and clinical trial coordination

    G R Bernard;A Artigas;K L Brigham;J Carlet

  • Comparison of two fluid-management strategies in acute lung injury.

    Herbert P Wiedemann;Arthur P Wheeler

  • Multiple organ dysfunction score : a reliable descriptor of a complex clinical outcome

    John C. Marshall;Deborah J. Cook;Nicolas V. Christou;Gordon R. Bernard

  • Delirium as a predictor of mortality in mechanically ventilated patients in the intensive care unit

    E. Wesley Ely;Ayumi Shintani;Brenda Truman;Theodore Speroff

  • Delirium in mechanically ventilated patients: validity and reliability of the confusion assessment method for the intensive care unit (CAM-ICU).

    E W Ely;S K Inouye;G R Bernard;S Gordon

  • Evaluation of Delirium in Critically Ill Patients: Validation of the Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit (CAM-ICU)

    E. Ely;Richard Margolin;Joseph Francis;Lisa May

  • Monitoring sedation status over time in ICU patients: reliability and validity of the Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale (RASS).

    E. Wesley Ely;Brenda Truman;Ayumi Shintani;Jason W. W. Thomason

  • Efficacy and safety of a paired sedation and ventilator weaning protocol for mechanically ventilated patients in intensive care (Awakening and Breathing Controlled trial): a randomised controlled trial

    Timothy D Girard;John P Kress;Barry D Fuchs;Jason W W Thomason

  • Effect of Sedation With Dexmedetomidine vs Lorazepam on Acute Brain Dysfunction in Mechanically Ventilated Patients: The MENDS Randomized Controlled Trial

    Pratik P. Pandharipande;Brenda T. Pun;Daniel L. Herr;Mervyn Maze

  • An Imbalance between the Excretion of Thromboxane and Prostacyclin Metabolites in Pulmonary Hypertension

    Brian W. Christman;Charles D. McPherson;John H. Newman;Gayle A. King

  • Recombinant human interleukin 1 receptor antagonist in the treatment of patients with sepsis syndrome. Results from a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Phase III rhIL-1ra Sepsis Syndrome Study Group.

    Fisher Cj;Dhainaut Jf;Opal Sm;Pribble Jp

  • Treating Patients with Severe Sepsis

    Arthur P. Wheeler;Gordon R. Bernard

  • Lorazepam is an independent risk factor for transitioning to delirium in intensive care unit patients.

    Pratik Pandharipande;Ayumi Shintani;Josh Peterson;Brenda Truman Pun

  • The impact of delirium in the intensive care unit on hospital length of stay

    E. W. Ely;S. Gautam;R. Margolin;J. Francis

  • Delirium as a predictor of long-term cognitive impairment in survivors of critical illness

    Timothy D. Girard;James C. Jackson;Pratik P. Pandharipande;Brenda T. Pun

  • High-dose corticosteroids in patients with the adult respiratory distress syndrome.

    G R Bernard;J M Luce;C L Sprung;J E Rinaldo

  • Long-Term Cognitive Impairment After Critical Illness

    Pratik P. Pandharipande;Timothy D. Girard;James C. Jackson;Alessandro Morandi

  • Comparison of two fluid-management strategies in acute lung injury

    H.P. Wiedemann;A.P. Wheeler;G.R. Bernard

Frequent Co-Authors

Todd W. Rice
Todd W. Rice Vanderbilt University Medical Center
E. Wesley Ely
E. Wesley Ely Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Robert S. Dittus
Robert S. Dittus Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Lorraine B. Ware
Lorraine B. Ware Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Jean Louis Vincent
Jean Louis Vincent Université Libre de Bruxelles
Pratik P. Pandharipande
Pratik P. Pandharipande Vanderbilt University Medical Center
B. Taylor Thompson
B. Taylor Thompson Harvard University
Michael A. Matthay
Michael A. Matthay University of California, San Francisco
Derek C. Angus
Derek C. Angus University of Pittsburgh
Christopher J. Lindsell
Christopher J. Lindsell Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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