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Jean-François Timsit

Jean-François Timsit

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Medicine

D-Index
125
Citations
54591
World Ranking
3111
National Ranking
84

Overview

Jean-François Timsit is affiliated with Université Paris Cité in France and primarily works in the field of Medicine, with a strong focus on infectious diseases and critical care. Their expertise spans several subfields, including Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Neurology.

Their research covers a range of main topics, highlighting areas such as COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Nosocomial Infections in ICU, Antibiotic Use and Resistance, Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections, Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy, Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment, and Respiratory Support and Mechanisms.

Jean-François Timsit has contributed extensively to several publication venues, with the highest number of works appearing in Intensive Care Medicine, followed by Annals of Intensive Care, Critical Care, PLoS ONE, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Stéphane Ruckly
  • Étienne de Montmollin
  • Romain Sonneville
  • Claire Dupuis
  • Niccolò Buetti

Significant papers involving Timsit as an author include:

  • Bloodstream infections in critically ill patients: an expert statement, 2020, Intensive Care Medicine
  • Clinical and virological data of the first cases of COVID-19 in Europe: a case series, 2020, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • Antimicrobial therapeutic drug monitoring in critically ill adult patients: a Position Paper, 2020, Intensive Care Medicine
  • Prevalence and Outcomes of Infection Among Patients in Intensive Care Units in 2017, 2020, JAMA
  • Cefiderocol versus high-dose, extended-infusion meropenem for the treatment of Gram-negative nosocomial pneumonia (APEKS-NP): a randomised, double-blind, phase 3, non-inferiority trial, 2020, The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Best Publications

  • International ERS/ESICM/ESCMID/ALAT guidelines for the management of hospital-acquired pneumonia and ventilator-associated pneumonia

    Antoni Torres;Michael S Niederman;Jean Chastre;Santiago Ewig

  • Clinical and virological data of the first cases of COVID-19 in Europe: a case series.

    Francois-Xavier Lescure;Francois-Xavier Lescure;Lila Bouadma;Lila Bouadma;Duc Nguyen;Marion Parisey

  • Burnout syndrome in critical care nursing staff

    Marie Cécile Poncet;Philippe Toullic;Laurent Papazian;Nancy Kentish-Barnes

  • Prevalence and Outcomes of Infection Among Patients in Intensive Care Units in 2017.

    Jean Louis Vincent;Yasser Sakr;Mervyn Singer;Ignacio Martin-Loeches

  • Antimicrobial therapeutic drug monitoring in critically ill adult patients: a Position Paper .

    Mohd H. Abdul-Aziz;Jan Willem C. Alffenaar;Jan Willem C. Alffenaar;Matteo Bassetti;Hendrik Bracht

  • Hydrocortisone plus Fludrocortisone for Adults with Septic Shock

    Djillali Annane;Alain Renault;Christian Brun-Buisson;Bruno Megarbane

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

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

  • Central vein catheter-related thrombosis in intensive care patients: incidence, risks factors, and relationship with catheter-related sepsis.

    Jean-François Timsit;Jean-Christophe Farkas;Jean-Marc Boyer;Jean-Baptiste Martin

  • Autoantibodies neutralizing type I IFNs are present in ~ 4% of uninfected individuals over 70 years old and account for ~ 20% of COVID-19 deaths.

    Paul Bastard;Adrian Gervais;Adrian Gervais;Tom Le Voyer;Tom Le Voyer;Jérémie Rosain;Jérémie Rosain

  • Chlorhexidine-Impregnated Sponges and Less Frequent Dressing Changes for Prevention of Catheter-Related Infections in Critically Ill Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Jean-François Timsit;Carole Schwebel;Lila Bouadma;Arnaud Geffroy

  • Continuous versus Intermittent Infusion of Vancomycin in Severe Staphylococcal Infections: Prospective Multicenter Randomized Study

    Marc Wysocki;Frederique Delatour;Francois Faurisson;Alain Rauss

  • Ectopic Activation of Germline and Placental Genes Identifies Aggressive Metastasis-Prone Lung Cancers

    Sophie Rousseaux;Alexandra Debernardi;Baptiste Jacquiau;Anne Laure Vitte

  • Attributable mortality of ventilator-associated pneumonia: a reappraisal using causal analysis.

    Maarten Bekaert;Jean-Francois Timsit;Stijn Vansteelandt;Pieter Depuydt

  • Attributable morbidity and mortality of catheter-related septicemia in critically ill patients: a matched, risk-adjusted, cohort study.

    Lilia Soufir;Jean-François Timsit;Cédric Mahe;Jean Carlet

  • Characteristics and determinants of outcome of hospital-acquired bloodstream infections in intensive care units: the EUROBACT International Cohort Study

    Alexis Tabah;Despoina Koulenti;Kevin Laupland;Benoit Misset

  • Ceftazidime-avibactam versus meropenem in nosocomial pneumonia, including ventilator-associated pneumonia (REPROVE): a randomised, double-blind, phase 3 non-inferiority trial

    Antoni Torres;Nanshan Zhong;Jan Pachl;Jean François Timsit

  • Determinants of procedural pain intensity in the intensive care unit. The Europain® study.

    Kathleen Ann Puntillo;Adeline Max;Jean François Timsit;Lucile Vignoud

  • Corticosteroid treatment and intensive insulin therapy for septic shock in adults: a randomized controlled trial.

    Djillali Annane;Alain Cariou;Virginie Maxime;Elie Azoulay

  • Outcome, functional autonomy, and quality of life of elderly patients with a long-term intensive care unit stay.

    Luc Montuclard;Maite Garrouste-Orgeas;Jean-François Timsit;Benoit Misset

  • Body mass index. An additional prognostic factor in ICU patients.

    Maité Garrouste-Orgeas;Gilles Troché;Elie Azoulay;Antoine Caubel

Frequent Co-Authors

Elie Azoulay
Elie Azoulay Université Paris Cité
Maité Garrouste-Orgeas
Maité Garrouste-Orgeas Université Paris Cité
Michael Darmon
Michael Darmon Université Paris Cité
Matteo Bassetti
Matteo Bassetti University of Genoa
Michel Wolff
Michel Wolff Université Paris Cité
Jean Carlet
Jean Carlet St. Joseph Hospital
Laurent Papazian
Laurent Papazian Aix-Marseille University
Jeffrey Lipman
Jeffrey Lipman University of Queensland
George Dimopoulos
George Dimopoulos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

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