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Thomas Similowski

Thomas Similowski

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Medicine

D-Index
89
Citations
26930
World Ranking
12768
National Ranking
398

Overview

Thomas Similowski is affiliated with Sorbonne University in France, focusing primarily on medicine with a specific emphasis on pulmonary and respiratory medicine. Their research spans multiple subfields including critical care and intensive care medicine, endocrine and autonomic systems, neurology, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

The scientist's work addresses a variety of main topics such as respiratory support and mechanisms, intensive care unit cognitive disorders, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) research, neuroscience of respiration and sleep, heart rate variability and autonomic control, obstructive sleep apnea research, and long-term effects of COVID-19.

Similowski has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

  • Continuous positive airway pressure to avoid intubation in SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia: a two-period retrospective case-control study (2020) in European Respiratory Journal
  • Retrospective Observational Study of Brain MRI Findings in Patients with Acute SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Neurologic Manifestations (2020) in Radiology
  • Abatacept/Ruxolitinib and Screening for Concomitant Respiratory Muscle Failure to Mitigate Fatality of Immune-Checkpoint Inhibitor Myocarditis (2023) in Cancer Discovery
  • Usefulness of Parasternal Intercostal Muscle Ultrasound during Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation (2020) in Anesthesiology
  • Conscious processing of narrative stimuli synchronizes heart rate between individuals (2021) in Cell Reports

Frequent co-authors of Similowski include Alexandre Demoule, Martin Dres, Maxens Decavèle, Marie-Cécile Nierat, and Capucine Morélot-Panzini. These collaborations suggest a consistent network in related research topics and intensive studies.

Their publications are often featured in venues such as:

  • European Respiratory Journal
  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • Annals of Intensive Care
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Critical Care

Best Publications

  • Invasive and noninvasive strategies for management of suspected ventilator-associated pneumonia : A randomized trial

    Jean-Yves Fagon;Jean Chastre;Michel Wolff;Claude Gervais

  • Rapidly progressive diaphragmatic weakness and injury during mechanical ventilation in humans.

    Samir Jaber;Basil J. Petrof;Boris Jung;Gérald Chanques

  • Contractile properties of the human diaphragm during chronic hyperinflation.

    Thomas Similowski;Sheng Yan;Alain P. Gauthier;Peter T. Macklem

  • Clinical features and prognostic factors of listeriosis: the MONALISA national prospective cohort study.

    Caroline Charlier;Élodie Perrodeau;Alexandre Leclercq;Alexandre Leclercq;Benoît Cazenave

  • ERS statement on respiratory muscle testing at rest and during exercise

    Pierantonio Laveneziana;Andre Albuquerque;Andrea Aliverti;Tony Babb

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

    Marc Wysocki;Frederique Delatour;Francois Faurisson;Alain Rauss

  • Diaphragm dysfunction on admission to the intensive care unit. Prevalence, risk factors, and prognostic impact-a prospective study.

    Alexandre Demoule;Boris Jung;Hélène Prodanovic;Nicolas Molinari

  • Coexistence and Impact of Limb Muscle and Diaphragm Weakness at Time of Liberation from Mechanical Ventilation in Medical Intensive Care Unit Patients

    Martin Dres;Bruno-Pierre Dubé;Bruno-Pierre Dubé;Julien Mayaux;Julie Delemazure

  • Cervical magnetic stimulation: a new painless method for bilateral phrenic nerve stimulation in conscious humans

    T. Similowski;B. Fleury;S. Launois;H. P. Cathala

  • Early tracheotomy versus prolonged endotracheal intubation in unselected severely ill ICU patients.

    François Blot;Thomas Similowski;Jean-Louis Trouillet;Patrick Chardon

  • Prognostic Value of the Hematocrit in Patients With Severe COPD Receiving Long-term Oxygen Therapy

    Arnaud Chambellan;Edmond Chailleux;Thomas Similowski

  • Sleep Disorders and Diaphragmatic Function in Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.

    I Arnulf;T Similowski;F Salachas;L Garma

  • Invasive and Noninvasive Strategies for Management of Suspected Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

    Jean-Yves Fagon;Jean Chastre;Michel Wolff;Claude Gervais

  • Effect of salbutamol on dynamic hyperinflation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients

    C Tantucci;A Duguet;T Similowski;M Zelter

  • The TORCH (towards a revolution in COPD health) survival study protocol.

    J Vestbo

  • Towards an expert consensus to delineate a clinical syndrome of chronic breathlessness

    Miriam J. Johnson;Janelle Yorke;John Hansen-Flaschen;Robert Lansing

  • Is obstructive sleep apnea a problem in Parkinson's disease?

    Valérie Cochen De Cock;Maher Abouda;Smaranda Leu;Delphine Oudiette

  • Long term effects of inhaled corticosteroids in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a meta-analysis

    P M van Grunsven;C P van Schayck;J P Derenne;H A M Kerstjens

  • Integrated care pathways for airway diseases (AIRWAYS-ICPs).

    J. Bousquet;A. Addis;I. Adcock;I. Agache

  • The potential impact of anaemia of chronic disease in COPD

    T Similowski;A Agustí;W MacNee;B Schönhofer

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexandre Demoule
Alexandre Demoule Sorbonne University
Isabelle Arnulf
Isabelle Arnulf Sorbonne University
Matthieu Schmidt
Matthieu Schmidt Université Paris Cité
Marc Humbert
Marc Humbert University of Paris-Saclay
Nicolas Roche
Nicolas Roche Université Paris Cité
Samir Jaber
Samir Jaber University of Montpellier
Olivier Sitbon
Olivier Sitbon University of Paris-Saclay
Peter M.A. Calverley
Peter M.A. Calverley University of Liverpool
Jean-Luc Gennisson
Jean-Luc Gennisson University of Paris-Saclay
Barry J. Make
Barry J. Make National Jewish Health

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