Institut für Medizinische Biometrie und Statistik (IMBI)

• Forster, Larissa; Byrne, Sadhbh; Spielmann-Burkard, Hannah; Weber, Susanne; Strachwitz, Madeleine von; Kuehlmeyer, Katja; Kugler, Christiane (2026): Linguistic and psychometric validation of a German version of the measure of moral distress for healthcare professionals (MMD-HP GER): results of a study with intensive care nurses. BMC medical ethics 27(1):109. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-026-01522-3
• Piepenburg, Sven M.; Bünte, Dennis; Hazard, Derek Yves; Schlosser, Julia; Maslarska, Mariya; Weber, Christian; Lindau, Alexandra; Hammerich, Benedikt; Westermann, D.; Hehrlein, Christoph (2026): Response to the comment on our paper "Post-procedural ultrasound findings linked to symptomatic radial artery occlusion following transradial coronary intervention". Cardiovascular revascularization medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carrev.2026.04.023
• Mafiz, Tasnim; Rieg, Siegbert; Wolkewitz, Martin (2026): How to evaluate the robustness of causal findings in observational studies : application of E-values and Bounding Factors. Clinical microbiology and infection. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2026.05.048
• Maier, Alexander; Zientara, Alicja; Jäckel, Markus; Rilinger, Jonathan; Weber, Christian; Oettinger, Vera; Heger, Lukas Andreas; Hazard, Derek Yves; Gottardi, Roman; Czerny, Martin; Westermann, Dirk; Mühlen, C. von zur; Kaier, Klaus (2026): TF-TAVI and SAVR post-procedural complications in Germany 2021/2022 - impact on healthcare resource consumption. The European journal of health economics 27(3):651-661. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-025-01838-8
• Kaier, Klaus; Mühlen, C. von zur; Hazard, Derek Yves; Heidenreich, Adrian; Jäckel, Markus; Oettinger, Vera; Werner, Jonas; Zehender, Manfred; Gottardi, Roman; Westermann, Dirk; Valina, Christian Marc (2026): In-hospital outcomes and cost-effectiveness of transcatheter aortic valve replacement among younger patients: a double/debiased machine learning approach using electronic health records in Germany. Clinical research in cardiology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-026-02911-9
• Piepenburg, Sven M.; Bünte, Dennis; Hazard, Derek Yves; Schlosser, Julia; Maslarska, Mariya; Weber, Christian; Lindau, Alexandra; Hammerich, Benedikt; Westermann, D.; Hehrlein, Christoph (2026): Post-procedural ultrasound findings linked to symptomatic radial artery occlusion following transradial coronary intervention. Cardiovascular revascularization medicine : CRM. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carrev.2026.04.012
• Gnimatin, Jean-Pierre; Grodd, Marlon; Weber, Susanne; Hazard, Derek Yves; Wolkewitz, Martin (2026): Evaluating hypothetical interventions effects on hospital-acquired infection outcomes with stacked probability visualization: R Shiny apps based on a multistate modelling approach. PLOS ONE 21(3):e0343837. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0343837
• Bodilsen, Jacob; Leeflang, Mariska M.; Rodriguez-Baño, Jesús; Wolkewitz, Martin; Leibovici, Leonard (2026): Launch of the ‘reviews on research methods’ collection. Clinical microbiology and infection 32(2):201-202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2025.11.006

• Hübsch, Lilith; Papan, Cihan; Wolkewitz, Martin; Droop, Felix; Cevik, Muge; Müller, Sophie E.; Becker, Sören Leif; Last, Katharina (2025): Gender of authors and editors in top-ranked infectious diseases journals: a longitudinal trend analysis. CMI communications 2(4):105143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmicom.2025.105143
• Wolf, Hanna; Kupsch, Svenja; Haacke, Virginia K.; Bacmeister, Lucas; Weber, Susanne; Hilgendorf, Ingo; Keller, Till; Dechend, Ralf; Huber, Tobias B.; Westermann, Dirk; Lindner, Diana (2025): Systems biology approach uncovers candidates for kidney-heart interorgan crosstalk after myocardial infarction. Scientific reports 15:43267. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-30712-z
• Nguyen, Timmy; Bürkin, Fabian; Ayala-Montaño, Stefany; Acevedo Monterrosa, Iván; Jonas, Daniel; Klotz, Daniel; Fuchs, Hans; Kuntz, Martin; Schneider, Christian; Wolkewitz, Martin; Donker, Tjibbe; Reuter, Sandra; Goetting, Tim; Henneke, Philipp (2025): Prospective whole-genome sequencing to identify bacterial transmission and its modifiers in neonates. JAMA network open 8(11):e2541409. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.41409
• Dobler, Dennis; Binder, Harald; Boulesteix, Anne-Laure; Igelmann, Jan‐Bernd; Köhler, David; Mansmann, Ulrich; Pauly, Markus; Scherag, André; Schmid, Matthias; Al Tawil, Amani; Weber, Susanne (2025): ChatGPT as a tool for biostatisticians: a tutorial on applications, opportunities, and limitations. Statistics in medicine 44(23-24):e70263. https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.70263
• Zamboglou, Constantinos; Staus, Paulina Ines; Wolkewitz, Martin; Ferentinos, Konstantinos; Strouthos, Iosif; Farolfi, Andrea; Koerber, Stefan Alexander; Vrachimis, Alexis; Spohn, Simon; Aebersold, Daniel M.; Grosu, Anca-Liga; Kroeze, Stephanie G. C.; Fanti, Stefano; Hruby, George; Wiegel, Thomas; Emmett, Louise; Hayoz, Stefanie; Ceci, Francesco; Guckenberger, Matthias; Belka, Claus; Schmidt-Hegemann, N.-S.; Ghadjar, Pirus; Shelan, Mohamed (2025): Better oncological outcomes after prostate-specific membrane antigen positron emission tomography-guided salvage radiotherapy following prostatectomy. European urology focus 11(2):242-250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euf.2024.11.006
• Martinuka, Oksana; Cessie, Saskia le; Wolkewitz, Martin (2025): Target trial emulation framework: mitigating methodological challenges and application in COVID-19 treatment evaluation studies. Clinical microbiology and infection 31(9):1475-1483. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2025.04.027
• Hazard, Derek Yves; Grodd, Marlon; Walzer, Dietrich; Biever, Paul M.; Rieg, SR; Wolkewitz, Martin (2025): How to avoid time-related types of bias in the analysis of clinical infectious diseases : demonstration and methods. Clinical microbiology and infection 31(9):1467-1474. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2025.04.005
• Lößlein, Anne; Staus, Paulina Ines; Carneiro, Cynthia Beisert; Wolkewitz, Martin; Häcker, Georg A. (2025): The burden of nosocomial superinfections in a retrospective cohort study of critically ill COVID-19 patients. BMC infectious diseases 25(1):650. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-025-10983-7
• Hadjadj, Jérôme; Wolfers, Anna; Borisov, Oleg V.; Hazard, Derek Yves; Ehl, Stephan; Castro, Carla; Melbert, Florence; Uhlmann, Annette; Goldacker, Sigune; Grimbacher, Bodo; Krausz, Máté; Warnatz, Klaus; SOCS1, [Study Group] (2025): Clinical manifestations, disease penetrance, and treatment in individuals with SOCS1 insufficiency: a registry-based and population-based study. The lancet rheumatology 7(6):e391-e402. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2665-9913(24)00348-5
• Bez, Patrick; Smits, Bas M.; Geier, Christoph B.; Hirsch, Aleksandra; Caballero de Oyteza, Andrés; Proietti, Michele; Grimbacher, Bodo; Wolkewitz, Martin; Goldacker, Sigune; Warnatz, Klaus (2025): Uncovering risk factors of premature mortality in Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID). The journal of allergy and clinical immunology 13(5):1201-1209.e10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaip.2025.03.009
• Saravi, Babak E.; Paffenholz, Clemens Leonhard; Hazard, Derek Yves; Kohal, Ralf-Joachim; Patzelt, Sebastian Berthold Maximilian (2025): Influence of different dental scenarios on the accuracy of computerized optical impressions: an in vitro pilot study. Clinical oral investigations 29(3):162. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00784-025-06245-0
• Montcho, Yvette; Amoussouvi, Koomi Toussaint; Atchadé, Mintodê Nicodème; Salako, Valère Kolawolé; Hounkonnou, Mahouton Norbert; Wolkewitz, Martin; Glèlè Kakaï, Romain (2025): Assessing the potential seasonality of COVID-19 dynamic in Africa: a mathematical modeling study. Modeling earth systems and environment 11(2):114. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40808-024-02236-4
• Bacmeister, Lucas; Hempfling, Niklas; Maier, Alexander; Weber, Susanne; Buellesbach, Annette; Heidenreich, Adrian; Bojti, István; Gissler, Mark Colin; Hilgendorf, Ingo; Mühlen, Constantin von zur; Westermann, Dirk; Meyer, Philipp Tobias; Goetz, Christian; Wolf, Dennis (2025): Longitudinal assessment of subclinical arterial inflammation in patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors by sequential [18F]FDG PET scans. Circulation 18(2):e016851. https://doi.org/10.1161/circimaging.124.016851
• Wolkewitz, Martin; Bodilsen, Jacob; Leeflang, Mariska M. (2025): How to get it right: a new series in cmi on scientific methodology, practice, and avoiding common mistakes. Clinical microbiology and infection 31(5):675. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2024.12.033
• Recanatini, Claudia; Werkhoven, Cornelis H. van; Schalk, Thomas Ewout van der; Paling, Fleur P.; Hazard, Derek Y.; Timbermont, Leen; Torrens, Gabriel; DiGiandomenico, Antonio; Esser, Mark T.; Wolkewitz, Martin; Sifakis, Frangiscos G.; Goossens, Herman J.; Bonten, Marc J. M.; Oliver, Antoni; Malhotra-Kumar, Surbhi; Kluytmans, Jan A. J. W. (2025): Impact of Pseudomonas aeruginosa carriage on intensive care unit-acquired pneumonia: a European multicentre prospective cohort study. Clinical microbiology and infection 31(3):433-440. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2024.11.007
• Kugler, Christiane; Spielmann, Hannah; Richter, Fabian; Lauenroth, Volker; Semmig-Könze, Sandra; Spitz-Köberich, Christine; Bertsche, Tim; Staus, Paulina Ines; Weber, Susanne; Albert, Wolfgang; Tigges-Limmer, Katharina (2025): Curricular Self-management for patients on ventricular assist device support decreases depression: a multicenter randomized controlled trial. Artificial organs 49(3):373-389. https://doi.org/10.1111/aor.14918

• Tan, Amelia L. M.; Gonçalves, Rafael S.; Yuan, William; Brat, Gabriel A.; Gentleman, Robert; Kohane, Isaac S. (2024): Implications of mappings between International Classification of Diseases clinical diagnosis codes and Human Phenotype Ontology terms. JAMIA open 7(4):ooae118. https://doi.org/10.1093/jamiaopen/ooae118
• Fichtner, Urs Alexander; Knaus, Jochen; Graf, Erika; Koch, Georg; Sahlmann, Joerg; Stelzer, Dominikus; Wolkewitz, Martin; Binder, Harald; Weber, Susanne (2024): Exploring the potential of large language models for integration into an academic statistical consulting service–the EXPOLS study protocol. PLOS ONE 19(12):e0308375. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0308375
• Lottes, Matthäus; Grodd, Marlon; Grabenhenrich, Linus; Wolkewitz, Martin (2024): Assessing the impact of Delta and Omicron in German intensive care units: a retrospective, nationwide multistate analysis. BMC health services research 24(1):1107. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-11493-z
• Salako, Valère Kolawolé; Sode, Akoeugnigan Idelphonse; Dicko, Aliou; Alaye, Eustache Ayédèguè; Wolkewitz, Martin; Glele Kakaï, Romain Lucas (2024): Cross-country assessment of socio-ecological drivers of COVID-19 dynamics in Africa: a spatial modelling approach. Stats 7(4):1084-1098. https://doi.org/10.3390/stats7040064
• Morris, Arthur J.; Hensen, Mike; Graves, Nicholas; Cai, Yiying; Wolkewitz, Martin; Roberts, Sally A.; Grae, Nikki (2024): The burden of healthcare-associated infections in New Zealand public hospitals 2021. Infection control and hospital epidemiology 45(10):1176-1182. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2024.95
• Mohammadi, Hamed; Marateb, Hamid Reza; Momenzadeh, Mohammadreza; Wolkewitz, Martin; Rubio-Rivas, Manuel (2024): Tracing in-hospital COVID-19 outcomes: a multistate model exploration (TRACE). Life 14(9):1195. https://doi.org/10.3390/life14091195
• Troeman, Darren P. R.; Hazard, Derek Yves; Werkhoven, Cornelis H. W. van; Timbermont, Leen; Malhotra-Kumar, Surbhi; Wolkewitz, Martin; Ruzin, Alexey; Sifakis, Frangiscos; Harbarth, Stephan; Kluytmans, Jan A. J. W. (2024): Association of Staphylococcus aureus bacterial load and colonization sites with the risk of postoperative S. aureus infection. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 11(8). https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofae414
• Noory, Elias; Böhme, Tanja; Staus, Paulina Ines; Eltity-Uhl, Dinah; Horakh, Andrea; Bollenbacher, Roaa; Westermann, D.; Zeller, Thomas (2024): Evaluation of acute and midterm outcomes after complex combined antegrade/retrograde recanalization for occlusions of the femoropopliteal and infrapopliteal arteries. Journal of vascular surgery 80(6):1813-1822.e1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvs.2024.07.099
• Montcho, Yvette; Dako, Sidoine; Salako, Valère Kolawolé; Tovissodé, Chénangnon Frédéric; Wolkewitz, Martin; Glele Kakaï, Romain Lucas (2024): Assessing marginal effects of non-pharmaceutical interventions on the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 across Africa: a hybrid modeling study. Mathematical medicine and biology 41(3):225-249. https://doi.org/10.1093/imammb/dqae013
• Bacmeister, Lucas; Cavus, Ersin; Bohnen, Marius Sebastian Günter; Tahir, Enver; Bräuninger, Hanna; Buellesbach, Annette; Heidenreich, Adrian; Haacke, Virginia K.; Weber, Susanne; Hilgendorf, Ingo; Zeller, Tanja; Ojeda, Francisco; Radunski, Ulf K.; Lund, Gunnar K.; Adam, Gerhard; Blankenberg, Stefan; Westermann, Dirk; Muellerleile, Kai; Lindner, Diana (2024): Serum concentrations of matrix metalloproteinase‐1 and procollagen type I carboxy terminal propeptide discriminate infarct‐like myocarditis and non−ST‐segment−elevation myocardial infarction. Journal of the American Heart Association 13(14):e034194. https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.124.034194
• Weber, Susanne; Hedberg, Pontus; Naucler, Pontus; Wolkewitz, Martin (2024): Protection from prior natural infection vs. vaccination against SARS-CoV-2—a statistical note to avoid biased interpretation. Frontiers in medicine 11:1376275. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2024.1376275
• Lucke, Elisabeth; Hazard, Derek Yves; Grodd, Marlon; Weber, Susanne; Wolkewitz, Martin (2024): Lessons learned: avoiding bias via multi-state analysis of patients’ trajectories in real-time. Frontiers in medicine 11:1390549. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2024.1390549
• Grodd, Marlon; Weber, Susanne; Wolkewitz, Martin (2024): Stacked probability plots of the extended illness-death model using constant transition hazards – an easy to use shiny app. BMC medical research methodology 24(1):116. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-024-02240-3
• Martinuka, Oksana; Hazard, Derek; Marateb, Hamid Reza; Mansourian, Marjan; Mañanas, Miguel A.; Romero, Sergio; Rubio-Rivas, Manuel; Wolkewitz, Martin (2024): Methodological biases in observational hospital studies of COVID-19 treatment effectiveness: pitfalls and potential. Frontiers in medicine 11:1362192. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2024.1362192
• Haegele, Pauline; Staus, Paulina Ines; Scheible, Raphael; Uhlmann, Annette; Heeg, Maximilian; Maccari, Maria Elena; Ritterbusch, Henrike; Puzik, Alexander; Wolkewitz, Martin; Speckmann, Carsten; Rensing-Ehl, Anne; Ehl, Stephan; Grimbacher, Bodo; Strahm, Brigitte; Castro, Carla Noemi; Niemeyer, Charlotte Marie; Thalhammer, Julian; Faletti, Laura Eva; Proietti, Michele; Erlacher, Miriam; Gross, Miriam; Wegehaupt, Oliver; Salou, Sarah; Goldacker, Sigune; Toskov, Vasil (2024): Diagnostic evaluation of paediatric autoimmune lymphoproliferative immunodeficiencies (ALPID): a prospective cohort study. The lancet 11(2):e114-e126. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2352-3026(23)00362-9
• Kugler, Christiane; Spielmann, Hannah; Albert, Wolfgang; Lauenroth, Volker; Spitz-Köberich, Christine; Semmig-Könze, Sandra; Staus, Paulina Ines; Tigges-Limmer, Katharina (2024): Professional employment in patients on ventricular assist device support — a national multicenter survey study. ASAIO journal 70(5):348-355. https://doi.org/10.1097/mat.0000000000002124
• Spielmann, Hannah; Tigges-Limmer, Katharina; Albert, Wolfgang; Spitz-Köberich, Christine; Semmig-Könze, Sandra; Staus, Paulina Ines; Herrmann-Lingen, Christoph; Sandau, Kristin E.; Okeson, Brynn; Geyer, Siegfried; Kugler, Christiane (2024): Health-related quality of life in patients with ventricular assist device. Journal of cardiovascular nursing 39(6):571-582. https://doi.org/10.1097/jcn.0000000000001064
• Spielmann, Hannah; Albert, Wolfgang; Semmig-Könze, Sandra; Lauenroth, Volker; Spitz-Köberich, Christine; Staus, Paulina Ines; Tigges-Limmer, Katharina; Kugler, Christiane (2024): High level of psychosocial adjustment in patients on ongoing ventricular assist device support in the years one to three after VAD implantation — a national multi-center Study. Heart & lung 63:92-97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrtlng.2023.10.003

• Stapornwongkul, Cynthia; Nieters, Alexandra; Staus, Paulina Ines; Rusch, Stephan; Delor, Anita; Baumann, Ulrich; Wehrle, Julius; Boerries, Melanie; Seidel, Markus G.; Grimbacher, Bodo; Kindle, Gerhard (2023): Research on Rare Diseases in Germany – The GAIN Registry: a registry for individuals with congenital multi-organ autoimmune diseases. Journal of Health Monitoring 8(4):24-30. https://doi.org/10.25646/11732
• Damjanovic, Domagoj; Pooth, Jan-Steffen; Liu, Yechi; Frensch, Fabienne; Wolkewitz, Martin; Haberstroh, Jörg; Doostkam, Soroush; Cristina Schmitz, Heidi Ramona; Förster, Katharina; Taunyane, Itumeleng; Neubert, Tabea; Scherer, Christian; Diel, Patric; Benk, Christoph; Beyersdorf, Friedhelm; Trummer, Georg (2023): The impact of head position on neurological and histopathological outcome following controlled automated reperfusion of the whole body (CARL) in a pig model. Journal of Clinical Medicine 12(22):7054. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12227054
• Troeman, Darren P. R.; Hazard, Derek; Wolkewitz, Martin; Kluytmans, Jan A. J. W.; Weber, Susanne; ASPIRE-SSI Study Team, [Study group] (2023): Postoperative Staphylococcus aureus infections in patients with and without preoperative colonization. JAMA network open 6(10):e2339793. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.39793
• Martinuka, Oksana; Hazard, Derek; Marateb, Hamid Reza; Maringe, Camille; Mansourian, Marjan; Rubio-Rivas, Manuel; Wolkewitz, Martin (2023): Target trial emulation with multi-state model analysis to assess treatment effectiveness using clinical COVID-19 data. BMC medical research methodology 23(1):197. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-023-02001-8
• Maccari, Maria Elena; Wolkewitz, Martin; Schwab, Charlotte; Lorenzini, Tiziana; Geier, Christoph; Heeg, Maximilian; Kindle, Gerhard; Nieters, Alexandra; Ritterbusch, Henrike; Rusch, Stephan; Scheible, Raphael; Speckmann, Carsten; Uhlmann, Annette; Warnatz, Klaus; Grimbacher, Bodo; Kracker, Sven; Chandra, Anita; Condliffe, Alison M.; Ehl, Stephan (2023): Activated phosphoinositide 3-Kinase [delta] syndrome: update from the ESID Registry and comparison with other autoimmune-lymphoproliferative inborn errors of immunity. The journal of allergy and clinical immunology 152(4):984-996.e10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaci.2023.06.015
• Zhang, Harrison G.; Kohane, Isaac S.; Xia, Zongqi; Cho, Kelly; Cai, Tianxi; Brat, Gabriel A.; Haverkamp, Christian; Hazard, Derek; Lozano-Zahonero, Sara; Makoudjou, Adeline; Prunotto, Andrea; Rieg, Siegbert; Tippmann, Patric; Wolkewitz, Martin; Zöller, Daniela (2023): Potential pitfalls in the use of real-world data for studying long COVID. Nature medicine 29(5):1040-1043. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-023-02274-y
• Hazard, Derek Y.; Grodd, Marlon; Makoudjou, Adeline; Lozano-Zahonero, Sara; Prunotto, Andrea; Tippmann, Patric; Zöller, Daniela; Mathé, Philipp; Rieg, Siegbert; Wolkewitz, Martin (2023): Concurrent analysis of hospital stay durations and mortality of emerging severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants using real-time electronic health record data at a large German university hospital. Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology 3(1):e88. https://doi.org/10.1017/ash.2023.153
• Staus, Paulina Ines; Rusch, Stephan; El-Helou, Sabine M.; Müller, Gabriele; Krausz, Máté; Caballero-Otezya, Andrés; Ehl, Stephan; Warnatz, Klaus; Nieters, Alexandra; Kindle, Gerhard; Grimbacher, Bodo (2023): The GAIN Registry - a new prospective study for patients with multi-organ autoimmunity and autoinflammation. Journal of clinical immunology 43(6):1289-1301. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10875-023-01472-0
• Lokonon, Bruno Enagnon; Montcho, Yvette; Klingler, Paul; Tovissodé, Chénangnon Frédéric; Glele Kakaï, Romain Lucas; Wolkewitz, Martin (2023): Lag-time effects of vaccination on SARS-CoV-2 dynamics in German hospitals and intensive-care units. Frontiers in public health 11:1085991. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1085991
• Montcho, Yvette; Nalwanga, Robinah; Azokpota, Paustella; Doumatè, Jonas Têlé; Lokonon, Bruno Enagnon; Salako, Valère Kolawolé; Wolkewitz, Martin; Glele Kakaï, Romain Lucas (2023): Assessing the impact of vaccination on the dynamics of COVID-19 in Africa: a mathematical modeling study. Vaccines 11(4):857. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11040857
• Martinuka, Oksana; Cube, Maja von; Hazard, Derek; Marateb, Hamid Reza; Mansourian, Marjan; Sami, Ramin; Hajian, Mohammad Reza; Ebrahimi, Sara; Wolkewitz, Martin (2023): Target trial emulation using hospital-based observational data: demonstration and application in COVID-19. Life 13(3):777. https://doi.org/10.3390/life13030777
• Montcho, Yvette; Klingler, Paul; Lokonon, Bruno Enagnon; Tovissodé, Chénangnon Frédéric; Glele Kakaï, Romain Lucas; Wolkewitz, Martin (2023): Intensity and lag-time of non-pharmaceutical interventions on COVID-19 dynamics in German hospitals. Frontiers in public health 11:1087580. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1087580
• Ginter, Katharina; Schwab, Frank; Behnke, Michael; Wolkewitz, Martin; Gastmeier, Petra; Geffers, Christine; Maechler, Friederike (2023): SAPS2, APACHE2, SOFA, and Core-10-TISS upon admission as risk indicators for ICU-acquired infections: a retrospective cohort study. Infection 51(4):993-1001. https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-022-01972-y
• Moal, Bertrand; Haverkamp, Christian; Makoudjou, Adeline; Zöller, Daniela; Jouhet, Vianney; Hazard, Derek; Lozano-Zahonero, Sara; Prunotto, Andrea; Tippmann, Patric; Wolkewitz, Martin (2023): Acute respiratory distress syndrome after SARS-CoV-2 infection on young adult population: International observational federated study based on electronic health records through the 4CE consortium. PLOS ONE 18(1):e0266985. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266985
• Grodd, Marlon; Refisch, Lukas; Lorenz, Fabian; Fischer, Martina; Lottes, Matthäus; Hackenberg, Maren; Kreutz, Clemens; Grabenhenrich, Linus; Binder, Harald; Wolkewitz, Martin (2023): Prognosemodelle zur Steuerung von intensivmedizinischen COVID-19-Kapazitäten in Deutschland. Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin 118(2):125-131. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00063-022-00903-x
• Mortensen, Viggo Holten; Mygind, Lone Hagens; Schønheyder, Henrik C.; Staus, Paulina Ines; Wolkewitz, Martin; Kristensen, Brian; Søgaard, Mette (2023): Excess length of stay and readmission following hospital-acquired bacteraemia: A population-based cohort study applying a multi-state model approach. Clinical microbiology and infection 29(3):346-352. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2022.09.004
• Pooth, Jan-Steffen; Brixius, Sam Joé; Scherer, Christian; Diel, Patric; Liu, Yechi; Taunyane, Itumeleng; Damjanovic, Domagoj; Wolkewitz, Martin; Haberstroh, Jörg; Benk, Christoph; Trummer, Georg; Beyersdorf, Friedhelm (2023): Limiting calcium overload after cardiac arrest: the role of human albumin in controlled automated reperfusion of the whole body. Perfusion 38(3):622-630. https://doi.org/10.1177/02676591211073779

• Weber, Griffin M.; Hong, Chuan; Xia, Zongqi; Cai, Tianxi; Brat, Gabriel A.; Haverkamp, Christian; Hazard, Derek; Lozano-Zahonero, Sara; Prunotto, Andrea; Rieg, Siegbert; Tippmann, Patric; Wolkewitz, Martin; Zöller, Daniela (2022): International comparisons of laboratory values from the 4CE collaborative to predict COVID-19 mortality. npj digital medicine 5(1):74. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-022-00601-0
• Bröckelmann, Nils Jonas; Stadelmaier, Julia; Harms, Louisa; Kubiak, Charlotte Teresa; Beyerbach, Jessica; Wolkewitz, Martin; Meerpohl, Jörg J.; Schwingshackl, Lukas (2022): An empirical evaluation of the impact scenario of pooling bodies of evidence from randomized controlled trials and cohort studies in medical research. BMC medicine 20:355. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-022-02559-y
• Saravi, Babak E.; Flohr, Anselm; Patzelt, Sebastian B.; Spies, Benedikt Christopher; Hazard, Derek; Kohal, Ralf-Joachim (2022): Fatigue and fracture resistance testing of polyether ether ketone (PEEK) implant abutments in an ex vivo chewing simulator model. Materials 15(19):6927. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15196927
• Staus, Paulina Ines; Cube, Maja von; Hazard, Derek; Doerken, Sam; Ershova, Ksenia; Balmford, James; Wolkewitz, Martin (2022): Inverse probability weighting enhances absolute risk estimation in three common study designs of nosocomial infections. Clinical epidemiology Volume 14:1053-1064. https://doi.org/10.2147/clep.S357494
• Last, Katharina; Hübsch, Lilith; Cevik, Muge; Wolkewitz, Martin; Müller, Sophie Elisabeth; Huttner, Angela; Papan, Cihan (2022): Association between women's authorship and women's editorship in infectious diseases journals: a cross-sectional study. The lancet. Infectious diseases 22(10):1455-1464. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00367-X
• Zhang, Harrison G.; Dagliati, Arianna; Prunotto, Andrea; Lozano-Zahonero, Sara; Cai, Tianxi; South, Andrew M.; Kohane, Isaac S.; Weber, Griffin M.; The Consortium for Clinical Characterization of COVID-19 by EHR (4CE) (CONSORTIA AUTHOR), [Study group] (2022): International electronic health record-derived post-acute sequelae profiles of COVID-19 patients. npj digital medicine 5(1):81. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-022-00623-8
• Bröckelmann, Nils Jonas; Balduzzi, Sara; Harms, Louisa; Beyerbach, Jessica; Petropoulou, Maria; Kubiak, Charlotte Teresa; Wolkewitz, Martin; Meerpohl, Jörg J.; Schwingshackl, Lukas (2022): Evaluating agreement between bodies of evidence from randomized controlled trials and cohort studies in medical research: a meta-epidemiological study. BMC medicine 20:174. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-022-02369-2
• Refisch, Lukas; Lorenz, Fabian; Riedlinger, Torsten; Taubenböck, Hannes; Fischer, Martina; Grabenhenrich, Linus; Wolkewitz, Martin; Binder, Harald; Kreutz, Clemens (2022): Data-driven prediction of COVID-19 cases in Germany for decision making. BMC medical research methodology 22(1):116. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-022-01579-9
• Renk, Hanna; Dulovic, Alex; Seidel, Alina; Hilger, Alexander; Fritsch, Linus; Frieh, Pauline; Haddad, Anneke; Görne, Tessa; Huzly, Daniela; Hengel, Hartmut; Kaier, Klaus; Weber, Susanne; Wolkewitz, Martin; Rizzi, Marta; Henneke, Philipp; Janda, Ales; Elling, Roland (2022): Robust and durable serological response following pediatric SARS-CoV-2 infection. Nature communications 13:128. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27595-9
• Wolkewitz, Martin; Martinuka, Oksana (2022): Response to “Overlooked Shortcomings of Observational Studies of Interventions in Coronavirus Disease 2019: An Illustrated Review for the Clinician” by Tleyjeh et al.. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 9(1):ofab614. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofab614
• Mortensen, Viggo Holten; Søgaard, Mette; Mygind, Lone Hagens; Wolkewitz, Martin; Kristensen, Brian; Schønheyder, Henrik C. (2022): Incidence and mortality of hospital-acquired bacteraemia: a population-based cohort study applying a multi-state model approach. Clinical microbiology and infection 28(6):879.e9-879.e15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2021.12.011
• Dehn, Fabian von; Mutters, Nico T.; Eichel, Vanessa; Merle, Uta; Brenner, Thorsten; Nafe, Michael; Sander, Anja; Wolkewitz, Martin; Frank, Uwe (2022): Effect of didecyl dimethyl ammonium chloride (DDAC)-impregnated washcloth wipe whole-body bathing on catheter-related bloodstream infections and central venous line-associated infections in adult intensive care units. Clinical microbiology and infection 28(4):564-569. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2021.07.029
• Doerken, Sam; Metsini, Aliki; Buyet, Sabina; Wolfensberger, Aline; Zingg, Walter; Wolkewitz, Martin (2022): Estimating incidence and attributable length of stay of healthcare-associated infections - modeling the Swiss point-prevalence survey. Infection control and hospital epidemiology 43(8):1022-1031. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2021.295

• Hazard, Derek Yves; Kaier, Klaus; Cube, Maja von; Lambert, Jerome; Wolkewitz, Martin (2021): How to quantify and interpret treatment effects in comparative clinical studies of COVID-19. Annals of internal medicine 174(5):731. https://doi.org/10.7326/l20-1439
• Cube, Maja von; Wolkewitz, Martin; Schumacher, Martin; Hazard, Derek (2021): Re: “the clinical course of coronavirus disease 2019 in a US hospital system: a multistate analysis”. American journal of epidemiology. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwab044
• Marateb, Hamid Reza; Ziaie Nezhad, Farzad; Mohebian, Mohammad Reza; Sami, Ramin; Haghjooy Javanmard, Shaghayegh; Dehghan Niri, Fatemeh; Akafzadeh-Savari, Mahsa; Mansourian, Marjan; Mañanas, Miguel A.; Wolkewitz, Martin; Binder, Harald (2021): Automatic classification between COVID-19 and Non-COVID-19 pneumonia using symptoms, comorbidities, and laboratory findings: the Khorshid COVID Cohort study. Frontiers in medicine 8:768467. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2021.768467
• Shahinian, Jasmin Hasmik; Gürleyen, Mertan; Grodd, Marlon; Wolkewitz, Martin; Beyersdorf, Friedhelm; Siepe, Matthias; Pingpoh, Clarence (2021): Coronary revascularization in acute coronary syndrome: does the choice of the conduit matter?. The journal of cardiovascular surgery 62(6):639-45. https://doi.org/10.23736/s0021-9509.21.11730-6
• Martinuka, Oksana; Cube, Maja von; Wolkewitz, Martin (2021): Methodological evaluation of bias in observational coronavirus disease 2019 studies on drug effectiveness. Clinical microbiology and infection 27(7):949-957. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2021.03.003
• Dramowski, Angela; Ong’ayo, Gerald; Rehman, Andrea M.; Whitelaw, Andrew Christopher; Labi, Appiah-Korang; Obeng-Nkrumah, Noah; Ndir, Awa; Magwenzi, Marcelyn T; Onyedibe, Kenneth I.; Wolkewitz, Martin; Kraker, Marlieke E. A. de; Scott, J Anthony G; Aiken, Alexander M; Grundmann, Hajo (2021): Mortality attributable to third-generation cephalosporin resistance in Gram-negative bloodstream infections in African hospitals: a multi-site retrospective study. JAC - antimicrobial resistance 3(1):dlaa130. https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlaa130
• Marateb, Hamid Reza; Cube, Maja von; Sami, Ramin; Haghjooy Javanmard, Shaghayegh; Mansourian, Marjan; Amra, Babak; Soltaninejad, Forogh; Mortazavi, Mojgan; Adibi, Peyman; Khademi, Nilufar; Sadat Hosseini, Nastaran; Toghyani, Arash; Hassannejad, Razieh; Mañanas, Miquel Angel; Binder, Harald; Wolkewitz, Martin (2021): Absolute mortality risk assessment of COVID-19 patients: the Khorshid COVID Cohort (KCC) study. BMC medical research methodology 21:146. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-021-01340-8
• Hazard, Derek; Cube, Maja von; Kaier, Klaus; Wolkewitz, Martin (2021): Predicting potential prevention effects on hospital burden of nosocomial infections: a multistate modeling approach. Value in health 24(6):830-838. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2021.02.002
• Wolkewitz, Martin; Cube, Maja von; Martinuka, Oksana (2021): ‘Methodological evaluation of bias in observational COVID-19 studies on drug effectiveness’ – Author’s reply. Clinical microbiology and infection 27(7):1045. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2021.05.019
• Feifel, Jan; Cube, Maja von; Ohneberg, Kristin; Ershova, Ksenia; Wolkewitz, Martin; Beyersmann, Jan; Schumacher, Marc (2021): Sampling designs for rare time-dependent exposures: a comparison of the nested exposure case-control design and exposure density sampling. Epidemiology and infection 149:e122. https://doi.org/10.1017/s095026882100090x
• Fecker, Julian; Schumacher, Martin; Ohneberg, Kristin; Wolkewitz, Martin (2021): Correction of Survival Bias in a Study About Increased Mortality of Heads of Government. The American statistician 75(1):85-91. https://doi.org/10.1080/00031305.2019.1638831
• Bagegni, Aimen; Spies, Benedikt C.; Kern, Matthias; Hazard, Derek; Kohal, Ralf (2021): The influence of prosthetic crown height and implant-abutment connection design selection on the long-term implant-abutment stability: A laboratory study. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials 113:104095. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2020.104095
• Donker, Tjibbe; Bürkin, Fabian; Wolkewitz, Martin; Haverkamp, Christian; Christoffel, Dominic; Kappert, Oliver; Hammer, Thorsten Oliver; Busch, Hans-Jörg; Biever, Paul M.; Kalbhenn, Johannes; Bürkle, Hartmut; Kern, Winfried V.; Wenz, Frederik; Grundmann, Hajo (2021): Navigating hospitals safely through the COVID-19 epidemic tide: predicting case load for adjusting bed capacity. Infection control and hospital epidemiology 42(6):653 - 658. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2020.464
• Cube, Maja von; Grodd, Marlon; Wolkewitz, Martin; Hazard, Derek; Wengenmayer, Tobias; Canet, Emmanuel; Lambert, Jerome (2021): Harmonizing heterogeneous endpoints in Coronavirus disease 2019 trials without loss of information. Critical care medicine 49(1):e11-e19. https://doi.org/10.1097/ccm.0000000000004741
• Fretwurst, Tobias; Müller, Janina; Larsson, Lena; Bronsert, Peter; Hazard, Derek; Castilho, Rogerio M.; Kohal, Ralf; Nelson, Katja; Iglhaut, Gerhard (2021): Immunohistological composition of peri‐implantitis affected tissue around ceramic implants - a pilot study. Journal of periodontology 92(4):571-579. https://doi.org/10.1002/jper.20-0169

• Vollmer, Andreas; Saravi, Babak E.; Lang, Gernot; Adolphs, Nicolai; Hazard, Derek; Giers, Verena; Stoll, Peter (2020): Factors influencing primary and secondary implant stability - a retrospective cohort study with 582 implants in 272 patients. Applied Sciences 10(22):8084. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10228084
• Paling, Fleur P.; Hazard, Derek; Bonten, Marc J. M.; Goossens, Herman; Jafri, Hasan S.; Malhotra-Kumar, Surbhi; Sifakis, Frangiscos; Weber, Susanne; Kluytmans, Jan A. J. W.; Wolkewitz, Martin; ASPIRE-ICU, [Study group] (2020): Association of staphylococcus aureus colonization and pneumonia in the intensive care unit. JAMA network open 3(9):e2012741. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.12741
• Rieg, Siegbert; Cube, Maja von; Kalbhenn, Johannes; Utzolino, Stefan; Pernice, Katharina; Bechet, Lena; Baur, Johanna; Lang, Corinna N.; Wagner, Dirk; Wolkewitz, Martin; Kern, Winfried V.; Biever, Paul; Peyerl-Hoffmann, Gabriele; Horn, Stephan; Hornuß, Daniel; Laubner, Katharina; Bettinger, Dominik; Jäger, Christoph; Prager, Eric Peter; Zotzmann, Viviane; Staudacher, Dawid; Waller, Cornelius; Fuchs, Hans; Fähndrich, Sebastian Wolfgang; Busch, Hans-Jörg; Engelhardt, Monika; Bürkle, Hartmut; Berchtold-Herz, Michael; Hammer, Thorsten; Hans, Felix; Panning, Marcus; Hengel, Hartmut; Hasselblatt, Peter; Kühn, Wolfgang; Duerschmied, Daniel; Thimme, Robert; Bode, Christoph; Grundmann, Hajo; Henneke, Philipp; COVID UKF, [Study group] (2020): COVID-19 in-hospital mortality and mode of death in a dynamic and non-restricted tertiary care model in Germany. PLOS ONE 15(11):e0242127. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242127
• Cube, Maja von; Schumacher, Martin; Wolkewitz, Martin (2020): Causal inference with multistate models - estimands and estimators of the population attributable fraction. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society : Series A Statistics in society) 183(4):1479-1500. https://doi.org/10.1111/rssa.12486
• Weber, Susanne; Wolkewitz, Martin (2020): Accounting for length of hospital stay in regression models in clinical epidemiology. Statistica Neerlandica 74(1):24-37. https://doi.org/10.1111/stan.12187
• Strecker, Christoph; Krafft, Axel Joachim; Kaufhold, Lilli; Hüllebrandt, Markus; Weber, Susanne; Ludwig, Ute; Wolkewitz, Martin; Hennemuth, Anja; Hennig, Jürgen; Harloff, Andreas (2020): Carotid geometry is an independent predictor of wall thickness – a 3D cardiovascular magnetic resonance study in patients with high cardiovascular risk. Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance 22(1):67. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12968-020-00657-5
• Götting, Tim; Reuter, Sandra; Jonas, Daniel; Hentschel, Roland; Henneke, Philipp; Klotz, Daniel; Hock, Simone Martina; Wolkewitz, Martin; Blümel, Benjamin; Häcker, Georg; Grundmann, Hajo; Mutters, Nico T. (2020): Protocol for a prospective cohort study: prevention of transmissions by effective colonisation tracking in neonates (PROTECT-Neo). BMJ open 10(9):e034068. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034068
• Wolkewitz, Martin; Lambert, Jerome; Cube, Maja von; Bugiera, Lars; Grodd, Marlon; Hazard, Derek; White, Nicole; Barnett, Adrian G.; Kaier, Klaus (2020): Statistical analysis of clinical COVID-19 data: a concise overview of lessons learned, common errors and how to avoid them. Clinical epidemiology Volume 12:925-928. https://doi.org/10.2147/clep.S256735
• Hazard, Derek; Kaier, Klaus; Cube, Maja von; Grodd, Marlon; Bugiera, Lars; Lambert, Jerome; Wolkewitz, Martin (2020): Joint analysis of duration of ventilation, length of intensive care, and mortality of COVID-19 patients: a multistate approach. BMC medical research methodology 20(1):206. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-020-01082-z
• Denkel, Luisa Anna; Maechler, Friederike; Schwab, Frank; Kola, Axel; Weber, Anna; Gastmeier, Petra; Pfäfflin, Frieder; Weber, Susanne; Werner, Guido; Pfeifer, Yvonne; Pietsch, Michael; Leistner, Rasmus (2020): Infections caused by extended-spectrum [beta]-lactamase-producing Enterobacterales after rectal colonization with ESBL-producing Escherichia coli or Klebsiella pneumoniae. Clinical microbiology and infection 26(8):1046-1051. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2019.11.025

• Kooi, Tjallie van der; Wolkewitz, Martin; Hieke, Stefanie; Grundmann, Hajo; Zingg, Walter; PROHIBIT consortium, [Study group] (2018): Prevention of hospital infections by intervention and training (PROHIBIT) : results of a pan-European cluster-randomized multicentre study to reduce central venous catheter-related bloodstream infections. Intensive care medicine 44:48–60. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-017-5007-6

• Timsit, Jéan-François; Kraker, Marlieke E. A. de; Sommer, Harriet; Weiss, Emmanuel; Bettiol, Esther; Wolkewitz, Martin; Nikolakopoulos, Stavros; Wilson, David; Harbarth, Stephan; COMBACTE-NET Consortium, [Study group] (2017): Appropriate endpoints for evaluation of new antibiotic therapies for severe infections: a perspective from COMBACTE’s STAT-Net. Intensive care medicine 43(7):1002-1012. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-017-4802-4
• Paling, Fleur P.; Wolkewitz, Martin; Depuydt, Pieter; de Bus, Liesbet; Sifakis, Frangiscos; Bonten, Marc J. M.; Kluytmans, Jan A. J. W. (2017): P. aeruginosa colonization at ICU admission as a risk factor for developing P. aeruginosa ICU pneumonia. Antimicrobial resistance and infection control 6(1):38. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-017-0197-9

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