Hamid Merdji is an expert in Critical care at Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg (France). As of June 2026, ScienceLeadR ranks Hamid Merdji in the top 1% of experts worldwide for Pneumonia, Coronavirus Infections and COVID-19. Hamid Merdji has authored 158 publications, the most recent in 2026, and is an investigator in 35 clinical trials, 7 of them ongoing. SLR score: 857 (community average: 125). How the SLR is computed.

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Subspecialties: Cardiology - Public Health

Full career – Last 3 years

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Short Biography

Dr. Hamid MERDJI, MD, PhD, is an associate Professor of Intensive Care Medicine at Strasbourg University and senior consultant in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Strasbourg University Hospital in France.


His research primarily focuses on acute cardiovascular care, with a particular emphasis on cardiogenic shock, cardiac arrest, and cardiovascular physiology in the ICU setting.


Dr. Merdji has also a strong research interest in sepsis and septic shock, specifically focusing on the long-term cardiovascular complications that can arise following these critical illnesses.

Organizations

Career arc: 2016 - 2026

Source: PubMed

Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg

Publications Synthesis

Sources: PubMed, OpenAlex

Number : 158

Citations

Citations: 10 069 1st author: 19 Last author: 17 Unique author: 0


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Latest Publications

5 most recent indexed articles

Source: Pubmed

Title Journal Year Citations
Timing matters: sex differences in treatment limitation decisions in intensive care.
PMID 42316265 — sex characteristics, sex, diagnosis, therapeutics, intensive care units, sex differences
Crit Care20260
Sodium Portable Tester for Instantaneous Natriuresis Assessment: The SPOT-Na Study.
PMID 42287708 — heart failure, natriuresis
ESC Heart Fail20260
Lactate in cardiogenic shock: pathophysiology, prognostic value, and clinical interpretation.
PMID 42058021 — hyperlactatemia, shock, cardiogenic, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, reperfusion injury, therapeutics, ischemia
Ann Intensive Care20260
Dapagliflozin for cardiorenal protection after intensive care unit discharge: a protocol for a randomised controlled trial evaluating dapagliflozin at ICU discharge for cardiorenal protection (DAPA-ICU).
PMID 41991273 — mortality, teaching, heart failure, heart, biomarkers, intensive care units
BMJ Open20260
Experts' recommendations for the management of adult patients with cardiogenic shock.
PMID 41994317 — shock, cardiogenic
Ann Intensive Care20261

Clinical Studies 35

Sources: ClinicalTrials, EU CTIS

Synthesis

Principal Investigator: 3

By phase:

N/A 25
Phase 3 7
Phase 2 2
Phase 4 1

By status:

Completed 19
Recruiting 8
Unknown 6
Not yet recruiting 2

By type:

Interventional 25
Observational 10

By Monocentric/Multicentric:

monocentric 16
multicentric2to4 3
multicentric5to9 2
multicentricup10 14

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Cohort/Consortium Investigators 3

Ongoing Clinical Trials

7 ongoing trials started since 2021, where this expert is an investigator

Source: ClinicalTrials

Study Phase Status Start
Remote Ischemic Postconditioning in Septic Shock
NCT07273942 — mortality, myocardial infarction, shock, septic, pathology, inflation, economic, ischemic postconditioning, reperfusion, coronary artery bypass, intensive care units, conditioning, psychological, ischemia
N/ANot yet recruiting2027
Targeted Temperature Management at 33 C Versus Controlled Normothermia for In hospital Cardiac Arrest
NCT07086703 — heart, rewarming, hypothermia, induced, maintenance, heart arrest, hypothermia, random allocation, coma, temperature
N/ARecruiting2026
Dapagliflozin for Cardio renal Protection After ICU Discharge
NCT07025629 — kidney diseases, sodium-glucose transporter 2 inhibitors, heart failure, heart, recycling, tablets, kidney, biomarkers, critical illness, intensive care units, random allocation, cardio-renal syndrome
Phase 3Recruiting2025
Prognostic Value of the Rockwood Clinical Frailty Score in Cardiogenic Shock
NCT06692855 — mortality, area under curve, shock, cardiogenic, emergencies, classification, cardiology, frailty
N/ARecruiting2024
Impact of an Early and Extended Rehabilitation Program Combining Individually Tailored Nutrition and Physical Activities on Patient Outcomes After Invasive Mechanical Ventilation and Vasopressor Therapy in the ICU
NCT06581939 — exercise, physical therapists, nutritional support, rehabilitation, critical care, therapeutics, ventilation
N/ARecruiting2024

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