Brian K. Yorkgitis

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Brian K. Yorkgitis is a scholar working on Surgery, Emergency Medicine and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian K. Yorkgitis has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Surgery, 25 papers in Emergency Medicine and 18 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Brian K. Yorkgitis's work include Trauma and Emergency Care Studies (20 papers), Emergency and Acute Care Studies (13 papers) and Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (10 papers). Brian K. Yorkgitis is often cited by papers focused on Trauma and Emergency Care Studies (20 papers), Emergency and Acute Care Studies (13 papers) and Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (10 papers). Brian K. Yorkgitis collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Brian K. Yorkgitis's co-authors include Gabriel A. Brat, Mark C. Bicket, Nathan Palmer, Kathe Fox, Denis Agniel, Isaac S. Kohane, Andrew L. Beam, Cheryl N. McMahill‐Walraven, Mark Homer and Marie Crandall and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Annals of Surgery and The FASEB Journal.

In The Last Decade

Brian K. Yorkgitis

58 papers receiving 993 citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Postsurgical prescriptions for opioid naive patients and association with overdose and misuse: retrospective cohort study

2018 415 citations Gabriel A. Brat, Denis Agniel et al. BMJ profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brian K. Yorkgitis United States	14	459	436	307	260	131	65	1.0k
Asim Alam Canada	13	753 1.6×	557 1.3×	445 1.4×	194 0.7×	378 2.9×	32	1.4k
David J. Powner United States	22	653 1.4×	594 1.4×	97 0.3×	293 1.1×	111 0.8×	114	1.5k
Barbara M. Scavone United States	21	747 1.6×	339 0.8×	148 0.5×	247 0.9×	347 2.6×	67	1.7k
Erik N. Hansen United States	18	578 1.3×	187 0.4×	64 0.2×	93 0.4×	85 0.6×	30	1.0k
D.N. Lucas United Kingdom	18	442 1.0×	170 0.4×	233 0.8×	196 0.8×	340 2.6×	41	1.4k
Tarek Razek Canada	18	543 1.2×	336 0.8×	47 0.2×	622 2.4×	155 1.2×	86	1.4k
Melissa E. Bauer United States	17	358 0.8×	271 0.6×	73 0.2×	152 0.6×	256 2.0×	35	1.0k
Susan R. Wilcox United States	19	254 0.6×	90 0.2×	175 0.6×	463 1.8×	123 0.9×	100	1.2k
Kazuyoshi Aoyama Japan	19	434 0.9×	83 0.2×	472 1.5×	171 0.7×	158 1.2×	88	1.2k
James Hamill New Zealand	17	510 1.1×	143 0.3×	51 0.2×	193 0.7×	153 1.2×	67	877

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Swendiman, Robert A., Zachary J. Kastenberg, Robert J. Bollo, et al.. (2025). Small Change, BIG Impact: Proposal of the Brain Injury Guidelines for Kids (kBIG). Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 60(8). 162372–162372.

Pokrzywa, Courtney, Basil S. Karam, Anikó Szabó, et al.. (2024). Prospective validation of a hospital triage predictive model to decrease undertriage: an EAST multicenter study. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open. 9(1). e001280–e001280.

Reynolds, Benjamin R., et al.. (2024). Advancing the practice of trauma: utilizing advanced practice providers to improve patient outcomes through a collaborative team approach. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open. 9(1). e001281–e001281. 1 indexed citations

Berndtson, Allison E., Brian K. Yorkgitis, Ryan David Kennedy, et al.. (2024). American Association for the Surgery of Trauma/American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma clinical protocol for postdischarge venous thromboembolism prophylaxis after trauma. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 96(6). 980–985. 2 indexed citations

Remick, Katherine, Bhavin Patel, Hilary A. Hewes, et al.. (2023). The Association Between Pediatric Readiness and Mortality for Injured Children Treated at US Trauma Centers. Annals of Surgery. 280(6). e26–e33. 12 indexed citations

Lao, Oliver B., Holly L. Neville, Brian K. Yorkgitis, et al.. (2023). Social determinants of health in pediatric trauma: Associations with injury mechanisms and outcomes in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The American Journal of Surgery. 228. 107–112. 4 indexed citations

Murphy, Patrick, George Kasotakis, Elliott R. Haut, et al.. (2023). Efficacy and safety of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for the treatment of acute pain after orthopedic trauma: a practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma and the Orthopedic Trauma Association. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open. 8(1). e001056–e001056. 11 indexed citations

Freeman, Jennifer, Cory Vatsaas, Brian K. Yorkgitis, et al.. (2022). Antibiotic prophylaxis for tube thoracostomy placement in trauma: a practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open. 7(1). e000886–e000886. 10 indexed citations

Venkataraman, Sidish S., Joseph P. Herbert, Vijay M. Ravindra, et al.. (2022). Multi-Center Validation of the McGovern Pediatric Blunt Cerebrovascular Injury Screening Score. Journal of Neurotrauma. 40(13-14). 1451–1458. 4 indexed citations

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Yorkgitis, Brian K., Bhavin Patel, Katherine Remick, et al.. (2022). Establishing national stakeholder priorities for quality improvement in pediatric trauma care: Consensus results using a modified Delphi process. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 93(4). 467–473. 1 indexed citations

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Kim, Dennis Y., Walter L. Biffl, Faran Bokhari, et al.. (2020). Evaluation and management of blunt cerebrovascular injury: A practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 88(6). 875–887. 65 indexed citations

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Bugaev, Nikolay, John J. Como, Jennifer Freeman, et al.. (2020). Thromboelastography and rotational thromboelastometry in bleeding patients with coagulopathy: Practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 89(6). 999–1017. 69 indexed citations

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Schwartz, Jamie McElrath, et al.. (2020). Pediatric Safety Restraint Use in Motor Vehicle Crashes at a Level I Safety-Net Trauma Center. Journal of Surgical Research. 258. 132–136. 2 indexed citations

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Kerwin, Andrew J., Brian K. Yorkgitis, Firas Madbak, et al.. (2020). Diaphragm pacing decreases hospital charges for patients with acute cervical spinal cord injury. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open. 5(1). e000528–e000528. 9 indexed citations

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Yorkgitis, Brian K., et al.. (2019). Effect of Surgery-Specific Opioid-Prescribing Education in a Safety-Net Hospital. Journal of Surgical Research. 243. 71–74. 18 indexed citations

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Yorkgitis, Brian K. & Gabriel A. Brat. (2018). Postoperative opioid prescribing: Getting it RIGHTT. The American Journal of Surgery. 215(4). 707–711. 24 indexed citations

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Brat, Gabriel A., Denis Agniel, Andrew L. Beam, et al.. (2018). Postsurgical prescriptions for opioid naive patients and association with overdose and misuse: retrospective cohort study. BMJ. 360. j5790–j5790. 415 indexed citations breakdown →

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Skarupa, David, Muhammad Khan, Firas Madbak, et al.. (2018). Trends in civilian penetrating brain injury: A review of 26,871 patients. The American Journal of Surgery. 218(2). 255–260. 26 indexed citations

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Olufajo, Olubode A., David Metcalfe, Brian K. Yorkgitis, et al.. (2015). Whatever happens to trauma patients who leave against medical advice?. The American Journal of Surgery. 211(4). 677–683. 19 indexed citations

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Yorkgitis, Brian K., et al.. (2015). Pertussis vaccination in adult trauma patients: Are we missing an opportunity?. Surgery. 158(3). 602–607. 2 indexed citations

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