Karen J. Brasel

21.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
359 papers, 11.8k citations indexed

About

Karen J. Brasel is a scholar working on Emergency Medicine, Surgery and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Karen J. Brasel has authored 359 papers receiving a total of 11.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 155 papers in Emergency Medicine, 131 papers in Surgery and 125 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Karen J. Brasel's work include Trauma and Emergency Care Studies (121 papers), Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (53 papers) and Abdominal Trauma and Injuries (44 papers). Karen J. Brasel is often cited by papers focused on Trauma and Emergency Care Studies (121 papers), Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (53 papers) and Abdominal Trauma and Injuries (44 papers). Karen J. Brasel collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Japan. Karen J. Brasel's co-authors include Margaret L. Schwarze, John A. Weigelt, Ciarán T. Bradley, Martin A. Schreiber, Eileen M. Bulger, Terri A. deRoon‐Cassini, Mitchell J. Cohen, David C. Borgstrom, Clare E. Guse and John B. Holcomb and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Annals of Surgery and American Journal of Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Karen J. Brasel

343 papers receiving 11.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Prospective, Observational, Multicenter, Major Trauma Transfusion (PROMMTT) Study

2012 733 citations John B. Holcomb, Deborah J. del Junco et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Karen J. Brasel United States	59	5.0k	4.2k	3.5k	2.4k	1.4k	359	11.8k
Hannah Wunsch United States	54	2.5k 0.5×	1.8k 0.4×	2.3k 0.7×	2.6k 1.1×	1.1k 0.8×	250	10.0k
Laurie J. Morrison Canada	60	10.7k 2.1×	2.8k 0.7×	1.6k 0.5×	825 0.3×	735 0.5×	306	14.0k
Damon C. Scales Canada	51	3.5k 0.7×	1.4k 0.3×	993 0.3×	2.0k 0.8×	736 0.5×	252	9.2k
Gregory J. Jurkovich United States	82	13.7k 2.8×	11.3k 2.7×	3.5k 1.0×	2.6k 1.1×	1.3k 0.9×	332	23.5k
Alfred F. Connors United States	55	2.1k 0.4×	3.6k 0.9×	6.4k 1.8×	3.0k 1.2×	3.2k 2.3×	155	17.7k
Karen E. A. Burns Canada	47	1.9k 0.4×	996 0.2×	1.2k 0.3×	2.7k 1.1×	824 0.6×	237	8.4k
Adil H. Haider United States	67	7.4k 1.5×	5.6k 1.3×	3.5k 1.0×	794 0.3×	1.9k 1.3×	411	15.6k
R. Sean Morrison United States	73	1.4k 0.3×	2.2k 0.5×	9.9k 2.8×	1.4k 0.6×	4.4k 3.1×	227	16.6k
Amber E. Barnato United States	43	1.6k 0.3×	730 0.2×	3.4k 0.9×	771 0.3×	2.1k 1.5×	182	7.7k
Theodore Speroff United States	49	1.0k 0.2×	1.6k 0.4×	1.1k 0.3×	6.6k 2.7×	1.4k 1.0×	143	13.6k

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Hunt, Joshua C., Amber Brandolino, Randi N. Smith, et al.. (2021). Validation of the Injured Trauma Survivor Screen: An American Association for the Surgery of Trauma multi-institutional trial. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 90(5). 797–806. 9 indexed citations

Hartwell, Jennifer L., Kimberly A. Peck, Eric J. Ley, et al.. (2021). Nutrition therapy in the critically injured adult patient: A Western Trauma Association critical decisions algorithm. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 91(5). 909–915. 4 indexed citations

Peck, Kimberly A., Eric J. Ley, Carlos Brown, et al.. (2020). Early anticoagulant reversal after trauma: A Western Trauma Association critical decisions algorithm. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 90(2). 331–336. 7 indexed citations

Lee, Jae Moo, Juan P. Herrera‐Escobar, Michel Apoj, et al.. (2019). The impact of in-hospital complications on the long-term functional outcome of trauma patients: A multicenter study. Surgery. 166(3). 398–402. 7 indexed citations

Martin, Matthew J., Carlos Brown, David V. Shatz, et al.. (2019). Evaluation and management of abdominal gunshot wounds: A Western Trauma Association critical decisions algorithm. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 87(5). 1220–1227. 20 indexed citations

Lester, E, Erin E. Fox, John B. Holcomb, et al.. (2018). The impact of hypothermia on outcomes in massively transfused patients. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 86(3). 458–463. 19 indexed citations

Rios-Diaz, Arturo J., Juan P. Herrera‐Escobar, Elizabeth J. Lilley, et al.. (2017). Routine inclusion of long-term functional and patient-reported outcomes into trauma registries. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 83(1). 97–104. 71 indexed citations

Rowell, Susan, Walter L. Biffl, Karen J. Brasel, et al.. (2016). Western Trauma Association Critical Decisions in Trauma. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 82(4). 787–793. 57 indexed citations

Schreiber, Martin A., Eric N. Meier, Samuel A. Tisherman, et al.. (2015). A controlled resuscitation strategy is feasible and safe in hypotensive trauma patients. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 78(4). 687–697. 111 indexed citations

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Kozar, Rosemary A., Saman Arbabi, Deborah M. Stein, et al.. (2015). Injury in the aged. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 78(6). 1197–1209. 166 indexed citations

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Guyette, Francis X., Eric N. Meier, Craig D. Newgard, et al.. (2015). A comparison of prehospital lactate and systolic blood pressure for predicting the need for resuscitative care in trauma transported by ground. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 78(3). 600–606. 58 indexed citations

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Rahbar, Mohammad H., Deborah J. del Junco, Jing Ning, et al.. (2013). A latent class model for defining severe hemorrhage. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 75(Supplement 1). S82–S88. 15 indexed citations

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Hampton, David, Loïc Fabricant, Brian S. Diggs, et al.. (2013). Prehospital intravenous fluid is associated with increased survival in trauma patients. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 75(Supplement 1). S9–S15. 57 indexed citations

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Rahbar, Elaheh, Erin E. Fox, Deborah J. del Junco, et al.. (2013). Early resuscitation intensity as a surrogate for bleeding severity and early mortality in the PROMMTT study. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 75(Supplement 1). S16–S23. 63 indexed citations

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Holcomb, John B., Erin E. Fox, Xuan Zhang, et al.. (2013). Cryoprecipitate use in the PROMMTT study. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 75(Supplement 1). S31–S39. 50 indexed citations

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Callcut, Rachael A., Bryan A. Cotton, Peter Muskat, et al.. (2012). Defining when to initiate massive transfusion. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 74(1). 59–68. 66 indexed citations

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Nelson, Judith E., Therese B. Cortez, J. Randall Curtis, et al.. (2011). Integrating Palliative Care in the ICU. Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing. 13(2). 89–94. 73 indexed citations

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Jarman, Benjamin T., Thomas H. Cogbill, Michelle A. Mathiason, et al.. (2009). Factors Correlated With Surgery Resident Choice to Practice General Surgery in a Rural Area. Journal of surgical education. 66(6). 319–324. 58 indexed citations

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Meurer, John, Linda N. Meurer, Jean A. Grube, et al.. (2005). Combining Performance Feedback and Evidence-Based Educational Resources. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 30(177). 69–75. 2 indexed citations

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Brasel, Karen J., et al.. (1999). Damage control in the critically ill and injured patient. 7(1). 73–86. 10 indexed citations

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