Rolf Lefering

30.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
593 papers, 16.8k citations indexed

About

Rolf Lefering is a scholar working on Emergency Medicine, Surgery and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Rolf Lefering has authored 593 papers receiving a total of 16.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 434 papers in Emergency Medicine, 342 papers in Surgery and 85 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Rolf Lefering's work include Trauma and Emergency Care Studies (390 papers), Emergency and Acute Care Studies (134 papers) and Abdominal Trauma and Injuries (117 papers). Rolf Lefering is often cited by papers focused on Trauma and Emergency Care Studies (390 papers), Emergency and Acute Care Studies (134 papers) and Abdominal Trauma and Injuries (117 papers). Rolf Lefering collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Rolf Lefering's co-authors include Edmund Neugebauer, Bertil Bouillon, Marc Maegele, Charles E. Wade, David S. Kauvar, Thomas Paffrath, C. Simanski, Stefan Sauerland, Arasch Wafaisade and Stefan Huber‐Wagner and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, PLoS ONE and Annals of Surgery.

In The Last Decade

Rolf Lefering

567 papers receiving 16.1k citations

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Impact of Hemorrhage on Trauma Outcome: An Overview of Epidemiology, Clinical Presentations, and Therapeutic Considerations

2006 1.2k citations Rolf Lefering et al. profile →
Effect of whole-body CT during trauma resuscitation on survival: a retrospective, multicentre study

2009 613 citations Rolf Lefering et al. profile →
Early coagulopathy in multiple injury: An analysis from the German Trauma Registry on 8724 patients

2007 549 citations Marc Maegele, Rolf Lefering et al. Injury profile →
The definition of polytrauma revisited

2014 255 citations Hans‐Christoph Pape, Rolf Lefering et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Is It Possible to Monitor the Safest Time to Perform Secondary Surgery on Free Flaps? A Clinical Evaluation of the Tewameter® 2024 ·Medicina ·Mahsa Bagheri, (unknown), (unknown), Paul Christian Fuchs, Rolf Lefering, Jennifer Lynn Schiefer	1
2	Use of CPR feedback devices to treat out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Germany: Associated with improved ROSC-rates, but infrequent usage, in a registry-based analysis of 107,548 cases 2024 ·Resuscitation ·(unknown), Rolf Lefering, Thomas P. Weber, Jan‐Thorsten Gräsner, Jan Wnent	2
3	Veränderungen der Verletzungsepidemiologie in der Schwerverletztenversorgung durch die COVID-19-Pandemie: eine retrospektive Analyse des Traumaregisters DGU® 2024 ·Notfall + Rettungsmedizin ·(unknown), (unknown), Dan Bieler, Johannes Schneppendahl, (unknown), (unknown), Rolf Lefering, Michel Teuben, (unknown), Joachim Windolf, Hans‐Christoph Pape, Kai Oliver Jensen	0
4	Trauma-induced disturbances in ionized calcium levels correlate parabolically with coagulopathy, transfusion, and mortality: a multicentre cohort analysis from the TraumaRegister DGU® 2023 ·Critical Care ·(unknown), Mark Fitzgerald, Rolf Lefering, Sandra Verelst, Carlo Missant, (unknown)	23
5	Impact of a Femoral Fracture on Outcome after Traumatic Brain Injury—A Matched-Pair Analysis of the TraumaRegister DGU® 2023 ·Journal of Clinical Medicine ·Mila M. Paul, (unknown), Rolf Lefering, (unknown), Martin C. Jordan, Fabian Gilbert, Rainer H. Meffert, Anna‐Leena Sirén, Stefanie Hoelscher‐Doht	5
6	Concepts, utilization, and perspectives on the Dutch Nationwide Trauma registry: a position paper 2023 ·European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery ·(unknown), (unknown), Mariska A. C. de Jongh, (unknown), İngo Marzi, Fiona Lecky, Rolf Lefering, B. J. M. van de Wall, Frank J. P. Beeres, M.G.W. Dijkgraaf, Rolf H. H. Groenwold, Luke P. H. Leenen	5
7	Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in traumatic brain injury – A retrospective, multicenter cohort study 2023 ·Injury ·Marius Marc-Daniel Mader, Rolf Lefering, Manfred Westphal, Marc Maegele, Patrick Czorlich	6
8	Timing of Spinal Surgery in Polytrauma: The Relevance of Injury Severity, Injury Level and Associated Injuries 2023 ·Global Spine Journal ·(unknown), Michel Teuben, Sascha Halvachizadeh, Till Berk, Julian Scherer, Kai Oliver Jensen, Rolf Lefering, Hans‐Christoph Pape, Kai Sprengel, (unknown)	5
9	Is ROTEM Diagnostic in Trauma Care Associated with Lower Mortality Rates in Bleeding Patients?—A Retrospective Analysis of 7461 Patients Derived from the TraumaRegister DGU® 2022 ·Journal of Clinical Medicine ·(unknown), Rolf Lefering, Marc Maegele, Michael Caspers, Filippo Migliorini, Hanno Schenker, Frank Hildebrand, Matthias Fröhlich, Arne Driessen	5
10	Endotracheal intubation in trauma patients with isolated shock: universally recommended but rarely performed 2022 ·European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Rolf Lefering, Andreas Böhmer, Thomas Brockamp, Arasch Wafaisade, Matthias Fröhlich, (unknown)	6
11	Curiosity or Underdiagnosed? Injuries to Thoracolumbar Spine with Concomitant Trauma to Pancreas 2021 ·Journal of Clinical Medicine ·(unknown), Sascha Halvachizadeh, Kai Oliver Jensen, Till Berk, (unknown), (unknown), Rolf Lefering, Hans‐Christoph Pape, Kai Sprengel, (unknown)	2
12	Trauma Can Induce Telangiectases in Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia 2020 ·Journal of Clinical Medicine ·Urban W. Geisthoff, Ha‐Long Nguyen, Rolf Lefering, Steffen Maune, (unknown), Freya Droege	16
13	High Rate of Radiological Failure Despite Excellent Clinical Results of Minimally Invasive Acromio-Clavicular Joint Reconstruction (MINAR) 2020 ·Acta Scientific Orthopaedics ·Marc Banerjee, (unknown), Bertil Bouillon, (unknown), Rolf Lefering, Arasch Wafaisade, Maurice Balke	2
14	Do elderly trauma patients receive the required treatment? Epidemiology and outcome of geriatric trauma patients treated at different levels of trauma care 2019 ·European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery ·(unknown), Matthias Fröhlich, Michael Caspers, Rolf Lefering, Arne Driessen, Bertil Bouillon, Marc Maegele, Arasch Wafaisade	26
15	Operative versus non-operative treatment of traumatic brain injuries in patients 80 years of age or older 2019 ·Neurosurgical Review ·Patrick Czorlich, Marius Marc-Daniel Mader, Pedram Emami, Manfred Westphal, Rolf Lefering, Michael Hoffmann	6
16	The influence of alcohol on the outcome of trauma patients: a matched-pair analysis of the TraumaRegister DGU® 2019 ·European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery ·(unknown), Nils Wagner, Borna Relja, Thomas Lustenberger, (unknown), Sebastian Wutzler, Rolf Lefering, İngo Marzi	8
17	Datengüte des TraumaRegister DGU®: Ergebnisse einer Stichprobenkontrolle 2018 ·Der Unfallchirurg ·(unknown), (unknown), Nikolai Ramadanov, Ulrike Nienaber, Ruth Volland, Rolf Lefering, G. Matthes	1
18	Treatment of blunt thoracic aortic injury in Germany—Assessment of the TraumaRegister DGU® 2017 ·PLoS ONE ·Alexander Gombert, Mohammad E. Barbati, Martin Störck, Drosos Kotelis, (unknown), Hans‐Christoph Pape, Hagen Andruszkow, Rolf Lefering, Frank Hildebrand, Andreas Greiner, Michael J. Jacobs, Jochen Grommes	22
19	Letalität und Outcome beim Mehrfachverletzten nach schwerem Abdominal- und Beckentrauma : Einfluss der präklinischen Volumengabe – Eine Auswertung von 604 Patienten des TraumaRegisters der DGU (Originalien) 2011 ·Der Unfallchirurg ·Bjoern Hussmann, (unknown), G. Taeger, Rolf Lefering, Christian Waydhas, D. Nast‐Kolb, Steffen Ruchholtz, Sven Lendemans	2
20	Trauma- und Unfalldokumentation in Deutschland: Eine Standortbestimmung im europäischen Vergleich 2008 ·Chirurg ·Christian Probst, Michael Richter, Carl Haasper, Rolf Lefering, Dietmar Otte, H.-J. Oestern, Christian Krettek, T. Hüfner, (unknown)	1

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