Walter D. Obrist

9.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
88 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

Walter D. Obrist is a scholar working on Neurology, Epidemiology and Emergency Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Walter D. Obrist has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Neurology, 22 papers in Epidemiology and 21 papers in Emergency Medicine. Recurrent topics in Walter D. Obrist's work include Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (51 papers), Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (21 papers) and Thermal Regulation in Medicine (13 papers). Walter D. Obrist is often cited by papers focused on Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (51 papers), Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (21 papers) and Thermal Regulation in Medicine (13 papers). Walter D. Obrist collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Sweden. Walter D. Obrist's co-authors include Thomas W. Langfitt, Howard Thompson, Donald W. Marion, Thomas A. Gennarelli, Jurg L. Jaggi, William E. Wilkinson, Louis E. Penrod, Patrick M. Kochanek, Martin Reivich and Carol A. Dolinskas and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Circulation Research.

In The Last Decade

Walter D. Obrist

87 papers receiving 6.6k citations

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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.

Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury with Moderate Hypothermia

1997 950 citations Donald W. Marion, Louis E. Penrod et al. profile →
Regional Cerebral Blood Flow Estimated by ¹³³ Xenon Inhalation

1975 660 citations Walter D. Obrist et al. Stroke profile →
Cerebral blood flow and metabolism in comatose patients with acute head injury

1984 583 citations Walter D. Obrist, Thomas W. Langfitt et al. Journal of neurosurgery profile →
Diffuse cerebral swelling following head injuries in children: the syndrome of “malignant brain edema”

1981 398 citations Derek A. Bruce, Carol A. Dolinskas et al. Journal of neurosurgery profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Brain tissue oxygen tension is more indicative of oxygen diffusion than oxygen delivery and metabolism in patients with traumatic brain injury* 2008 ·Critical Care Medicine ·Guy Rosenthal, J. Claude Hemphill, Marco D. Sorani, Christine Martin, Diane Morabito, Walter D. Obrist, Geoffrey T. Manley	179
2	Cerebral hemodynamic and metabolic profiles in fulminant hepatic failure: Relationship to outcome 2005 ·Liver Transplantation ·S Aggarwal, Walter D. Obrist, Howard Yonas, David J. Kramer, Yoogoo Kang, Victor L. Scott, Raymond M. Planinsic	44
3	Posttraumatic vasospasm: the epidemiology, severity, and time course of an underestimated phenomenon: a prospective study performed in 299 patients 2005 ·Journal of neurosurgery ·Matthias F. Oertel, W. John Boscardin, Walter D. Obrist, Thomas C. Glenn, David L. McArthur, (unknown), Jae Hong Lee, Neil A. Martin	158
4	Effect of Xenon-Induced Flow Activation on Xenon-Enhanced Computed Tomography Cerebral Blood Flow Calculations 1998 ·Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism ·Walter D. Obrist, Zihong Zhang, Howard Yonas	18
5	Moderate Hypothermia for 48 Hours After Temporary Epidural Brain Compression Injury in a Canine Outcome Model 1998 ·Journal of Neurotrauma ·Uwe Ebmeyer, Peter Šafář, Ann Radovsky, Walter D. Obrist, Henry Alexander, Shlomo Pomeranz	24
6	The Role of Adenosine During the Period of Delayed Cerebral Swelling After Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in Humans 1997 ·PubMed ·Patrick M. Kochanek, Robert S. B. Clark, Walter D. Obrist, Joseph A. Carcillo, Edwin K. Jackson, Z Mi, Stephen R. Wisniewski, Michael J. Bell, Donald W. Marion	11
7	Resuscitation from severe brain trauma 1996 ·Critical Care Medicine ·Hubert L. Rosomoff, Patrick M. Kochanek, (unknown), Steven T. DeKosky, Uwe Ebmeyer, Åke Grenvik, Donald W. Marion, Walter D. Obrist, Alan M. Palmer, Peter Šafář, Robert J. White	37
8	Resuscitation from severe brain trauma 1996 ·Critical Care Medicine ·Hubert L. Rosomoff, Patrick M. Kochanek, (unknown), Steven T. DeKosky, Uwe Ebmeyer, Åke Grenvik, Donald W. Marion, Walter D. Obrist, Alan M. Palmer, Peter Šafář, Robert J. White	3
9	Mild hypothermia after cardiac arrest in dogs does not affect postarrest cerebral oxygen uptake/delivery mismatching 1994 ·Resuscitation ·Kazutoshi Kuboyama, Peter Safar, K Oku, Walter D. Obrist, Yuval Leonov, (unknown), Samuel A. Tisherman, S. William Stezoski	25
10	The use of moderate therapeutic hypothermia for patients with severe head injuries: a preliminary report 1993 ·Journal of neurosurgery ·Donald W. Marion, Walter D. Obrist, P. Carlier, Louis E. Penrod, Joseph M. Darby	367
11	Signal analysis of noninvasive Xenon-133 cerebral blood flow measurements 1993 ·Annals of Biomedical Engineering ·Jurg L. Jaggi, Walter D. Obrist, Abraham Noordergraaf	4
12	Multifocal cerebral blood flow by Xe-CT and global cerebral metabolism after prolonged cardiac arrest in dogs. Reperfusion with open-chest CPR or cardiopulmonary bypass 1992 ·Resuscitation ·(unknown), Yuval Leonov, Peter Šafář, David W. Johnson, K Oku, Samuel A. Tisherman, Richard E. Latchaw, Walter D. Obrist, S. William Stezoski, Stephen T. Hecht, Robert Tarr, Janine E. Janosky	78
13	Effects of Task Difficulty on Regional Cerebral Blood Flow: Relationships with Anxiety and Performance 1988 ·Psychophysiology ·Ruben C. Gur, (unknown), (unknown), Brett E. Skolnick, Susan M. Resnick, Frank L. Silver, John B. Chawluk, Larry R. Muenz, Walter D. Obrist, Martin Reivich	73
14	Predicting outcome after resuscitation from clinical death 1988 ·Critical Care Medicine ·O. M. Reinmuth, Per Vaagenes, Norman S. Abramson, (unknown), Gad Bar‐Joseph, Erga Cerchiari, Nisha C. Chandra, Warren F. Diven, Erik Edgren, Sven Erik Gisvold, Richard E. Latchaw, (unknown), Walter D. Obrist, Peter Šafář, Robert J. Sclabassi, William C. Shoemaker, Richard White	7
15	Regional variations in human newborn cerebral blood flow 1988 ·The Journal of Pediatrics ·Donald Younkin, Maria Delivoria‐Papadopoulos, Martin Reivich, Jurg L. Jaggi, Walter D. Obrist	14
16	Relation of visual field defects to neuropsychological outcome after closed head injury 1987 ·Acta Neurochirurgica ·Barbara P. Uzzell, Walter D. Obrist, Carol A. Dolinskas, T. W. Langfitt, (unknown)	8
17	Changes in cerebral blood flow and recovery from acute stroke. 1986 ·Stroke ·A. Burke, Donald Younkin, John E. Gordon, H. I. Goldberg, (unknown), Michael Kushner, Walter D. Obrist, Jurg L. Jaggi, Mitchell P. Rosen, Martin Reivich	12
18	Prospects for the Future in the Diagnosis and Management of Head Injury: Pathophysiology, Brain Imaging, and Population-based Studies 1982 ·Neurosurgery ·Thomas W. Langfitt, Thomas A. Gennarelli, Walter D. Obrist, Derek A. Bruce, Robert A. Zimmerman	43
19	Lateralized Psychological Impairment Associated With CT Lesions in Head Injured Patients 1979 ·Cortex ·Barbara P. Uzzell, Robert A. Zimmerman, Carol A. Dolinskas, Walter D. Obrist	27
20	Cerebral Blood Flow and Its Regulation 1975 ·Neurosurgery ·Walter D. Obrist	3

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