Walter L. Biffl

15.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
107 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

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Walter L. Biffl is a scholar working on Surgery, Emergency Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Walter L. Biffl has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Surgery, 34 papers in Emergency Medicine and 27 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Walter L. Biffl's work include Trauma and Emergency Care Studies (24 papers), Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation (17 papers) and Abdominal Trauma and Injuries (14 papers). Walter L. Biffl is often cited by papers focused on Trauma and Emergency Care Studies (24 papers), Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation (17 papers) and Abdominal Trauma and Injuries (14 papers). Walter L. Biffl collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Israel. Walter L. Biffl's co-authors include Ernest E. Moore, Patrick J. Offner, Jon M. Burch, Reginald J. Franciose, Jeffrey L. Johnson, Carlton C. Barnett, Angela Sauaia, Christopher C. Silliman, Jeffry L. Kashuk and David J. Ciesla and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Annals of Surgery and American Journal Of Pathology.

In The Last Decade

Walter L. Biffl

102 papers receiving 6.2k citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

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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.

Goal-directed Hemostatic Resuscitation of Trauma-induced Coagulopathy

2015 419 citations Ernest E. Moore, Carlton C. Barnett et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Walter L. Biffl United States	43	2.8k	2.5k	1.9k	1.5k	979	107	6.4k
Robert C. Mackersie United States	39	2.5k 0.9×	2.8k 1.1×	1.6k 0.8×	1.6k 1.1×	974 1.0×	87	6.0k
Patrick J. Offner United States	40	2.6k 0.9×	1.4k 0.6×	822 0.4×	1.7k 1.1×	1.3k 1.3×	75	5.5k
Jason L. Sperry United States	47	1.9k 0.7×	4.3k 1.8×	2.9k 1.5×	498 0.3×	547 0.6×	184	6.5k
Fred A. Luchette United States	46	3.9k 1.4×	2.5k 1.0×	1.0k 0.5×	1.5k 1.0×	398 0.4×	171	7.0k
Hunter B. Moore United States	39	1.3k 0.5×	3.0k 1.2×	3.7k 1.9×	593 0.4×	828 0.8×	192	6.3k
Denis D. Bensard United States	36	1.9k 0.7×	2.1k 0.8×	802 0.4×	774 0.5×	347 0.4×	151	4.5k
Jon M. Burch United States	52	6.0k 2.1×	3.2k 1.3×	1.3k 0.7×	3.7k 2.5×	2.0k 2.1×	104	9.2k
Clay C. Cothren United States	33	2.6k 0.9×	1.7k 0.7×	908 0.5×	1.0k 0.7×	978 1.0×	71	4.3k
Yoram Kluger Israel	32	2.7k 1.0×	2.0k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	301 0.3×	217	5.4k
Sandro Rizoli Canada	38	1.5k 0.5×	2.7k 1.1×	3.0k 1.5×	428 0.3×	727 0.7×	112	4.8k

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Ceresoli, Marco, Jugdeep Dhesi, Mario D’Oria, et al.. (2023). Perceptions and practices surrounding the perioperative management of frail emergency surgery patients: a WSES-endorsed cross-sectional qualitative survey. World Journal of Emergency Surgery. 18(1). 7–7. 7 indexed citations

Simone, Belinda De, Fikri M. Abu‐Zidan, Andrew A. Gumbs, et al.. (2022). Knowledge, attitude, and practice of artificial intelligence in emergency and trauma surgery, the ARIES project: an international web-based survey. World Journal of Emergency Surgery. 17(1). 10–10. 25 indexed citations

Simone, Belinda De, Fausto Catena, Salomone Di Saverio, et al.. (2021). Risk factors for necrotic cholecystitis during the COVID-19 pandemic: the ChoCO-WSES prospective collaborative study’s experience. Turkish Journal of Surgery. 37(4). 387–393.

Biffl, Walter L.. (2018). Evidence-based medicine in trauma/acute care surgery- what does that look like?. The American Journal of Surgery. 217(6). 1000–1005.

Galanis, Daniel J., et al.. (2018). Rural Level III centers in an inclusive trauma system reduce the need for interfacility transfer. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 85(4). 747–751. 16 indexed citations

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

Biffl, Walter L., Ernest E. Moore, Martin A. Croce, et al.. (2013). Western Trauma Association Critical Decisions in Trauma. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 75(6). 941–946. 52 indexed citations

Moore, Frederick A., Ernest E. Moore, Clay Cothren Burlew, et al.. (2012). Western Trauma Association Critical Decisions in Trauma. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 73(6). 1365–1371. 18 indexed citations

Kashuk, Jeffry L., Clay C. Cothren, Ernest E. Moore, et al.. (2009). Primary repair of civilian colon injuries is safe in the damage control scenario. Surgery. 146(4). 663–670. 35 indexed citations

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Biffl, Walter L., David A. Spain, Angelique M. Reitsma, et al.. (2008). Responsible Development and Application of Surgical Innovations: A Position Statement of the Society of University Surgeons. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 206(6). 1204–1209. 109 indexed citations

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Biffl, Walter L., et al.. (2003). The station nightclub fire and disaster preparedness in Rhode Island.. PubMed. 86(11). 344–6. 9 indexed citations

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Robinson, Thomas N., Walter L. Biffl, Ernest E. Moore, et al.. (2002). Predicting failure of outpatient laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The American Journal of Surgery. 184(6). 515–518. 76 indexed citations

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Raeburn, Christopher D., Ernest E. Moore, Walter L. Biffl, et al.. (2001). The abdominal compartment syndrome is a morbid complication of postinjury damage control surgery. The American Journal of Surgery. 182(6). 542–546. 146 indexed citations

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Gonzalez, Ricardo J., Ernest E. Moore, David J. Ciesla, et al.. (2001). Mesenteric Lymph Is Responsible for Post-Hemorrhagic Shock Systemic Neutrophil Priming. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 51(6). 1069–1072. 42 indexed citations

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Moore, Ernest E., et al.. (2000). STORED RED BLOOD CELLS SELECTIVELY ACTIVATE HUMAN NEUTROPHILS TO RELEASE IL-8 AND SECRETORY PLA2. Shock. 13(1). 29–33. 130 indexed citations

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Zallen, Garret, Ernest E. Moore, Jeffrey L. Johnson, et al.. (1999). POSTINJURY SUPPRESSION OF HUMAN NEUTROPHIL CYTOKINE PRODUCTION RESULTS FROM THE STABILIZATION OF INHIBITORY KB. Shock. 11(2). 77–81. 3 indexed citations

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Biffl, Walter L. & Ernest E. Moore. (1996). Splanchnic ischaemia/reperfusion and multiple organ failure. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 77(1). 59–70. 89 indexed citations

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Moore, Ernest E., et al.. (1996). Soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 provokes polymorphonuclear leukocyte elastase release by CD18. Surgery. 120(2). 395–402. 22 indexed citations

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Biffl, Walter L.. (1994). Interleukin-6 Potentiates Neutrophil Priming With Platelet-Activating Factor. Archives of Surgery. 129(11). 1131–1131. 51 indexed citations

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Biffl, Walter L., et al.. (1994). Cardiac enzymes are irrelevant in the patient with suspected myocardial contusion. The American Journal of Surgery. 168(6). 523–528. 81 indexed citations

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