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George C. Velmahos

George C. Velmahos

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Medicine

D-Index
123
Citations
52252
World Ranking
3371
National Ranking
1853

Overview

George C. Velmahos is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in the field of medicine, with a primary focus on surgery and emergency care. Their scholarly work spans over 226 publications in medicine, including significant contributions to surgery, emergency medicine, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and neurology.

Their research topics include trauma and emergency care studies, cardiac, anesthesia and surgical outcomes, pelvic and acetabular injuries, appendicitis diagnosis and management, hip and femur fractures, abdominal trauma and injuries, and emergency and acute care studies.

Notable recent publications by George C. Velmahos include:

  • Perforated and bleeding peptic ulcer: WSES guidelines (2020), published in World Journal of Emergency Surgery
  • Abdominal Imaging Findings in COVID-19: Preliminary Observations (2020), published in Radiology
  • Acute mesenteric ischemia: updated guidelines of the World Society of Emergency Surgery (2022), published in World Journal of Emergency Surgery
  • Anorectal emergencies: WSES-AAST guidelines (2021), published in World Journal of Emergency Surgery
  • Pre-peritoneal pelvic packing for early hemorrhage control reduces mortality compared to resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta in severe blunt pelvic trauma patients: A nationwide analysis (2020), published in Injury

Velmahos frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Haytham M.A. Kaafarani, John O. Hwabejire, Emanuele Lagazzi, Dias Argandykov, and Wardah Rafaqat.

Their research has appeared predominantly in several key publication venues, including The American Journal of Surgery, Journal of Surgical Research, The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care, World Journal of Emergency Surgery, and Surgery. Each of these venues features multiple publications authored or coauthored by Velmahos.

Best Publications

  • Diagnosis and treatment of acute appendicitis: 2020 update of the WSES Jerusalem guidelines

    Salomone Di Saverio;Salomone Di Saverio;Mauro Podda;Belinda De Simone;Marco Ceresoli

  • Practice Management Guidelines for the Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism in Trauma Patients: The EAST Practice Management Guidelines Work Group

    Frederick B. Rogers;Mark D. Cipolle;George Velmahos;Grace Rozycki

  • Early, goal-directed mobilisation in the surgical intensive care unit: a randomised controlled trial

    Stefan J Schaller;Matthew Anstey;Manfred Blobner;Thomas Edrich

  • Pelvic fractures: epidemiology and predictors of associated abdominal injuries and outcomes.

    Demetrios Demetriades;Marios Karaiskakis;Konstantinos Toutouzas;Kathleen Alo

  • Wses Jerusalem Guidelines For Diagnosis And Treatment Of Acute Appendicitis

    Salomone Di Saverio;Arianna Birindelli;Micheal D. Kelly;Fausto Catena

  • Preventing renal failure in patients with rhabdomyolysis: do bicarbonate and mannitol make a difference?

    Carlos V.R. Brown;Peter Rhee;Linda Chan;Kelly Evans

  • Operative repair or endovascular stent graft in blunt traumatic thoracic aortic injuries: Results of an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter study

    Demetrios Demetriades;George C. Velmahos;Thomas M. Scalea;Gregory J. Jurkovich

  • The management of intra-abdominal infections from a global perspective: 2017 WSES guidelines for management of intra-abdominal infections

    Massimo Sartelli;Alain Chichom-Mefire;Francesco M. Labricciosa;Timothy Hardcastle

  • 2016 WSES guidelines on acute calculous cholecystitis

    L. Ansaloni;M. Pisano;F. Coccolini;A.B. Peitzmann

  • A prospective study on the safety and efficacy of angiographic embolization for pelvic and visceral injuries.

    George C. Velmahos;Konstantinos G. Toutouzas;Pantelis Vassiliu;Grant Sarkisyan

  • Nonoperative treatment of blunt injury to solid abdominal organs: A prospective study

    George c. Velmahos;Konstantinos g. Toutouzas;Randall Radin;Linda Chan

  • Trauma fatalities: time and location of hospital deaths.

    Demetrios Demetriades;James Murray;Kiriakos Charalambides;Kathy Alo

  • Bologna guidelines for diagnosis and management of adhesive small bowel obstruction (ASBO): 2017 update of the evidence-based guidelines from the world society of emergency surgery ASBO working group

    Richard P. G. ten Broek;Pepijn Krielen;Salomone Di Saverio;Federico Coccolini

  • Pelvic trauma: WSES classification and guidelines

    Federico Coccolini;Philip F. Stahel;Giulia Montori;Walter Biffl

  • 2013 WSES guidelines for management of intra-abdominal infections

    Massimo Sartelli;Pierluigi Viale;Fausto Catena;Luca Ansaloni

  • Splenic trauma: WSES classification and guidelines for adult and pediatric patients

    Federico Coccolini;Giulia Montori;Fausto Catena;Yoram Kluger

  • Penetrating colon injuries requiring resection: Diversion or primary anastomosis? An AAST prospective multicenter study

    Demetrios Demetriades;James A. Murray;Linda Chan;Carlos Ordoñez

  • Trauma Deaths in a Mature Urban Trauma System: Is “Trimodal” Distribution a Valid Concept?

    Demetrios Demetriades;Brian Kimbrell;Ali Salim;George Velmahos

  • Obesity is an independent risk factor of mortality in severely injured blunt trauma patients.

    Angela L. Neville;Carlos V. R. Brown;Janie Weng;Demetrios Demetriades

  • Complicated intra-abdominal infections worldwide: the definitive data of the CIAOW Study

    Massimo Sartelli;Fausto Catena;Luca Ansaloni;Federico Coccolini

Frequent Co-Authors

Demetrios Demetriades
Demetrios Demetriades University of Southern California
Juan A. Asensio
Juan A. Asensio Creighton University
Thomas V. Berne
Thomas V. Berne University of Southern California
Yuchiao Chang
Yuchiao Chang Harvard University
Ali Salim
Ali Salim Brigham and Women's Hospital
Ernest E. Moore
Ernest E. Moore University of Colorado Denver
Luca Ansaloni
Luca Ansaloni University of Pavia
Fausto Catena
Fausto Catena Ospedale “M. Bufalini” di Cesena
Ari Leppäniemi
Ari Leppäniemi University of Helsinki
Massimo Sartelli
Massimo Sartelli University of Macerata

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