2026 Kenneth L. Mattox: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	89	12800	12046	6540	6048	397	25635

Overview

Kenneth L. Mattox is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with specific contributions in Surgery, Emergency Medicine, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Epidemiology, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

Their scholarly work includes publications on several important topics such as:

Trauma Management and Diagnosis
Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair
Case Reports on Hematomas
Vascular Procedures and Complications
Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries
Esophageal and GI Pathology

The scientist has authored or co-authored articles in frequently appearing publication venues, notably:

Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open
Mediastinum
The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care

Recent papers authored or co-authored include:

Penetrating cardiac injury: a narrative review, 2023, Mediastinum
Introductory note: Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery (TCCACS)/Medical Disaster Response (MDR) 2024, 2024, Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open
Tips and tricks in the operative management of esophageal, trachea, and bronchial injuries: What you need to know, 2024, The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care
Mattox Vegas Trauma, Critical Care, and Acute Care Surgery (TCCACS) and the newly expanded Innovation, Simulation, and Technology in Trauma, Critical Care, and MCI (ISTCC-MCI) 2025, 2025, Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open

Frequent collaborators include:

Matthew J. Wall
Larry R. Hromalik
Peter I. Tsai
Ravi K. Ghanta
Ramyar Gilani

Kenneth L. Mattox has also contributed to book publications, including a work titled Tratado de Cirurgia Torácica, published by Even3 Publicações eBooks in 2024.

Best Publications

Immediate versus delayed fluid resuscitation for hypotensive patients with penetrating torso injuries

WH Bickell;MJ Wall;PE Pepe;RR Martin

2942
Citations
Abbreviated laparotomy and planned reoperation for critically injured patients.

Jon M. Burch;Victor B. Ortiz;Robert J. Richardson;R. Russell Martin

740
Citations
Prehospital hypertonic saline/dextran infusion for post-traumatic hypotension. The U.S.A. Multicenter Trial.

Kenneth L. Mattox;Kenneth L. Mattox;Peter A. Maningas;Ernest E. Moore;James R. Mateer

597
Citations
Hypotensive resuscitation strategy reduces transfusion requirements and severe postoperative coagulopathy in trauma patients with hemorrhagic shock: preliminary results of a randomized controlled trial.

C. Anne Morrison;Matthew M. Carrick;Michael A. Norman;Bradford G. Scott

475
Citations
Five thousand seven hundred sixty cardiovascular injuries in 4459 patients. Epidemiologic evolution 1958 to 1987.

Kenneth L. Mattox;David V. Feliciano;J. Burch;A. C. Beall

443
Citations
Epidemiology of chest trauma.

Joseph LoCicero;Kenneth L. Mattox

409
Citations
Minimizing dilutional coagulopathy in exsanguinating hemorrhage: a computer simulation

Asher Hirshberg;Mark Dugas;Eugenio I. Banez;Bradford G. Scott

383
Citations
Evaluation of trauma team performance using an advanced human patient simulator for resuscitation training.

John B. Holcomb;Russell D. Dumire;John W. Crommett;Connie E. Stamateris

375
Citations
Intra-abdominal packing for control of hepatic hemorrhage: a reappraisal.

David V. Feliciano;Kenneth L. Mattox;George L. Jordan

366
Citations
Packing for control of hepatic hemorrhage.

David V. Feliciano;Kenneth L. Mattox;Jon M. Burch;Carmel G. Bitondo

295
Citations
Five-year experience with PTFE grafts in vascular wounds.

David V. Feliciano;Kenneth L. Mattox;Joseph M. Graham;Carmel G. Bitondo

278
Citations
Emergency center thoracotomy: impact of prehospital resuscitation.

Lucian A. Durham;Robert J. Richardson;Matthew J. Wall;Paul E. Pepe

277
Citations
Hospital trauma care in multiple-casualty incidents: a critical view.

Asher Hirshberg;John B. Holcomb;Kenneth L. Mattox

275
Citations
Management of 1000 consecutive cases of hepatic trauma (1979-1984).

David V. Feliciano;Kenneth L. Mattox;George L. Jordan;Jon M. Burch

273
Citations
The use of pyloric exclusion in the management of severe duodenal injuries.

G.Dennis Vaughan;O.H. Frazier;David Y. Graham;Kenneth L. Mattox

252
Citations
Esophageal perforations: new perspectives and treatment paradigms.

James T. Wu;Kenneth L. Mattox;Matthew J. Wall

247
Citations
Prospective MAST study in 911 patients.

Kenneth L. Mattox;William Bickell;Paul E. Pepe;Jon Burch

245
Citations
Trauma in pregnancy.

Kenneth L. Mattox;Laura Goetzl

240
Citations
Abdominal gunshot wounds. An urban trauma center's experience with 300 consecutive patients.

David V. Feliciano;Jon M. Burch;Vicky Spjut-Patrinely;Kenneth L. Mattox

232
Citations
Mortality from isolated civilian penetrating extremity injury.

Warren C. Dorlac;M. E. Debakey;John B. Holcomb;S. P. Fagan

226
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

David V. Feliciano Emory University

Jon M. Burch University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Michael E. DeBakey Baylor College of Medicine

John B. Holcomb University of Alabama at Birmingham

Joseph S. Coselli Baylor College of Medicine

Scott A. LeMaire Baylor College of Medicine

Kamal M.F. Itani Boston University

David B. Hoyt American College of Surgeons

Martin A. Schreiber Oregon Health & Science University

Irshad H. Chaudry University of Alabama at Birmingham

External Links

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