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Steven R. Shackford

Steven R. Shackford

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D-Index
83
Citations
22946
World Ranking
15708
National Ranking
7905

Overview

Steven R. Shackford is affiliated with Scripps Health in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine, with subfields in Surgery and Emergency Medicine. The main topics in their work include Trauma and Emergency Care Studies, Abdominal Trauma and Injuries, and Trauma Management and Diagnosis.

The scientist has contributed to multiple publications, particularly in the following venues:

  • The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care (2 publications)

Among their recent papers are:

  • Thomas Hull Cogbill, MD, FACS, December 17, 1952 to December 31, 2022 (2023), published in The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care
  • In memory of Dr. David Feliciano (2024), published in The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Ernest E. Moore
  • Thomas M. Scalea
  • C. William Schwab

Best Publications

  • Organ injury scaling: spleen and liver (1994 revision).

    Ernest E. Moore;Thomas H. Cogbill;Gregory J. Jurkovich;Steven R. Shackford

  • Organ Injury Scaling

    Ernest E. Moore;Thomas H. Cogbill;Mark A. Malangoni;Gregory J. Jurkovich

  • Status of nonoperative management of blunt hepatic injuries in 1995: a multicenter experience with 404 patients.

    H L Pachter;M M Knudson;B Esrig;S Ross

  • Blunt carotid artery dissection: incidence, associated injuries, screening, and treatment.

    James W. Davis;Troy L. Holbrook;David B. Hoyt;Robert C. Mackersie

  • The effect of hypotension and hypoxia on children with severe head injuries

    Frank A. Pigula;Steven L. Wald;Steven R. Shackford;Dennis W. Vane

  • The Epidemiology of Traumatic Death: A Population-Based Analysis

    Steven R. Shackford;Robert C. Mackersie;Troy L. Holbrook;James W. Davis

  • The clinical utility of computed tomographic scanning and neurologic examination in the management of patients with minor head injuries.

    S R Shackford;S L Wald;S L Wald;S E Ross;S E Ross;T H Cogbill;T H Cogbill

  • Complications in Surgical Patients

    Mark A. Healey;Steven R. Shackford;Turner M. Osler;Frederick B. Rogers

  • Base deficit as a guide to volume resuscitation.

    James W. Davis;Steven R. Shackford;Robert C. Mackersie;David B. Hoyt

  • The spectrum of blunt injury to the carotid artery: a multicenter perspective

    T. H. Cogbill;E. E. Moore;M. Meissner;Ronald P. Fischer

  • Organ injury scaling. III: Chest wall, abdominal vascular, ureter, bladder, and urethra.

    Ernest E. Moore;Thomas H. Cogbill;Gregory J. Jurkovich;Jack W. McAninch

  • Improving the Glasgow Coma Scale score: motor score alone is a better predictor.

    C. Healey;Turner M. Osler;Frederick B. Rogers;Mark A. Healey

  • Nonoperative management of blunt splenic trauma: a multicenter experience.

    Thomas H. Cogbill;Ernest E. Moore;Gregory J. Jurkovich;John A. Morris

  • Death in the operating room : an analysis of a multi-center experience

    David B. Hoyt;Eileen M. Bulger;M. Margaret Knudson;John Morris

  • Impact of a Trauma System on Outcome of Severely Injured Patients

    Shackford;Mackersie Rc;Hoyt Db;Baxt Wg

  • Focused abdominal sonogram for trauma: the learning curve of nonradiologist clinicians in detecting hemoperitoneum.

    Steven R. Shackford;Frederick B. Rogers;Turner M. Osler;Mario E. Trabulsy

  • Venous thromboembolism in patients with major trauma

    Steven R. Shackford;James W. Davis;Peggy Hollingsworth-Fridlund;Nancy S. Brewer

  • The deleterious effects of intraoperative hypotension on outcome in patients with severe head injuries.

    John A. Pietropaoli;Frederick B. Rogers;Steven R. Shackford;Steven L. Wald

  • Implications of admission hypothermia in trauma patients.

    Susan Steinemann;Steven R. Shackford;James W. Davis

  • Against empathy: The case for rational compassion.

    Steven R Shackford

Frequent Co-Authors

David B. Hoyt
David B. Hoyt American College of Surgeons
Ernest E. Moore
Ernest E. Moore University of Colorado Denver
Gregory J. Jurkovich
Gregory J. Jurkovich University of California, Davis
Ronald V. Maier
Ronald V. Maier University of Washington
Myra B. Cohen
Myra B. Cohen Iowa State University
Jack W. McAninch
Jack W. McAninch University of California, San Francisco
John A. Morris
John A. Morris Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Thomas M. Scalea
Thomas M. Scalea University of Maryland, Baltimore
Christopher K. Zarins
Christopher K. Zarins Stanford University
Steven R. Garfin
Steven R. Garfin University of California, San Diego

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