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Walter L. Biffl is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine, located in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with substantial contributions to Surgery, Emergency Medicine, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Public Health, and Oncology.

The scientist's work spans various critical topics, including:

  • Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
  • Abdominal Trauma and Injuries
  • Trauma Management and Diagnosis
  • Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries
  • Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management
  • Hernia repair and management
  • Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation

Walter L. Biffl has published extensively in several prominent journals. Their frequent publication venues include:

  • The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care
  • World Journal of Emergency Surgery
  • The American Journal of Surgery
  • The American Surgeon
  • Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Mortality and pulmonary complications in patients undergoing surgery with perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infection: an international cohort study" (2020) in The Lancet
  • "2020 WSES guidelines for the detection and management of bile duct injury during cholecystectomy" (2021) in World Journal of Emergency Surgery
  • "Evaluation and management of blunt cerebrovascular injury: A practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma" (2020) in The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care
  • "Changes in traumatic mechanisms of injury in Southern California related to COVID-19: Penetrating trauma as a second pandemic" (2020) in The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care
  • "Cesena guidelines: WSES consensus statement on laparoscopic-first approach to general surgery emergencies and abdominal trauma" (2023) in World Journal of Emergency Surgery

Their collaborative work involves frequent co-authors, including:

  • Raúl Coimbra
  • Kathryn B. Schaffer
  • Jeffry Nahmias
  • Todd W. Costantini
  • Ernest E. Moore

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

  • 2019 WSES guidelines for the management of severe acute pancreatitis

    Ari Leppäniemi;Matti Tolonen;Antonio Tarasconi;Helmut Segovia-Lohse

  • Blunt carotid arterial injuries: implications of a new grading scale.

    Walter L. Biffl;Ernest E. Moore;Patrick J. Offner;Kerry E. Brega

  • Interleukin-6 in the injured patient. Marker of injury or mediator of inflammation?

    Walter L. Biffl;Ernest E. Moore;Frederick A. Moore;Verlyn M. Peterson

  • Goal-directed Hemostatic Resuscitation of Trauma-induced Coagulopathy: A Pragmatic Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing a Viscoelastic Assay to Conventional Coagulation Assays.

    Eduardo Gonzalez;Ernest E. Moore;Hunter B. Moore;Michael P. Chapman

  • Acute mesenteric ischemia: guidelines of the World Society of Emergency Surgery

    Miklosh Bala;Jeffry Kashuk;Ernest E. Moore;Yoram Kluger

  • Postinjury life threatening coagulopathy: is 1:1 fresh frozen plasma:packed red blood cells the answer?

    Jeffry L. Kashuk;Ernest E. Moore;Jeffrey L. Johnson;James Haenel

  • Wses Jerusalem Guidelines For Diagnosis And Treatment Of Acute Appendicitis

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

  • Treatment-Related Outcomes From Blunt Cerebrovascular Injuries: Importance of Routine Follow-Up Arteriography

    Walter L. Biffl;Charles E. Ray;Ernest E. Moore;Reginald J. Franciose

  • The Unrecognized Epidemic of Blunt Carotid Arterial Injuries: Early Diagnosis Improves Neurologic Outcome

    Walter L. Biffl;Ernest E. Moore;Robert K. Ryu;Patrick J. Offner

  • The devastating potential of blunt vertebral arterial injuries.

    Walter L. Biffl;Ernest E. Moore;J. Paul Elliott;Charles E. Ray

  • Increased Rate of Infection Associated With Transfusion of Old Blood After Severe Injury

    Patrick J. Offner;Ernest E. Moore;Walter L. Biffl;Jeffrey L. Johnson

  • 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

  • Male Gender Is a Risk Factor for Major Infections After Surgery

    Patrick J. Offner;Ernest E. Moore;Walter L. Biffl

  • 2016 WSES guidelines on acute calculous cholecystitis

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

  • Evolution of a Multidisciplinary Clinical Pathway for the Management of Unstable Patients With Pelvic Fractures

    Walter L. Biffl;Wade R. Smith;Ernest E. Moore;Ricardo J. Gonzalez

  • The postischemic gut serves as a priming bed for circulating neutrophils that provoke multiple organ failure.

    Ernest E. Moore;Frederick A. Moore;Reginald J. Franciose;Fernando J. Kim

  • Splenic embolization revisited: a multicenter review.

    James M. Haan;Walter Biffl;M. Margaret Knudson;Kimberly A. Davis

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Ernest E. Moore
Ernest E. Moore University of Colorado Denver
Jeffrey L. Johnson
Jeffrey L. Johnson LAC+USC Medical Center
Frederick A. Moore
Frederick A. Moore University of Florida
Jon M. Burch
Jon M. Burch University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Luca Ansaloni
Luca Ansaloni University of Pavia
Fausto Catena
Fausto Catena Ospedale “M. Bufalini” di Cesena
Salomone Di Saverio
Salomone Di Saverio University of Insubria
Ari Leppäniemi
Ari Leppäniemi University of Helsinki
Massimo Sartelli
Massimo Sartelli University of Macerata
Christopher C. Silliman
Christopher C. Silliman University of Colorado Denver

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