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Emergency General Surgery

Emergency General Surgery is a specialized domain of general surgery that encompasses the acute surgical care of life- or organ-threatening conditions requiring immediate operative intervention, distinguished from elective and scheduled procedures by its time-sensitive, unscheduled nature and broad scope across the abdominal, thoracic, and soft tissue systems.

821

Publications

35.2K

Citations

4.8K

Authors

1.2K

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

327

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Publications

821

Use of National Burden to Define Operative Emergency General Surgery

John W. Scott, Olubode A. Olufajo, Gabriel A. Brat et al. · JAMA Surgery · 2016 · 513 citations

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The excess morbidity and mortality of emergency general surgery

Joaquim M. Havens, Allan B. Peetz, Woo S. et al. · The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care · 2015 · 456 citations

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The public health burden of emergency general surgery in the United States

Stephen C. Gale, Shahid Shafi, Viktor Y. Dombrovskiy et al. · The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care · 2014 · 409 citations

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Variations in mortality after emergency laparotomy: the first report of the UK Emergency Laparotomy Network

David Saunders, Dave Murray, A.C. Pichel et al. · British Journal of Anaesthesia · 2012 · 398 citations

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Emergency general surgery

Shahid Shafi, Michel B. Aboutanos, Suresh Agarwal et al. · The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care · 2013 · 363 citations

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Authors

4.8K

  1. AH
    Adil H. Haider

    Brigham and Women's Hospital, United States

    32 publications · 2.6K citations

    25

    h-index

  2. JM
    Joaquim M. Havens

    Brigham and Women's Hospital, United States

    27 publications · 2.1K citations

    22

    h-index

  3. AS
    Alí Salim

    Brigham and Women's Hospital, United States

    26 publications · 2K citations

    21

    h-index

  4. AM
    Angela M. Ingraham

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    19 publications · 992 citations

    18

    h-index

  5. SS
    Shahid Shafi

    The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, United States

    15 publications · 1.7K citations

    15

    h-index

1–5 of 4.8K

Institutions

1.2K

  1. Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston, United States

    28 h-index

    229 publications

    16.8K citations

  2. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    21 h-index

    100 publications

    4K citations

  3. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    19 h-index

    90 publications

    6.2K citations

  4. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    17 h-index

    87 publications

    2K citations

  5. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    17 h-index

    98 publications

    4.3K citations

  6. Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, United States

    15 h-index

    111 publications

    4.7K citations

  7. Johns Hopkins Medicine

    Baltimore, United States

    15 h-index

    59 publications

    4.1K citations

  8. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    14 h-index

    47 publications

    1.6K citations

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Venues

  1. 33

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  2. British journal of surgery

    BJS · 38 publications · 2.6K citations

    28

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  3. PubMed

    Repository · 78 publications · 2.5K citations

    28

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  4. World Journal of Surgery

    44 publications · 1.8K citations

    25

    h-index

  5. The American Journal of Surgery

    39 publications · 1.3K citations

    23

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