Donald A Reiff

Summary

Affiliation: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Body mass index affects the need for and the duration of mechanical ventilation after thoracic trauma
    Donald A Reiff
    Center for Injury Sciences at UAB, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294 0016, USA
    J Trauma 62:1432-5. 2007
  2. ncbi Transfusions in the less severely injured: does age of transfused blood affect outcomes?
    Jordan A Weinberg
    Center for Injury Sciences, Section of Trauma, Burns, and Surgical Critical Care, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA
    J Trauma 65:794-8. 2008
  3. ncbi Traumatic brain injury is associated with the development of deep vein thrombosis independent of pharmacological prophylaxis
    Donald A Reiff
    Department of Surgery, Section of Trauma, Burns and Surgical Critical Care, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA
    J Trauma 66:1436-40. 2009
  4. ncbi The relationship of blood product ratio to mortality: survival benefit or survival bias?
    Christopher W Snyder
    Section of Trauma, Burns, and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA
    J Trauma 66:358-62; discussion 362-4. 2009
  5. ncbi The association between body mass index and diaphragm injury among motor vehicle collision occupants
    Donald A Reiff
    Center for Injury Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
    J Trauma 57:1324-8; discussion 1328. 2004
  6. ncbi Body mass index affects time to definitive closure after damage control surgery
    Ramanath N Haricharan
    Section of Trauma, Burns and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA
    J Trauma 66:1683-7. 2009
  7. ncbi Management of colon wounds in the setting of damage control laparotomy: a cautionary tale
    Jordan A Weinberg
    Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294 0007, USA
    J Trauma 67:929-35. 2009
  8. ncbi Closing the open abdomen: improved success with Wittmann Patch staged abdominal closure
    Jordan A Weinberg
    Section of Trauma, Burns, and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294 0007, USA
    J Trauma 65:345-8. 2008
  9. ncbi Risk factors associated with adrenal insufficiency in severely injured burn patients
    Donald A Reiff
    Center for Injury, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294 0016, USA
    J Burn Care Res 28:854-8. 2007
  10. ncbi Prospective implementation of an algorithm for bedside intravascular ultrasound-guided filter placement in critically ill patients
    Christopher D Killingsworth
    Division of General Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Ala, USA
    J Vasc Surg 51:1215-21. 2010

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Publications16

  1. ncbi Body mass index affects the need for and the duration of mechanical ventilation after thoracic trauma
    Donald A Reiff
    Center for Injury Sciences at UAB, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294 0016, USA
    J Trauma 62:1432-5. 2007
    ..The current study evaluates the association between BMI and the need for mechanical ventilation (MV) among patients who have sustained chest trauma...
  2. ncbi Transfusions in the less severely injured: does age of transfused blood affect outcomes?
    Jordan A Weinberg
    Center for Injury Sciences, Section of Trauma, Burns, and Surgical Critical Care, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA
    J Trauma 65:794-8. 2008
    ..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between the age of stored blood and the morbidity and mortality in a mild to moderately injured patient cohort...
  3. ncbi Traumatic brain injury is associated with the development of deep vein thrombosis independent of pharmacological prophylaxis
    Donald A Reiff
    Department of Surgery, Section of Trauma, Burns and Surgical Critical Care, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA
    J Trauma 66:1436-40. 2009
    ..Our objective was to determine the association of traumatic brain injury (TBI) to the formation of DVT irrespective of the use of anticoagulation therapy...
  4. ncbi The relationship of blood product ratio to mortality: survival benefit or survival bias?
    Christopher W Snyder
    Section of Trauma, Burns, and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA
    J Trauma 66:358-62; discussion 362-4. 2009
    ..The objective of this study was to evaluate the temporal relationship between blood product ratios and mortality in massively transfused trauma patients...
  5. ncbi The association between body mass index and diaphragm injury among motor vehicle collision occupants
    Donald A Reiff
    Center for Injury Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
    J Trauma 57:1324-8; discussion 1328. 2004
    ..This association provides insight as to the cause of diaphragmatic injury and may aid clinicians in detecting these often occult injuries...
  6. ncbi Body mass index affects time to definitive closure after damage control surgery
    Ramanath N Haricharan
    Section of Trauma, Burns and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA
    J Trauma 66:1683-7. 2009
    ..Among patients requiring damage control laparotomy (DCL), clinical experience suggests that obesity affects time to definitive closure though this association has never been demonstrated quantitatively...
  7. ncbi Management of colon wounds in the setting of damage control laparotomy: a cautionary tale
    Jordan A Weinberg
    Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294 0007, USA
    J Trauma 67:929-35. 2009
    ..The purpose of this study was to evaluate our experience with the management of colonic wounds in the context of DCL, using colonic wound outcomes after routine, single laparotomy (SL) as a benchmark...
  8. ncbi Closing the open abdomen: improved success with Wittmann Patch staged abdominal closure
    Jordan A Weinberg
    Section of Trauma, Burns, and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294 0007, USA
    J Trauma 65:345-8. 2008
    ..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of this device on our incidence of fascial closure versus planned ventral hernia...
  9. ncbi Risk factors associated with adrenal insufficiency in severely injured burn patients
    Donald A Reiff
    Center for Injury, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294 0016, USA
    J Burn Care Res 28:854-8. 2007
    ..After severe thermal injury, the diagnosis of AI substantially increases the risk of death. A better understanding of factors that predispose burn patients to AI may aid in earlier diagnosis, initiation of therapy, and improved outcomes...
  10. ncbi Prospective implementation of an algorithm for bedside intravascular ultrasound-guided filter placement in critically ill patients
    Christopher D Killingsworth
    Division of General Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Ala, USA
    J Vasc Surg 51:1215-21. 2010
    ..This study reviewed the effectiveness of a prospectively implemented algorithm for IVUS-guided IVC filter placement in this high-risk population...
  11. ncbi Specific occupant and collision characteristics are associated with motor vehicle collision-related blunt cerebrovascular artery injury
    Ross P Davis
    Center for Injury Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294, USA
    J Trauma 56:64-7. 2004
    ..These characteristics provide insight as to the cause of this injury that may aid in the evaluation and management of the blunt trauma patient at risk for BCI...
  12. ncbi Identifying injuries and motor vehicle collision characteristics that together are suggestive of diaphragmatic rupture
    Donald A Reiff
    Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Center for Injury Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294-0016, USA
    J Trauma 53:1139-45. 2002
    ..For this subpopulation, additional invasive procedures including exploratory laparotomy, laparoscopy, or thoracoscopy may be warranted to exclude DR...
  13. ncbi Age of transfused blood: an independent predictor of mortality despite universal leukoreduction
    Jordan A Weinberg
    Center for Injury Sciences, Section of Trauma, Burns, and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294 0007, USA
    J Trauma 65:279-82; discussion 282-4. 2008
    ..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of stored blood age on mortality in injured patients who universally received leukoreduced blood...
  14. ncbi Injury rates among restrained drivers in motor vehicle collisions: the role of body habitus
    Stephan G Moran
    Department of Surgery, Section of Trauma, Burns, and Surgical Critical Care, Division of General Surgery, School of Medicine, Center for Injury Sciences, University of Alabama, Birmingham, 35294 0016, USA
    J Trauma 52:1116-20. 2002
    ..The hypothesis of this study was that as the driver's body habitus diverges from the 50% percentile male Hybrid III Crash Dummy (H3CD), the frequency of injury changes...
  15. ncbi Gender differences in mortality following burn injury
    Gerald McGwin
    Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294, USA
    Shock 18:311-5. 2002
    ..Differences in the natural history of nonthermal trauma and burn injury may provide insight regarding these divergent findings...
  16. ncbi Incidence and characteristics of motor vehicle collision-related blunt thoracic aortic injury according to age
    Gerald McGwin
    Department of Surgery, Section of Trauma, Burns, and Surgical Critical Care, Division of General Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294 0016, USA
    J Trauma 52:859-65; discussion 865-6. 2002
    ..The goal of the present study is to test this hypothesis using population-based data...