Fikri M Abu-Zidan

Critical care — United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates

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Fikri M Abu-Zidan United Arab Emirates University United Arab Emirates
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Critical care

Subspecialties: Surgery - Public Health

Full career – Last 3 years

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Publications and Clinical Studies

Publications – Clinical Studies

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Short Biography

Professor Fikri Abu-Zidan: An international expert in Statistics, Research Methodology, Acute Care Surgery, Disaster Medicine, and Point-of-Care Ultrasound. He graduated (MD) from Aleppo University (Syria) in 1981; gained the FRCS, Glasgow, Scotland in 1987; achieved his PhD in Trauma and Disaster Medicine from Linkoping University (Sweden) in 1995; and obtained his Postgraduate Diploma of Applied Statistics from Massey University (New Zealand) in 1999. He is currently serving as a Statistics and Research Methodology Consultant for the World Society of Emergency Surgery. He has made major contributions to trauma and acute care surgery management, education and research in Kuwait, Sweden, New Zealand, Australia, and United Arab Emirates. He has more than 515 publications in books and refereed international journals. He presented more than 830 invited lectures and scientific abstracts, chaired more than 80 scientific sessions, and received more than 40 national and international awards for clinical, research and educational activities.

Organizations

Career arc: 1990 - 2026

Source: PubMed

United Arab Emirates University

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Publications Synthesis

Sources: PubMed, OpenAlex

Number : 499

Citations

Citations: 14 971 1st author: 79 Last author: 203 Unique author: 38


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Latest Publications

5 most recent indexed articles

Source: Pubmed

Title Journal Year Citations
Management of Colon and Rectal Injuries From Blunt and Penetrating Trauma: Evidence-Based Recommendations From the World Society of Emergency Surgery.
physiology, emergencies, surgical procedures, operative, colon, air, diagnosis, wounds, penetrating, wounds and injuries
JAMA Surg20260
An open access trauma registry for developing countries: a tested selected minimal dataset with its free database program.
registries, surgical procedures, operative, developing countries, wounds and injuries
World J Emerg Surg20260
Impact of transportation methods on pediatric and adolescent severely injured vehicle occupants.
mortality, surgical procedures, operative, adolescent, transportation, wounds and injuries, pharmaceutical vehicles
World J Emerg Surg20260
Artificial intelligence in emergency surgery: a scoping review within the artificial intelligence in emergency and trauma surgery (ARIES) project.
intelligence, emergencies, artificial intelligence, wounds and injuries, acute care surgery
World J Emerg Surg20260
Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Appendicitis: 2025 Edition of the World Society of Emergency Surgery Jerusalem Guidelines.
emergencies, surgical procedures, operative, appendectomy, diagnosis, therapeutics, appendicitis
JAMA Surg20260

Clinical Studies 3

Sources: ClinicalTrials, EU CTIS

Synthesis

By phase:

N/A 3

By status:

Recruiting 2
Completed 1

By type:

Observational 2
Interventional 1

By Monocentric/Multicentric:

monocentric 2
multicentric2to4 1
multicentric5to9 0
multicentricup10 0

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Ongoing Clinical Trials

Ongoing trial started since 2021, where this expert is an investigator

Source: ClinicalTrials

Study Phase Status Start
The Management of Complicated Colo rectal Cancer in Older Patients in the Emergency Setting the CO OLDER Study
NCT05788224 — hemorrhage, emergencies, neoplasms, laparoscopy, aged, rectal neoplasms, pandemics, colorectal neoplasms, frailty, laparotomy
N/ARecruiting2022

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