Kevin W. Sexton Source Confirmed

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Federal Grant PI High Impact

Associate Professor

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

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22 h-index 162 pubs 2,061 cited

Research Areas

Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency and Acute Care Studies Health Literacy and Information Accessibility SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Meta-analysis and systematic reviews Advanced Neural Network Applications Healthcare Policy and Management Health and Medical Research Impacts

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Kevin W. Sexton's research investigates critical aspects of emergency and trauma care, with a focus on improving patient outcomes and understanding contributing factors to mortality and complications. His work includes retrospective studies on conditions such as acute cholecystitis and rib fractures, examining the impact of factors like smoking and alcohol. He has also explored the clinical implications of specific treatments, such as high-dose intra-arterial verapamil for cerebral vasospasm and the comparative effectiveness of percutaneous cholecystostomy tubes versus medical management.

Sexton leads a research group and has secured federal funding for his work. He served as PI on a $348,898 NIH/NCATS grant for J. NRSA Training and is a Co-PI on an $454,259 NIH/NIGMS grant supporting the Trauma Institutional Priorities and Teams for Outcome Efficacy (TIPTOE) initiative. His recent publications also address the application of machine learning in intensive care settings using the MIMIC dataset and the intersection of COVID-19 with health literacy in rural populations. He is recognized as a high-impact researcher with a significant publication record (162 publications, 2,061 citations, h-index of 22).

Metrics

h-index: 22
Publications: 162
Citations: 2,061

Selected Publications

Exploring Racial Disparities in Chronic Pain Management (2025) DOI
The Representational Challenge of Integration and Interoperability in Transformed Health Ecosystems (2024) DOI
The association of workforce configurations with length of stay and charges in hospitalized patients with congestive heart failure (2024) DOI
Resident level is associated with operative time in laparoscopic cholecystectomy (2024) DOI
A closed surgical intensive care unit organization improves cardiac surgical patient outcomes (2024) DOI
Partnership in Cancer Research (PCAR) Program Increases Medical Student Knowledge and Confidence to Perform Cancer Research (2023) DOI
The Association of Implemented Care Team Configuration Models with Length of Stay and Charges in Hospitalized Patients with Congestive Heart Failure: A Retrospective Analysis of EHR Data (2023) DOI
Development and validation of the early warning system scores ontology (2023) DOI
Modeling peripheral arterial and venous pressure signals with integral pulse frequency modulation (2023) DOI
Care delivery team composition effect on hospitalization risk in African Americans with congestive heart failure (2023) DOI
Weight-Based Dosing for Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Spinal Trauma Patients Appears Safe (2023) DOI
Quantifying care delivery team influences on the hospitalization outcomes of patients with multimorbidity: Implications for clinical informatics (2023) DOI
212 Proof of Concept: An EHR-fueled Risk Surveillance Tool for Managing Care Delivery Equity in Hospitalized African Americans with Congestive Heart Failure (2023) DOI
A long short-term memory model for forecasting the surgical case volumes at a hospital (2023) DOI
Deep vein thrombosis causing abdominal wall varicosities (2023) DOI