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Presence Formerly Arkansas
Last published 2025
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Refreshed 2026-08-16

Brian P. Butterfield

Researcher

Formerly Arkansas Affiliated with UAMS through 2023; recent publications list Freed–Hardeman University.

Faculty Researcher

5 h-index 30 pubs 537 cited

  • Patient Safety
  • COVID-19
  • COVID-19 Serotherapy
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Female
  • Hospitalization
  • Humans
  • Immunization, Passive
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pneumonia, Viral
  • United States

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Brian P. Butterfield's research focuses on patient safety and outcomes, particularly concerning opioid use following surgical procedures. He has investigated factors contributing to opioid overprescribing at hospital discharge, including the correlation between the length of surgery and the quantity of prescribed opioids. His work also includes studies on the utility of Holter monitors in pediatric patients and the clinical application of percutaneous RVAD for acute right heart dysfunction. Butterfield has also published on reverse total shoulder arthroplasty for ochronotic arthropathy. His research network includes collaborators such as Jacob T. Painter and John Lowery from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, with whom he has co-authored multiple publications. Butterfield's scholarship metrics include an h-index of 5, with 30 total publications and 537 citations.

Metrics

  • h-index: 5
  • Publications: 30
  • Citations: 537

Selected Publications

  • Factors Contributing to Opioid Overprescribing at Surgical Discharge (2025)
  • CO90 Correlation between Length of Surgery and Opioid Overprescribing at Hospital Discharge (2023)
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Collaboration Network

9 Collaborators 2 Institutions 1 Country

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