Anesthesiology

Papers
(The TQCC of Anesthesiology is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man659
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit178
Placental Veins Catheterization: A Realistic Simulation Model for Medical Students172
Important Principles of Anesthesia147
Readability of Patient-reported Outcome Measures in Anesthesiology133
A Beautiful Friendship—and a Lesson about Friends and Colleagues: A Classic Partnership Revisited108
Echo in Atrial Flutter100
Anesthesiologist Age and Sex Influence Patients: Comment83
Electrical Impedance Tomography Identifies Evolution of Regional Perfusion in a Porcine Model of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome81
Referral Indications for Malignant Hyperthermia Susceptibility Diagnostics in Patients without Adverse Anesthetic Events in the Era of Next-generation Sequencing79
Evolving Perspectives on Esophagectomy Care: Clinical Update73
This Month in Anesthesiology73
Adherence to Intravenous Access Recommendations for Cesarean Delivery72
Authorship and Publication Matters: Reply70
Purple Skin67
Reducing Adverse Outcomes from Handovers: Comment65
Breaking Through: My Life in Science62
Detecting Differences: Heterogeneity of Lung Aeration in Neonates61
Science, Medicine, and the Anesthesiologist58
Pressure Support Ventilation and Atelectasis: Reply57
Gastric Volume and Diabetes: Comment54
Forward, Together52
Foregger’s Autogenor: Revitalized Air for Athletes and Anesthesia51
From Notes to Knowledge: Deciphering Perioperative Risky Substance Use through Natural Language Processing51
Targeting Depth of Anesthesia to Prevent Delirium: Comment49
Anesthesia Clinical Practice Guidelines: A View through the Kaleidoscope48
American Society of Anesthesiologists 2023 Guidance on Neurologic Complications of Neuraxial Analgesia/Anesthesia in Obstetrics48
This Month in Anesthesiology45
Anesthetic MAC: Origin, Utility, and Nomenclature Revisited45
Predictive Value of a Novel Frailty Index for Cardiovascular Outcomes After Major Noncardiac Surgery: A Prospective Cohort Study44
Impact of a Personalized Intervention on Preoperative Anxiety and Determination of the Minimal Clinically Important Difference in Anxiety Levels: A Randomized Clinical Trial44
The Long Silence of Catastrophe43
Encapsulation Dynamics of Neuromuscular Blocking Drugs by Sugammadex42
Perineural and Systemic Dexamethasone and Ulnar Nerve Block Duration: A Randomized, Blinded, Placebo-controlled Trial in Healthy Volunteers41
Amiodarone with or without N-Acetylcysteine for the Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation after Thoracic Surgery: A Double-blind, Randomized Trial41
Prediction of Complications and Prognostication in Perioperative Medicine: A Systematic Review and PROBAST Assessment of Machine Learning Tools41
Perioperative Management of Heart Transplantation: A Clinical Review40
Isoelectric Electroencephalography in Infants and Toddlers during Anesthesia for Surgery: An International Observational Study39
ASA Consensus-based Guidance on Preoperative Management of Patients on Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists37
Analgesic Effectiveness of Liposomal Bupivacaine versus Plain Local Anesthetics for Abdominal Fascial Plane Blocks: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Trials36
Noninvasive Urine Oxygen Monitoring and the Risk of Acute Kidney Injury in Cardiac Surgery35
Perioperative Management of Patients for Whom Transfusion Is Not an Option35
Spinal Anesthesia with Targeted Sedation based on Bispectral Index Values Compared with General Anesthesia with Masked Bispectral Index Values to Reduce Delirium: The SHARP Randomized Controlled Trial35
Local Anesthetic Cardiac Toxicity Is Mediated by Cardiomyocyte Calcium Dynamics34
Effects of Serratus Anterior Plane Block on Early Recovery from Thoracoscopic Lung Resection: A Randomized, Blinded, Placebo-controlled Trial: Erratum33
Coronary Artery Air Embolism in the Non–operating room Anesthesia Setting: Comment33
Anesthesiology33
Descending Control of Nociception Poorly Predicts the Development of Persistent Postsurgical Pain-like Behavior in Consomic Dahl S Rat Strains33
Solid-organ Transplant Safety in Malignant Hyperthermia: Can Halogenated Anesthetics Be Transferred from Donors to Recipients?32
Central Venous Catheter–associated Venous Thrombosis in Neonates: “Seek and You Shall Find”31
Science, Medicine, and the Anesthesiologist31
Anesthesiology31
Phrenic-sparing Analgesia after Shoulder Surgery: Deep Sigh or Pain Relief—Are We There Yet?31
McKesson Vocaphone: Rising Above a Whisper31
Highlighting Variability in Medicare Payments for Anesthesia Units: Rural Pass-through versus Medicare Anesthesia Conversion Factor30
Antithrombin Levels during Venoarterial ECMO: Comment30
Comparison of Intravenous Oxycodone and Sufentanil on Propofol Requirement during Hysteroscopy: A Double-blind, Dose–Response Study30
Failed Neuroprotection Trials: An Evaluation of Complexity and Clinical Trial Design30
Preventive Analgesia for Brain Surgery: Will Artificial Intelligence and Precision Medicine Help Us Find the Buried Treasure—If It Exists?30
Remifentanil and Dexmedetomidine Treat Hypertension: Reply30
Postoperative Delirium in a Randomized Trial of Intraoperative Norepinephrine versus Phenylephrine Infusion30
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit28
Factor Eight Inhibitor Bypass Activity Use in Cardiac Surgery: A Propensity-matched Analysis of Safety Outcomes27
Individual and System-level Factors Contributing to Guideline Nonadherent Surgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis at a Tertiary Healthcare System: A Qualitative Analysis27
Puncture Wound27
If I Betray These Words: Moral Injury in Medicine and Why It’s So Hard for Clinicians to Put Patients First27
Association between Intraoperative Electroencephalogram Burst Suppression and Postoperative Delirium: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis27
Perioperative Management of Patients with Preeclampsia: A Comprehensive Review26
Anesthesia Workforce Supply and Demand Imbalance: Reply26
Remifentanil and Dexmedetomidine Treat Hypertension: Comment26
Dr. Paul M. Wood’s Namesake Collection Finds a Home25
Anesthesiology24
Pyridoxine Prevents Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting in Gynecologic Laparoscopic Surgery: A Double-blind Randomized Controlled Trial24
Somatostatin-expressing neurons in the medial prefrontal cortex promote sevoflurane anesthesia in mice24
Anesthesiology23
Hemodynamic Management Guided by the Hypotension Prediction Index in Abdominal Surgery: A Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial23
Anesthesiology23
Anesthesiologist Training in Empathetic Communication for Obstetric Emergencies Improves Patient-reported Outcomes23
This Month in Anesthesiology23
Inhibition of Endoplasmic Reticulum Oxidoreductin 1 modulates neuronal excitability and nociceptive sensitivity in mice.22
In vitro performance of a charcoal capturing device with desflurane22
Science, Medicine, and the Anesthesiologist22
Expression Profiles of Immune Cells after Propofol or Sevoflurane Anesthesia for Colorectal Cancer Surgery: A Prospective Double-blind Randomized Trial22
Impaired Macroscopic Cerebrospinal Fluid Flow by Sevoflurane in Humans during and after Anesthesia22
Ultrasound-guided Superficial Cervical Plexus Blocks for Persistent Pain after Suboccipital Craniotomies: A Randomized Trial22
Predicting Death or Disability after Surgery in the Older Adult22
“People, We Have a Problem”22
Prone Positioning in COVID-19 ARDS: Reply21
Five More Minutes21
Is Continuous Intraoperative Monitoring of Mean Arterial Pressure as Good as the Hypotension Prediction Index Algorithm?: Research Letter21
Building Blocks: Studies of Adjunct Perineural vs. Systemic Dexamethasone in Peripheral Nerve Blocks21
Intravenous Dabigatran Provides Adequate Anticoagulation for Cardiopulmonary Bypass Using a Rabbit Model21
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit20
Liposomal Bupivacaine’s Plausibility Fails to Translate20
What Language Is the Brain Speaking?20
Perioperative Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Adult Patients: A Review for the Perioperative Physician19
Anesthetic Safety Was No Mystery for Paul M. Wood, M.D.19
NPO! Ready to Go?: Do Current Fasting Guidelines Ensure Empty Stomach in Diabetic Patients?19
Itsy Bitsy Inductions: The Effect of High-dose Sevoflurane Following Loss of Consciousness in Children19
Anesthesiology19
Prophylactic Penehyclidine Inhalation for Prevention of Postoperative Pulmonary Complications in High-risk Patients: A Double-blind Randomized Trial: Erratum19
The New Biomarker in Town: Neurofilament Light Chain19
Science, Medicine, and the Anesthesiologist19
Self-reported Race/Ethnicity and Occult Hypoxemia: Comment19
Liposomal Bupivacaine versus Dexamethasone: Comment19
Anesthesia-induced Brain Oscillations and Vulnerability to Postoperative Neurocognitive Disorders18
This Month in Anesthesiology18
Science, Medicine, and the Anesthesiologist18
Naloxone for Opioid Overdose: Reply18
Application of the Estimand Framework to Anesthesia Trials18
Sedatives and Postoperative Delirium: Reply18
Influence of Fractional Inspired Oxygen Tension on Lung Perfusion Distribution, Regional Ventilation, and Lung Volume during Mechanical Ventilation of Supine Healthy Swine18
Anesthesiology18
Epidural Anesthesia and Postoperative Delirium: Comment18
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit17
Naloxone for Opioid Overdose: Comment17
This Month in Anesthesiology17
The Pulse Oximeter Is Amazing, but Not Perfect17
Baseline Intraoperative Left Ventricular Diastolic Function Is Associated with Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation after Cardiac Surgery16
How Low Will It Go? Predicting Intraoperative Hypotension16
Prophylactic Penehyclidine Inhalation for Prevention of Postoperative Pulmonary Complications in High-risk Patients: A Double-blind Randomized Trial16
Anesthesiology16
Association between “Balance Billing” Legislation and Anesthesia Payments in California: A Retrospective Analysis16
Quadratus Lumborum Block in Total Hip Replacement: Reply16
Anesthesiology16
Jay J. Jacoby, Pied Piper of Anesthesiology16
The Walk16
The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science16
Savoring Uncertainty15
Carbon Footprint of Anesthesia: Comment15
Vesalius’ Fabrica: Sublime Anatomy, Crude Physiology15
A Lesson in Loss: A Novice Anesthesiologist’s Journey15
Moving from “Surgeries” to Patients: Progress and Pitfalls While Using Machine Learning to Personalize Transfusion Prediction15
Anesthesiology15
Anesthesiologists and the Other Pandemic: Tobacco Use15
Evaluate Extubation in Neurosurgical Patients: Comment15
Prone Positioning in COVID-19 ARDS: Comment15
Reviewing Residency Applications during the Pandemic14
This Month in Anesthesiology14
Ketamine Pharmacodynamics Entangled: Reply14
Cohabitation of Neonatally Sevoflurane-exposed and -unexposed Male Rats Affects Their Respective Behavioral Phenotypes: Research Letter14
Ring Around the Rocuronium: Sugammadex Encapsulation Explained BIT by BIT14
Playing Second Fiddle on a Pantoum14
Patient and Process Outcomes among Pediatric Patients Undergoing Appendectomy during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An International Retrospective Cohort Study14
Anesthesiology14
Science, Medicine, and the Anesthesiologist14
Science, Medicine, and the Anesthesiologist14
Unveiling the Uncertainties: Opioid-free Anesthesia and the Road Ahead13
Brief Assessment of Patient Phenotype to Explain Variability in Postsurgical Pain and Opioid Consumption after Cesarean Delivery: Performance of a Novel Brief Questionnaire Compared to Long Questionna13
Sedatives and Postoperative Delirium: Comment13
The Masters of Medicine: Our Greatest Triumphs in the Race to Cure Humanity’s Deadliest Diseases13
Collaborative Artificial Intelligence in Practice: The Next Steps13
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit13
Ketamine Pharmacodynamics Entangled: Comment13
In the Spirit of Frobenius: Aether by Goltzius13
This Month in Anesthesiology13
A Medical Student’s Pauses, Perspectives, and Pursuits during Clerkships12
Carbon Footprint of Anesthesia: Comment12
December Is for Congregation, Celebration, Operation, Recuperation12
Prolonged Opioid Use and Pain after Surgery: Reply12
Appropriateness of Answers to Common Preanesthesia Patient Questions Composed by the Large Language Model GPT-4 Compared to Human Authors12
Laryngeal Keel and Its Implications during Airway Management12
A Comparison of Five Algorithmic Methods and Machine Learning Pattern Recognition for Artifact Detection in Electronic Records of Five Different Vital Signs: A Retrospective Analysis12
Anesthesiology12
Under Pressure: More Evidence Supporting Increased PEEP in Obese Patients11
This Month in Anesthesiology11
The Circle of Life: Christopher Wren and the First Intravenous Anesthetic11
Realigning Incentives for Novel Pain Therapeutics11
Joint Letter to the Editor from the American Society of Anesthesiologists and the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care on Management of Neuromuscular Blockade11
One-lung Ventilation and Complications: Comment11
The Heidbrink Anesthetizers: Model A to Z?11
A Prelude to Painless Surgery: Charles F. Heywood’s Invitation to W. T. G. Morton11
Isabella C. Herb, M.D., a Seasoned Anesthesiologist and Advocate11
Iatrogenic Pediatric Pneumothorax: Comment11
Walk a Tightrope or Burn a Bridge?: Sedation versus General Anesthesia for Intubation of a Pediatric Difficult Airway11
Science, Medicine, and the Anesthesiologist11
Anesthesiology11
Tragedy on the Mississippi! Mark Twain’s Brother Injured, Then Overdosed10
Management of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Postcardiotomy Cardiogenic Shock10
Modified Thermodilution for Simultaneous Cardiac Output and Recirculation Assessment in Veno-venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Prospective Diagnostic Accuracy Study10
Back Pain in Outer Space10
Anesthesiology10
Sign-reversed versus Orthodox Granger Causality Analysis of the Electroencephalogram in General Anesthesia: Research Letter10
This Month in Anesthesiology10
Availability of Pediatric Surgery: Implications for Planning Pediatric Anesthesiology Education9
Incidence and Prevalence of Pain Medication Prescriptions in Pathologies with a Potential for Chronic Pain9
Hypotension Prediction Index Is Equally Effective in Predicting Intraoperative Hypotension during Noncardiac Surgery Compared to a Mean Arterial Pressure Threshold: A Prospective Observational Study9
Dr. Giesecke Anesthetizes a Giant Gorilla9
Use of Neuromuscular Blocking and Antagonism Agents across the Spectrum of Renal Impairment Undergoing Major Inpatient Surgery: A Single-center Retrospective Observational Cohort Study9
Stress Pathways Induced by Volatile Anesthetics and Failure of Preconditioning in a Mitochondrial Complex I Mutant9
Anesthesia and Surgery in Space: Reply9
Optimizing Resuscitation of the Donation after Circulatory Death Heart by Mitochondrial Protection in a Female Porcine Model9
Anesthesiology9
Determinants and Practice Variability of Oxygen Administration during Surgery in the United States: A Retrospective Cohort Study9
Individual PEEP in Obesity: Comment9
Emergency Airway Management in COVID-19: Reply9
Anesthesia Needs to Lead the Way in Safety—Again—through the Universal Adoption of Structured Handoffs9
Anesthesiology9
Aortic Biomechanics: Comment9
Awake Total Neuromuscular Blockade as Experienced by Anesthesiologist Volunteers: Reply9
Type II Genial Tubercle Fracture8
Managing Long COVID Syndrome8
Science, Medicine, and the Anesthesiologist8
Science, Medicine, and the Anesthesiologist8
Harnessing Light: Girl with a Pulse-ox Earring8
Segmental Tracheomalacia in a Patient with a Persistent Air Leak8
Elastomeric Respirators for COVID-19 and the Next Respiratory Virus Pandemic: Essential Design Elements8
Luck, Pluck, and the Making of the Macintosh Laryngoscope8
Does Slow and Steady Win the Race? Gaining Perspective on Preoperative β-Blocker Initiation8
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit8
Committed: Dispatches from a Psychiatrist in Training8
Postoperative Phase Angle and Prognosis after Cardiac Surgery: A Historical Cohort Study8
Baseline Vulnerabilities May Play a Larger Role than Depth of Anesthesia or Sedation in Postoperative Delirium8
Systemic Air Embolism during Percutaneous Transthoracic Lung Biopsy8
Nitrous Oxide and Postoperative Pulmonary Complications: Conflicting Evidence8
Opioid-free Anesthesia: Reply8
Authors and Editors Must Consider Appropriate Use of Acronyms and Initialisms, or Text Will Be DOA (Dead on Arrival)8
Emergency Airway Management in the Time of COVID-19: Lessons for All?8
We Are All Perfectly Fine: A Memoir of Love, Medicine and Healing8
Anesthesiology8
Difficult Airway Management in Neonates: Fiberoptic Intubation via Laryngeal Mask Airway8
Science, Medicine, and the Anesthesiologist8
A Roadmap for Environmental Sustainability of Plastic Use in Anesthesia and the Perioperative Arena8
End-tidal Carbon Dioxide for Diagnosing Anaphylaxis in Patients with Severe Postinduction Hypotension8
Augmenting the Anesthesiologist’s Cockpit with Head-mounted Displays for Image-guided Procedures: Are We There Yet?8
Anesthesiology: Reflecting and Leading8
Science, Medicine, and the Anesthesiologist8
Anesthesiology8
This Month in Anesthesiology8
A Musical Portrait of Lithotomy without Anesthesia8
Treatments Associated with Lower Mortality among Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study8
Updates in Prevention of Surgical Site Infection: Comment7
Quantitative Monitoring Practice Change: Reply7
Meaning and Management of Perioperative Oliguria7
Hemostatic In Vitro Properties of Novel Plasma Supernatants Produced from Late-storage Low-titer Type O Whole Blood7
Self-reported Race/Ethnicity and Intraoperative Occult Hypoxemia: A Retrospective Cohort Study7
Botulinum Toxin Type A for Lumbar Sympathetic Ganglion Block in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: A Randomized Trial7
Perioperative Normal Saline Administration and Delayed Graft Function in Patients Undergoing Kidney Transplantation: A Retrospective Cohort Study7
Effect of Global Ventilation to Perfusion Ratio, for Normal Lungs, on Desflurane and Sevoflurane Elimination Kinetics7
Environmental Footprint of Anesthesia: More than Inhaled Anesthetics!7
Repurposing General Anesthetic Drugs to Treat Depression: A New Frontier for Anesthesiologists in Neuropsychiatric Care7
Perioperative Opioids, the Opioid Crisis, and the Anesthesiologist7
Intraoperative Hypotension and Acute Kidney Injury after Noncardiac Surgery in Infants and Children: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis7
Prone Position Minimizes the Exacerbation of Effort-dependent Lung Injury: Exploring the Mechanism in Pigs and Evaluating Injury in Rabbits7
Coca: The Sun God’s Anesthetic Leaves7
Immediate Hypersensitivity to Chlorhexidine: Experience from an Allergy Center in China7
Analgesia as a Component of General Anesthesia: A Problem of Terminology?7
Frequency and Risk Factors for Difficult Intubation in Women Undergoing General Anesthesia for Cesarean Delivery: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Analysis7
Percutaneous Peripheral Nerve Stimulation (Neuromodulation) for Postoperative Pain: A Randomized, Sham-controlled Pilot Study7
Analgesic Effectiveness of Motor-sparing Nerve Blocks for Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Network Meta-analysis7
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