Anesthesiology

Papers
(The TQCC of Anesthesiology is 3. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Anesthesiology314
Antithrombin Levels during Venoarterial ECMO: Comment293
Central Venous Catheter–associated Venous Thrombosis in Neonates: “Seek and You Shall Find”162
The Second Randomized Trial to Suggest You Shouldn’t Change Your Anesthetic in Infants to Avoid Neurotoxicity108
Anesthesiology88
Mark C. Bicket, M.D., Ph.D., Recipient of the 2025 James E. Cottrell, M.D., Presidential Scholar Award69
Effects of Serratus Anterior Plane Block on Early Recovery from Thoracoscopic Lung Resection: A Randomized, Blinded, Placebo-controlled Trial: Erratum67
When Your Doctor-mom Heart Feels Torn in Two65
Rising Treatment for Substance Use Disorder Presents New Challenges for Anesthesiologists as Perioperative Medicine Specialists65
Anesthesiology59
Reviewing Residency Applications during the Pandemic58
Vesalius’ Fabrica: Sublime Anatomy, Crude Physiology57
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit57
Gastric Volume and Diabetes: Comment53
Updates in Prevention of Surgical Site Infection: Comment53
Ketamine Pharmacodynamics Entangled: Comment53
We Are All Perfectly Fine: A Memoir of Love, Medicine and Healing52
Prone Positioning in COVID-19 ARDS: Reply49
Reviewing DNR Guidelines at a Time of Transition: Comment48
Ring Around the Rocuronium: Sugammadex Encapsulation Explained BIT by BIT48
A Medical Student’s Pauses, Perspectives, and Pursuits during Clerkships47
Analgesia as a Component of General Anesthesia: A Problem of Terminology?46
Quantitative Monitoring Practice Change: Reply45
Dr. Paul M. Wood’s Namesake Collection Finds a Home44
“Bioblasts” in the Crosshairs—Again43
2024 Emery A. Rovenstine Memorial Lecture: Our Finest Hour—How Anesthesiologists Saved Countless Lives during the COVID-19 Pandemic43
NPO! Ready to Go?: Do Current Fasting Guidelines Ensure Empty Stomach in Diabetic Patients?43
Perioperative Management of Preeclampsia: Reply42
A Lesson in Two Clinical Vignettes: Laughter Remains a Potent Medicine41
Evolving Perspectives on Esophagectomy Care: Clinical Update40
Stress Pathways Induced by Volatile Anesthetics and Failure of Preconditioning in a Mitochondrial Complex I Mutant39
Breath-based Propofol Pharmacometabolomics: Comment37
Automated Volatile Anesthetics Delivery with End-tidal Control: Comment37
Use of Neuromuscular Blocking and Antagonism Agents across the Spectrum of Renal Impairment Undergoing Major Inpatient Surgery: A Single-center Retrospective Observational Cohort Study36
Watershed36
Hypotension Prediction Index Revalidation: Reply35
Role of Dorsomedial Periaqueductal Gray Glutamatergic Neurons in Promoting Arousal under Multiple General Anesthetics in Mice35
Hypotension Prediction Index Revalidation: Comment35
The Stitch-Up: How Medical Misogyny Harms Us All34
Ultrasound-guided External Oblique Intercostal Plane Block with Ropivacaine for Analgesia after Open Hepatectomy: A Randomized Controlled Study34
Sense of Belongingness among Anesthesiology Residents: Adapting a Validated Tool to Establish Benchmarks and Identify Outliers33
Role of Preoptic Area γ-Aminobutyric Acid–mediated Neurons in Distinctly Regulating Sleep and Rousability during Dexmedetomidine Sedation in Mice33
Intravenous Dabigatran Provides Adequate Anticoagulation for Cardiopulmonary Bypass Using a Rabbit Model32
Modified Thermodilution for Simultaneous Cardiac Output and Recirculation Assessment in Veno-venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Prospective Diagnostic Accuracy Study32
Exposure to Operative Anesthesia in Childhood and Subsequent Neurobehavioral Diagnoses: A Natural Experiment Using Appendectomy31
Two Paths, One Destination: Propofol vs. Volatile in Cancer Surgery31
Naloxone for Opioid Overdose: Comment31
Patient Blood Management: Moving Beyond Guidelines to Action30
Serratus Anterior Plane Block for Lung Resection: Comment30
Modulation of the Renin–Angiotensin System in Critically Ill Patients: Addressing Seven Key Questions for the Intensivist30
Association between Intraoperative Electroencephalogram Burst Suppression and Postoperative Delirium: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis30
Continuing Anesthesia Services in the Face of a Prolonged Digital Health System Outage30
Alluring Potential to Accelerate Emergence and Ameliorate Opioid-induced Respiratory Depression without Antagonizing Analgesia: Danavorexton Enters the Anesthetic Landscape29
Massive Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm in a Pediatric Patient: Challenges for Optimal Anesthesia Care29
Simpson, Bonica, and the Theology of Obstetric Anesthesia29
Ketamine for Acute Pain after Breast Surgery: Comment29
Spatial Analysis of Preoperative Malnutrition: A Geographic Targeting Framework for Nutrition Intervention29
Aortic Valve in the Mitral Position28
Reducing Adverse Outcomes from Handovers: Reply28
Postpandemic Burnout: Comment27
“Shocking” Self-experimentation Brings Dr. Hassan H. Ali’s “Train of Four” to Boston27
The Anesthesiologist27
Unmasking the Pain: Preserving Humanity in Medicine27
Electrical Impedance Tomography for Assessing the Impact of Inhaled Nitric Oxide on Pulmonary Artery Pressure27
This Month in Anesthesiology26
Developing an Electroencephalogram-based Model to Predict Awakening after Cardiac Arrest Using Partial Processing with the BIS Engine26
Sweeping Away Dyspnea26
Balanced Billing Legislation and the Invisible Hand of Adam Smith26
Morton’s Letheon: The Sweet Promise of Surgical Oblivion26
Novel Resuscitation Strategies in Severe Trauma: Comment26
Anesthesiology Editorial Board Updates, 202525
Methadone Dosing and Postoperative Pain Management in Cardiothoracic Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study25
Suzetrigine: First in a New Class of Nonopioid Analgesics for Acute Pain25
This Month in Anesthesiology25
Paravertebral versus Pectoralis-II (Interpectoral and Pectoserratus) Nerve Blocks for Postoperative Analgesia after Nonmastectomy Breast Surgery: A Randomized, Controlled, Observer-masked Noninferiori25
Presence of Preoperative Neurodegeneration Biofluid Markers in Patients with Postoperative Delirium24
Joyful in Life and Labor: Dr. Ezzat Abouleish24
Baseline Gastric Volume in Fasting Diabetic Patients Is Not Higher than That in Nondiabetic Patients: A Cross-sectional Noninferiority Study24
Anesthesiology24
Cardiac Output Measurement and Reporting: More Than Just Going with the Flow23
Uncoupling Pain and Opioid Use after Surgery23
Not Quite A Corpse23
Trends in Neuraxial Labor Analgesia Utilization: Comment23
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit23
Bronchoscopic Removal of Segmental Mucus Plugs in a Premature Infant23
Anesthesiology23
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit22
Dural Puncture Epidural in Obese Parturients: Comment22
This Month in Anesthesiology22
Association between Preoperative Depression and Length of Stay after Major Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis21
Anesthesiology21
Increased Global and Regional Connectivity in Propofol-induced Unconsciousness: Human Intracranial Electroencephalography Study21
Strengthening Discovery and Application of Artificial Intelligence in Anesthesiology: A Report from the Anesthesia Research Council20
Keeping the Patient at the Center of Conscientious Objection while Respecting Our Colleagues20
Development of a Prediction Score for Evaluation of Extubation Readiness in Neurosurgical Patients with Mechanical Ventilation20
Protamine Dosing in Cardiac Surgery: Can One Size Fit All? Erratum20
Clinical Electroencephalography for Anesthesiologists and Intensivists: Part 2—Physiologic Signatures and Active Management20
Dr. Crawford Long Honored at the Georgia State Capitol while Dr. J. Marion Sims Is Busted20
Let’s Say Goodbye to Acceleromyographic Twitch Monitoring: Reply19
Perioperative Management of Patients Taking Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists: Applying Evidence to Clinical Practice19
Perioperative Acute Kidney Injury: Diagnosis, Prediction, Prevention, and Treatment19
This Month in Anesthesiology [September 2018]: Erratum19
Serratus Anterior Plane Block for Lung Resection: Comment19
Influence of Remifentanil on the Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Remimazolam in Healthy Volunteers19
Cognitive Decline after Delirium in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: Erratum19
Anti–Human Trafficking in Health Care: An Invitation to Anesthesiology19
Longitudinal Reliability of Milestones Learning Trajectories during Anesthesiology Residency19
Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Brachial Plexopathy after Prolonged Prone Positioning18
Development and Validation of EVANpedia for the Assessment of Perioperative Experience in Pediatric Patients18
Influenza Vaccination in Perioperative Settings: A Teachable Moment18
Single-cell Genomics: A Quantum Leap toward Understanding Complexity?18
Tidal Volume, Positive End-expiratory Pressure, and Postoperative Hypoxemia: Comment18
Liposomal Bupivacaine’s Effect on the Diaphragm: Reply18
Spare Parts: The Story of Medicine Through the History of Transplant Surgery18
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit18
This Month in Anesthesiology18
Feasibility pilot trial for the Trajectories of Recovery after Intravenous propofol versus inhaled VolatilE anesthesia (THRIVE) Pragmatic Randomized Clinical Trial17
Statistical Analysis and Reporting of Cardiac Output Method Comparison Studies (COMPARE) Statement17
Anesthesiology17
William James’ Nitrous Oxide Nightmare: A Metaphysical Revelation17
Mechanical Power Ratio and Respiratory Treatment Escalation in COVID-19 Pneumonia: A Secondary Analysis of a Prospectively Enrolled Cohort17
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit17
A Patient’s Countdown to Surgery17
Dr. Adventure: Danger and Discovery from Pole to Pole17
Lung Injury Is Induced by Abrupt Increase in Respiratory Rate but Prevented by Recruitment Maneuver in Mild Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Rats17
Leveraging Large Language Models to Enhance Emotional Intelligence Training in Anesthesiology17
The Last Time16
Labor Analgesia in Simpson’s Scotland: Divine Blessing or Witch’s Curse?16
Nonopioid Analgesic Prescriptions Filled after Surgery among Older Adults in Ontario, Canada: A Population-based Cohort Study16
Lost in Translation: Failure of Preclinical Studies to Accurately Predict the Effect of Regional Analgesia on Cancer Recurrence16
Are Genome-wide Association Studies Worth the Trouble?16
COVID-19 and Surgery: Getting Back to Business16
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit16
Perioperative Management of Preeclampsia: Comment16
New Prescription16
Damage Control Resuscitation in Traumatic Hemorrhage: Comment16
Acetaminophen 5-HT3 Antagonist Interaction: Comment16
Emulating Target Trials to Study Perioperative and Critical Care Interventions with Observational Data: Promise and Limitations15
Contribution of the Brain–Gut–Microbiome Axis to Intergenerational Abnormalities in a Rat Model of Perioperative Neurocognitive Disorder15
Quadratus Lumborum Block: Anatomical Concepts, Mechanisms, and Techniques: Erratum15
Optimizing Perioperative Management of Sarcoidosis in Noncardiac Surgery: A Focused Review and Practical Framework15
Dissecting Anesthesia Machines: A Tribute to Eddie Bowie (1934 to 2026)15
Management of Out–of–operating room Tracheostomy and Laryngectomy-related Emergencies15
Suzetrigine for the Treatment of Acute Pain: Comment15
Monitoring Argatroban Anticoagulation in the Critically Ill: All Tests Are Not Created Equal15
Pyridoxine for Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting: Comment15
Continuation versus Interruption of Buprenorphine/Naloxone in Adult Veterans Undergoing Surgery: Examination of Postoperative Pain and Opioid Utilization in a National Retrospective Cohort Study15
Intraoperative Use of Phenylephrine versus Ephedrine and Postoperative Delirium: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study15
Comparison of Differences in Cohort (Forward) and Case Control (Backward) Methodologic Approaches for Validation of the Hypotension Prediction Index14
Comparative Effectiveness Research on Spinal versus General Anesthesia for Surgery in Older Adults14
Anesthesiology Journals Welcome the New Year14
Serum Neurofilament Light and Postoperative Delirium in Cardiac Surgery: A Preplanned Secondary Analysis of a Prospective Observational Study14
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Scoping Review: Comment14
Cytokine Hemoadsorption versus Standard Care in Cardiac Surgery Using the Oxiris Membrane: The OXICARD Single-center Randomized Trial14
Platelet-derived Growth Factor Receptor-α Induces Contraction Knots and Inflammatory Pain–like Behavior in a Rat Model of Myofascial Trigger Points14
Impact of the Standardized Intensive Care Unit Admission Ratio on Outcomes in Rapid Response System Activations: A Retrospective Multicenter Study in Japan13
ECPELLA Mixing Cloud on Computed Tomography Angiogram13
This Month in Anesthesiology13
night sky13
Anesthesiology13
Sedation-related Electroencephalographic Patterns in Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure13
How an Unusual Trade-off Could Save a Life in Gaza13
Heterogeneity of Neonatal Respiratory Disorders: Reply13
Advanced Hemodynamic Monitoring: Are We Asking the Right Questions?13
Recirculation Quantified by Trans–Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Thermodilution to Predict Mixed Venous Oxygenation during Veno-venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: An In Vivo Porcine Stud13
Why the National Halothane Study Still Matters13
Serratus Anterior Plane Block for Lung Resection: Comment13
Cerebrospinal Fluid Drainage in Endovascular Aortic Repair: Reply13
Assisted Fluid Management for Major Liver Surgery: Reply13
Pupillometry: Keeping an Eye on Anesthesia13
The Amygdala: Another Switch That Controls Consciousness?13
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit13
Perioperative Anaphylaxis: Comment12
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit12
This Month in Anesthesiology12
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit12
Science, Medicine, and the Anesthesiologist12
This Is The Way12
Science, Medicine, and the Anesthesiologist12
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit12
A Trip around the Sun12
This Month in Anesthesiology12
Feelings from a Mom and Anesthesiologist during a School Shooting in Her Community12
Say Anarcha: A Young Woman, A Devious Surgeon, and the Harrowing Birth of Modern Women’s Health12
Transfusions in Lung Transplantation: Reply12
Perioperative Anaphylaxis: Comment12
Anesthesiology11
Anesthesia, Coming of Age in the World of Modern In Silico Drug Design11
Science, Medicine, and the Anesthesiologist11
Airway Management Risks in Pediatric Anesthesia: Comment11
This Month in Anesthesiology11
Meta-analyses of Randomized Clinical Trials in Postsurgical Pain: Verify before Trusting: Erratum11
Selection Bias in the Hypotension Prediction Index: Comment11
Discovering the Intriguing Properties of Extrasynaptic γ-Aminobutyric Acid Type A Receptors11
Practice Guidelines for Difficult Airway Management: Comment: Erratum11
Evaluate Extubation in Neurosurgical Patients: Reply11
Litman’s Basics of Pediatric Anesthesia, 3rd Edition11
Preoperative Imaging in Type IV Hiatal Hernia: Guiding Perioperative Anesthesia Management11
Gabapentin for Postsurgical Pain: Comment10
Intergenerational Postoperative Neurocognitive Disorder in a Rat Model: Initiating Mechanisms and Pharmacological Prevention10
Measuring Well-being Influencers: Development and Validation of the Well-Being Influencers Survey for Healthcare (WISH) Inventory10
Anesthesiology10
Quantitative Electroencephalogram Changes before and after Postoperative Delirium: A Prospective, Multicenter Cohort Study10
Urine-guided Hydration and Kidney Injury: Comment10
Prediction of Postoperative Deterioration in Cardiac Surgery Patients Using Electronic Health Record and Physiologic Waveform Data10
Polygenic Risk for Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting: Comment10
Primary Afferent Inhibition: An Underappreciated Mechanism in Mechanical Pain Control10
Developing a Framework for Career Fulfillment in Academic Anesthesiology: Findings from a Single-institution Focus Group Study10
Intraoperative Electroencephalogram Alpha Power Associated with Mortality: Reply10
Presynaptic Protein Gene and General Anesthesia: Reply10
GABAergic Neurons in the Central Amygdala Promote Emergence from Isoflurane Anesthesia in Mice10
An Initial Investigation of Diaphragm Neurostimulation in Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome10
From Energy to Injury: Mechanical Power and Lung Strain10
Association of Preoperative Growth Differentiation Factor-15 Concentrations and Postoperative Cardiovascular Events after Major Noncardiac Surgery10
GABAergic Signaling during Spinal Cord Stimulation Reduces Cardiac Arrhythmias in a Porcine Model10
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit10
Anesthesiology10
Ancient Mitochondrial Genetic Variant, Modern-day Pandora’s Box10
A Risk Assessment Model for Predicting Perioperative Venous Thromboembolism in Patients Receiving Surgery under Anesthesia Care10
Safe or Skip? Association Between Intraoperative Midazolam in Elderly Patients and Rates of Postop Delirium9
Sedatives and Postoperative Delirium: Comment9
Cortical Dynamics and Postoperative Cognition: Reply9
Altered Gut Microbiome Composition and Function in Individuals with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome9
Point-of-Care Ultrasound Frailty Assessments: Comment9
Role of the Anesthesiologist as a Patient Advocate: A Medical Student’s Perspective9
An Inadvertent Course of a Central Venous Catheter9
Cryoneurolysis for the Treatment of Pain: Comment9
Hemodynamics Effects of the Left Lateral Decubitus Position in Pregnancy as Assessed by Simultaneous Internal Jugular and Common Carotid Doppler Ultrasound9
This Month in Anesthesiology9
Impact of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Safety Communication on Gabapentinoid–Opioid Coprescription9
Determination of the Optimal Volume of 0.5% Ropivacaine in Single-injection Retroclavicular Brachial Plexus Block for Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery: A Phase I/II Trial9
Keats: A Brief Life in Nine Poems and One Epitaph9
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit9
Anesthesiology9
Hypotension and Cardiac Surgical Outcomes: Comment9
Automated Volatile Anesthetics Delivery with End-tidal Control: Reply9
Heart to Home: Does Dexamethasone Increase Number of Days Alive at Home after Cardiac Surgery?8
Prevention of Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction by Minocycline in Elderly Patients after Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Clinical Trial8
Four-factor Prothrombin Complex Concentrate Use for Bleeding Management in Adult Trauma8
Antithrombin Deficiency during Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Extremely Common, but Does It Matter?8
Antiplatelet and Wound Healing Implications of Immunotherapy and Targeted Cancer Therapies in the Perioperative Period8
Olive Oil8
Anesthesiologists and the Greatest Moment8
Clinical and Genetic Factors Associated with Intraoperative Minimum Alveolar Concentration Ratio: A Single-center Retrospective Cohort and Genome-wide Association Study8
Psychological Effects of Explicit Recall under Sedation and after Surgery (PEERS): A Prospective Cohort Study on 2,500 Patients8
Hektoen International: A Journal of Medical Humanities8
Anesthesiology8
Effects of Drug Treatments at High Temperatures: Comment8
Thermodilution-derived Recirculation and Cardiac Output Measurement during Veno-venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Do We Need More Bells and Whistles?8
Caffeine in the Perioperative Setting8
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