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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Anesthesiology866
Antithrombin Levels during Venoarterial ECMO: Comment240
Central Venous Catheter–associated Venous Thrombosis in Neonates: “Seek and You Shall Find”215
Effects of Serratus Anterior Plane Block on Early Recovery from Thoracoscopic Lung Resection: A Randomized, Blinded, Placebo-controlled Trial: Erratum103
Gastric Volume and Diabetes: Comment92
Reviewing Residency Applications during the Pandemic82
Vesalius’ Fabrica: Sublime Anatomy, Crude Physiology78
Savoring Uncertainty76
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit76
Anesthesiology74
We Are All Perfectly Fine: A Memoir of Love, Medicine and Healing73
Moving from “Surgeries” to Patients: Progress and Pitfalls While Using Machine Learning to Personalize Transfusion Prediction59
Updates in Prevention of Surgical Site Infection: Comment58
Amiodarone with or without N-Acetylcysteine for the Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation after Thoracic Surgery: A Double-blind, Randomized Trial55
Science, Medicine, and the Anesthesiologist54
Ketamine Pharmacodynamics Entangled: Comment53
Intravenous Dabigatran Provides Adequate Anticoagulation for Cardiopulmonary Bypass Using a Rabbit Model53
Prone Positioning in COVID-19 ARDS: Reply53
Modified Thermodilution for Simultaneous Cardiac Output and Recirculation Assessment in Veno-venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Prospective Diagnostic Accuracy Study52
Anesthesia and Developing Brains: Unanswered Questions and Proposed Paths Forward51
The Second Randomized Trial to Suggest You Shouldn’t Change Your Anesthetic in Infants to Avoid Neurotoxicity50
Anesthesiology47
Serratus Anterior Plane Block for Lung Resection: Comment46
Mark C. Bicket, M.D., Ph.D., Recipient of the 2025 James E. Cottrell, M.D., Presidential Scholar Award46
Use of Neuromuscular Blocking and Antagonism Agents across the Spectrum of Renal Impairment Undergoing Major Inpatient Surgery: A Single-center Retrospective Observational Cohort Study46
Modulation of the Renin–Angiotensin System in Critically Ill Patients: Addressing Seven Key Questions for the Intensivist45
Patient Blood Management: Moving Beyond Guidelines to Action44
Reviewing DNR Guidelines at a Time of Transition: Comment43
Hypotension Prediction Index Revalidation: Comment42
Hypotension Prediction Index Revalidation: Reply42
Ring Around the Rocuronium: Sugammadex Encapsulation Explained BIT by BIT41
Analgesia as a Component of General Anesthesia: A Problem of Terminology?40
A Medical Student’s Pauses, Perspectives, and Pursuits during Clerkships40
Dr. Paul M. Wood’s Namesake Collection Finds a Home39
Naloxone for Opioid Overdose: Comment39
Quantitative Monitoring Practice Change: Reply39
2024 Emery A. Rovenstine Memorial Lecture: Our Finest Hour—How Anesthesiologists Saved Countless Lives during the COVID-19 Pandemic38
Stress Pathways Induced by Volatile Anesthetics and Failure of Preconditioning in a Mitochondrial Complex I Mutant38
NPO! Ready to Go?: Do Current Fasting Guidelines Ensure Empty Stomach in Diabetic Patients?38
“Bioblasts” in the Crosshairs—Again37
Perioperative Management of Preeclampsia: Reply37
Exposure to Operative Anesthesia in Childhood and Subsequent Neurobehavioral Diagnoses: A Natural Experiment Using Appendectomy36
This Month in Anesthesiology36
Anesthesia and Surgery in Space: Reply35
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit35
Continuing Anesthesia Services in the Face of a Prolonged Digital Health System Outage34
Association between Preoperative Depression and Length of Stay after Major Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis31
Protamine Dosing in Cardiac Surgery: Can One Size Fit All? Erratum31
Association between Intraoperative Electroencephalogram Burst Suppression and Postoperative Delirium: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis31
Longitudinal Reliability of Milestones Learning Trajectories during Anesthesiology Residency31
Evolving Perspectives on Esophagectomy Care: Clinical Update31
Alluring Potential to Accelerate Emergence and Ameliorate Opioid-induced Respiratory Depression without Antagonizing Analgesia: Danavorexton Enters the Anesthetic Landscape31
Keeping the Patient at the Center of Conscientious Objection while Respecting Our Colleagues30
Reducing Adverse Outcomes from Handovers: Reply30
Unmasking the Pain: Preserving Humanity in Medicine30
Aortic Valve in the Mitral Position30
The Anesthesiologist29
Postpandemic Burnout: Comment29
Dr. Crawford Long Honored at the Georgia State Capitol while Dr. J. Marion Sims Is Busted28
Electrical Impedance Tomography for Assessing the Impact of Inhaled Nitric Oxide on Pulmonary Artery Pressure28
Serratus Anterior Plane Block for Lung Resection: Comment27
Suzetrigine: First in a New Class of Nonopioid Analgesics for Acute Pain27
Novel Resuscitation Strategies in Severe Trauma: Comment27
Perioperative Acute Kidney Injury: Diagnosis, Prediction, Prevention, and Treatment27
Influence of Remifentanil on the Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Remimazolam in Healthy Volunteers27
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
Paravertebral versus Pectoralis-II (Interpectoral and Pectoserratus) Nerve Blocks for Postoperative Analgesia after Nonmastectomy Breast Surgery: A Randomized, Controlled, Observer-masked Noninferiori26
“Shocking” Self-experimentation Brings Dr. Hassan H. Ali’s “Train of Four” to Boston26
This Month in Anesthesiology26
Morton’s Letheon: The Sweet Promise of Surgical Oblivion26
Methadone Dosing and Postoperative Pain Management in Cardiothoracic Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study25
This Month in Anesthesiology25
Increased Global and Regional Connectivity in Propofol-induced Unconsciousness: Human Intracranial Electroencephalography Study25
Perioperative Management of Patients Taking Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists: Applying Evidence to Clinical Practice24
Anesthesiology Editorial Board Updates, 202524
Cardiac Output Measurement and Reporting: More Than Just Going with the Flow24
Trends in Neuraxial Labor Analgesia Utilization: Comment24
Joyful in Life and Labor: Dr. Ezzat Abouleish24
Development of a Prediction Score for Evaluation of Extubation Readiness in Neurosurgical Patients with Mechanical Ventilation23
Strengthening Discovery and Application of Artificial Intelligence in Anesthesiology: A Report from the Anesthesia Research Council23
Not Quite A Corpse22
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit22
Anesthesiology22
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit22
Dr. Paul Janssen: Making Piperidine Dreams Come True22
Uncoupling Pain and Opioid Use after Surgery22
This Month in Anesthesiology21
Cognitive Decline after Delirium in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: Erratum21
This Month in Anesthesiology [September 2018]: Erratum21
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit21
Dural Puncture Epidural in Obese Parturients: Comment21
Spare Parts: The Story of Medicine Through the History of Transplant Surgery20
Bronchoscopic Removal of Segmental Mucus Plugs in a Premature Infant20
Baseline Gastric Volume in Fasting Diabetic Patients Is Not Higher than That in Nondiabetic Patients: A Cross-sectional Noninferiority Study20
Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Brachial Plexopathy after Prolonged Prone Positioning20
Presence of Preoperative Neurodegeneration Biofluid Markers in Patients with Postoperative Delirium20
Quadratus Lumborum Block: Anatomical Concepts, Mechanisms, and Techniques: Erratum19
Mechanical Power Ratio and Respiratory Treatment Escalation in COVID-19 Pneumonia: A Secondary Analysis of a Prospectively Enrolled Cohort19
Dr. Adventure: Danger and Discovery from Pole to Pole19
Carbon Footprint of Anesthesia: Comment19
The contribution of the brain-gut-microbiome axis to intergenerational abnormalities in a rat model of perioperative neurocognitive disorder19
Acetaminophen 5-HT3 Antagonist Interaction: Comment19
Liposomal Bupivacaine’s Effect on the Diaphragm: Reply18
Tidal Volume, Positive End-expiratory Pressure, and Postoperative Hypoxemia: Comment18
Pressure Support Ventilation and Atelectasis: Comment18
This Month in Anesthesiology18
William James’ Nitrous Oxide Nightmare: A Metaphysical Revelation18
Sedation-related Electroencephalographic Patterns in Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure18
Lost in Translation: Failure of Preclinical Studies to Accurately Predict the Effect of Regional Analgesia on Cancer Recurrence18
Influenza Vaccination in Perioperative Settings: A Teachable Moment18
Midazolam at Low Nanomolar Concentrations Affects Long-term Potentiation and Synaptic Transmission Predominantly via the α1–γ-Aminobutyric Acid Type A Receptor Subunit in Mice17
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit17
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit17
Intraoperative Use of Phenylephrine versus Ephedrine and Postoperative Delirium: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study17
Anesthesiology17
Emulating Target Trials to Study Perioperative and Critical Care Interventions with Observational Data: Promise and Limitations17
Single-cell Genomics: A Quantum Leap toward Understanding Complexity?17
Serratus Anterior Plane Block for Lung Resection: Comment17
Labor Analgesia in Simpson’s Scotland: Divine Blessing or Witch’s Curse?16
A Patient’s Countdown to Surgery16
Monitoring Argatroban Anticoagulation in the Critically Ill: All Tests Are Not Created Equal16
COVID-19 and Surgery: Getting Back to Business16
Damage Control Resuscitation in Traumatic Hemorrhage: Comment16
Are Genome-wide Association Studies Worth the Trouble?16
New Prescription16
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit16
Cytokine Hemoadsorption versus Standard Care in Cardiac Surgery Using the Oxiris Membrane: The OXICARD Single-center Randomized Trial15
Pyridoxine for Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting: Comment15
Perioperative Management of Patients Receiving Short-term Mechanical Circulatory Support with the Transvalvular Heart Pump15
This Month in Anesthesiology15
Impact of the Standardized Intensive Care Unit Admission Ratio on Outcomes in Rapid Response System Activations: A Retrospective Multicenter Study in Japan15
Nonopioid Analgesic Prescriptions Filled after Surgery among Older Adults in Ontario, Canada: A Population-based Cohort Study15
Comparison of Differences in Cohort (Forward) and Case Control (Backward) Methodologic Approaches for Validation of the Hypotension Prediction Index15
Let the Record Show: McKesson’s Automated Nargraf15
Why the National Halothane Study Still Matters15
Serum Neurofilament Light and Postoperative Delirium in Cardiac Surgery: A Preplanned Secondary Analysis of a Prospective Observational Study15
Comparative Effectiveness Research on Spinal versus General Anesthesia for Surgery in Older Adults15
Lung Injury Is Induced by Abrupt Increase in Respiratory Rate but Prevented by Recruitment Maneuver in Mild Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Rats15
Leveraging Large Language Models to Enhance Emotional Intelligence Training in Anesthesiology14
Statistical Analysis and Reporting of Cardiac Output Method Comparison Studies (COMPARE) Statement14
The Amygdala: Another Switch That Controls Consciousness?14
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit14
Cerebrospinal Fluid Drainage in Endovascular Aortic Repair: Reply14
The Last Time14
Continuation versus Interruption of Buprenorphine/Naloxone in Adult Veterans Undergoing Surgery: Examination of Postoperative Pain and Opioid Utilization in a National Retrospective Cohort Study14
Platelet-derived Growth Factor Receptor-α Induces Contraction Knots and Inflammatory Pain–like Behavior in a Rat Model of Myofascial Trigger Points14
ECPELLA Mixing Cloud on Computed Tomography Angiogram14
Heterogeneity of Neonatal Respiratory Disorders: Reply14
Perioperative Management of Preeclampsia: Comment14
Anesthesiology14
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An Initial Investigation of Diaphragm Neurostimulation in Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome14
How an Unusual Trade-off Could Save a Life in Gaza14
Pupillometry: Keeping an Eye on Anesthesia13
Science, Medicine, and the Anesthesiologist13
Anesthesiology13
Say Anarcha: A Young Woman, A Devious Surgeon, and the Harrowing Birth of Modern Women’s Health13
This Month in Anesthesiology13
GABAergic Neurons in the Central Amygdala Promote Emergence from Isoflurane Anesthesia in Mice13
This Is The Way13
This Month in Anesthesiology13
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit13
Assisted Fluid Management for Major Liver Surgery: Reply13
Advanced Hemodynamic Monitoring: Are We Asking the Right Questions?13
Anesthesiology13
This Month in Anesthesiology13
Transfusions in Lung Transplantation: Reply13
A Trip around the Sun13
Polygenic Risk for Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting: Comment13
Discovering the Intriguing Properties of Extrasynaptic γ-Aminobutyric Acid Type A Receptors12
Anesthesia, Coming of Age in the World of Modern In Silico Drug Design12
Intergenerational Postoperative Neurocognitive Disorder in a Rat Model: Initiating Mechanisms and Pharmacological Prevention12
Preoperative Chronic Opioid Trajectories: A Change (in Any Direction) Would Do You Good?12
Science, Medicine, and the Anesthesiologist12
Litman’s Basics of Pediatric Anesthesia, 3rd Edition12
Meta-analyses of Randomized Clinical Trials in Postsurgical Pain: Verify before Trusting: Erratum12
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit12
Anesthesiology12
Measuring Well-being Influencers: Development and Validation of the Well-Being Influencers Survey for Healthcare (WISH) Inventory12
Evaluate Extubation in Neurosurgical Patients: Reply12
GABAergic Signaling during Spinal Cord Stimulation Reduces Cardiac Arrhythmias in a Porcine Model12
Feelings from a Mom and Anesthesiologist during a School Shooting in Her Community12
A Risk Assessment Model for Predicting Perioperative Venous Thromboembolism in Patients Receiving Surgery under Anesthesia Care12
Cervical Injury after Videolaryngoscopy in Patient with Ankylosing Spondylitis: Comment11
Perioperative Anaphylaxis: Comment11
Ethereal Breath of the Gods: Always Circulating Aither11
Anesthesiology11
Numbers: A Year in Review11
Intraoperative Electroencephalogram Alpha Power Associated with Mortality: Reply11
Oxygen & Myocardial Injury in Noncardiac Surgery: Factoring it All in11
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit11
Association of Preoperative Growth Differentiation Factor-15 Concentrations and Postoperative Cardiovascular Events after Major Noncardiac Surgery11
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit11
Slick Potassium Channels Control Pain and Itch in Distinct Populations of Sensory and Spinal Neurons in Mice11
Practice Guidelines for Difficult Airway Management: Comment: Erratum11
Science, Medicine, and the Anesthesiologist11
Perioperative Anaphylaxis: Comment11
This Month in Anesthesiology11
Selection Bias in the Hypotension Prediction Index: Comment11
In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face-to-Face with the Idea of an Afterlife10
Caffeine in the Perioperative Setting10
Prediction of Postoperative Deterioration in Cardiac Surgery Patients Using Electronic Health Record and Physiologic Waveform Data10
Prevention of Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction by Minocycline in Elderly Patients after Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Clinical Trial10
Nitric Oxide and Kidney Injury after Cardiac Surgery: A Solution Looking for a Problem10
Cortical Dynamics and Postoperative Cognition: Reply10
Sedatives and Postoperative Delirium: Comment10
An Inadvertent Course of a Central Venous Catheter10
Safe or Skip? Association Between Intraoperative Midazolam in Elderly Patients and Rates of Postop Delirium10
Determination of the Optimal Volume of 0.5% Ropivacaine in Single-injection Retroclavicular Brachial Plexus Block for Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery: A Phase I/II Trial10
Sensory-selective Peripheral and Neuraxial Nerve Blockade with 2′,6′-Pipecoloxylidide10
Hemodynamics Effects of the Left Lateral Decubitus Position in Pregnancy as Assessed by Simultaneous Internal Jugular and Common Carotid Doppler Ultrasound10
Keats: A Brief Life in Nine Poems and One Epitaph10
Frailty and Cardiac Complications after Minor and Major Noncardiac Surgery in Older Adults9
Diagnosis and Treatment of Perioperative Anemia: A Society for Perioperative Assessment and Quality Improvement Collaborative Review9
Adverse Events Associated with Airway Management in Pediatric Anesthesia: A Prospective, Multicenter, Observational Japan Pediatric Difficult Airway in Anesthesia (J-PEDIA) Study9
This Month in Anesthesiology9
Olive Oil9
Identification and Treatment of Pediatric Perioperative Anxiety9
Recovery of the Acute Hypoxic Ventilatory Response: “I Have Given Sugammadex, and the Patient Is Breathing Fine!”9
Role of the Anesthesiologist as a Patient Advocate: A Medical Student’s Perspective9
Mechanical Power during General Anesthesia and Postoperative Respiratory Failure: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study9
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit9
Hektoen International: A Journal of Medical Humanities9
Antithrombin Deficiency during Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Extremely Common, but Does It Matter?9
Altered Gut Microbiome Composition and Function in Individuals with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome9
Anesthesiology9
Current and Developing Approaches for Facilitating Emergence from General Anesthesia9
Heart to Home: Does Dexamethasone Increase Number of Days Alive at Home after Cardiac Surgery?9
Anesthesiology9
Thermodilution-derived Recirculation and Cardiac Output Measurement during Veno-venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Do We Need More Bells and Whistles?9
Intraoperative Burst Suppression Research: Quo Vadis?8
Clinical and Genetic Factors Associated with Intraoperative Minimum Alveolar Concentration Ratio: A Single-center Retrospective Cohort and Genome-wide Association Study8
Deranged Balance of Hemostasis and Fibrinolysis in Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation: Assessment and Relevance in Different Clinical Settings8
Hemodynamic Support in Sepsis8
Review of the ASA Physical Status Classification: Reply8
Ketamine Psychedelic and Antinociceptive Effects Are Connected: Erratum8
Rapid, Safe, and Efficient Reduction in the Carbon Footprint of Preoperative Travel: A Nationwide Study8
Hemodynamic Responses to Crystalloid and Colloid Fluid Boluses during Noncardiac Surgery8
Evaluation of Diaphragmatic Function after Interscalene Block with Liposomal Bupivacaine: A Randomized Controlled Trial8
The Stars Align in Support of Morton’s “Anaesthesia”8
Epidural Analgesia and Recurrence after Colorectal Cancer Surgery: A Danish Retrospective Registry-based Cohort Study8
Psychological Effects of Explicit Recall under Sedation and after Surgery (PEERS): A Prospective Cohort Study on 2,500 Patients8
A Poem for Henry8
Anesthesiology8
Impact of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Safety Communication on Gabapentinoid–Opioid Coprescription8
This Month in Anesthesiology8
Antiplatelet and Wound Healing Implications of Immunotherapy and Targeted Cancer Therapies in the Perioperative Period8
Four-factor Prothrombin Complex Concentrate Use for Bleeding Management in Adult Trauma8
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