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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Anesthesiology346
Central Venous Catheter–associated Venous Thrombosis in Neonates: “Seek and You Shall Find”325
The Second Randomized Trial to Suggest You Shouldn’t Change Your Anesthetic in Infants to Avoid Neurotoxicity175
Anesthesiology121
Mark C. Bicket, M.D., Ph.D., Recipient of the 2025 James E. Cottrell, M.D., Presidential Scholar Award91
Effects of Serratus Anterior Plane Block on Early Recovery from Thoracoscopic Lung Resection: A Randomized, Blinded, Placebo-controlled Trial: Erratum83
Rising Treatment for Substance Use Disorder Presents New Challenges for Anesthesiologists as Perioperative Medicine Specialists76
When Your Doctor-mom Heart Feels Torn in Two72
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit68
Gastric Volume and Diabetes: Comment67
Ketamine Pharmacodynamics Entangled: Comment63
Updates in Prevention of Surgical Site Infection: Comment63
We Are All Perfectly Fine: A Memoir of Love, Medicine and Healing60
Reviewing DNR Guidelines at a Time of Transition: Comment58
Prone Positioning in COVID-19 ARDS: Reply58
Ring Around the Rocuronium: Sugammadex Encapsulation Explained BIT by BIT57
Analgesia as a Component of General Anesthesia: A Problem of Terminology?53
A Medical Student’s Pauses, Perspectives, and Pursuits during Clerkships53
Quantitative Monitoring Practice Change: Reply53
Dr. Paul M. Wood’s Namesake Collection Finds a Home51
NPO! Ready to Go?: Do Current Fasting Guidelines Ensure Empty Stomach in Diabetic Patients?50
2024 Emery A. Rovenstine Memorial Lecture: Our Finest Hour—How Anesthesiologists Saved Countless Lives during the COVID-19 Pandemic49
“Bioblasts” in the Crosshairs—Again48
Stress Pathways Induced by Volatile Anesthetics and Failure of Preconditioning in a Mitochondrial Complex I Mutant48
Perioperative Management of Preeclampsia: Reply48
Naloxone for Opioid Overdose: Comment46
Modified Thermodilution for Simultaneous Cardiac Output and Recirculation Assessment in Veno-venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Prospective Diagnostic Accuracy Study46
Use of Neuromuscular Blocking and Antagonism Agents across the Spectrum of Renal Impairment Undergoing Major Inpatient Surgery: A Single-center Retrospective Observational Cohort Study46
Hypotension Prediction Index Revalidation: Comment45
Hypotension Prediction Index Revalidation: Reply43
Two Paths, One Destination: Propofol vs. Volatile in Cancer Surgery42
Cerebral small-vessel disease and postoperative delirium in elderly non-cardiac surgical patients42
Serratus Anterior Plane Block for Lung Resection: Comment42
Patient Blood Management: Moving Beyond Guidelines to Action41
Continuing Anesthesia Services in the Face of a Prolonged Digital Health System Outage41
Evolving Perspectives on Esophagectomy Care: Clinical Update39
Ultrasound-guided External Oblique Intercostal Plane Block with Ropivacaine for Analgesia after Open Hepatectomy: A Randomized Controlled Study39
Role of Dorsomedial Periaqueductal Gray Glutamatergic Neurons in Promoting Arousal under Multiple General Anesthetics in Mice38
Sense of Belongingness among Anesthesiology Residents: Adapting a Validated Tool to Establish Benchmarks and Identify Outliers38
The Stitch-Up: How Medical Misogyny Harms Us All38
Spatial Analysis of Preoperative Malnutrition: A Geographic Targeting Framework for Nutrition Intervention37
Simpson, Bonica, and the Theology of Obstetric Anesthesia37
A Lesson in Two Clinical Vignettes: Laughter Remains a Potent Medicine36
Massive Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm in a Pediatric Patient: Challenges for Optimal Anesthesia Care36
Automated Volatile Anesthetics Delivery with End-tidal Control: Comment35
Breath-based Propofol Pharmacometabolomics: Comment34
Functional Capacity and Postoperative Outcomes: Reply33
Watershed33
Modulation of the Renin–Angiotensin System in Critically Ill Patients: Addressing Seven Key Questions for the Intensivist32
Intravenous Dabigatran Provides Adequate Anticoagulation for Cardiopulmonary Bypass Using a Rabbit Model32
Antithrombin Levels during Venoarterial ECMO: Comment32
Role of Preoptic Area γ-Aminobutyric Acid–mediated Neurons in Distinctly Regulating Sleep and Rousability during Dexmedetomidine Sedation in Mice32
Association between Intraoperative Electroencephalogram Burst Suppression and Postoperative Delirium: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis32
Reviewing Residency Applications during the Pandemic32
Ketamine for Acute Pain after Breast Surgery: Comment30
Reducing Adverse Outcomes from Handovers: Reply30
Exposure to Operative Anesthesia in Childhood and Subsequent Neurobehavioral Diagnoses: A Natural Experiment Using Appendectomy30
Aortic Valve in the Mitral Position30
Alluring Potential to Accelerate Emergence and Ameliorate Opioid-induced Respiratory Depression without Antagonizing Analgesia: Danavorexton Enters the Anesthetic Landscape30
Postpandemic Burnout: Comment29
Unmasking the Pain: Preserving Humanity in Medicine29
The Anesthesiologist28
Electrical Impedance Tomography for Assessing the Impact of Inhaled Nitric Oxide on Pulmonary Artery Pressure28
Developing an Electroencephalogram-based Model to Predict Awakening after Cardiac Arrest Using Partial Processing with the BIS Engine27
“Shocking” Self-experimentation Brings Dr. Hassan H. Ali’s “Train of Four” to Boston27
Novel Resuscitation Strategies in Severe Trauma: Comment26
This Month in Anesthesiology26
Paravertebral versus Pectoralis-II (Interpectoral and Pectoserratus) Nerve Blocks for Postoperative Analgesia after Nonmastectomy Breast Surgery: A Randomized, Controlled, Observer-masked Noninferiori26
This Month in Anesthesiology26
Balanced Billing Legislation and the Invisible Hand of Adam Smith26
Joyful in Life and Labor: Dr. Ezzat Abouleish26
Sweeping Away Dyspnea26
Morton’s Letheon: The Sweet Promise of Surgical Oblivion26
Suzetrigine: First in a New Class of Nonopioid Analgesics for Acute Pain26
Anesthesiology Editorial Board Updates, 202526
Trends in Neuraxial Labor Analgesia Utilization: Comment25
Anesthesiology25
Cardiac Output Measurement and Reporting: More Than Just Going with the Flow25
Bronchoscopic Removal of Segmental Mucus Plugs in a Premature Infant25
Dural Puncture Epidural in Obese Parturients: Comment24
Keeping the Patient at the Center of Conscientious Objection while Respecting Our Colleagues24
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit24
Dr. Crawford Long Honored at the Georgia State Capitol while Dr. J. Marion Sims Is Busted24
This Month in Anesthesiology24
Not Quite A Corpse24
Influence of Remifentanil on the Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Remimazolam in Healthy Volunteers24
Protamine Dosing in Cardiac Surgery: Can One Size Fit All? Erratum23
This Month in Anesthesiology [September 2018]: Erratum23
Anesthesiology23
Cognitive Decline after Delirium in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: Erratum23
Serratus Anterior Plane Block for Lung Resection: Comment23
Let’s Say Goodbye to Acceleromyographic Twitch Monitoring: Reply23
Anti–Human Trafficking in Health Care: An Invitation to Anesthesiology22
Development of a Prediction Score for Evaluation of Extubation Readiness in Neurosurgical Patients with Mechanical Ventilation22
Baseline Gastric Volume in Fasting Diabetic Patients Is Not Higher than That in Nondiabetic Patients: A Cross-sectional Noninferiority Study22
Development and Validation of EVANpedia for the Assessment of Perioperative Experience in Pediatric Patients21
Air Entrainment and Subsequent Pneumocephalus Associated with Epidural Blood Patch21
Perioperative Management of Patients Taking Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists: Applying Evidence to Clinical Practice21
Smooth Sailing through Surgery: Frequency of Blood Pressure Monitoring and Intraoperative Hypotension21
Presence of Preoperative Neurodegeneration Biofluid Markers in Patients with Postoperative Delirium21
Clinical Electroencephalography for Anesthesiologists and Intensivists: Part 2—Physiologic Signatures and Active Management20
Retention of Information by Outpatients during Anesthesia Consultation: A Randomized Study in the General Population20
Increased Global and Regional Connectivity in Propofol-induced Unconsciousness: Human Intracranial Electroencephalography Study20
Dosing Limits for Lumbar Plexus Infusions: Reply20
Association between Preoperative Depression and Length of Stay after Major Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis20
Strengthening Discovery and Application of Artificial Intelligence in Anesthesiology: A Report from the Anesthesia Research Council20
This Month in Anesthesiology20
Methadone Dosing and Postoperative Pain Management in Cardiothoracic Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study19
Anesthesiology19
Uncoupling Pain and Opioid Use after Surgery19
Perioperative Acute Kidney Injury: Diagnosis, Prediction, Prevention, and Treatment19
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit19
Longitudinal Reliability of Milestones Learning Trajectories during Anesthesiology Residency19
William James’ Nitrous Oxide Nightmare: A Metaphysical Revelation18
Sedation-related Electroencephalographic Patterns in Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure18
Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Brachial Plexopathy after Prolonged Prone Positioning18
Influenza Vaccination in Perioperative Settings: A Teachable Moment18
Contribution of the Brain–Gut–Microbiome Axis to Intergenerational Abnormalities in a Rat Model of Perioperative Neurocognitive Disorder18
Spare Parts: The Story of Medicine Through the History of Transplant Surgery18
Feasibility Pilot Trial for the Trajectories of Recovery after Intravenous Propofol versus Inhaled Volatile Anesthesia (THRIVE) Pragmatic Randomized Clinical Trial18
They Are All Our Children18
Pyridoxine for Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting: Comment17
The Last Time17
Tidal Volume, Positive End-expiratory Pressure, and Postoperative Hypoxemia: Comment17
Quadratus Lumborum Block: Anatomical Concepts, Mechanisms, and Techniques: Erratum17
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit17
Perioperative Management of Preeclampsia: Comment17
Liposomal Bupivacaine’s Effect on the Diaphragm: Reply17
Single-cell Genomics: A Quantum Leap toward Understanding Complexity?17
Nonopioid Analgesic Prescriptions Filled after Surgery among Older Adults in Ontario, Canada: A Population-based Cohort Study17
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit17
Continuation versus Interruption of Buprenorphine/Naloxone in Adult Veterans Undergoing Surgery: Examination of Postoperative Pain and Opioid Utilization in a National Retrospective Cohort Study17
Are Genome-wide Association Studies Worth the Trouble?16
Acetaminophen 5-HT3 Antagonist Interaction: Comment16
Lung Injury Is Induced by Abrupt Increase in Respiratory Rate but Prevented by Recruitment Maneuver in Mild Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Rats16
Damage Control Resuscitation in Traumatic Hemorrhage: Comment16
Labor Analgesia in Simpson’s Scotland: Divine Blessing or Witch’s Curse?16
Mechanical Power Ratio and Respiratory Treatment Escalation in COVID-19 Pneumonia: A Secondary Analysis of a Prospectively Enrolled Cohort16
Monitoring Argatroban Anticoagulation in the Critically Ill: All Tests Are Not Created Equal16
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit16
Leveraging Large Language Models to Enhance Emotional Intelligence Training in Anesthesiology16
Dr. Adventure: Danger and Discovery from Pole to Pole16
Suzetrigine for the Treatment of Acute Pain: Comment15
Anesthesiology Journals Welcome the New Year15
Serum Neurofilament Light and Postoperative Delirium in Cardiac Surgery: A Preplanned Secondary Analysis of a Prospective Observational Study15
Dissecting Anesthesia Machines: A Tribute to Eddie Bowie (1934 to 2026)15
Emulating Target Trials to Study Perioperative and Critical Care Interventions with Observational Data: Promise and Limitations15
Serratus Anterior Plane Block for Lung Resection: Comment15
Impact of the Standardized Intensive Care Unit Admission Ratio on Outcomes in Rapid Response System Activations: A Retrospective Multicenter Study in Japan15
Comparison of Differences in Cohort (Forward) and Case Control (Backward) Methodologic Approaches for Validation of the Hypotension Prediction Index15
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Scoping Review: Comment15
Comparative Effectiveness Research on Spinal versus General Anesthesia for Surgery in Older Adults15
Platelet-derived Growth Factor Receptor-α Induces Contraction Knots and Inflammatory Pain–like Behavior in a Rat Model of Myofascial Trigger Points15
Why the National Halothane Study Still Matters15
Optimizing Perioperative Management of Sarcoidosis in Noncardiac Surgery: A Focused Review and Practical Framework15
Protocolizing Propofol Emergence: Turning “Milk of Amnesia” into Designer Dreams?15
Anesthesiology14
New Prescription14
Cytokine Hemoadsorption versus Standard Care in Cardiac Surgery Using the Oxiris Membrane: The OXICARD Single-center Randomized Trial14
Intraoperative Use of Phenylephrine versus Ephedrine and Postoperative Delirium: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study14
The Amygdala: Another Switch That Controls Consciousness?14
Recirculation Quantified by Trans–Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Thermodilution to Predict Mixed Venous Oxygenation during Veno-venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: An In Vivo Porcine Stud14
This Month in Anesthesiology14
Lost in Translation: Failure of Preclinical Studies to Accurately Predict the Effect of Regional Analgesia on Cancer Recurrence14
Management of Out–of–operating room Tracheostomy and Laryngectomy-related Emergencies14
Statistical Analysis and Reporting of Cardiac Output Method Comparison Studies (COMPARE) Statement14
COVID-19 and Surgery: Getting Back to Business14
A Patient’s Countdown to Surgery14
Anesthesiology14
Perioperative Anaphylaxis: Comment13
Perioperative Anaphylaxis: Comment13
Feelings from a Mom and Anesthesiologist during a School Shooting in Her Community13
This Is The Way13
Assisted Fluid Management for Major Liver Surgery: Reply13
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit13
Pupillometry: Keeping an Eye on Anesthesia13
Science, Medicine, and the Anesthesiologist13
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit13
Advanced Hemodynamic Monitoring: Are We Asking the Right Questions?13
Heterogeneity of Neonatal Respiratory Disorders: Reply13
How an Unusual Trade-off Could Save a Life in Gaza13
This Month in Anesthesiology13
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit13
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit13
This Month in Anesthesiology13
night sky13
ECPELLA Mixing Cloud on Computed Tomography Angiogram13
Anesthesiology12
Evaluate Extubation in Neurosurgical Patients: Reply12
Airway Management Risks in Pediatric Anesthesia: Comment12
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit12
Discovering the Intriguing Properties of Extrasynaptic γ-Aminobutyric Acid Type A Receptors12
Science, Medicine, and the Anesthesiologist12
Meta-analyses of Randomized Clinical Trials in Postsurgical Pain: Verify before Trusting: Erratum12
Litman’s Basics of Pediatric Anesthesia, 3rd Edition12
Anesthesia, Coming of Age in the World of Modern In Silico Drug Design12
Anesthesiology12
Anesthesiology12
Preoperative Imaging in Type IV Hiatal Hernia: Guiding Perioperative Anesthesia Management12
This Month in Anesthesiology12
A Trip around the Sun12
Practice Guidelines for Difficult Airway Management: Comment: Erratum12
Say Anarcha: A Young Woman, A Devious Surgeon, and the Harrowing Birth of Modern Women’s Health12
Intraoperative Electroencephalogram Alpha Power Associated with Mortality: Reply12
Selection Bias in the Hypotension Prediction Index: Comment12
This Month in Anesthesiology11
Pre-op Note: What Is Not Written11
An Initial Investigation of Diaphragm Neurostimulation in Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome11
GABAergic Signaling during Spinal Cord Stimulation Reduces Cardiac Arrhythmias in a Porcine Model11
Science, Medicine, and the Anesthesiologist11
Dosing Limits for Lumbar Plexus Infusions: Comment11
Polygenic Risk for Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting: Comment11
A Risk Assessment Model for Predicting Perioperative Venous Thromboembolism in Patients Receiving Surgery under Anesthesia Care11
Transfusions in Lung Transplantation: Reply11
Intergenerational Postoperative Neurocognitive Disorder in a Rat Model: Initiating Mechanisms and Pharmacological Prevention11
Measuring Well-being Influencers: Development and Validation of the Well-Being Influencers Survey for Healthcare (WISH) Inventory11
Association of Preoperative Growth Differentiation Factor-15 Concentrations and Postoperative Cardiovascular Events after Major Noncardiac Surgery11
Prediction of Postoperative Deterioration in Cardiac Surgery Patients Using Electronic Health Record and Physiologic Waveform Data11
Developing a Framework for Career Fulfillment in Academic Anesthesiology: Findings from a Single-institution Focus Group Study10
Gabapentin for Postsurgical Pain: Comment10
Presynaptic Protein Gene and General Anesthesia: Reply10
Ancient Mitochondrial Genetic Variant, Modern-day Pandora’s Box10
Safe or Skip? Association Between Intraoperative Midazolam in Elderly Patients and Rates of Postop Delirium10
From Energy to Injury: Mechanical Power and Lung Strain10
Deep versus Broad: Why Small-scale Qualitative Research Can and Should Inform Our Thinking10
Primary Afferent Inhibition: An Underappreciated Mechanism in Mechanical Pain Control10
Urine-guided Hydration and Kidney Injury: Comment10
Quantitative Electroencephalogram Changes before and after Postoperative Delirium: A Prospective, Multicenter Cohort Study10
GABAergic Neurons in the Central Amygdala Promote Emergence from Isoflurane Anesthesia in Mice10
A Portrait, Porcelain Teeth, and a Pivotal Role10
Cerebrospinal Fluid Drainage in Endovascular Aortic Repair: Reply10
Hemodynamics Effects of the Left Lateral Decubitus Position in Pregnancy as Assessed by Simultaneous Internal Jugular and Common Carotid Doppler Ultrasound10
Altered Gut Microbiome Composition and Function in Individuals with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome9
Preoperative Use of Metformin and Incidence of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation9
Recovery of the Acute Hypoxic Ventilatory Response: “I Have Given Sugammadex, and the Patient Is Breathing Fine!”9
Anesthesiology9
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit9
Cortical Dynamics and Postoperative Cognition: Reply9
Anesthesiology9
Antiplatelet and Wound Healing Implications of Immunotherapy and Targeted Cancer Therapies in the Perioperative Period9
Heart to Home: Does Dexamethasone Increase Number of Days Alive at Home after Cardiac Surgery?9
Keats: A Brief Life in Nine Poems and One Epitaph9
In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face-to-Face with the Idea of an Afterlife9
Role of the Anesthesiologist as a Patient Advocate: A Medical Student’s Perspective9
Frailty and Cardiac Complications after Minor and Major Noncardiac Surgery in Older Adults9
Hemodynamic Support in Sepsis9
Hypotension and Cardiac Surgical Outcomes: Comment9
Cryoneurolysis for the Treatment of Pain: Comment9
Rock ‘n’ Roll All Night: McKesson’s Respir-aid Rocking Bed9
This Month in Anesthesiology8
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