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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)
ArticleCitations
Anesthesiology248
Antithrombin Levels during Venoarterial ECMO: Comment225
Central Venous Catheter–associated Venous Thrombosis in Neonates: “Seek and You Shall Find”110
Effects of Serratus Anterior Plane Block on Early Recovery from Thoracoscopic Lung Resection: A Randomized, Blinded, Placebo-controlled Trial: Erratum83
This Month in Anesthesiology82
Reviewing Residency Applications during the Pandemic76
Anesthesiology76
Vesalius’ Fabrica: Sublime Anatomy, Crude Physiology76
Savoring Uncertainty61
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit59
Intravenous Dabigatran Provides Adequate Anticoagulation for Cardiopulmonary Bypass Using a Rabbit Model57
Evolving Perspectives on Esophagectomy Care: Clinical Update55
Exposure to Operative Anesthesia in Childhood and Subsequent Neurobehavioral Diagnoses: A Natural Experiment Using Appendectomy55
Ketamine Pharmacodynamics Entangled: Comment54
Gastric Volume and Diabetes: Comment54
When Your Doctor-mom Heart Feels Torn in Two54
Updates in Prevention of Surgical Site Infection: Comment51
Amiodarone with or without N-Acetylcysteine for the Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation after Thoracic Surgery: A Double-blind, Randomized Trial50
Science, Medicine, and the Anesthesiologist49
We Are All Perfectly Fine: A Memoir of Love, Medicine and Healing47
Modified Thermodilution for Simultaneous Cardiac Output and Recirculation Assessment in Veno-venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Prospective Diagnostic Accuracy Study46
Prone Positioning in COVID-19 ARDS: Reply46
Moving from “Surgeries” to Patients: Progress and Pitfalls While Using Machine Learning to Personalize Transfusion Prediction46
The Second Randomized Trial to Suggest You Shouldn’t Change Your Anesthetic in Infants to Avoid Neurotoxicity44
Anesthesiology44
Serratus Anterior Plane Block for Lung Resection: Comment43
Mark C. Bicket, M.D., Ph.D., Recipient of the 2025 James E. Cottrell, M.D., Presidential Scholar Award43
Modulation of the Renin–Angiotensin System in Critically Ill Patients: Addressing Seven Key Questions for the Intensivist42
Patient Blood Management: Moving Beyond Guidelines to Action41
Reviewing DNR Guidelines at a Time of Transition: Comment40
Ring Around the Rocuronium: Sugammadex Encapsulation Explained BIT by BIT40
Hypotension Prediction Index Revalidation: Comment40
Hypotension Prediction Index Revalidation: Reply40
Analgesia as a Component of General Anesthesia: A Problem of Terminology?39
A Medical Student’s Pauses, Perspectives, and Pursuits during Clerkships39
Quantitative Monitoring Practice Change: Reply38
NPO! Ready to Go?: Do Current Fasting Guidelines Ensure Empty Stomach in Diabetic Patients?37
Dr. Paul M. Wood’s Namesake Collection Finds a Home37
Naloxone for Opioid Overdose: Comment37
Continuing Anesthesia Services in the Face of a Prolonged Digital Health System Outage36
“Bioblasts” in the Crosshairs—Again34
2024 Emery A. Rovenstine Memorial Lecture: Our Finest Hour—How Anesthesiologists Saved Countless Lives during the COVID-19 Pandemic34
Perioperative Management of Preeclampsia: Reply33
Ultrasound-guided external oblique intercostal plane block with ropivacaine for analgesia after open hepatectomy- a randomized controlled study32
Anesthesia and Developing Brains: Unanswered Questions and Proposed Paths Forward32
Stress Pathways Induced by Volatile Anesthetics and Failure of Preconditioning in a Mitochondrial Complex I Mutant32
Use of Neuromuscular Blocking and Antagonism Agents across the Spectrum of Renal Impairment Undergoing Major Inpatient Surgery: A Single-center Retrospective Observational Cohort Study32
Association between Intraoperative Electroencephalogram Burst Suppression and Postoperative Delirium: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis31
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? Erratum30
Alluring Potential to Accelerate Emergence and Ameliorate Opioid-induced Respiratory Depression without Antagonizing Analgesia: Danavorexton Enters the Anesthetic Landscape30
Aortic Valve in the Mitral Position29
Reducing Adverse Outcomes from Handovers: Reply29
Unmasking the Pain: Preserving Humanity in Medicine29
Postpandemic Burnout: Comment28
Electrical Impedance Tomography for Assessing the Impact of Inhaled Nitric Oxide on Pulmonary Artery Pressure28
Keeping the Patient at the Center of Conscientious Objection while Respecting Our Colleagues28
The Anesthesiologist28
“Shocking” Self-experimentation Brings Dr. Hassan H. Ali’s “Train of Four” to Boston27
Influence of Remifentanil on the Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Remimazolam in Healthy Volunteers27
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
Developing an Electroencephalogram-based Model to Predict Awakening after Cardiac Arrest Using Partial Processing with the BIS Engine27
Development of a Prediction Score for Evaluation of Extubation Readiness in Neurosurgical Patients with Mechanical Ventilation26
This Month in Anesthesiology26
Balanced Billing Legislation and the Invisible Hand of Adam Smith26
Sweeping Away Dyspnea25
Anesthesiology Editorial Board Updates, 202525
Morton’s Letheon: The Sweet Promise of Surgical Oblivion25
Increased Global and Regional Connectivity in Propofol-induced Unconsciousness: Human Intracranial Electroencephalography Study25
Paravertebral versus Pectoralis-II (Interpectoral and Pectoserratus) Nerve Blocks for Postoperative Analgesia after Nonmastectomy Breast Surgery: A Randomized, Controlled, Observer-masked Noninferiori25
This Month in Anesthesiology25
Bronchoscopic Removal of Segmental Mucus Plugs in a Premature Infant24
Joyful in Life and Labor: Dr. Ezzat Abouleish24
Trends in Neuraxial Labor Analgesia Utilization: Comment24
Cardiac Output Measurement and Reporting: More Than Just Going with the Flow24
Clinical Electroencephalography for Anesthesiologists and Intensivists: Part 2—Physiologic Signatures and Active Management23
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit22
Not Quite A Corpse22
Dr. Paul Janssen: Making Piperidine Dreams Come True22
Anesthesiology22
Uncoupling Pain and Opioid Use after Surgery22
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit22
This Month in Anesthesiology [September 2018]: Erratum21
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit21
Cognitive Decline after Delirium in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: Erratum21
Dural Puncture Epidural in Obese Parturients: Comment21
Baseline Gastric Volume in Fasting Diabetic Patients Is Not Higher than That in Nondiabetic Patients: A Cross-sectional Noninferiority Study21
This Month in Anesthesiology21
Dr. Crawford Long Honored at the Georgia State Capitol while Dr. J. Marion Sims Is Busted20
Presence of Preoperative Neurodegeneration Biofluid Markers in Patients with Postoperative Delirium20
Perioperative Management of Patients Taking Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists: Applying Evidence to Clinical Practice20
Perioperative Acute Kidney Injury: Diagnosis, Prediction, Prevention, and Treatment20
Strengthening Discovery and Application of Artificial Intelligence in Anesthesiology: A Report from the Anesthesia Research Council20
Longitudinal Reliability of Milestones Learning Trajectories during Anesthesiology Residency20
Spare Parts: The Story of Medicine Through the History of Transplant Surgery19
Methadone Dosing and Postoperative Pain Management in Cardiothoracic Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study19
Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Brachial Plexopathy after Prolonged Prone Positioning18
Serratus Anterior Plane Block for Lung Resection: Comment18
Let the Record Show: McKesson’s Automated Nargraf18
Quadratus Lumborum Block: Anatomical Concepts, Mechanisms, and Techniques: Erratum18
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit18
Tidal Volume, Positive End-expiratory Pressure, and Postoperative Hypoxemia: Comment18
Single-cell Genomics: A Quantum Leap toward Understanding Complexity?18
This Month in Anesthesiology18
Liposomal Bupivacaine’s Effect on the Diaphragm: Reply18
Sedation-related Electroencephalographic Patterns in Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure17
Anesthesiology17
Carbon Footprint of Anesthesia: Comment17
William James’ Nitrous Oxide Nightmare: A Metaphysical Revelation17
Cytokine Hemoadsorption versus Standard Care in Cardiac Surgery Using the Oxiris Membrane: The OXICARD Single-center Randomized Trial17
A Patient’s Countdown to Surgery17
Pressure Support Ventilation and Atelectasis: Comment17
Why the National Halothane Study Still Matters17
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit17
Impact of the Standardized Intensive Care Unit Admission Ratio on Outcomes in Rapid Response System Activations: A Retrospective Multicenter Study in Japan17
This Month in Anesthesiology17
Influenza Vaccination in Perioperative Settings: A Teachable Moment17
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit16
Monitoring Argatroban Anticoagulation in the Critically Ill: All Tests Are Not Created Equal16
New Prescription16
Labor Analgesia in Simpson’s Scotland: Divine Blessing or Witch’s Curse?16
Are Genome-wide Association Studies Worth the Trouble?16
Lung Injury Is Induced by Abrupt Increase in Respiratory Rate but Prevented by Recruitment Maneuver in Mild Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Rats15
Perioperative Management of Preeclampsia: Comment15
Emulating Target Trials to Study Perioperative and Critical Care Interventions with Observational Data: Promise and Limitations15
Platelet-derived Growth Factor Receptor-α Induces Contraction Knots and Inflammatory Pain–like Behavior in a Rat Model of Myofascial Trigger Points15
Acetaminophen 5-HT3 Antagonist Interaction: Comment15
Comparison of Differences in Cohort (Forward) and Case Control (Backward) Methodologic Approaches for Validation of the Hypotension Prediction Index15
Perioperative Management of Patients Receiving Short-term Mechanical Circulatory Support with the Transvalvular Heart Pump15
COVID-19 and Surgery: Getting Back to Business15
The Last Time15
Midazolam at Low Nanomolar Concentrations Affects Long-term Potentiation and Synaptic Transmission Predominantly via the α1–γ-Aminobutyric Acid Type A Receptor Subunit in Mice15
Serum Neurofilament Light and Postoperative Delirium in Cardiac Surgery: A Preplanned Secondary Analysis of a Prospective Observational Study15
Pyridoxine for Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting: Comment15
Mechanical Power Ratio and Respiratory Treatment Escalation in COVID-19 Pneumonia: A Secondary Analysis of a Prospectively Enrolled Cohort15
Damage Control Resuscitation in Traumatic Hemorrhage: Comment15
Nonopioid Analgesic Prescriptions Filled after Surgery among Older Adults in Ontario, Canada: A Population-based Cohort Study15
Leveraging Large Language Models to Enhance Emotional Intelligence Training in Anesthesiology15
Comparative Effectiveness Research on Spinal versus General Anesthesia for Surgery in Older Adults15
Intraoperative Use of Phenylephrine versus Ephedrine and Postoperative Delirium: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study15
Contribution of the Brain–Gut–Microbiome Axis to Intergenerational Abnormalities in a Rat Model of Perioperative Neurocognitive Disorder15
Dr. Adventure: Danger and Discovery from Pole to Pole15
How an Unusual Trade-off Could Save a Life in Gaza14
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
Lost in Translation: Failure of Preclinical Studies to Accurately Predict the Effect of Regional Analgesia on Cancer Recurrence14
Anesthesiology14
ECPELLA Mixing Cloud on Computed Tomography Angiogram14
Continuation versus Interruption of Buprenorphine/Naloxone in Adult Veterans Undergoing Surgery: Examination of Postoperative Pain and Opioid Utilization in a National Retrospective Cohort Study14
night sky14
Cerebrospinal Fluid Drainage in Endovascular Aortic Repair: Reply13
Assisted Fluid Management for Major Liver Surgery: Reply13
Advanced Hemodynamic Monitoring: Are We Asking the Right Questions?13
Slick Potassium Channels Control Pain and Itch in Distinct Populations of Sensory and Spinal Neurons in Mice13
Perioperative Anaphylaxis: Comment13
Pupillometry: Keeping an Eye on Anesthesia13
Polygenic Risk for Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting: Comment13
Anesthesiology13
This Month in Anesthesiology13
Cervical Injury after Videolaryngoscopy in Patient with Ankylosing Spondylitis: Comment13
Heterogeneity of Neonatal Respiratory Disorders: Reply13
This Month in Anesthesiology13
Prediction of Postoperative Deterioration in Cardiac Surgery Patients Using Electronic Health Record and Physiologic Waveform Data13
Perioperative Anaphylaxis: Comment13
This Is The Way13
Say Anarcha: A Young Woman, A Devious Surgeon, and the Harrowing Birth of Modern Women’s Health12
A Trip around the Sun12
Science, Medicine, and the Anesthesiologist12
Discovering the Intriguing Properties of Extrasynaptic γ-Aminobutyric Acid Type A Receptors12
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit12
This Month in Anesthesiology12
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit12
Ethereal Breath of the Gods: Always Circulating Aither12
Numbers: A Year in Review12
Science, Medicine, and the Anesthesiologist12
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit12
Feelings from a Mom and Anesthesiologist during a School Shooting in Her Community12
Oxygen & Myocardial Injury in Noncardiac Surgery: Factoring it All in12
Practice Guidelines for Difficult Airway Management: Comment: Erratum12
Litman’s Basics of Pediatric Anesthesia, 3rd Edition11
Meta-analyses of Randomized Clinical Trials in Postsurgical Pain: Verify before Trusting: Erratum11
This Month in Anesthesiology11
Intergenerational Postoperative Neurocognitive Disorder in a Rat Model: Initiating Mechanisms and Pharmacological Prevention11
Intraoperative Electroencephalogram Alpha Power Associated with Mortality: Reply11
Transfusions in Lung Transplantation: Reply11
Evaluate Extubation in Neurosurgical Patients: Reply11
A Risk Assessment Model for Predicting Perioperative Venous Thromboembolism in Patients Receiving Surgery under Anesthesia Care11
Selection Bias in the Hypotension Prediction Index: Comment11
Anesthesiology11
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit11
Anesthesiology11
Anesthesia, Coming of Age in the World of Modern In Silico Drug Design11
Science, Medicine, and the Anesthesiologist11
Anesthesiology11
Measuring Well-being Influencers: Development and Validation of the Well-Being Influencers Survey for Healthcare (WISH) Inventory11
Cryoneurolysis for the Treatment of Pain: Comment10
In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face-to-Face with the Idea of an Afterlife10
Hemodynamic Support in Sepsis10
Association of Preoperative Growth Differentiation Factor-15 Concentrations and Postoperative Cardiovascular Events after Major Noncardiac Surgery10
Hemodynamics Effects of the Left Lateral Decubitus Position in Pregnancy as Assessed by Simultaneous Internal Jugular and Common Carotid Doppler Ultrasound10
Sedatives and Postoperative Delirium: Comment10
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit10
Nitric Oxide and Kidney Injury after Cardiac Surgery: A Solution Looking for a Problem10
GABAergic Neurons in the Central Amygdala Promote Emergence from Isoflurane Anesthesia in Mice10
Safe or Skip? Association Between Intraoperative Midazolam in Elderly Patients and Rates of Postop Delirium10
GABAergic Signaling during Spinal Cord Stimulation Reduces Cardiac Arrhythmias in a Porcine Model10
Frailty and Cardiac Complications after Minor and Major Noncardiac Surgery in Older Adults10
Caffeine in the Perioperative Setting10
Keats: A Brief Life in Nine Poems and One Epitaph10
An Initial Investigation of Diaphragm Neurostimulation in Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome10
An Inadvertent Course of a Central Venous Catheter10
Role of the Anesthesiologist as a Patient Advocate: A Medical Student’s Perspective9
Adverse Events Associated with Airway Management in Pediatric Anesthesia: A Prospective, Multicenter, Observational Japan Pediatric Difficult Airway in Anesthesia (J-PEDIA) Study9
Identification and Treatment of Pediatric Perioperative Anxiety9
Olive Oil9
Antiplatelet and Wound Healing Implications of Immunotherapy and Targeted Cancer Therapies in the Perioperative Period9
Anesthesiology9
Heart to Home: Does Dexamethasone Increase Number of Days Alive at Home after Cardiac Surgery?9
Hektoen International: A Journal of Medical Humanities9
Antithrombin Deficiency during Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Extremely Common, but Does It Matter?9
This Month in Anesthesiology9
Cortical Dynamics and Postoperative Cognition: Reply9
Recovery of the Acute Hypoxic Ventilatory Response: “I Have Given Sugammadex, and the Patient Is Breathing Fine!”9
Instructions for Obtaining Anesthesiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit9
Anesthesiology9
Thermodilution-derived Recirculation and Cardiac Output Measurement during Veno-venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Do We Need More Bells and Whistles?9
Ketamine Psychedelic and Antinociceptive Effects Are Connected: Erratum8
Current and Developing Approaches for Facilitating Emergence from General Anesthesia8
Impact of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Safety Communication on Gabapentinoid–Opioid Coprescription8
Point-of-Care Ultrasound Frailty Assessments: Comment8
This Month in Anesthesiology8
Prolonged Phrenic Nerve Blockade with Liposomal Bupivacaine8
Hypotension and Cardiac Surgical Outcomes: Comment8
Mechanical Power during General Anesthesia and Postoperative Respiratory Failure: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study8
Psychological Effects of Explicit Recall under Sedation and after Surgery (PEERS): A Prospective Cohort Study on 2,500 Patients8
Deranged Balance of Hemostasis and Fibrinolysis in Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation: Assessment and Relevance in Different Clinical Settings8
Evaluation of Diaphragmatic Function after Interscalene Block with Liposomal Bupivacaine: A Randomized Controlled Trial8
Fluid Balance: Another Variable to Consider with Diaphragm Dysfunction?8
Epidural Analgesia and Recurrence after Colorectal Cancer Surgery: A Danish Retrospective Registry-based Cohort Study8
Four-factor Prothrombin Complex Concentrate Use for Bleeding Management in Adult Trauma8
Sensory-selective Peripheral and Neuraxial Nerve Blockade with 2′,6′-Pipecoloxylidide8
Clinical and Genetic Factors Associated with Intraoperative Minimum Alveolar Concentration Ratio: A Single-center Retrospective Cohort and Genome-wide Association Study8
Review of the ASA Physical Status Classification: Reply8
The Stars Align in Support of Morton’s “Anaesthesia”8
What Anesthesiology Has to Learn from Implementation Science and Quality Improvement8
Postpandemic Burnout: Comment7
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Special Report on Clinical Learners in Procedural Environments: Several Elephants in a Very Small Room7
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