| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Correlation Coefficients: Appropriate Use and Interpretation | Anesthesia and Analgesia | 2018 | 4,153 |
| 2 | Central Sensitization: A Generator of Pain Hypersensitivity by Central Neural Plasticity | Journal of Pain | 2009 | 2,675 |
| 3 | Difficult tracheal intubation in obstetrics | Anaesthesia | 1984 | 2,564 |
| 4 | Interpreting the Clinical Importance of Treatment Outcomes in Chronic Pain Clinical Trials: IMMPACT Recommendations | Journal of Pain | 2008 | 2,564 |
| 5 | Multimodal approach to control postoperative pathophysiology and rehabilitation | British Journal of Anaesthesia | 1997 | 2,169 |
| 6 | Management of Postoperative Pain: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the American Pain Society, the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, and the American Society of Anesthesiologists' Committee on Regional Anesthesia, Executive Committee, and Administrative Council | Journal of Pain | 2016 | 2,040 |
| 7 | Sex, Gender, and Pain: A Review of Recent Clinical and Experimental Findings | Journal of Pain | 2009 | 2,032 |
| 8 | Practice Guidelines for Sedation and Analgesia by Non-Anesthesiologists | Anesthesiology | 2002 | 2,021 |
| 9 | Practice Guidelines for Management of the Difficult Airway | Anesthesiology | 2013 | 1,984 |
| 10 | Clinical Guidelines for the Use of Chronic Opioid Therapy in Chronic Noncancer Pain | Journal of Pain | 2009 | 1,960 |
| 11 | STOP Questionnaire | Anesthesiology | 2008 | 1,950 |
| 12 | ASA Physical Status Classifications | Anesthesiology | 1978 | 1,799 |
| 13 | Practice Guidelines for Management of the Difficult Airway | Anesthesiology | 2003 | 1,748 |
| 14 | Postoperative Pain Experience: Results from a National Survey Suggest Postoperative Pain Continues to Be Undermanaged | Anesthesia and Analgesia | 2003 | 1,734 |
| 15 | A Simplified Risk Score for Predicting Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting | Anesthesiology | 1999 | 1,719 |
| 16 | The Economic Costs of Pain in the United States | Journal of Pain | 2012 | 1,696 |
| 17 | The stress response to trauma and surgery | British Journal of Anaesthesia | 2000 | 1,658 |
| 18 | Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting | Anesthesiology | 1992 | 1,655 |
| 19 | Changes in Arterial Pressure during Mechanical Ventilation | Anesthesiology | 2005 | 1,639 |
| 20 | Difficult tracheal intubation: a retrospective study | Anaesthesia | 1987 | 1,613 |
| 21 | Major complications of airway management in the UK: results of the Fourth National Audit Project of the Royal College of Anaesthetists and the Difficult Airway Society. Part 1: Anaesthesia | British Journal of Anaesthesia | 2011 | 1,558 |
| 22 | Difficult Airway Society 2015 guidelines for management of unanticipated difficult intubation in adults | British Journal of Anaesthesia | 2015 | 1,544 |
| 23 | Preemptive Analgesia—Treating Postoperative Pain by Preventing the Establishment of Central Sensitization | Anesthesia and Analgesia | 1993 | 1,530 |
| 24 | GRADING OF PATIENTS FOR SURGICAL PROCEDURES | Anesthesiology | 1941 | 1,509 |
| 25 | Ketamine—Its Pharmacology and Therapeutic Uses | Anesthesiology | 1982 | 1,473 |
| 26 | Goal-directed Intraoperative Fluid Administration Reduces Length of Hospital Stay after Major Surgery | Anesthesiology | 2002 | 1,435 |
| 27 | Comparative Diagnostic Performances of Auscultation, Chest Radiography, and Lung Ultrasonography in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome | Anesthesiology | 2004 | 1,428 |
| 28 | Perioperative Cardiac Morbidity | Anesthesiology | 1990 | 1,418 |
| 29 | Assessment of pain | British Journal of Anaesthesia | 2008 | 1,408 |
| 30 | Sex differences in pain: a brief review of clinical and experimental findings | British Journal of Anaesthesia | 2013 | 1,332 |
| 31 | A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on the Use of Preemptive Hemodynamic Intervention to Improve Postoperative Outcomes in Moderate and High-Risk Surgical Patients | Anesthesia and Analgesia | 2011 | 1,328 |
| 32 | Variability of Blood Glucose Concentration and Short-term Mortality in Critically Ill Patients | Anesthesiology | 2006 | 1,305 |
| 33 | A Primer for EEG Signal Processing in Anesthesia | Anesthesiology | 1998 | 1,286 |
| 34 | Pathophysiology of traumatic brain injury | British Journal of Anaesthesia | 2007 | 1,264 |
| 35 | Chronic Pain as an Outcome of Surgery | Anesthesiology | 2000 | 1,250 |
| 36 | Early Exposure to Anesthesia and Learning Disabilities in a Population-based Birth Cohort | Anesthesiology | 2009 | 1,246 |
| 37 | Monitoring Brain Oxygen Saturation During Coronary Bypass Surgery: A Randomized, Prospective Study | Anesthesia and Analgesia | 2007 | 1,245 |
| 38 | Predictors of Cognitive Dysfunction after Major Noncardiac Surgery | Anesthesiology | 2008 | 1,232 |
| 39 | The STROBE guidelines | Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia | 2019 | 1,224 |
| 40 | Bispectral Analysis Measures Sedation and Memory Effects of Propofol, Midazolam, Isoflurane, and Alfentanil in Healthy Volunteers | Anesthesiology | 1997 | 1,203 |
| 41 | Influence of Age and Gender on the Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Remifentanil | Anesthesiology | 1997 | 1,201 |
| 42 | Consensus Guidelines for the Management of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting | Anesthesia and Analgesia | 2014 | 1,200 |
| 43 | Balloon Dilatational Tracheostomy: Initial Experience with the Ciaglia Blue Dolphin Method: Retracted | Anesthesia and Analgesia | 2009 | 1,165 |
| 44 | The Effects of Increasing Plasma Concentrations of Dexmedetomidine in Humans | Anesthesiology | 2000 | 1,162 |
| 45 | The reliability of a linear analogue for evaluating pain | Anaesthesia | 1976 | 1,148 |
| 46 | Practice Guidelines for Acute Pain Management in the Perioperative Setting | Anesthesiology | 2012 | 1,129 |
| 47 | Epidural Anesthesia and Analgesia | Anesthesiology | 1995 | 1,128 |
| 48 | Pulmonary Atelectasis | Anesthesiology | 2005 | 1,125 |
| 49 | Pain Intensity on the First Day after Surgery | Anesthesiology | 2013 | 1,117 |
| 50 | Intrathecal and Epidural Administration of Opioids | Anesthesiology | 1984 | 1,113 |
| 51 | Practice Guidelines for Management of the Difficult Airway | Anesthesiology | 1993 | 1,112 |
| 52 | Relationship between Intraoperative Mean Arterial Pressure and Clinical Outcomes after Noncardiac Surgery | Anesthesiology | 2013 | 1,107 |
| 53 | The Influence of Method of Administration and Covariates on the Pharmacokinetics of Propofol in Adult Volunteers | Anesthesiology | 1998 | 1,103 |
| 54 | Lorazepam Is an Independent Risk Factor for Transitioning to Delirium in Intensive Care Unit Patients | Anesthesiology | 2006 | 1,102 |
| 55 | Validation of the brief pain inventory for chronic nonmalignant pain | Journal of Pain | 2004 | 1,094 |
| 56 | Serious Complications Related to Regional Anesthesia | Anesthesiology | 1997 | 1,087 |
| 57 | A Proposal for a New Method of Evaluation of the Newborn Infant. | Anesthesia and Analgesia | 1953 | 1,078 |
| 58 | The Value of ???Multimodal??? or ???Balanced Analgesia??? in Postoperative Pain Treatment | Anesthesia and Analgesia | 1993 | 1,069 |
| 59 | Practice Guidelines for Preoperative Fasting and the Use of Pharmacologic Agents to Reduce the Risk of Pulmonary Aspiration: Application to Healthy Patients Undergoing Elective Procedures | Anesthesiology | 2011 | 1,063 |
| 60 | Cardiac Arrest Following Regional Anesthesia with Etidocaine or Bupivacaine | Anesthesiology | 1979 | 1,056 |
| 61 | Opioid-induced Hyperalgesia | Anesthesiology | 2006 | 1,055 |
| 62 | The Prevalence of Chronic Pain in United States Adults: Results of an Internet-Based Survey | Journal of Pain | 2010 | 1,038 |
| 63 | The Influence of Age on Propofol Pharmacodynamics | Anesthesiology | 1999 | 1,036 |
| 64 | A Prospective, Randomized Study of Goal-Oriented Hemodynamic Therapy in Cardiac Surgical Patients | Anesthesia and Analgesia | 2000 | 1,028 |
| 65 | The Pathophysiology of Aortic Cross-clamping and Unclamping | Anesthesiology | 1995 | 1,014 |
| 66 | PHARMACOKINETIC MODEL DRIVEN INFUSION OF PROPOFOL IN CHILDREN | British Journal of Anaesthesia | 1991 | 1,001 |
| 67 | Difficult Airway Society guidelines for management of the unanticipated difficult intubation | Anaesthesia | 2004 | 1,000 |
| 68 | The Association of Sleep and Pain: An Update and a Path Forward | Journal of Pain | 2013 | 993 |
| 69 | Adverse Respiratory Events in Anesthesia: A Closed Claims Analysis | Anesthesiology | 1990 | 986 |
| 70 | Epidural Anesthesia and Analgesia in High-risk Surgical Patients | Anesthesiology | 1987 | 978 |
| 71 | Effects of Perioperative Analgesic Technique on the Surgical Outcome and Duration of Rehabilitation after Major Knee Surgery | Anesthesiology | 1999 | 977 |
| 72 | Major Complications of Regional Anesthesia in France | Anesthesiology | 2002 | 974 |
| 73 | A Critical Review of the Ability of Continuous Cardiac Output Monitors to Measure Trends in Cardiac Output | Anesthesia and Analgesia | 2010 | 951 |
| 74 | Practice Guidelines for Perioperative Blood Transfusion and Adjuvant Therapies | Anesthesiology | 2006 | 940 |
| 75 | Pain Relief by Intrathecally Applied Morphine in Man | Anesthesiology | 1979 | 928 |
| 76 | Prediction of Postoperative Pulmonary Complications in a Population-based Surgical Cohort | Anesthesiology | 2010 | 928 |
| 77 | Sedative, Amnestic, and Analgesic Properties of Small-Dose Dexmedetomidine Infusions | Anesthesia and Analgesia | 2000 | 926 |
| 78 | Preventable Anesthesia Mishaps | Anesthesiology | 1978 | 924 |
| 79 | Reliability of the next of kins' estimates of critically ill patients' quality of life | Anaesthesia | 1997 | 920 |
| 80 | Common Chronic Pain Conditions in Developed and Developing Countries: Gender and Age Differences and Comorbidity With Depression-Anxiety Disorders | Journal of Pain | 2008 | 918 |
| 81 | Effect of Perioperative Systemic α2 Agonists on Postoperative Morphine Consumption and Pain Intensity | Anesthesiology | 2012 | 918 |
| 82 | Practice Guidelines for the Perioperative Management of Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea | Anesthesiology | 2006 | 914 |
| 83 | Perioperative Fluid Management and Clinical Outcomes in Adults | Anesthesia and Analgesia | 2005 | 912 |
| 84 | Management of the Difficult Adult Airway With Special Emphasis on Awake Tracheal Intubation | Anesthesiology | 1991 | 907 |
| 85 | The prevention and handling of the missing data | Korean Journal of Anesthesiology | 2013 | 899 |
| 86 | The Comparative Effects of Postoperative Analgesic Therapies on Pulmonary Outcome | Anesthesia and Analgesia | 1998 | 896 |
| 87 | Major complications of central neuraxial block: report on the Third National Audit Project of the Royal College of Anaesthetists | British Journal of Anaesthesia | 2009 | 896 |
| 88 | Beneficial Effects of Short-term Vasopressin Infusion during Severe Septic Shock | Anesthesiology | 2002 | 895 |
| 89 | ASA classification and perioperative variables as predictors of postoperative outcome | British Journal of Anaesthesia | 1996 | 882 |
| 90 | Interpretation of visual analog scale ratings and change scores: a reanalysis of two clinical trials of postoperative pain | Journal of Pain | 2003 | 882 |
| 91 | Estimating Allowable Blood Loss | Anesthesiology | 1983 | 872 |
| 92 | Practice Guidelines for Blood Component Therapy | Anesthesiology | 1996 | 869 |
| 93 | Prediction of Difficult Mask Ventilation | Anesthesiology | 2000 | 865 |
| 94 | Acute Opioid Tolerance | Anesthesiology | 2000 | 858 |
| 95 | Severe Neurological Complications after Central Neuraxial Blockades in Sweden 1990–1999 | Anesthesiology | 2004 | 850 |
| 96 | A Rational Approach to Perioperative Fluid Management | Anesthesiology | 2008 | 844 |
| 97 | Perioperative fasting in adults and children | European Journal of Anaesthesiology | 2011 | 844 |
| 98 | α2-Adrenergic Agonists for Regional Anesthesia | Anesthesiology | 1996 | 843 |
| 99 | Can Anesthetic Technique for Primary Breast Cancer Surgery Affect Recurrence or Metastasis? | Anesthesiology | 2006 | 842 |
| 100 | On the Language of Pain | Anesthesiology | 1971 | 841 |
