| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-related Infections | Clinical Infectious Diseases | 2011 | 2,242 |
| 2 | Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Pain, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobility, and Sleep Disruption in Adult Patients in the ICU | Critical Care Medicine | 2018 | 2,074 |
| 3 | Transfusion of Plasma, Platelets, and Red Blood Cells in a 1:1:1 vs a 1:1:2 Ratio and Mortality in Patients With Severe Trauma | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2015 | 1,874 |
| 4 | Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-Years for 29 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2017 | JAMA Oncology | 2019 | 1,691 |
| 5 | The Society for Vascular Surgery practice guidelines on the care of patients with an abdominal aortic aneurysm | Journal of Vascular Surgery | 2018 | 1,650 |
| 6 | Diagnosis and Management of Complicated Intra-abdominal Infection in Adults and Children: Guidelines by the Surgical Infection Society and the Infectious Diseases Society of America | Clinical Infectious Diseases | 2010 | 1,260 |
| 7 | Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter–Related Infections | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 2002 | 1,024 |
| 8 | Acute appendicitis: modern understanding of pathogenesis, diagnosis, and management | Lancet, The | 2015 | 720 |
| 9 | Sixteen-Slice CT Angiography in Patients with Suspected Blunt Carotid and Vertebral Artery Injuries | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 2006 | 713 |
| 10 | Necrotizing Soft-Tissue Infection: Diagnosis and Management | Clinical Infectious Diseases | 2007 | 695 |
| 11 | American College of Surgeons and Surgical Infection Society: Surgical Site Infection Guidelines, 2016 Update | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 2017 | 664 |
| 12 | Tsc tumour suppressor proteins antagonize amino-acid–TOR signalling | Nature Cell Biology | 2002 | 627 |
| 13 | New WHO recommendations on intraoperative and postoperative measures for surgical site infection prevention: an evidence-based global perspective | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2016 | 585 |
| 14 | Epigenetics and colorectal cancer | Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology | 2011 | 577 |
| 15 | Early Mortality Among Medicare Beneficiaries Undergoing Bariatric Surgical Procedures | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2005 | 564 |
| 16 | Quantitative Evaluation of Carotid Plaque Composition by In Vivo MRI | Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology | 2005 | 549 |
| 17 | PDGF and FGF stimulate wound healing in the genetically diabetic mouse | American Journal of Pathology | 1990 | 536 |
| 18 | Diagnosis and treatment of acute appendicitis: 2020 update of the WSES Jerusalem guidelines | World Journal of Emergency Surgery | 2020 | 533 |
| 19 | Impact of gastric bypass operation on survival: A population-based analysis | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 2004 | 521 |
| 20 | Cilostazol Has Beneficial Effects in Treatment of Intermittent Claudication | Circulation | 1998 | 506 |
| 21 | Seven-Year Weight Trajectories and Health Outcomes in the Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery (LABS) Study | JAMA Surgery | 2018 | 474 |
| 22 | Guidelines for the Selection of Anti-infective Agents for Complicated Intra-abdominal Infections | Clinical Infectious Diseases | 2003 | 464 |
| 23 | Importance of Perioperative Glycemic Control in General Surgery | Annals of Surgery | 2013 | 458 |
| 24 | Randomized, Prospective Trial of Antioxidant Supplementation in Critically Ill Surgical Patients | Annals of Surgery | 2002 | 444 |
| 25 | Quantitative segmental evaluation of venous valvular reflux with duplex ultrasound scanning | Journal of Vascular Surgery | 1989 | 441 |
| 26 | Global access to surgical care: a modelling study | The Lancet Global Health | 2015 | 436 |
| 27 | Melanocyte Destruction after Antigen-Specific Immunotherapy of Melanoma | Journal of Experimental Medicine | 2000 | 414 |
| 28 | The Effect of Organized Systems of Trauma Care on Motor Vehicle Crash Mortality | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2000 | 412 |
| 29 | Has Misdiagnosis of Appendicitis Decreased Over Time? | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2001 | 409 |
| 30 | Summary of Recommendations: Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-related Infections | Clinical Infectious Diseases | 2011 | 407 |
| 31 | Comprehensive Proteomic Analysis of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Exosomes Reveals Modulation of Angiogenesis via Nuclear Factor-KappaB Signaling | Stem Cells | 2016 | 407 |
| 32 | A monoclonal antibody to the adherence-promoting leukocyte glycoprotein, CD18, reduces organ injury and improves survival from hemorrhagic shock and resuscitation in rabbits. | Journal of Clinical Investigation | 1988 | 404 |
| 33 | Bile Duct Injury During Cholecystectomy and Survival in Medicare Beneficiaries | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2003 | 401 |
| 34 | Diagnosis and Management of Complicated Intra-Abdominal Infection in Adults and Children: Guidelines by the Surgical Infection Society and the Infectious Diseases Society of America | Surgical Infections | 2010 | 401 |
| 35 | Managing Cancer Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Agility and Collaboration Toward a Common Goal | Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network: JNCCN | 2020 | 401 |
| 36 | Healing of Arterial Prostheses in Man | Annals of Surgery | 1972 | 399 |
| 37 | Intraoperative Cholangiography and Risk of Common Bile Duct Injury During Cholecystectomy | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2003 | 398 |
| 38 | Biologic Prosthesis to Prevent Recurrence after Laparoscopic Paraesophageal Hernia Repair: Long-term Follow-up from a Multicenter, Prospective, Randomized Trial | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 2011 | 390 |
| 39 | Incorporating Patient-Reported Outcomes Into Health Care To Engage Patients And Enhance Care | Health Affairs | 2016 | 369 |
| 40 | Skeletal muscle predicts ventilator-free days, ICU-free days, and mortality in elderly ICU patients | Critical Care | 2013 | 367 |
| 41 | Management of hepatocellular carcinoma in Asia: consensus statement from the Asian Oncology Summit 2009 | Lancet Oncology, The | 2009 | 361 |
| 42 | Effectiveness of State Trauma Systems in Reducing Injury-Related Mortality: A National Evaluation | Journal of Trauma | 2000 | 353 |
| 43 | Effect of Hydroxychloroquine on Clinical Status at 14 Days in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19 | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2020 | 352 |
| 44 | Global disease burden of conditions requiring emergency surgery | British Journal of Surgery | 2013 | 348 |
| 45 | Incidence and Effect of Hypothermia in Seriously Injured Patients | Journal of Trauma | 1987 | 340 |
| 46 | Oncoplastic approaches to partial mastectomy: an overview of volume-displacement techniques | Lancet Oncology, The | 2005 | 340 |
| 47 | Current trends in interprofessional education of health sciences students: A literature review | Journal of Interprofessional Care | 2012 | 340 |
| 48 | Management of severe head injury: Institutional variations in care and effect on outcome* | Critical Care Medicine | 2002 | 326 |
| 49 | The Clinical and Economic Correlates of Misdiagnosed Appendicitis | Archives of Surgery | 2002 | 324 |
| 50 | Smooth muscle cells express urokinase during mitogenesis and tissue-type plasminogen activator during migration in injured rat carotid artery. | Circulation Research | 1990 | 322 |
