Topic · Anesthesia and Pain Management
Most cited papers in Anesthesia and Pain Management
What are the most cited papers in Anesthesia and Pain Management?
The most cited paper in Anesthesia and Pain Management is "Clinical importance of changes in chronic pain intensity measured on an 11-point numerical pain rating scale" (John T. Farrar, James P. Young, Linda LaMoreaux et al., 2001), with 5,825 citations. Next come "The short-form McGill pain questionnaire" (4,418) and "Persistent postsurgical pain: risk factors and prevention" (4,102).
Showing 50 of 98 papers. Every paper with more than 799 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clinical importance of changes in chronic pain intensity measured on an 11-point numerical pain rating scale John T. Farrar, James P. Young, Linda LaMoreaux et al. · Pain | Nov 2001 | 5,825 |
| 2 | The short-form McGill pain questionnaire Ronald Melzack · Pain | Aug 1987 | 4,418 |
| 3 | Persistent postsurgical pain: risk factors and prevention Henrik Kehlet, Troels Staehelin Jensen, Clifford J. Woolf · The Lancet | May 2006 | 4,102 |
| 4 | 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 Roger Chou et al. · Journal of Pain | 28 Jan 2016 | 3,202 |
| 5 | Cytokines, Inflammation, and Pain Jun‐Ming Zhang, Jian‐Xiong An · International Anesthesiology Clinics | 2007 | 3,004 |
| 6 | The formalin test: A quantitative study of the analgesic effects of morphine, meperidine, and brain stem stimulation in rats and cats David Dubuisson, Stephen G. Dennis · Pain | Oct 1977 | 2,538 |
| 7 | The stress response to trauma and surgery J.P. DESBOROUGH · British Journal of Anaesthesia | Jul 2000 | 2,318 |
| 8 | Chronic catheterization of the spinal subarachnoid space Tony L. Yaksh, Thomas A. Rudy · Physiology & Behavior | Dec 1976 | 2,241 |
| 9 | Postoperative Pain Experience: Results from a National Survey Suggest Postoperative Pain Continues to Be Undermanaged Jeffrey L. Apfelbaum, Connie Chen, Shilpa S. Mehta et al. · Anesthesia & Analgesia | Aug 2003 | 2,223 |
| 10 | The Erector Spinae Plane Block Mauricio Forero, Sanjib Das Adhikary, Hector Lopez et al. · Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine | 2016 | 2,185 |
| 11 | Anesthesiology Richard A. Wiklund, Stanley H. Rosenbaum · New England Journal of Medicine | 16 Oct 1997 | 2,161 |
| 12 | A Simplified Risk Score for Predicting Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting Christian C. Apfel, Esa Läärä, Merja K. Koivuranta et al. · Anesthesiology | Sep 1999 | 2,143 |
| 13 | Reduction of postoperative mortality and morbidity with epidural or spinal anaesthesia: results from overview of randomised Anthony J. Rodgers · BMJ | 16 Dec 2000 | 2,127 |
| 14 | Reliability of the Visual Analog Scale for Measurement of Acute Pain Polly E. Bijur, Wendy G. Silver, E.John Gallagher · Academic Emergency Medicine | Dec 2001 | 2,072 |
| 15 | New Persistent Opioid Use After Minor and Major Surgical Procedures in US Adults Chad M. Brummett, Jennifer F. Waljee, Jenna Goesling et al. · JAMA Surgery | 12 Apr 2017 | 2,031 |
| 16 | Pain and Its Treatment in Outpatients with Metastatic Cancer Charles S. Cleeland, René Gonin, Alan K. Hatfield et al. · New England Journal of Medicine | 3 Mar 1994 | 2,026 |
| 17 | Intrathecal morphine in mice: A new technique Janice L.K. Hylden, George L. Wilcox · European Journal of Pharmacology | Oct 1980 | 1,951 |
| 18 | Validity of four pain intensity rating scales Maria Alexandra Ferreira-Valente, José Luís Pais Ribeiro, Mark P. Jensen · Pain | 18 Aug 2011 | 1,906 |
| 19 | Multimodal strategies to improve surgical outcome Henrik Kehlet, Douglas W. Wilmore · The American Journal of Surgery | Jun 2002 | 1,880 |
| 20 | Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting Mehernoor F. Watcha, Paul F. White · Anesthesiology | Jul 1992 | 1,767 |
| 21 | Preemptive Analgesia—Treating Postoperative Pain by Preventing the Establishment of Central Sensitization Clifford J. Woolf, Mun-Seng Chong · Anesthesia & Analgesia | Aug 1993 | 1,694 |
| 22 | The FLACC: a behavioral scale for scoring postoperative pain in young children. Sandra I. Merkel, Terri Voepel‐Lewis, J R Shayevitz et al. · PubMed | Aug 1997 | 1,640 |
| 23 | Pain Intensity on the First Day after Surgery H. U. Gerbershagen, Sanjay Aduckathil, Albert J. M. van Wijck et al. · Anesthesiology | 8 Feb 2013 | 1,582 |
| 24 | A Factorial Trial of Six Interventions for the Prevention of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting Christian C. Apfel, Kari T. Korttila, Mona Abdalla et al. · New England Journal of Medicine | 9 Jun 2004 | 1,568 |
| 25 | Poorly controlled postoperative pain: prevalence, consequences, and prevention Tong Joo Gan · Journal of Pain Research | Sep 2017 | 1,511 |
| 26 | Regional Anesthesia in the Patient Receiving Antithrombotic or Thrombolytic Therapy Terese T. Horlocker, Denise J. Wedel, John C. Rowlingson et al. · Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine | 28 Dec 2009 | 1,506 |
| 27 | Consensus Guidelines for the Management of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting Tong Joo Gan, Pierre Auguste Diemunsch, Ashraf Samir Habib et al. · Anesthesia & Analgesia | 20 Dec 2013 | 1,505 |
| 28 | Anaesthesia, surgery, and challenges in postoperative recovery Henrik Kehlet, Jørgen B. Dahl · The Lancet | Dec 2003 | 1,456 |
| 29 | A new definition of neuropathic pain Troels Staehelin Jensen, Ralf Baron, Maija L. Haanpää et al. · Pain | 23 Jul 2011 | 1,437 |
| 30 | Guidelines for enhanced recovery after lung surgery: recommendations of the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) Society and the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) Tim J. P. Batchelor, Neil Rasburn, Etienne Abdelnour‐Berchtold et al. · European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery | 3 Aug 2018 | 1,391 |
| 31 | Chronic Pain as an Outcome of Surgery Frederick M. Perkins, Henrik Kehlet · Anesthesiology | Oct 2000 | 1,345 |
| 32 | Recommendations for the Pharmacological Management of Neuropathic Pain: An Overview and Literature Update Robert H. Dworkin et al. · Mayo Clinic Proceedings | Mar 2010 | 1,333 |
| 33 | Fourth Consensus Guidelines for the Management of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting Tong Joo Gan et al. · Anesthesia & Analgesia | 27 May 2020 | 1,309 |
| 34 | Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes Associated with a Trial of Labor after Prior Cesarean Delivery Mark B. Landon et al. · New England Journal of Medicine | 14 Dec 2004 | 1,300 |
| 35 | Clinical Pharmacology of Tramadol Stefan Grond, Armin Sablotzki · Clinical Pharmacokinetics | 2004 | 1,285 |
| 36 | Use of opioid analgesics in the treatment of cancer pain: evidence-based recommendations from the EAPC Augusto Tommaso Caraceni et al. · The Lancet Oncology | 31 Jan 2012 | 1,256 |
| 37 | Endogenous pain control mechanisms: Review and hypothesis Allan I. Basbaum, Howard L. Fields · Annals of Neurology | Nov 1978 | 1,247 |
| 38 | Clinical Practice Guidelines for Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Surgery Dale W. Bratzler, Evan Patchen Dellinger, Keith M. Olsen et al. · Surgical Infections | 2013 | 1,226 |
| 39 | Advances in Neuropathic Pain Robert H. Dworkin et al. · Archives of Neurology | Nov 2003 | 1,216 |
| 40 | Pain assessment Mathias Haefeli, Achim Elfering · European Spine Journal | 30 Nov 2005 | 1,207 |
| 41 | Intrathecal and Epidural Administration of Opioids Lawrence J. Saldman, Michael J. Cousins, Laurence E. Mather · Anesthesiology | Sep 1984 | 1,188 |
| 42 | A Comprehensive Review of Opioid-Induced Hyperalgesia Marion O. Lee · Pain Physician | 14 Mar 2011 | 1,126 |
| 43 | Epidural Anesthesia and Analgesia Spencer Liu, Randall L. Carpenter, Joseph M. Neal · Anesthesiology | Jun 1995 | 1,123 |
| 44 | Serious Complications Related to Regional Anesthesia Yves Auroy, P. Narchi, Antoine Messiah et al. · Anesthesiology | Sep 1997 | 1,120 |
| 45 | Characterization of a rat model of incisional pain Timothy J. Brennan, Erik Vandermeulen, Gerald F. Gebhart · Pain | Mar 1996 | 1,109 |
| 46 | Complications of the COX-2 Inhibitors Parecoxib and Valdecoxib after Cardiac Surgery Nancy A. Nussmeier, Andrew Whelton, Mark T. Brown et al. · New England Journal of Medicine | 15 Feb 2005 | 1,098 |
| 47 | Epidemiology and Treatment of Painful Procedures in Neonates in Intensive Care Units Ricardo Carbajal · JAMA | Jul 2008 | 1,076 |
| 48 | Predictors of Postoperative Pain and Analgesic Consumption Hui Yun Vivian Ip, Amir Abrishami, Philip Peng et al. · Anesthesiology | 19 Aug 2009 | 1,059 |
| 49 | Effects of Perioperative Analgesic Technique on the Surgical Outcome and Duration of Rehabilitation after Major Knee Surgery Xavier Capdevila, Yves Barthelet, Philippe Biboulet et al. · Anesthesiology | Jul 1999 | 1,052 |
| 50 | Epidural anaesthesia and analgesia and outcome of major surgery: a randomised trial John R. A. Rigg, Konrad Jamrozik, Paul Stewart Myles et al. · The Lancet | Apr 2002 | 1,048 |
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