Topic · Anesthesia and Sedative Agents
Most cited papers in Anesthesia and Sedative Agents
What are the most cited papers in Anesthesia and Sedative Agents?
The most cited paper in Anesthesia and Sedative Agents is "The Richmond Agitation–Sedation Scale: Validity and Reliability in Adult Intensive Care Unit Patients" (Curtis N. Sessler, Mark S. Gosnell, Mary Jo Grap et al., 2002), with 3,776 citations. Next come "Controlled Sedation with Alphaxalone-Alphadolone" (2,925) and "Neuromuscular Blockers in Early Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome" (2,470).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 708 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Richmond Agitation–Sedation Scale: Validity and Reliability in Adult Intensive Care Unit Patients Curtis N. Sessler, Mark S. Gosnell, Mary Jo Grap et al. · American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine | Nov 2002 | 3,776 |
| 2 | Controlled Sedation with Alphaxalone-Alphadolone Michael A. E. Ramsay, T.M. Savege, B. R. J. Simpson et al. · BMJ | 22 Jun 1974 | 2,925 |
| 3 | Neuromuscular Blockers in Early Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Laurent Papazian, Jean-Marie Forel, Arnaud Gacouin et al. · New England Journal of Medicine | 15 Sep 2010 | 2,470 |
| 4 | 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 Tim M. Cook, N.M. Woodall, Chris Frerk · British Journal of Anaesthesia | 29 Mar 2011 | 2,397 |
| 5 | STOP Questionnaire Frances F. Chung, Balaji Yegneswaran, Pu Liao et al. · Anesthesiology | 17 Apr 2008 | 2,356 |
| 6 | Anesthesiology Richard A. Wiklund, Stanley H. Rosenbaum · New England Journal of Medicine | 16 Oct 1997 | 2,161 |
| 7 | Delirium in Older Persons Sharon K. Inouye · New England Journal of Medicine | 15 Mar 2006 | 2,106 |
| 8 | Early Exposure to Common Anesthetic Agents Causes Widespread Neurodegeneration in the Developing Rat Brain and Persistent Learning Deficits Vesna Jevtović‐Todorović, Richard E. Hartman, Yukitoshi Izumi et al. · Journal of Neuroscience | Feb 2003 | 2,004 |
| 9 | Practice Guidelines for Sedation and Analgesia by Non-Anesthesiologists An Updated Report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Sed · Anesthesiology | Apr 2002 | 1,960 |
| 10 | Clinical practice guidelines for the sustained use of sedatives and analgesics in the critically ill adult Judith Jacobi, Gilles L. Fraser, Douglas B. Coursin et al. · Critical Care Medicine | 2002 | 1,905 |
| 11 | Molecular and cellular mechanisms of general anaesthesia Nicholas P. Franks, W.R. Lieb · Nature | 17 Feb 1994 | 1,830 |
| 12 | Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting Mehernoor F. Watcha, Paul F. White · Anesthesiology | Jul 1992 | 1,767 |
| 13 | Monitoring Sedation Status Over Time in ICU Patients E. Wesley Ely, Brenda Truman, Ayumi Shintani et al. · JAMA | 10 Jun 2003 | 1,734 |
| 14 | Dexmedetomidine vs Midazolam for Sedation of Critically Ill Patients A Randomized Trial Richard R. Riker · JAMA | 2 Feb 2009 | 1,682 |
| 15 | A Primer for EEG Signal Processing in Anesthesia Ira Jay Rampil · Anesthesiology | Oct 1998 | 1,529 |
| 16 | Intensive Care Delirium Screening Checklist: evaluation of a new screening tool Nicolas Bergeron, M. J. Dubois, M Dumont et al. · Intensive Care Medicine | 20 Apr 2001 | 1,508 |
| 17 | Ketamine—Its Pharmacology and Therapeutic Uses Paul F. White, Walter L. Way, Anthony J. Trevor · Anesthesiology | Feb 1982 | 1,507 |
| 18 | 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 |
| 19 | Consensus Guidelines for Therapeutic Drug Monitoring in Neuropsychopharmacology: Update 2017 Christoph Hiemke et al. · Pharmacopsychiatry | 14 Sep 2017 | 1,453 |
| 20 | Effect of Sedation With Dexmedetomidine vs Lorazepam on Acute Brain Dysfunction in Mechanically Ventilated Patients Pratik P. Pandharipande, Brenda Truman Pun, Daniel Herr et al. · JAMA | 11 Dec 2007 | 1,452 |
| 21 | The Effects of Increasing Plasma Concentrations of Dexmedetomidine in Humans Thomas J. Ebert, Judith Hall, Jill A. Barney et al. · Anesthesiology | Aug 2000 | 1,407 |
| 22 | General Anesthesia, Sleep, and Coma Emery N. Brown, Ralph Lydic, Nicholas D. Schiff · New England Journal of Medicine | 29 Dec 2010 | 1,378 |
| 23 | International Consensus Study of Antipsychotic Dosing David Martin Gardner, Andrea Lynn Murphy, Heather C. O’Donnell et al. · American Journal of Psychiatry | Apr 2010 | 1,324 |
| 24 | Bispectral index monitoring to prevent awareness during anaesthesia: the B-Aware randomised controlled trial Paul Stewart Myles, Kate Leslie, John J. McNeil et al. · The Lancet | May 2004 | 1,319 |
| 25 | Bispectral Analysis Measures Sedation and Memory Effects of Propofol, Midazolam, Isoflurane, and Alfentanil in Healthy Volunteers Peter S. A. Glass, Marc J. Bloom, Lee A. Kearse et al. · Anesthesiology | Apr 1997 | 1,304 |
| 26 | Consciousness and Anesthesia Michael T. Alkire, Anthony G. Hudetz, Giulio Tononi · Science | 6 Nov 2008 | 1,284 |
| 27 | Validity and Reliability of the Observer??s DORIS A. CHERNIK, Dennis B. Gillings, HARRIET LAINE et al. · Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology | Aug 1990 | 1,262 |
| 28 | Lorazepam Is an Independent Risk Factor for Transitioning to Delirium in Intensive Care Unit Patients Pratik P. Pandharipande, Ayumi Shintani, Josh F. Peterson et al. · Anesthesiology | 22 Dec 2005 | 1,258 |
| 29 | Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Dexmedetomidine Maud A. S. Weerink, Michel M. R. F. Struys, Laura N. Hannivoort et al. · Clinical Pharmacokinetics | 19 Jan 2017 | 1,245 |
| 30 | Delirium Jo Ellen Wilson, Matthew F. Mart, Colm M. Cunningham et al. · Nature Reviews Disease Primers | 12 Nov 2020 | 1,244 |
| 31 | Influence of Age and Gender on the Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Remifentanil Charles F. Minto, Thomas W. Schnider, Talmage D. Egan et al. · Anesthesiology | 1997 | 1,221 |
| 32 | Occurrence and outcome of delirium in medical in-patients: a systematic literature review Najma Siddiqi, Allan O. House, John D. Holmes · Age and Ageing | 28 Apr 2006 | 1,214 |
| 33 | PHARMACOKINETIC MODEL DRIVEN INFUSION OF PROPOFOL IN CHILDREN Bret Marsh, Martin White, Neil S. Morton et al. · British Journal of Anaesthesia | Jul 1991 | 1,191 |
| 34 | Delirium in Hospitalized Older Adults Edward R. Marcantonio · New England Journal of Medicine | 11 Oct 2017 | 1,181 |
| 35 | The Influence of Method of Administration and Covariates on the Pharmacokinetics of Propofol in Adult Volunteers Thomas W. Schnider, Charles F. Minto, Pedro L. Gambús et al. · Anesthesiology | May 1998 | 1,177 |
| 36 | Understanding the Dose-Effect Relationship Nicholas H. G. Holford, Lewis B. Sheiner · Clinical Pharmacokinetics | 1981 | 1,150 |
| 37 | European Society of Anaesthesiology evidence-based and consensus-based guideline on postoperative delirium César Aldecoa, Gabriella Bettelli, Federico Bilotta et al. · European Journal of Anaesthesiology | 9 Feb 2017 | 1,143 |
| 38 | Long-Term Cognitive Impairment After Critical Illness Pratik P. Pandharipande, Timothy D. Girard, James C. Jackson et al. · Survey of Anesthesiology | 23 Sep 2014 | 1,129 |
| 39 | Sedative, Amnestic, and Analgesic Properties of Small-Dose Dexmedetomidine Infusions Judith Hall, Toni D. Uhrich, Jill A. Barney et al. · Anesthesia & Analgesia | Mar 2000 | 1,083 |
| 40 | Adverse Respiratory Events in Anesthesia: A Closed Claims Analysis Robert A. Caplan, Karen L. Posner, Richard John Ward et al. · Anesthesiology | May 1990 | 1,081 |
| 41 | The Influence of Age on Propofol Pharmacodynamics Thomas W. Schnider, Charles F. Minto, Steven L. Shafer et al. · Anesthesiology | Jun 1999 | 1,077 |
| 42 | Assessing pain in critically ill sedated patients by using a behavioral pain scale Jean‐François Payen, Olivier Bru, Jean‐Luc Bosson et al. · Critical Care Medicine | Dec 2001 | 1,056 |
| 43 | Outcome of delirium in critically ill patients: systematic review and meta-analysis Jorge I. Salluh, Haopeng Wang, Eric B. Schneider et al. · BMJ | 3 Jun 2015 | 1,048 |
| 44 | Central nervous and cardiovascular effects of i.v. infusions of ropivacaine, bupivacaine and placebo in volunteers K Knudsen, Marie Beckman Suurküla, S. Blomberg et al. · British Journal of Anaesthesia | May 1997 | 1,033 |
| 45 | Transvenous Lead Extraction: Heart Rhythm Society Expert Consensus on Facilities, Training, Indications, and Patient Management Bruce Larry Wilkoff, Charles J. Love, CHARLES L. BYRD et al. · Heart Rhythm | 23 May 2009 | 1,027 |
| 46 | Delirium in elderly adults: diagnosis, prevention and treatment Tamara G. Fong, Samir R. Tulebaev, Sharon K. Inouye · Nature Reviews Neurology | Apr 2009 | 1,012 |
| 47 | Anesthesia Awareness and the Bispectral Index Michael Simon Avidan, Lini Zhang, Beth Burnside et al. · New England Journal of Medicine | 12 Mar 2008 | 988 |
| 48 | Dexmedetomidine vs Midazolam or Propofol for Sedation During Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation Stephan Matthias Jakob · JAMA | 21 Mar 2012 | 987 |
| 49 | Incidence, risk factors and consequences of ICU delirium Sébastien Ouimet, Brian P. Kavanagh, Stewart B. Gottfried et al. · Intensive Care Medicine | 10 Nov 2006 | 984 |
| 50 | Major Complications of Regional Anesthesia in France Yves Auroy, Dan Benhamou, L. Bargues et al. · Anesthesiology | Nov 2002 | 980 |
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