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Anesthesia and Analgesia Feb 2004The number of citations an article receives after its publication reflects its recognition in the scientific community. In the present study, therefore, we identified...
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The number of citations an article receives after its publication reflects its recognition in the scientific community. In the present study, therefore, we identified and examined the characteristics of the top 100 most frequently cited articles published in anesthetic journals. These articles were identified using the database of the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED, 1945 to present) and the Web of SCIENCE(R). The most-cited article received 707 citations and the least cited article received 197 citations, with a mean of 283 citations per article. These citation classics were published between 1954 and 1997 in 5 high-impact anesthetic journals, led by Anesthesiology (73 articles) followed by Anesthesia & Analgesia (10), British Journal of Anesthesia (10), Anesthesia (6), and Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica (2). Seventy-eight articles were original publications, 22 were review articles, and one was an editorial. They originated from nine countries, with the United States contributing 70 articles. Within the United States, California leads the list of citation classics with 25 articles. Twenty-nine persons authored two or more of the top-cited articles. The main topics covered by the top-cited articles are pharmacology, volatile anesthetics, circulation, regional anesthesia, and lung physiology. This analysis of citation rates allows for the recognition of seminal advances in anesthesia and gives a historic perspective on the scientific progress of this specialty.
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We performed a citation analysis to identify important contributions and contributors to the anesthetic literature. These classic articles have influenced many people and have brought to our attention the many important advances in anesthesia made during the last 50 yr.
Topics: Anesthesiology; Anesthetics; History, 20th Century; Humans; Periodicals as Topic; Publishing; Respiratory Physiological Phenomena
PubMed: 14742385
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000096185.13474.0A -
Journal of Anesthesia History Oct 2018
Topics: Anesthesia; Anesthesiology; Anesthetics; General Surgery; History, 20th Century; Humans; Naval Medicine; Ships; World War II
PubMed: 30558764
DOI: 10.1016/j.janh.2018.07.007 -
British Journal of Anaesthesia Dec 2017The numbers of people affected by large-scale disasters has increased in recent decades. Disasters produce a huge burden of surgical morbidity at a time when the... (Review)
Review
The numbers of people affected by large-scale disasters has increased in recent decades. Disasters produce a huge burden of surgical morbidity at a time when the affected country is least able to respond. For this reason an international disaster response is often required. For many years this disaster response was not coordinated. The response consisted of what was available not what was needed and standards of care varied widely producing a healthcare lottery for the affected population. In recent years the World Health organisation has initiated the Emergency Medical Team programme to coordinate the response to disasters and set minimum standards for responding teams. Anaesthetists have a key role to play in Level 2 Surgical Field Hospitals. The disaster context produces a number of logistical challenges that directly impact on the anaesthetist requiring adaptation of anaesthetic techniques from their everyday practice. The context in which they will be working and the wider scope of practice that will be expected from them in the field mandates that deploying anaesthetists should be trained for disaster response. There have been significant improvements in recent years in the speed of response, equipment availability, coordination and training for disasters. Future challenges include increasing local disaster response capacity, agreeing international standards for training and improving data collection to allow for future research and improvement in disaster response. The goal of this review article is to provide an understanding of the disaster context and what logistical challenges it provides. There has been a move during the last decade from a globally uncoordinated, unregulated response, with no consensus on standards, to a globally coordinated response through the World Health Organisation (WHO). A classification system for responding Emergency Medical Teams (EMTs) and a set of agreed minimum standards has been defined. This review outlines the scope of the role of the anaesthetist in a Level 2 field hospital and some of the challenges that this scope and context present. It focuses mainly on natural disasters, but also outline some of the differences encountered in responding to other global disasters such as conflict and infectious outbreaks, and concludes with some of the challenges for the future.
Topics: Anesthesiology; Anesthetics; Disasters; Emergencies; Global Health; Humans; Internationality
PubMed: 29161394
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aex353 -
Die Anaesthesiologie Nov 2022
Topics: Anesthetics, Inhalation; Anesthesiology
PubMed: 36269369
DOI: 10.1007/s00101-022-01214-8 -
International Anesthesiology Clinics 1981
Topics: Air Pollutants; Anesthesia; Anesthesiology; Anesthetics; Equipment Failure; Equipment Safety; Humans; Operating Rooms; Ventilation
PubMed: 7309248
DOI: 10.1097/00004311-198119040-00004 -
AORN Journal Mar 1985A trace gas study was conducted at The University of Michigan Hospitals to assess levels of anesthetic gas in the OR environment. Samples were collected at various sites...
A trace gas study was conducted at The University of Michigan Hospitals to assess levels of anesthetic gas in the OR environment. Samples were collected at various sites associated with anesthesia equipment in 18 operating rooms and three treatment rooms where general anesthesia was used routinely. Waste anesthetic gas levels were found to vary widely and, depending upon anesthesiologists' work practices and equipment design, significant personnel exposures were documented. Although standard turbulent air flow, nonrecirculating systems are used in most ORs, areas of high gas concentration were identified. Such locations included the area between the gas machine and adjacent wall, and along the perimeter of the patient drapes. Gas concentrations were influenced by such variables as the distance from the anesthesia equipment to the exhaust grilles, and personnel movement. Anesthetizing techniques and work practices are the major contributors to waste anesthesia levels in the OR environment.
Topics: Air Movements; Air Pollutants; Anesthesiology; Anesthetics; Environmental Exposure; Gases; Humans; Operating Rooms; Ventilation; Waste Products
PubMed: 3845802
DOI: 10.1016/s0001-2092(07)62692-1 -
Anesthesia and Analgesia Aug 2011On December 30, 2010, Ross C. Terrell, PhD, died. With his passing at age 85, we lost one of the pioneers of modern anesthesia. Terrell synthesized most of the...
On December 30, 2010, Ross C. Terrell, PhD, died. With his passing at age 85, we lost one of the pioneers of modern anesthesia. Terrell synthesized most of the inhalation anesthetics used today, including desflurane, enflurane, isoflurane, and sevoflurane.
Topics: Anesthesiology; Anesthetics; Ethers; History, 20th Century; New York
PubMed: 21642612
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3182222b8a -
Singapore Medical Journal Mar 2019
Topics: Anesthesia; Anesthesiology; Anesthetics; Big Data; Equipment Design; Humans; Intubation, Intratracheal; Medicine
PubMed: 30997516
DOI: 10.11622/smedj.2019024 -
Journal of Anesthesia History Jan 2017Although the development of anesthesia as a specialty and its practice in Rwanda have occurred postindependence, there are several contributing factors that have had an...
Although the development of anesthesia as a specialty and its practice in Rwanda have occurred postindependence, there are several contributing factors that have had an impact on the current state of the delivery of anesthetic care. European colonization of Africa, in general, and Belgium's control, in particular, are primary factors that have had a significant impact on education. The ripple effect has had a long-lasting impact on health care as well as other facets of present-day Rwandan society. Tertiary education did not start until the latter half of the 20th century and has left this country with the belated development of an educated population in sufficient numbers to handle health care problems and provide sufficient care to its population. This article will examine the history of Rwanda and delineate factors that have led to the current state of anesthetic practice.
Topics: Anesthesia; Anesthesiology; Anesthetics; Delivery of Health Care; History, 20th Century; History, 21st Century; Humans; Rwanda
PubMed: 28160992
DOI: 10.1016/j.janh.2016.12.004 -
Anaesthesia Jan 2000
Topics: Anesthesiology; Anesthetics; Equipment Design; Equipment Safety; History, 20th Century; Humans; United Kingdom
PubMed: 10594424
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2000.01283.x