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Perioperative Medicine
H-index 11

Perioperative Medicine

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Medicine 2239 30 42 11

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 49
Documents by Best Scientists*: 59
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index:
SCIMAGO SJR:
Impact Factor: 2.1

Top Publications

  • Adherence to recommended practices for perioperative anesthesia care for older adults among US anesthesiologists: results from the ASA Committee on Geriatric Anesthesia-Perioperative Brain Health Initiative ASA member survey

    (2020)
    83 Citations
  • Postoperative decrease of albumin (ΔAlb) as early predictor of complications after gastrointestinal surgery: a systematic review

    (2022)
    38 Citations
  • Postoperative urinary retention : risk factors, bladder filling rate and time to catheterization: an observational study as part of a randomized controlled trial

    Tammo A Brouwer;E N van Roon;P F W M Rosier;C J Kalkman

    (2021)
    38 Citations
  • The effects of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy and an in-hospital exercise training programme on physical fitness and quality of life in locally advanced rectal cancer patients: a randomised controlled trial (The EMPOWER Trial).

    Lisa Loughney;Lisa Loughney;Malcolm A West;Malcolm A West;Helen Moyses;Andrew Bates

    (2021)
    25 Citations
  • Perioperative Quality Initiative (POQI) consensus statement on fundamental concepts in perioperative fluid management: fluid responsiveness and venous capacitance

    Gregory Martin;David A. Kaufman;Paul E. Marik;Nathan I. Shapiro

    (2020)
    22 Citations
  • Goal-directed haemodynamic therapy (GDHT) in surgical patients: systematic review and meta-analysis of the impact of GDHT on post-operative pulmonary complications

    Ahilanandan Dushianthan;Ahilanandan Dushianthan;Martin Knight;Peter Russell;Michael P.W. Grocott;Michael P.W. Grocott

    (2020)
    21 Citations
  • Hyperspectral imaging for perioperative monitoring of microcirculatory tissue oxygenation and tissue water content in pancreatic surgery - an observational clinical pilot study.

    Maximilian Dietrich;Sebastian Marx;Maik von der Forst;Thomas Bruckner

    (2021)
    18 Citations
  • Impact of early postoperative oral nutritional supplement utilization on clinical outcomes in colorectal surgery.

    David G. A. Williams;David G. A. Williams;Tetsu Ohnuma;Vijay Krishnamoorthy;Karthik Raghunathan

    (2020)
    15 Citations
  • The impact of preoperative systemic inflammation on the efficacy of intravenous iron infusion to correct anaemia prior to surgery for colorectal cancer

    Stephen T. McSorley;John H. Anderson;Thomas Whittle;Campbell S. Roxburgh

    (2020)
    14 Citations
  • Prevalence of IgM and IgG antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 in health care workers at a tertiary care New York hospital during the Spring COVID-19 surge

    (2021)
    13 Citations

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