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Duminda N. Wijeysundera

Duminda N. Wijeysundera

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Medicine

D-Index
94
Citations
46212
World Ranking
10284
National Ranking
411

Overview

Duminda N. Wijeysundera is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and has a primary research focus within the field of Medicine. Their work spans key subfields including Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, and Emergency Medicine.

The scientist's research engages with a range of topics, documented extensively across their publications. Main topics of their work include:

  • Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
  • Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy
  • Hip and Femur Fractures
  • Aortic aneurysm repair treatments
  • Anesthesia and Pain Management
  • Peripheral Artery Disease Management
  • Opioid Use Disorder Treatment

Recent publications by Duminda N. Wijeysundera highlight various aspects of cardiovascular and perioperative medicine:

  • 2022 ACC/AHA/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure (2022), Journal of Cardiac Failure
  • Prehabilitation in adult patients undergoing surgery: an umbrella review of systematic reviews (2021), British Journal of Anaesthesia
  • 2020 ACC/AHA guideline for the management of patients with valvular heart disease (2021), Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
  • Persistent Postoperative Opioid Use (2020), Anesthesiology
  • Systematic review and consensus definitions for the Standardized Endpoints in Perioperative Medicine (StEP) initiative: cardiovascular outcomes (2020), British Journal of Anaesthesia

Frequent co-authors in their collaborations include:

  • Karim S. Ladha
  • Douglas S. Lee
  • Charles de Mestral
  • Muhammad Mamdani
  • Derek Beaton

The scientist has also published extensively in certain medical journals, contributing to the following venues most frequently:

  • Journal of Vascular Surgery
  • British Journal of Anaesthesia
  • Anesthesiology
  • Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d anesthésie
  • Anaesthesia

Best Publications

  • 2019 AHA/ACC/HRS Focused Update of the 2014 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Heart Rhythm Society in Collaboration With the Society of Thoracic Surgeons

    Craig T. January;L. Samuel Wann;Hugh Calkins;Lin Y. Chen

  • 2014 ACC/AHA guideline on perioperative cardiovascular evaluation and management of patients undergoing noncardiac surgery: A report of the American college of cardiology/American heart association task force on practice guidelines

    Lee Alan Fleisher;Kirsten E. Fleischmann;Andrew D. Auerbach;Susan A. Barnason

  • 2016 ACC/AHA Guideline Focused Update on Duration of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines

    Glenn N. Levine;Eric R. Bates;John A. Bittl;Ralph G. Brindis

  • 2019 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease

    Donna K. Arnett;Roger S. Blumenthal;Michelle A. Albert

  • 2019 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: Executive Summary

    Donna K. Arnett;Roger S. Blumenthal;Michelle A. Albert

  • 2016 AHA/ACC Guideline on the Management of Patients with Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease: Executive Summary:

    Marie D. Gerhard-Herman;Heather L. Gornik;Coletta Barrett;Neal R. Barshes

  • Rates and risk factors for prolonged opioid use after major surgery: population based cohort study

    Hance Clarke;Neilesh Soneji;Neilesh Soneji;Dennis T Ko;Dennis T Ko;Lingsong Yun

  • Acute Kidney Injury After Cardiac Surgery Focus on Modifiable Risk Factors

    Keyvan Karkouti;Duminda N. Wijeysundera;Terrence M. Yau;Jeannie L. Callum

  • 2014 ACC/AHA Guideline on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation and Management of Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery: Executive Summary

    Lee A. Fleisher;Kirsten E. Fleischmann;Andrew D. Auerbach;Susan A. Barnason

  • Association of Intraoperative Hypotension With Acute Kidney Injury After Elective Noncardiac Surgery

    Louise Y. Sun;Duminda N. Wijeysundera;Gordon A. Tait;W. Scott Beattie

  • Global patient outcomes after elective surgery: Prospective cohort study in 27 low-, middle- and high-income countries

    T Ahmad;RA Bouwman;I Grigoras;C Aldecoa

  • Alpha-2 adrenergic agonists to prevent perioperative cardiovascular complications: a meta-analysis.

    Duminda N Wijeysundera;Jennifer S Naik;W Scott Beattie

  • Risk associated with preoperative anemia in noncardiac surgery: a single-center cohort study.

    W Scott Beattie;Keyvan Karkouti;Duminda N. Wijeysundera;Gordon Tait

  • Systematic review: prediction of perioperative cardiac complications and mortality by the revised cardiac risk index.

    Meredith K. Ford;W. Scott Beattie;Duminda N. Wijeysundera

  • Reliability of the American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status Scale in Clinical Practice

    A. Sankar;S. R. Johnson;W. S. Beattie;G. Tait

  • Risk associated with preoperative anemia in cardiac surgery: a multicenter cohort study.

    Keyvan Karkouti;Duminda N. Wijeysundera;W. Scott Beattie

  • The prevention of chronic postsurgical pain using gabapentin and pregabalin: a combined systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Hance Clarke;Robert P. Bonin;Beverley A. Orser;Marina Englesakis

  • Hyperglycemia during cardiopulmonary bypass is an independent risk factor for mortality in patients undergoing cardiac surgery

    Torsten Doenst;Torsten Doenst;Duminda Wijeysundera;Keyvan Karkouti;Christoph Peter Gerhard Zechner

  • The independent association of massive blood loss with mortality in cardiac surgery.

    Keyvan Karkouti;Duminda N. Wijeysundera;Terrence M. Yau;W. Scott Beattie

  • 2016 ACC/AHA guideline focused update on duration of dual antiplatelet therapy in patients with coronary artery disease: A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines.

    Glenn N. Levine;Eric R. Bates;John A. Bittl;Ralph G. Brindis

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter C. Austin
Peter C. Austin University of Toronto
Rupert M. Pearse
Rupert M. Pearse Queen Mary University of London
Vivek Rao
Vivek Rao University Health Network
Paul S. Myles
Paul S. Myles Monash University
Andreas Laupacis
Andreas Laupacis St. Michael's Hospital
Lee A. Fleisher
Lee A. Fleisher University of Pennsylvania
Michael P. W. Grocott
Michael P. W. Grocott University of Southampton
Brian T. Bateman
Brian T. Bateman Stanford University
Matthew T. V. Chan
Matthew T. V. Chan Chinese University of Hong Kong
Joshua A. Beckman
Joshua A. Beckman Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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