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. 2011 Dec 12;11:24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2253-11-24

Table 3.

20 Years of Most cited articles by year since 1989.

Year First Author. Title. Journal. (# Rank in Overall Database/Times Cited)
1989 Bidstrup, BP. Reduction in blood-loss and blood use after cardiopulmonary bypass with high-dose aprotinin (trasylol). J Thorac Cardiov Sur 1989. (#95/398)
1990 Paulson, OB. Cerebral autoregulation. Cerebrovas Brain Met 1990. (#25/697)
1991 Woolf, CJ. The induction and maintenance of central sensitization is dependent on N-methyl-D-aspartic acid receptor activation - implications for the treatment of postinjury pain hypersensitivity states. Pain 1991. (#9/1059)
1992 Watcha, MF. Postoperative nausea and vomiting - its etiology, treatment, and prevention. Anesthesiology 1992. (#22/713)
1993 Coderre, TJ. Contribution of central neuroplasticity to pathological pain - review of clinical and experimental-evidence. Pain 1993. (#7/1183)
1994 Vandermeulen, EP. Anticoagulants and spinal epidural-anesthesia. Anesth Analg 1994. (#118/365)
1995 Vlaeyen, JWS. Fear of movement (re)injury in chronic low-back-pain and its relation to behavioral performance. Pain 1995. (#67/445)
1996 Roach, GW. Adverse cerebral outcomes after coronary bypass surgery. New Engl J Med 1996. (#15/843)
1997 Mihic, SJ. Sites of alcohol and volatile anaesthetic action on gaba(a) and glycine receptors. Nature 1997. (#29/670)
1998 Rampil, IJ. A primer for eeg signal processing in anesthesia. Anesthesiology 1998. (#70/443)
1999 Sindrup, SH. Efficacy of pharmacological treatments of neuropathic pain: an update and effect related to mechanism of drug action. Pain 1999. (#45/545)
2000 Vlaeyen, JWS. Fear-avoidance and its consequences in chronic musculoskeletal pain: a state of the art. Pain 2000. (#36/632)
2001 Farrar JT. Clinical importance of changes in chronic pain intensity measured on an 11-point numerical pain rating scale. Pain. (#40/578)
2002 Eagle KA. ACC/AHA guidelines update for perioperative cardiovascular evaluation for noncardiac surgery. Circulation. (#79/433)
2003 Sandham JD. A randomized, controlled trial of the use of pulmonary-artery catheters in high-risk surgical patients. New Engl J Med. (#131/348)
2004 Myles PS. Bispectral index monitoring to prevent awareness during anaesthesia. Lancet. (#366/214)
2005 Apkarian AV. Human brain mechanisms of pain perception and regulation in health and disease. Eur J Pain. (#219/282)
2006 Mangano DT. The risk associated with aprotinin in cardiac surgery. New Engl J Med. (#129/350)
2007 Dworkin RH. Pharmacologic management of neuropathic pain. Pain. (#1105/139)
2008 Devereux PJ. Effects of extended-release metoprolol succinate in patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery (POISE trial). Lancet. (#991/147)