Alan Merry

16.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
232 papers, 9.5k citations indexed

About

Alan Merry is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Emergency Medical Services. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Merry has authored 232 papers receiving a total of 9.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 115 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 82 papers in Surgery and 74 papers in Emergency Medical Services. Recurrent topics in Alan Merry's work include Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (104 papers), Patient Safety and Medication Errors (68 papers) and Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues (30 papers). Alan Merry is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (104 papers), Patient Safety and Medication Errors (68 papers) and Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues (30 papers). Alan Merry collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, Australia and United States. Alan Merry's co-authors include Atul A. Gawande, William R. Berry, Stuart R. Lipsitz, Thomas G. Weiser, Alex B. Haynes, E. Patchen Dellinger, Teodoro Herbosa, Richard K. Reznick, Marie Carmela Lapitan and Krishna Moorthy and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Alan Merry

224 papers receiving 9.0k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A Surgical Safety Checklist to Reduce Morbidity and Mortality in a Global Population

2009 3.5k citations Alan Merry et al. profile →
Combining Paracetamol (Acetaminophen) with Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drugs

2010 441 citations Alan Merry et al. profile →
Changes in safety attitude and relationship to decreased postoperative morbidity and mortality following implementation of a checklist-based surgical safety intervention

2011 362 citations Alan Merry et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Use and effectiveness of directed, closed-loop communication in the operating theatre: mixed methods analysis of simulated clinical emergencies 2025 ·British Journal of Anaesthesia ·(unknown), Alan Merry, (unknown), Jennifer Weller	0
2	Effects of a national team training intervention for operating theatre teams on patient and staff outcomes: a stepped-wedge cluster-randomised trial and mixed-methods study 2025 ·British Journal of Anaesthesia ·Jennifer Weller, Jennifer Long, Matthew R. Moore, (unknown), Jane Torrie, Ian Civil, (unknown), Chris Frampton, Alan Merry	0
3	Perioperative oxygen administration in patients undergoing major non-cardiac surgery under general anaesthesia in Australia and New Zealand 2023 ·Anaesthesia and Intensive Care ·Daniel Frei, Richard Beasley, Douglas Campbell, Kate Leslie, Alan Merry, Matthew R. Moore, Paul S. Myles, (unknown), Timothy G. Short, Nokuthaba Sibanda, Paul J. Young	2
4	Using days alive and out of hospital to measure surgical outcomes in New Zealand: a cross-sectional study 2023 ·BMJ Open ·(unknown), Thomas Lumley, David Cumin, Doug Campbell, Alan Merry	6
5	Ease and comfort of pre‐oxygenation with high‐flow nasal oxygen cannulae vs. facemask: a randomised controlled trial 2022 ·Anaesthesia ·Alan Merry, Hanna van Waart, Sara Jane Allen, Paul Baker, David Cumin, Chris Frampton, (unknown), Jacqueline A. Hannam, (unknown), Matthew R. Moore, (unknown), Simon J Mitchell	11
6	A cross-sectional overview of the second 4000 incidents reported to webAIRS, a de-identified web-based anaesthesia incident reporting system in Australia and New Zealand 2021 ·Anaesthesia and Intensive Care ·N. M. Gibbs, (unknown), (unknown), Alan Merry	8
7	Global PRoMiSe (Perioperative Recommendations for Medication Safety): protocol for a mixed-methods study 2020 ·BMJ Open ·Karen C. Nanji, Alan Merry, Sofia D. Shaikh, Christina Pagel, Hao Deng, Joyce A. Wahr, Adrian W. Gelb, Beverley A. Orser	2
8	Aspiration during anaesthesia in the first 4000 incidents reported to webAIRS 2019 ·Anaesthesia and Intensive Care ·M. T. Kluger, (unknown), Matthew R. Moore, Alan Merry	24
9	Practice patterns and perceptions of Australian and New Zealand anaesthetists towards perioperative oxygen therapy 2019 ·Anaesthesia and Intensive Care ·Daniel Frei, Richard Beasley, Douglas Campbell, Kate Leslie, Alan Merry, Matthew R. Moore, Paul S. Myles, (unknown), Timothy G. Short, Paul J. Young	8
10	World Health Organization-World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WHO-WFSA) International Standards for a Safe Practice of Anesthesia 2018 ·Zhonghua mazuixue zazhi ·Adrian W. Gelb, Wayne W. Morriss, (unknown), Alan Merry	1
11	Microbiological Contamination of Drugs during Their Administration for Anesthesia in the Operating Room 2016 ·Anesthesiology ·(unknown), Simon J Mitchell, Janie Sheridan, Timothy G. Short, Simon Swift, Jane Torrie, Craig S. Webster, Alan Merry	24
12	Can team training make surgery safer? Lessons for national implementation of a simulation-based programme. 2016 ·PubMed ·Jennifer Weller, Ian Civil, Jane Torrie, David Cumin, Alexander Garden, Arden Corter, Alan Merry	11
13	Improved compliance with the World Health Organization Surgical Safety Checklist is associated with reduced surgical specimen labelling errors. 2016 ·PubMed ·(unknown), Jacqueline A. Hannam, (unknown), Alan Merry, Simon J Mitchell	8
14	Improved scores for observed teamwork in the clinical environment following a multidisciplinary operating room simulation intervention. 2016 ·PubMed ·(unknown), David Cumin, Ian Civil, Jane Torrie, Alexander Garden, Andrew D. MacCormick, (unknown), Matthew Boyd, Christopher Frampton, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Alan Merry	16
15	Building the Evidence on Simulation Validity 2013 ·Anesthesiology ·Jennifer Weller, Robert Henderson, Craig S. Webster, Boaz Shulruf, Jane Torrie, Elaine Davies, (unknown), Chris Frampton, Alan Merry	25
16	To Do or Not to Do?—How People Make Decisions 2011 ·Journal of ExtraCorporeal Technology ·Alan Merry	1
17	Cerebral Ischemic Lesions on Diffusion-Weighted Imaging Are Associated With Neurocognitive Decline After Cardiac Surgery 2008 ·Stroke ·P. Alan Barber, Sylvia Hach, Lynette J. Tippett, (unknown), Alan Merry, (unknown)	145
18	What Blood Pressure is Appropriate for Cardiopulmonary Bypass and How To Get It 2006 ·Journal of ExtraCorporeal Technology ·Alan Merry	2
19	Visit to Qui Nhon, Vietnam, by New Zealand medical team. 1997 ·PubMed ·(unknown), Alan Merry, John F. Carew, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	1
20	IL-12 is contained within sensory and sympathetic neurons in skin as well as central and peripheral glial cells 1995 ·Journal of Investigative Dermatology ·Rachel Goodman, L A Turka, J. Lynn Rutkowski, A. A. F. Sima, Alan Merry, (unknown), (unknown), Galen Toews, Robert M. Strieter, B J Nickoloff	1

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