Ashwin Sankar

1.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
24 papers, 777 citations indexed

About

Ashwin Sankar is a scholar working on Surgery, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Ashwin Sankar has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 777 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Surgery, 9 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 8 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Ashwin Sankar's work include Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (9 papers), Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy (5 papers) and Airway Management and Intubation Techniques (3 papers). Ashwin Sankar is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (9 papers), Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy (5 papers) and Airway Management and Intubation Techniques (3 papers). Ashwin Sankar collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and United States. Ashwin Sankar's co-authors include Duminda N. Wijeysundera, W. Scott Beattie, Gordon Tait, Sindhu R. Johnson, Aileen M. Davis, Dallas Duncan, Monique A. M. Gignac, W. Scott Beattie, Elizabeth M. Badley and Dorcas Beaton and has published in prestigious journals such as Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Anesthesiology and British journal of surgery.

In The Last Decade

Ashwin Sankar

22 papers receiving 762 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.

Reliability of the American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status scale in clinical practice

2014 384 citations Ashwin Sankar, Sindhu R. Johnson et al. British Journal of Anaesthesia profile →
Complication Rates of Central Venous Catheters

2024 39 citations Bijan Teja, Nicholas A. Bosch et al. JAMA Internal Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ashwin Sankar Canada	12	458	280	136	66	54	24	777
M. D. Wiles United Kingdom	15	512 1.1×	302 1.1×	163 1.2×	257 3.9×	74 1.4×	48	920
Malin Nygren‐Bonnier Sweden	18	284 0.6×	222 0.8×	324 2.4×	31 0.5×	24 0.4×	69	963
Jan Hofland Netherlands	16	464 1.0×	404 1.4×	178 1.3×	49 0.7×	82 1.5×	41	802
Mathias Zuercher Switzerland	18	330 0.7×	204 0.7×	176 1.3×	92 1.4×	188 3.5×	39	1.3k
Peter Frykholm Sweden	19	399 0.9×	253 0.9×	434 3.2×	168 2.5×	80 1.5×	58	1.1k
Robert Ohle Canada	14	343 0.7×	159 0.6×	150 1.1×	14 0.2×	74 1.4×	51	929
Steven J. Fowler United States	19	383 0.8×	586 2.1×	147 1.1×	84 1.3×	67 1.2×	34	1.1k
Mukadder Orhan Sungur Türkiye	15	392 0.9×	213 0.8×	191 1.4×	330 5.0×	31 0.6×	54	796
M.J. Arguís Spain	10	253 0.6×	72 0.3×	200 1.5×	38 0.6×	35 0.6×	31	600
Timothy R. Petersen United States	13	210 0.5×	108 0.4×	86 0.6×	64 1.0×	17 0.3×	50	490

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ashwin Sankar

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Abbott, Megan, et al.. (2024). Weaning from mechanical ventilation in the operating room: a systematic review. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 133(2). 424–436. 3 indexed citations

Teja, Bijan, Nicholas A. Bosch, Calvin Diep, et al.. (2024). Complication Rates of Central Venous Catheters. JAMA Internal Medicine. 184(5). 474–474. 39 indexed citations breakdown →

Sankar, Ashwin, Nancy N. Baxter, Thérèse A. Stukel, et al.. (2023). Evolution of the surgical procedure gap during and after the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada: cross-sectional and modelling study. British journal of surgery. 110(12). 1887–1889. 3 indexed citations

Sankar, Ashwin, Kevin E. Thorpe, Daniel I. McIsaac, et al.. (2023). Survival and health care costs after inpatient elective surgery: comparison of patients with and without chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 195(2). E62–E71. 8 indexed citations

Sankar, Ashwin, Bijan Teja, François Martin Carrier, et al.. (2022). Prolonged mechanical ventilation after cardiac surgery: substudy of the Transfusion Requirements in Cardiac Surgery III trial. Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d anesthésie. 69(12). 1493–1506. 15 indexed citations

Sankar, Ashwin, et al.. (2022). Predictors of ICU admission associated with gastrointestinal endoscopy in medical inpatients: A retrospective cohort study. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 37(11). 2074–2082. 1 indexed citations

Sankar, Ashwin, et al.. (2020). Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Preoperative Screening Strategies for Obstructive Sleep Apnea among Patients Undergoing Elective Inpatient Surgery. Anesthesiology. 133(4). 787–800. 12 indexed citations

Sankar, Ashwin, et al.. (2020). Association of preoperative spirometry with cardiopulmonary fitness and postoperative outcomes in surgical patients: A multicentre prospective cohort study. EClinicalMedicine. 23. 100396–100396. 5 indexed citations

Rajendran, Karthik, et al.. (2018). Calcar buttressed screw fixation for femoral neck fracture. International Journal of Research in Orthopaedics. 5(1). 145–145.

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Sankar, Ashwin, W. Scott Beattie, Gordon Tait, & Duminda N. Wijeysundera. (2018). Evaluation of validity of the STOP-BANG questionnaire in major elective noncardiac surgery. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 122(2). 255–262. 8 indexed citations

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Duncan, Dallas, Ashwin Sankar, W. Scott Beattie, & Duminda N. Wijeysundera. (2018). Alpha-2 adrenergic agonists for the prevention of cardiac complications among adults undergoing surgery. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2018(9). CD004126–CD004126. 55 indexed citations

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Cooling, Laura, Ashwin Sankar, Rajen Mody, et al.. (2017). A severe umbilical cord stem cell infusion reaction due to dextran in an atopic pediatric patient. Bone Marrow Transplantation. 52(7). 1051–1053. 3 indexed citations

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Mehta, Saurabh P., Ashwin Sankar, Stefan Lohmander, et al.. (2016). Cross-cultural validation of the ICOAP and physical function short forms of the HOOS and KOOS in a multi-country study of patients with hip and knee osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 24(12). 2077–2081. 20 indexed citations

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Sankar, Ashwin, W. Scott Beattie, & Duminda N. Wijeysundera. (2015). How can we identify the high-risk patient?. Current Opinion in Critical Care. 21(4). 328–335. 38 indexed citations

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Sankar, Ashwin, Sindhu R. Johnson, W. Scott Beattie, Gordon Tait, & Duminda N. Wijeysundera. (2014). Reliability of the American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status scale in clinical practice. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 113(3). 424–432. 384 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sankar, Ashwin, et al.. (2013). Return to work and workplace activity limitations following total hip or knee replacement. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 21(10). 1485–1493. 75 indexed citations

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Jones, S., et al.. (2013). Epiphysiodesis for limb length discrepancy: a comparison of two methods. Strategies in Trauma and Limb Reconstruction. 9(1). 1–3. 12 indexed citations

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Sankar, Ashwin, et al.. (2012). Return to work and work activity limitations following total hip and knee replacement. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 20. S21–S21. 3 indexed citations

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Sankar, Ashwin, et al.. (2012). Loss of class I MHC function alters behavior and stress reactivity. Journal of Neuroimmunology. 244(1-2). 8–15. 16 indexed citations

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Downar, Jonathan, Ashwin Sankar, Peter Giacobbe, D. Blake Woodside, & Patricia Colton. (2012). Unanticipated Rapid Remission of Refractory Bulimia Nervosa, during High-Dose Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of the Dorsomedial Prefrontal Cortex: A Case Report. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 3. 30–30. 48 indexed citations

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