Asokumar Buvanendran

10.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
123 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Asokumar Buvanendran is a scholar working on Surgery, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Asokumar Buvanendran has authored 123 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Surgery, 47 papers in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine and 36 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Asokumar Buvanendran's work include Anesthesia and Pain Management (62 papers), Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (33 papers) and Pain Management and Opioid Use (29 papers). Asokumar Buvanendran is often cited by papers focused on Anesthesia and Pain Management (62 papers), Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (33 papers) and Pain Management and Opioid Use (29 papers). Asokumar Buvanendran collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Asokumar Buvanendran's co-authors include Jeffrey S. Kroin, Kenneth J. Tuman, Mario Moric, Samer Narouze, Robert J. McCarthy, Craig J. Della Valle, Timothy R. Lubenow, Eugene R. Viscusi, Steven P. Cohen and W. Michael Hooten and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.

In The Last Decade

Asokumar Buvanendran

120 papers receiving 5.2k citations

Hit Papers

Consensus Guidelines on the Use of Intravenous Ketamine I... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 2023 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Consensus Guidelines on the Use of Intravenous Ketamine Infusions for Acute Pain Management From the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, the American Academy of Pain Medicine, and the American Society of Anesthesiologists
    2018 381 citations Eric S. Schwenk, Eugene R. Viscusi et al. Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine profile →
  2. Selective Inhibition of Na V 1.8 with VX-548 for Acute Pain
    2023 110 citations Asokumar Buvanendran et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Asokumar Buvanendran United States 39 3.2k 1.9k 1.4k 1.0k 719 123 5.4k
Lone Nikolajsen Denmark 41 3.5k 1.1× 3.0k 1.6× 1.7k 1.2× 1.9k 1.9× 613 0.9× 152 6.6k
Esther Pogatzki‐Zahn Germany 42 3.6k 1.1× 2.3k 1.2× 922 0.7× 1.3k 1.3× 453 0.6× 202 6.0k
Patricia Lavand’homme Belgium 43 4.0k 1.3× 2.1k 1.1× 809 0.6× 976 1.0× 407 0.6× 128 5.6k
Winfried Meißner Germany 37 4.0k 1.3× 2.4k 1.3× 961 0.7× 805 0.8× 546 0.8× 206 6.3k
Hance Clarke Canada 38 2.5k 0.8× 1.7k 0.9× 1.1k 0.8× 847 0.8× 262 0.4× 192 4.7k
Dominique Fletcher France 43 4.2k 1.3× 3.4k 1.8× 904 0.6× 1.5k 1.5× 351 0.5× 132 6.3k
Eugene R. Viscusi United States 40 3.5k 1.1× 2.3k 1.2× 727 0.5× 718 0.7× 364 0.5× 151 5.2k
Jane C. Ballantyne United States 32 2.4k 0.8× 2.7k 1.5× 1.2k 0.9× 1.1k 1.1× 446 0.6× 102 5.9k
H. U. Gerbershagen Germany 26 2.1k 0.7× 1.3k 0.7× 980 0.7× 410 0.4× 520 0.7× 69 3.6k
Samer Narouze United States 37 1.5k 0.5× 1.5k 0.8× 1.2k 0.8× 1.1k 1.1× 1.5k 2.1× 123 4.5k

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All Works

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Nolte, Michael T., James M. Parrish, Nathaniel W. Jenkins, et al.. (2021). Multimodal Analgesic Management for Lumbar Decompression Surgery in the Ambulatory Setting: Clinical Case Series and Review of the Literature. World Neurosurgery. 154. e656–e664. 4 indexed citations
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Kerolus, Mena G., Ketan Yerneni, Christopher D. Witiw, et al.. (2020). Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Pathway for Single-Level Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion Decreases Length of Stay and Opioid Consumption. Neurosurgery. 88(3). 648–657. 31 indexed citations
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Barreveld, Antje M., Robert J. McCarthy, Nabil Elkassabany, et al.. (2020). Opioid Stewardship Program and Postoperative Adverse Events. Anesthesiology. 132(6). 1558–1568. 10 indexed citations
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Yoo, Joon S., Junyoung Ahn, Asokumar Buvanendran, & Kern Singh. (2019). Multimodal analgesia in pain management after spine surgery. Journal of Spine Surgery. 5(S2). S154–S159. 39 indexed citations
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Burns, John W., James Gerhart, David A. Smith, et al.. (2018). Spouse Criticism/Hostility Toward Partners With Chronic Pain: The Role of Spouse Attributions for Patient Control Over Pain Behaviors. Journal of Pain. 19(11). 1308–1317. 9 indexed citations
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Elmofty, Dalia & Asokumar Buvanendran. (2017). Regional Anesthesia in Total Joint Arthroplasty: What Is the Evidence?. The Journal of Arthroplasty. 32(9). S74–S76. 15 indexed citations
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Kroin, Jeffrey S., et al.. (2016). Local Infiltration of Analgesics at Surgical Wound to Reduce Postoperative Pain After Laparotomy in Rats. Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine. 41(6). 691–695. 4 indexed citations
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Buvanendran, Asokumar, et al.. (2015). The Incidence and Severity of Postoperative Pain following Inpatient Surgery. Pain Medicine. 16(12). 2277–2283. 110 indexed citations
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Burns, John W., James Gerhart, David A. Smith, et al.. (2015). The Communal Coping Model of Pain Catastrophizing in Daily Life: A Within-Couples Daily Diary Study. Journal of Pain. 16(11). 1163–1175. 34 indexed citations
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Gupta, Rajnish K., Stephen Bruehl, John W. Burns, et al.. (2014). Relationship Between Endogenous Opioid Function and Opioid Analgesic Adverse Effects. Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine. 39(3). 219–224. 7 indexed citations
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Liu, Spencer S., Asokumar Buvanendran, James P. Rathmell, et al.. (2012). Predictors for moderate to severe acute postoperative pain after total hip and knee replacement. International Orthopaedics. 36(11). 2261–2267. 116 indexed citations
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Diwan, Sudhir, Asokumar Buvanendran, & Timothy R. Deer. (2012). Intrathecal drug delivery for pain and spasticity. Elsevier eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Moric, Mario, et al.. (2010). A Prospective Randomized Trial of Mini-incision Posterior and Two-incision Total Hip Arthroplasty. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 468(12). 3348–3354. 27 indexed citations
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Buvanendran, Asokumar & Jeffrey S. Kroin. (2009). Multimodal analgesia for controlling acute postoperative pain. Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology. 22(5). 588–593. 353 indexed citations
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Moric, Mario, Asokumar Buvanendran, Timothy R. Lubenow, et al.. (2007). Response of Chronic Pain Patients to Terrorism: The Role of Underlying Depression. Pain Medicine. 8(5). 425–432. 6 indexed citations
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Buvanendran, Asokumar, et al.. (2004). Characterization of a New Animal Model for Evaluation of Persistent Postthoracotomy Pain. Anesthesia & Analgesia. 99(5). 1453–1460. 82 indexed citations

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