Gerald W. Smetana

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
76 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Gerald W. Smetana is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Gerald W. Smetana has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 32 papers in Surgery and 20 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Gerald W. Smetana's work include Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (29 papers), Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy (18 papers) and Airway Management and Intubation Techniques (11 papers). Gerald W. Smetana is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (29 papers), Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy (18 papers) and Airway Management and Intubation Techniques (11 papers). Gerald W. Smetana collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Netherlands. Gerald W. Smetana's co-authors include Valerie A. Lawrence, John E. Cornell, David S. Macpherson, Mark D. Aronson, Douglas K Owens, Amir Qaseem, Kevin B. Weiss, Nick Fitterman, Vincenza Snow and Anjala Tess and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Gerald W. Smetana

71 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

Preoperative Pulmonary Risk Stratification for Noncardiot... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Preoperative Pulmonary Risk Stratification for Noncardiothoracic Surgery: Systematic Review for the American College of Physicians
    2006 614 citations Gerald W. Smetana, Valerie A. Lawrence et al. Annals of Internal Medicine profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gerald W. Smetana United States 22 1.4k 1.4k 1.2k 602 374 76 3.3k
Jarrod E. Dalton United States 27 737 0.5× 453 0.3× 1.4k 1.1× 476 0.8× 275 0.7× 128 3.1k
Farah Khandwala Canada 32 577 0.4× 665 0.5× 1.6k 1.3× 362 0.6× 426 1.1× 72 3.6k
Phillip J. Schulte United States 41 2.8k 2.0× 709 0.5× 1.1k 0.9× 363 0.6× 274 0.7× 210 5.2k
Marie‐Claude Guertin Canada 31 2.0k 1.4× 378 0.3× 1.2k 1.0× 206 0.3× 209 0.6× 96 4.3k
J. Marty France 27 668 0.5× 601 0.4× 1.5k 1.2× 930 1.5× 155 0.4× 166 3.2k
Monty Mythen United Kingdom 35 2.0k 1.4× 653 0.5× 2.6k 2.1× 255 0.4× 335 0.9× 92 4.1k
Sanne E. Hoeks Netherlands 46 3.6k 2.5× 2.7k 1.9× 3.6k 3.0× 353 0.6× 378 1.0× 258 7.2k
Georg‐Christian Funk Austria 32 689 0.5× 2.0k 1.4× 601 0.5× 190 0.3× 311 0.8× 121 3.8k
Gordon Tait Canada 24 922 0.6× 350 0.2× 986 0.8× 210 0.3× 121 0.3× 49 2.3k
A. Lienhart France 24 734 0.5× 328 0.2× 1.2k 1.0× 865 1.4× 552 1.5× 136 2.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kanjee, Zahir, Florence M. Brown, Zachary Taxin, & Gerald W. Smetana. (2024). How Would You Treat This Inpatient With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus? Grand Rounds Discussion From Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Annals of Internal Medicine. 177(8). 1106–1117. 2 indexed citations
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Smetana, Gerald W., Jennifer E. Ho, Ariela R. Orkaby, & Eileen E. Reynolds. (2023). How Would You Manage This Patient With Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction?. Annals of Internal Medicine. 176(12). 1656–1665. 2 indexed citations
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Burns, Risa B., Harold N. Rosen, Sarah D. Berry, & Gerald W. Smetana. (2018). How Would You Manage This Patient With Osteoporosis?. Annals of Internal Medicine. 168(11). 801–808. 7 indexed citations
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Cohn, Steven L., et al.. (2017). 2017 Update in perioperative medicine: 6 questions answered. Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. 84(11). 863–872. 4 indexed citations
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Smetana, Gerald W., et al.. (2016). Preoperative Evaluation. Anesthesiology Clinics. 34(1). 71–88. 25 indexed citations
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Smetana, Gerald W., et al.. (2016). Curbing the Urge to Image. The American Journal of Medicine. 129(10). 1131–1135. 42 indexed citations
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Grant, Paul, et al.. (2013). Update in Perioperative Medicine 2012. Hospital Practice. 41(2). 85–92. 1 indexed citations
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Evans, Kathryn L., Steven R. Brown, & Gerald W. Smetana. (2013). Sample Closet Medications Are Neither Novel Nor Useful. The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. 26(4). 380–387. 8 indexed citations
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Redberg, Rita F., Emelia J. Benjamin, Vera Bittner, et al.. (2009). AHA/ACCF 2009 Performance Measures for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults. Circulation. 120(13). 1296–1336. 112 indexed citations
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Sweitzer, Bobbie Jean & Gerald W. Smetana. (2009). Identification and Evaluation of the Patient with Lung Disease. Anesthesiology Clinics. 27(4). 673–686. 13 indexed citations
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Redberg, Rita F., Emelia J. Benjamin, Vera Bittner, et al.. (2009). ACCF/AHA 2009 Performance Measures for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 54(14). 1364–1405. 86 indexed citations
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Tess, Anjala & Gerald W. Smetana. (2009). Medical Evaluation of Patients Undergoing Electroconvulsive Therapy. New England Journal of Medicine. 360(14). 1437–1444. 72 indexed citations
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Smetana, Gerald W., et al.. (2007). Perioperative Cardiac Evaluation: Novel Interventions and Clinical Challenges. Southern Medical Journal. 100(5). 486–492. 3 indexed citations
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Cohn, Steven L., Gerald W. Smetana, & Harrison G. Weed. (2006). Perioperative medicine : just the facts. 1 indexed citations
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Qaseem, Amir, Vincenza Snow, Nick Fitterman, et al.. (2006). Risk Assessment for and Strategies To Reduce Perioperative Pulmonary Complications for Patients Undergoing Noncardiothoracic Surgery: A Guideline from the American College of Physicians. Annals of Internal Medicine. 144(8). 575–580. 394 indexed citations
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Smetana, Gerald W., Roger B. Davis, & Russell S. Phillips. (2004). Factors that influence patient response to requests to change to a unified restrictive formulary. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 19(12). 1212–1219. 2 indexed citations
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Smetana, Gerald W.. (2003). Preoperative pulmonary assessment of the older adult. Clinics in Geriatric Medicine. 19(1). 35–55. 37 indexed citations
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Smetana, Gerald W. & Robert H. Shmerling. (2002). Value of Ophthalmologic Examination in Diagnosing Temporal Arteritis—Reply. JAMA. 287(12). 1529–1529. 1 indexed citations
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Mukamal, Kenneth J., Gerald W. Smetana, & Tom Delbanco. (2002). Clinicians, educators, and investigators in general internal medicine. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 17(7). 565–571. 4 indexed citations
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Smetana, Gerald W.. (2002). Does This Patient Have Temporal Arteritis?. JAMA. 287(1). 92–92. 231 indexed citations

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