Kurt Ruetzler

6.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
184 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Kurt Ruetzler is a scholar working on Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Kurt Ruetzler has authored 184 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, 72 papers in Surgery and 67 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Kurt Ruetzler's work include Airway Management and Intubation Techniques (58 papers), Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (51 papers) and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (51 papers). Kurt Ruetzler is often cited by papers focused on Airway Management and Intubation Techniques (58 papers), Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (51 papers) and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (51 papers). Kurt Ruetzler collaborates with scholars based in United States, Poland and Austria. Kurt Ruetzler's co-authors include Daniel I. Sessler, Alparslan Turan, Łukasz Szarpak, Jacek Smereka, Kamal Maheshwari, Barak Cohen, Jerzy Robert Ładny, Edward J. Mascha, Andrea Kurz and Dongsheng Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Circulation and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

Kurt Ruetzler

170 papers receiving 2.7k citations

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Preoperative assessment of adults undergoing elective noncardiac surgery

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Progression of chronic kidney disease after non-cardiac surgery: A retrospective cohort study 2025 ·Journal of Clinical Anesthesia ·Julian Rössler, Sascha Ott, (unknown), Alparslan Turan, (unknown), (unknown), Sevag Demirjian, Andrew Shaw, Kurt Ruetzler	0
2	Preoperative Patient Education on Opioid Use and Pain after Surgery 2025 ·Annals of Surgery ·Alparslan Turan, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Elyad Ekrami, Jiayi Wang, (unknown), (unknown), Kenneth C. Cummings, Kurt Ruetzler, Daniel I. Sessler, (unknown)	0
3	Pain after Licorice or Sugar-Water Gargling in Patients Recovering from Oropharyngeal Surgery—A Randomized, Double-Blind Trial 2024 ·Journal of Personalized Medicine ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Olga Plattner, Stefan Janik, Gerold Besser, Wolfgang Gstœttner, (unknown), Daniel I. Sessler, Kurt Ruetzler	2
4	Association Between Cannabis Use and Opioid Consumption, Pain, and Respiratory Complications After Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis 2024 ·Anesthesia & Analgesia ·Elyad Ekrami, Sinem Sarı, (unknown), Dong Wang, Edward J. Mascha, (unknown), Wael Ali Sakr Esa, (unknown), Kurt Ruetzler, Alparslan Turan	7
5	Perioperative strategies to reduce risk of myocardial injury after non-cardiac surgery (MINS): A narrative review 2023 ·Journal of Clinical Anesthesia ·Corina Bello, Julian Rössler, (unknown), Nathaniel R. Smilowitz, Kurt Ruetzler	12
6	Development and validation of delirium prediction models for noncardiac surgery patients 2023 ·Journal of Clinical Anesthesia ·Julian Rössler, (unknown), (unknown), Alparslan Turan, Kurt Ruetzler, Mriganka Singh, Daniel I. Sessler, Kamal Maheshwari	10
7	Postoperative oxygenation assessed by SpO2/FiO2 ratio and respiratory complications after reversal of neuromuscular block with Sugammadex or neostigmine: A retrospective cohort study 2023 ·Journal of Clinical Anesthesia ·(unknown), Julian Rössler, (unknown), (unknown), Elyad Ekrami, (unknown), Alparslan Turan, Daniel I. Sessler, Kurt Ruetzler	2
8	Perioperative bleeding and outcomes after noncardiac surgery 2023 ·American Heart Journal ·Nathaniel R. Smilowitz, Kurt Ruetzler, Jeffrey S. Berger	6
9	Tension pneumocephalus 2023 ·Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology (English Edition) ·Sandeep Khanna, Carlos Trombetta, Kurt Ruetzler, Maged Argalious	0
10	Association between preoperative anemia optimization and major complications after non-cardiac surgery: a retrospective analysis 2023 ·Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology (English Edition) ·(unknown), Eva Rivas, Moisés Aurón, (unknown), Dong Wang, (unknown), (unknown), Edward J. Mascha, Kurt Ruetzler, Andrea Kurz, Alparslan Turan	3
11	Effect of a Rapid Response Team on the Incidence of In-Hospital Mortality 2022 ·Anesthesia & Analgesia ·(unknown), Kamal Maheshwari, Sandeep Khanna, Praveen Chahar, Michael L. Ritchey, Jerome F. O’Hara, Edward J. Mascha, (unknown), (unknown), Alparslan Turan, Kurt Ruetzler	11
12	Tidal Volume and Positive End-expiratory Pressure and Postoperative Hypoxemia during General Anesthesia: A Single-center Multiple Crossover Factorial Cluster Trial 2022 ·Anesthesiology ·Alparslan Turan, Wael Ali Sakr Esa, Eva Rivas, Jiayi Wang, (unknown), (unknown), Ehab Farag, (unknown), Guangmei Mao, Kurt Ruetzler, Daniel I. Sessler, (unknown)	11
13	Efficacy of Targeted Temperature Management after Pediatric Cardiac Arrest: A Meta-Analysis of 2002 Patients 2021 ·Journal of Clinical Medicine ·(unknown), Jarosław Meyer-Szary, Miłosz Jaguszewski, Krzysztof J. Filipiak‬, (unknown), Jacek Smereka, Aleksandra Gąsecka, Kurt Ruetzler, Łukasz Szarpak	1
14	Hypotension Prediction Index for Prevention of Hypotension during Moderate- to High-risk Noncardiac Surgery 2020 ·Anesthesiology ·Kamal Maheshwari, Tetsuya Shimada, Dongsheng Yang, Sandeep Khanna, Jacek B. Cywiński, Samuel A. Irefin, Sabry Ayad, Alparslan Turan, Kurt Ruetzler, Yuwei Qiu, Partha Saha, Edward J. Mascha, Daniel I. Sessler	109
15	An optimal chest compression technique using personal protective equipment during resuscitation in the COVID-19 pandemic: a randomized crossover simulation study 2020 ·Kardiologia Polska ·(unknown), Jacek Smereka, Miłosz Jaguszewski, Marek Dąbrowski, Klaudiusz Nadolny, Kurt Ruetzler, Jerzy Robert Ładny, Maciej Sterliński, Krzysztof J. Filipiak‬, Łukasz Szarpak	14
16	Acute Postoperative Pain Is Associated With Myocardial Injury After Noncardiac Surgery 2020 ·Anesthesia & Analgesia ·Alparslan Turan, Steve Leung, Gausan Ratna Bajracharya, Rovnat Babazade, Theresa Barnes, (unknown), Guangmei Mao, (unknown), Kurt Ruetzler, Kamal Maheshwari, Wael Ali Sakr Esa, Daniel I. Sessler	27
17	Associations of Intraoperative Radial Arterial Systolic, Diastolic, Mean, and Pulse Pressures with Myocardial and Acute Kidney Injury after Noncardiac Surgery 2019 ·Anesthesiology ·Sanchit Ahuja, Edward J. Mascha, Dongsheng Yang, Kamal Maheshwari, Barak Cohen, Ashish K. Khanna, Kurt Ruetzler, Alparslan Turan, Daniel I. Sessler	103
18	Incidence, Severity, and Detection of Blood Pressure Perturbations after Abdominal Surgery 2019 ·Anesthesiology ·Alparslan Turan, Christine Y. Chang, Barak Cohen, Wael Saasouh, Hani Essber, Dongsheng Yang, Chao Ma, (unknown), Ashish K. Khanna, (unknown), Ami A. Shah, Kurt Ruetzler, Kamal Maheshwari, Daniel I. Sessler	94
19	Incidence of complications in the post-anesthesia care unit and associated healthcare utilization in patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery requiring neuromuscular blockade 2005–2013: A single center study 2017 ·Journal of Clinical Anesthesia ·(unknown), Steve Leung, Barak Cohen, Dongsheng Yang, Edward J. Mascha, Alparslan Turan, Leif Saager, Kurt Ruetzler	36
20	Advanced airway management in an anaesthesiologist-staffed Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS): A retrospective analysis of 1047 out-of-hospital intubations 2016 ·Resuscitation ·Tobias Piegeler, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Roland Albrecht, Burkhardt Seifert, Donat R. Spahn, Kurt Ruetzler	20

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