"Anesthesia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A state characterized by loss of feeling or sensation. This depression of nerve function is usually the result of pharmacologic action and is induced to allow performance of surgery or other painful procedures.
| Descriptor ID |
D000758
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
E03.155
|
| Concept/Terms |
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Anesthesia".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Anesthesia".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Anesthesia" by people in this website by year, and whether "Anesthesia" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2004 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2011 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2012 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2014 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2015 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 2018 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2019 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2020 | 15 | 3 | 18 |
| 2021 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2022 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2024 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Anesthesia" by people in Profiles.
-
Anesthetic Management for Proximal Aortic Repair. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2025 Mar; 29(1):8-36.
-
Anesthetic Considerations for Repair of Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2025 Mar; 29(1):37-48.
-
Anesthetic Considerations for Endovascular Repair of the Thoracic Aorta. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2025 Mar; 29(1):49-63.
-
Perspectives on Anesthesia and Perioperative Patient Safety: Past, Present, and Future. Anesthesiology. 2024 Nov 01; 141(5):835-848.
-
Optimizing the anesthetic care of patients with aromatic l-amino acid decarboxylase deficiency. Paediatr Anaesth. 2025 Feb; 35(2):99-106.
-
The role of human factors engineering in patient safety. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2024 Dec 01; 37(6):683-688.
-
Perioperative considerations in anesthesia for pediatric bariatric procedures. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2024 Oct; 33(5):151460.
-
Wake Up Safe in the USA & International Patient Safety. Paediatr Anaesth. 2024 09; 34(9):958-969.
-
Clinical Outcomes After Traumatic Brain Injury and Exposure to Extracranial Surgery: A TRACK-TBI Study. JAMA Surg. 2024 03 01; 159(3):248-259.
-
Scaling up Surgical Capacity in Kenya: The Kenya Hospital Assessment Tool (K-HAT). J Surg Res. 2024 03; 295:800-810.