| A clinical sign to predict difficult tracheal intubation; a prospective study SR Mallampati, SP Gatt, LD Gugino, SP Desai, B Waraksa, D Freiberger, ... Canadian Anaesthetists’ Society Journal 32, 429-434, 1985 | 3250 | 1985 |
| The chemical history of morphine: an 8000-year journey, from resin to de-novo synthesis K Brook, J Bennett, SP Desai Journal of anesthesia history 3 (2), 50-55, 2017 | 143 | 2017 |
| Neurologic and histopathologic evaluation after high-volume intrathecal amitriptyline Y Sudoh, SP Desai, AE Haderer, S Sudoh, P Gerner, DC Anthony, ... Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine 29 (5), 434-440, 2004 | 80 | 2004 |
| History of anesthesia for ambulatory surgery RD Urman, SP Desai Current Opinion in Anesthesiology 25 (6), 641-647, 2012 | 60 | 2012 |
| The history of the nurse anesthesia profession WT Ray, SP Desai Journal of Clinical Anesthesia 30, 51-58, 2016 | 59 | 2016 |
| Alterations in tyrosine and protein kinetics produced by injury and branched chain amino acid administration in rats. A Sakamoto, LL Moldawer, JD Palombo, SP Desai, BR Bistrian, ... Clinical Science (London, England: 1979) 64 (3), 321-331, 1983 | 29 | 1983 |
| Acute pulmonary edema during laparoscopy S Desai, E Roaf, P Liu Anesthesia & Analgesia 61 (8), 699-700, 1982 | 29 | 1982 |
| Medical and ethical challenges during the first successful human kidney transplantation in 1954 at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston S Leeson, SP Desai Anesthesia & Analgesia 120 (1), 239-245, 2015 | 28 | 2015 |
| Plasma amino acid concentrations during branched-chain amino acid infusions in stressed patients SP Desai, BR Bistrian, LL Moldawer, MM Miller, GL Blackburn Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery 22 (9), 747-752, 1982 | 26 | 1982 |
| Swan, Ganz, and their catheter: its evolution over the past half century AB Thakkar, SP Desai Annals of Internal Medicine 169 (9), 636-642, 2018 | 25 | 2018 |
| The use of transcranial magnetic stimulation for monitoring descending spinal cord motor function LS Aglio, R Romero, S Desai, M Ramirez, AA Gonzalez, LD Gugino Clinical Electroencephalography 33 (1), 30-41, 2002 | 25 | 2002 |
| Ionization and adsorption of a series of local anesthetics in detergent micelles: studies of drug fluorescence. S Desai, T Hadlock, C Messam, R Chafetz, G Strichartz Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 271 (1), 220-228, 1994 | 23 | 1994 |
| Ebenezer Hopkins Frost (1824–1866) William TG Morton's First Identified Patient and Why He Was Invited to the Ether Demonstration of October 16, 1846 R LeVasseur, SP Desai The Journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists 117 (2), 238-242, 2012 | 22 | 2012 |
| The Discovery of Modern Anaesthesia–Contributions of Davy, Clarke, Long, Wells and Morton SP Desai, MS Desai, CS Pandav Indian Journal of Anaesthesia 51 (6), 472-478, 2007 | 22 | 2007 |
| Telogen effluvium after anesthesia and surgery SP Desai, ER Roaf Anesthesia & Analgesia 63 (1), 83-84, 1984 | 22 | 1984 |
| A tale of two paintings: depictions of the first public demonstration of ether anesthesia SP Desai, MS Desai, R Maddi, GE Battit The Journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists 106 (5), 1046-1050, 2007 | 21 | 2007 |
| Prolonged neuromuscular blockade with atracurium MD Bizzarri-Schmid, SP Desai Canadian Anaesthetists’ Society Journal 33, 209-212, 1986 | 20 | 1986 |
| The anesthesia records of harvey cushing and ernest codman LV Sundararaman, SP Desai Anesthesia & Analgesia 126 (1), 322-329, 2018 | 18 | 2018 |
| Branched-chain amino acid administration in surgical patients: effects on amino acid and fuel substrate profiles SP Desai, BR Bistrian, JD Palombo, LL Moldawer, GL Blackburn Archives of Surgery 122 (7), 760-764, 1987 | 18 | 1987 |
| Discovery of modern anesthesia: a counterfactual narrative about Crawford W. long, Horace Wells, Charles T. Jackson, and William TG Morton MS Desai, SP Desai AANA journal 83 (6), 410, 2015 | 17 | 2015 |
