Year

Anesth

Anesth and side effects

Anesth and complication

Anesth and outcome

Anesth and safety

2010

8535

341

428

1609

600

2009

8209

343

334

1677

553

2008

7519

303

359

1579

523

2007

7544

284

380

1376

458

2006

7530

287

362

1260

395

2005

7459

314

330

1205

412

2004

7079

310

326

1073

405

% of Change

21

10

31

50

48

Anesth: anesthesia; % of change represents the percentage of changes from 2004 to 2010; Data accessed on Aug 14, 2011
Table 1: Total number of peer reviewed manuscripts cited in PubMed from 2004 to 2010 related to anesthesia. Linear regression between total number of manuscripts and the year published was employed.