Anaesthesia

Article	Citations
Aerosol‐generating procedures: research, guidance and implementation	200
Issue Information – Editorial Board	160
Correction to: Glucagon‐like peptide‐1 receptor agonists: a narrative review of clinical pharmacology and implications for peri‐operative practice	152
Trends and health equity in environmental sustainability publications in major anaesthesia journals	146
A 20‐minute decision‐delivery interval at caesarean section using general anaesthesia: a reply	136
Peri‐operative mental health interventions for surgical oncology patients: a narrative synthesis and meta‐analysis	98
Return to intended oncological therapy following advanced ovarian cancer surgery: a narrative review	86
Optimising management strategies for intrathecal catheters after accidental dural puncture	81
Prevalence of smoking and postoperative outcomes in people undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting: a UK registry analysis	79
Patient blood management – what's the problem with implementation?	77
Analgesia for elective midline laparotomy	74
The science of climate change and the effect of anaesthetic gas emissions	69
Global, regional and national burden of opioid use disorders: insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study, 1992–2021	62
Pre‐operative dexmedetomidine nasal spray and emergence agitation in adults undergoing ear, nose and throat surgery: a randomised controlled trial	60
Anaesthesia for mechanical thrombectomy: a narrative review	56
The COVID‐19 pandemic and its consequences for chronic pain: a narrative review	55
The effect of the type of anaesthesia on long‐term outcomes after cancer resection surgery: a narrative review	53
Transparency and safety in the independent sector: improving, but must do better	53
Multiple failed intubation attempts in patients with rapid sequence induction are a thing of the past: a reply	49
Effect of frequency and amplitude of respiratory activity on aerosol emissions	49
Peri‐operative decisions about cardiopulmonary resuscitation among adults as reported to the 7th National Audit Project of the Royal College of Anaesthetists	46
Tracheal tube introducer‐associated airway trauma: a systematic review	45
Experiences of patients enrolled and staff involved in the prehabilitation of elective patients undergoing cardiac surgery trial: a nested qualitative study	45
Anaesthesia for vascular emergencies – a state of the art review	45
Pre‐operative gastric ultrasound in patients at risk of pulmonary aspiration: a prospective observational cohort study	41

Universal videolaryngoscopy: supporting evidence from real‐world data and recent trials	39
Peri‐operative management of patients with Parkinson’s disease	38
Volatile capture technology in sustainable anaesthetic practice: a narrative review	38
Plastics in anaesthesia and critical care: beyond sustainability	37
Reframing the gender equity discussion in anaesthesiology: adopting best practices to promote physician retention and belonging	37
Peri‐operative cardiac arrests in Sweden 2013–2022: data analysis of incidence and trends	37
Tranexamic acid in total knee arthroplasty	36
Nocebo language in anaesthetic patient written information	36
Impact of country of origin on procedure‐specific postoperative pain management (PROSPECT) recommendations	35
List of Abstracts	34
Suture choice when securing central lines: an update in the light of NICE surgical guidance	32
The effect of overlapping surgical scheduling on operating theatre productivity: a narrative review	31
Retention of anaesthetists – a personal reflection from the patient perspective	31
Intravenous lidocaine with propofol‐based sedation for colonoscopy: a reply	31
Positive end‐expiratory pressure based on body mass index	30
Data analysis of the Queensland Difficult Airway Alert Project	30
Effects of anaesthesia and surgery on sleep–wake timing and subjective sleep quality in children: an observational study	30
The association of withholding or continuing angiotensin‐converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin 2 receptor blockers on acute kidney injury after non‐cardiac surgery	29
Colorectal cancer surgery: is further research necessary?	29
Issue Information – Editorial Board	28
How to perform and write a trial sequential analysis	28
Efficiency of CONTRAfluran™ in reducing sevoflurane pollution from maintenance anaesthesia in minimal flow end‐tidal control mode for laparoscopic surgery	28
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‘Prep, stop, block’: refreshing ‘stop before you block’ with new national guidance	27
Too unfit not to have surgery: is non‐operative care for hip fracture patients a viable option?	27
Comparison of opioid‐free and opioid‐inclusive propofol anaesthesia for thyroid and parathyroid surgery	27
Clinical examination may increase but not decrease suspicion of oesophageal intubation	26
Simulated altitude for prehabilitation: alternatives await in less rarified air	26
Looking before we leap: treating postoperative anaemia with iron	26
Pre‐operative assessment services and conduct in the West of Scotland region: a trainee research network audit	26
Does optimisation of heart failure equate to fitness for surgery?	26
Anaesthetic management of oncological disease in pregnancy: a narrative review	26
Can lessons be learned from reviewing peri‐operative cardiac arrests?	25
Pre‐operative analgesia heterogeneity: an underexplored confounder in the long‐term cognitive outcomes of the RAGA trial	25
Improving generalisability: a reply	25
How to engage in social media to get your work published	25
Retained desflurane in decommissioned vaporisers: a national problem?	24
The safety of tranexamic acid administration in total knee arthroplasty: a population‐based study from Taiwan	24
What version of Hell‘s Kitchen?	24
The thirst for improvement: ensuring shorter and safer pre‐operative fasting times in children	24
Prediction of postoperative pain: are we missing the target?	24
Inhalational anaesthetics: an assessment of agent delivery and capture	24
Novel predictors of mortality in emergency bowel surgery: a single‐centre cohort study	24
Ultrasound‐guided fascial plane blocks of the chest wall: a reply	24
Does low‐dose ketamine really protect against delirium?	23
Rapid sequence induction: a modern‐day example of Theseus' Paradox?	23
Interpreting statistical evidence with S values	23
Comparing effects of anaesthetics on occurrence of postoperative delirium and quality of recovery in older surgical patients	23
Causes of and risk factors for unplanned readmission in a large cohort of patients undergoing major surgery: a retrospective cohort study	23
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Preventing unrecognised oesophageal intubation: a consensus guideline from the Project for Universal Management of Airways and international airway societies*	22
Beyond the block: optimising analgesic strategies in laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair	22
A comparison of the McGrath videolaryngoscope with direct laryngoscopy for rapid sequence intubation in the operating theatre: a multicentre randomised controlled trial	21
Issue Information – Editorial Board	21
Efficacy and safety of intrathecal diamorphine: a systematic review and meta‐analysis with meta‐regression and trial sequential analysis	21
Epidemiology, patient outcome and complications after non‐operative management of hip fracture: a systematic review	21
Autonomy vs. the environment: nitrous oxide use in obstetrics, an ongoing challenge	21
Traumatic brain injury, omega‐3 fatty acids, glutathione and ketosis: a reply	21
Sedation for awake tracheal intubation: A systematic review and network meta‐analysis	21
The VIDIAC score – standard of care for classifying videolaryngoscopy in health records?	21
An audit of inhalational anaesthetic agent usage in paediatric anaesthesia	21
The role of anaesthetics in cancer outcomes: do we need more clinical trials?	21
Effect of anterior quadratus lumborum block on morphine consumption in minimally invasive colorectal surgery	20
Fitter, better, sooner: prehabilitation and clinical outcomes in cardiac surgery	20
Patients' expectations, experience and acceptability of postoperative analgesia: a nested qualitative study within a randomised controlled trial comparing rectus sheath catheter and thoracic epidural	20
Anaesthetists' current practice and perceptions of aerosol‐generating procedures: a mixed‐methods study	19
Reducing the carbon footprint of general anaesthesia: a comparison of total intravenous anaesthesia vs. a mixed anaesthetic strategy in 47,157 adult patients	19
Videolaryngoscopy vs. direct laryngoscopy in class 2 and 3 obesity: a systematic review, meta‐analysis and trial sequential analysis of randomised controlled trials*	19
Rescuing failed direct laryngoscopy in children: one size does not fit all	19
Effectiveness of emergency surgery for five common acute conditions: an instrumental variable analysis of a national routine database	19
Early cryoprecipitate transfusion versus standard care in severe postpartum haemorrhage: a pilot cluster‐randomised trial	19
Airway management in patients with suspected or confirmed traumatic spinal cord injury: a narrative review of current evidence	19
Cardiac arrest in vascular surgical patients receiving anaesthetic care: an analysis from the 7th National Audit Project (NAP7) of the Royal College of Anaesthetists	19
A pilot project to test the feasibility of automated text messaging to collect multi‐day patient‐reported outcomes related to pain interference after total joint arthroplasty in veterans	19
Environmental impact of high‐flow nasal oxygenation	19
Acute peri‐operative neurocognitive disorders: a narrative review	18
Ask, and it shall be given you – individual patient data and code availability for randomised controlled trials submitted for publication	18
Patient‐centred outcome measures for oncological surgery: a narrative review	18
Correction to: Incidence of 12‐month postoperative cognitive decline following regional vs. general anaesthesia in older patients undergoing hip fracture surgery: follow‐up of the RAGA tria	18
Issue Information – Editorial Board	18
Postoperative systemic inflammatory dysregulation and corticosteroids: a narrative review	18
Mechanisms underlying neurocognitive dysfunction following critical illness: a systematic review	18
PROSPECT guideline for elective caesarean section: an update and reply	17
Dexmedetomidine for cardiac surgery: case closed?	17
Incomplete Optiflow™ switching and the potential for confusion	17
Best anaesthetic technique for prevention of postoperative cognitive dysfunction in older patients after hip fracture surgery – is the debate over?	17
Implementing advance care plans in the peri‐operative period, including plans for cardiopulmonary resuscitation: Association of Anaesthetists clinical practice guideline	17
Artificial intelligence in peri‐operative prediction model research: are we there yet?	17
PROSPECT guideline for elective caesarean section: an update	17
Screening of patients at risk of postoperative delirium using specific neuropsychological testing	17
The reasons hypoactive delirium is often overlooked	17
Analgesia nociception index for intra‐operative remifentanil dose and pain after gynaecological laparotomy: a reply	17
Factors affecting UK anaesthetic trainees' wellbeing and stress: a scoping review	17
Direct vs. videolaryngoscopy for tracheal intubation	16
Time to surgery as a prehabilitation window: insights from United States Medicare data	16
PROSPECT guideline for elective caesarean section: a reply	16
Distinguishing prophylactic and therapeutic cricoid force	16
Trends in greenhouse gas emissions from volatile anaesthetics in 41 countries: 2013–2023	16
Single‐use vs. reusable flexible bronchoscopes for airway management and in critical care: a narrative review	16
List of Abstracts	16
‘Flextension’: a new term to describe optimal head and neck positioning for airway management	15
Have we undone the good work of the last decade with one small slip? A reply	15
Thyroid surgery and airway management: ‘goitre’ use videolaryngoscopy	15
Peri‐operative care of transgender and gender‐diverse individuals: guidance for clinicians and departments	15
Evaluation of the i‐gel® Plus supraglottic airway device in elective surgery: a prospective international multicentre study*	15
Lines, curves and diameters: the geometry of videolaryngoscopy adjuncts	15
Clinical signs and examination during intubation: we will continue to use and teach them	15
Recognising oesophageal intubation	15
Surgery in patients aged ≥ 80 years: mortality and recovery in a nationwide cohort study*	15
Correction to: Association of Anaesthetists guidelines: the use of blood components and their alternatives	15
Improving generalisability	15
Association of Anaesthetists guidelines: the use of blood components and their alternatives	15
Hospital re‐admission after critical care survival: a systematic review and meta‐analysis	15
AC2024 abstracts	14
Issue Information – Editorial Board	14
The cost of inadequate trauma training	14
Issue Information	14
Train the rescuers	14
Anaesthesia associates and scope of practice: saying the unsayable	14
Issue Information – Editorial Board	14
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Non‐anaemic iron deficiency: good news, bad news or no news at all?	14
Toxic leadership: when culture sabotages clinical excellence	14
Management of acute cervical spinal cord injury in the non‐specialist intensive care unit: a narrative review of current evidence	13
Incidence of postoperative delirium and quality of recovery in older patients undergoing gastrectomy under general anaesthesia with remimazolam vs. propofol: a randomised non‐inferiority study	13
Study outcome measurements: statistically insignificant or non‐inferior? A reply	13
Breaking barriers: achieving equitable access to postoperative critical care	13
Issue Information – Editorial Board	13
Peri‐operative tobacco cessation interventions: a systematic review and meta‐analysis	13

Study outcome measurements: statistically insignificant or non‐inferior?	13
Beyond the ‘black box’: choosing interpretable machine learning models for predicting postoperative opioid trends	13
Penicillin allergy risk stratification tool for use by non‐allergists in the peri‐operative setting: an agreement study and qualitative process evaluation	13
Stress, simulation, and skill retention: addressing gaps in eFONA training models	13
Effect of ventilation mode on postoperative pulmonary complications following lung resection surgery: a randomised controlled trial	12
PUMA guidelines: a fail‐safe when sustained exhaled carbon dioxide is absent following attempted tracheal intubation	12
Intrathecal catheter placement after inadvertent dural puncture in the obstetric population: management for labour and operative delivery. Guidelines from the Obstetric Anaesthetists' Association	12
Advanced life support interventions during intra‐operative cardiac arrest among adults as reported to the 7th National Audit Project of the Royal College of Anaesthetists	12
Harm during airway management by anaesthetists: its absence in randomised controlled trials does not mean it does not exist	12
Ethnic disparities in obstetric anaesthesia care in England: parallels and paradoxes with care in the USA	12
The central limit theorem: the remarkable theory that explains all of statistics	12
Labour analgesia in obese and morbidly obese parturients: a nationwide register analysis in Finland from 2004 to 2018	12
Why does oesophageal intubation still go unrecognised? Lessons for prevention from the coroner’s court	12
Usability comparison scoring of video and direct laryngoscopes	12
Predicting time to asystole following withdrawal of life‐sustaining treatment: a systematic review	11
Regional analgesia following caesarean section: second thoughts	11
Pain during caesarean section: whose decision is it?	11
Interference between processed electroencephalograph and neuromuscular blockade monitoring	11
Refining evidence on motor‐sparing regional analgesia for hip arthroplasty: a reply	11
Deep‐learning model associating lateral cervical radiographic features withCormack–Lehanegrade 3 or 4 glottic view	11
Provision of peri‐operative patient blood management strategies in the UK: a national survey of practice	11
Sarcopenia: it is time to attach more importance to this stealth killer in patients who are critically ill	11
Impact of honey on post‐tonsillectomy pain in children (BEE PAIN FREE Trial): a multicentre, double‐blind, randomised controlled trial*	11
Issue Information – Editorial Board	11
Comparing the pericapsular nerve group block and fascia iliaca block for acute pain management in patients with hip fracture	11
Viscoelastic haemostatic point‐of‐care assays in the management of postpartum haemorrhage: a narrative review	11
Turning baby steps into big leaps: shifting paradigms in fast‐track joint replacement surgery	11
Not all tracheal tube introducers are created equal	11
Outcomes in patients with chronic heart failure undergoing non‐cardiac surgery: a secondary analysis of the METREPAIR international cohort study*	11
Finding the undiagnosed: should we screen for diabetes pre‐operatively?	11
List of Abstracts	11
Mandatory training for rare anaesthetic events – a philosophical view	10
Postoperative systemic inflammation after major abdominal surgery: patient‐centred outcomes	10
The videolaryngoscopy vs. direct laryngoscopy debate: a wider‐angled view	10
Redefining risk in peri‐operative frailty: towards routine frailty assessment and a whole pathway approach	10
Recent studies on racial disparities in obstetric care in the USA	10
Private equity consolidation in anaesthesiology: trends and sector‐specific investment patterns from 2006 to 2024	10
A qualitative exploration of stressors in anaesthesia training in the UK and mechanisms to improve resident wellbeing	10
Ancillary tests to support the diagnosis of death using neurological criteria: certainty in uncertain times?	10
Choice of local anaesthetic for epidural extension in caesarean section: is lidocaine plus bicarbonate the optimal solution?	10
Novel biological risk factors for 7‐day postoperative kidney injury in elective major non‐cardiac surgery: a retrospective observational study	10
Evaluation of five static or dynamic tracheal tube introducers during standard and difficult intubations with C‐MAC® D‐blade videolaryngoscopy in a manikin*	10
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Rapid sequence induction with total intravenous anaesthesia	10
Artificial intelligence in anaesthesia: shaping the future of workforce and wellbeing	10
The challenges of defining right ventricular dysfunction in critical illness	10
Enhancing emergency front‐of‐neck airway training: a mixed methods study on the impact of external noise and startle stressors	9
Opioid analgesic effects on subjective well‐being in the operating theatre*	9
Environmental risk assessment of propofol in wastewater: a narrative review of regulatory guidelines	9
Gastric point‐of‐care ultrasound in the GLP‐1 receptor agonist era: clinical impact and competency	9
The fewer the better or the more the merrier? The challenges of large research collaborations	9
From bending to standing upright: augmented reality technology: a new trend in laryngoscopy?	9
More on deaths from unrecognised oesophageal intubation	9
Addressing human factors is crucial to preventing unrecognised oesophageal intubation	9
Functional capacity, frailty and the future of peri‐operative risk stratification: a reply	9
Out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest: pathways for extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the United Kingdom	9
Immunotherapy on ICU: a narrative review	9
NAP7 – something for everyone	9
Clarifying the role of fibrinogen concentrate in major haemorrhage: a reply	9
Interpreting statistical evidence with S values: an illustration with trials of goal‐directed haemodynamic therapy	9
Management of status epilepticus: a narrative review	9
Videolaryngoscopy, oesophageal intubation and uncertainty: lessons from Cochrane	8
Regional anaesthesia research priorities: a Regional Anaesthesia UK (RA‐UK) priority setting partnership involving patients, carers and healthcare professionals	8
Age, ASA physical status and surgical outcomes: insights from a nationwide cohort study	8
Expanding clinical applications of augmented reality laryngoscopy: a need for further exploration and validation	8
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Frailty and emergency surgery: identification and evidence‐based care for vulnerable older adults	8
Association of ventilation volumes, pressures and rates with the mechanical power of ventilation in patients without acute respiratory distress syndrome: exploring the impact of rate reduction	8
Elective peri‐operative management of adults taking glucagon‐like peptide‐1 receptor agonists, glucose‐dependent insulinotropic peptide agonists and sodium‐glucose cotransporter‐2 inhibitors: a multid	8
Suspected obstructive sleep apnoea on pre‐operative screening: going beyond a risk score	8
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Cardiac arrest in obstetric patients receiving anaesthetic care: results from the 7th National Audit Project of the Royal College of Anaesthetists	8
The use of cerebral computed tomographic angiography as an ancillary investigation to support a clinical diagnosis of death using neurological criteria: a consensus guideline	8
Issue Information	8
High‐flow nasal oxygen in obstetric practice – where do we stand?	8
Protocolised care pathways: a double‐edged sword?	8
Prevalence of pre‐operative anaemia in surgical patients: a retrospective, observational, multicentre study in Germany	7
Socio‐economic disadvantage and utilisation of labour epidural analgesia in Scotland: a population‐based study†	7
Dosing optimisation of intravenous lidocaine in patients with class 1–3 obesity by population pharmacokinetic analysis	7
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Erector spinae plane block vs. peri‐articular injection for pain control after arthroscopic shoulder surgery: a randomised controlled trial	7
Risk factors for persistent pain after breast cancer surgery: a multicentre prospective cohort study	7
Gastric ultrasound performance time and difficulty: a prospective observational study	7
Patterns of opioid use after surgical discharge: a multicentre, prospective cohort study in 25 countries	7
Improving tracheal intubation outcomes requires deeper analysis of the three axes of tracheal tube orientation	7
Financial and environmental impacts of using oxygen rather than air as a ventilator drive gas	7
Analgesic efficacy of continuous erector spinae plane block vs. opioid‐based regimen for postoperative pain management following video‐assisted thoracoscopic lung resection: a prospective, randomised,	7
Arterial trauma due to central venous catheter insertion: an analysis of incidents reported to the National Reporting and Learning System for England and Wales 2013–2023	7
Right ventricular dysfunction in patients with COVID‐19 pneumonitis whose lungs are mechanically ventilated: a multicentre prospective cohort study	7
List of Abstracts	7
Regional analgesia following caesarean section: new kid and a block?	7
Patient‐reported outcomes, postoperative pain and pain relief after day case surgery (POPPY): methodology for a prospective, multicentre observational study*	7
Regional anaesthesia for hip fracture: are we measuring what matters?	7
Cardiovascular subphenotypes in patients with COVID‐19 pneumonitis whose lungs are mechanically ventilated: a single‐centre retrospective observational study	7
Analysing the obesity paradox? Mind the adiposity distribution!	7