Anaesthesia

Article	Citations
Patient blood management – what's the problem with implementation?	193
Aerosol‐generating procedures: research, guidance and implementation	114
Trends and health equity in environmental sustainability publications in major anaesthesia journals	110
Optimising management strategies for intrathecal catheters after accidental dural puncture	108
Transparency and safety in the independent sector: improving, but must do better	108
Multiple failed intubation attempts in patients with rapid sequence induction are a thing of the past: a reply	79
Effects of anaesthesia type on development of persistent postoperative opioid utilisation: a South Korean nationwide cohort study	75
Peri‐operative cardiac arrests in Sweden 2013–2022: data analysis of incidence and trends	73
Universal videolaryngoscopy: supporting evidence from real‐world data and recent trials	70
Correction to: Glucagon‐like peptide‐1 receptor agonists: a narrative review of clinical pharmacology and implications for peri‐operative practice	67
Reframing the gender equity discussion in anaesthesiology: adopting best practices to promote physician retention and belonging	67
Issue Information – Editorial Board	64
Volatile capture technology in sustainable anaesthetic practice: a narrative review	59
Global, regional and national burden of opioid use disorders: insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study, 1992–2021	58
Socio‐economic deprivation and functional exercise capacity: a retrospective observational cohort study	57
Peri‐operative decisions about cardiopulmonary resuscitation among adults as reported to the 7th National Audit Project of the Royal College of Anaesthetists	54
The COVID ‐19 pandemic and its consequences for chronic pain: a narrative review	50
Return to intended oncological therapy following advanced ovarian cancer surgery: a narrative review	48
Plastics in anaesthesia and critical care: beyond sustainability	48
Pre‐operative dexmedetomidine nasal spray and emergence agitation in adults undergoing ear, nose and throat surgery: a randomised controlled trial	47
The effect of the type of anaesthesia on long‐term outcomes after cancer resection surgery: a narrative review	46
Experiences of patients enrolled and staff involved in the prehabilitation of elective patients undergoing cardiac surgery trial: a nested qualitative study	46
Revisiting the role of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve block in total hip arthroplasty analgesia	45
Peri‐operative mental health interventions for surgical oncology patients: a narrative synthesis and meta‐analysis	44
Strengthening governance in regional anaesthesia: balancing collective competence and risk management	44

Gastric ultrasound in patients receiving semaglutide: a prospective, multicentre, matched control study	44
Prevalence of smoking and postoperative outcomes in people undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting: a UK registry analysis	42
Analgesia for elective midline laparotomy	42
Integrating generative artificial intelligence, predictive analytics and human intelligence in peri‐operative care	42
Key targets for activating anaesthesia shared decision‐making: a mixed methods systematic review	42
Anaesthesia for vascular emergencies – a state of the art review	41
Pre‐operative gastric ultrasound in patients at risk of pulmonary aspiration: a prospective observational cohort study	40
Pulmonary complications with individualised vs. fixed positive end‐expiratory pressure in older patients recovering from lung cancer surgery: a randomised trial	40
Tracheal tube introducer‐associated airway trauma: a systematic review	40
The science of climate change and the effect of anaesthetic gas emissions	38
Too unfit not to have surgery: is non‐operative care for hip fracture patients a viable option?	38
Pre‐operative assessment services and conduct in the West of Scotland region: a trainee research network audit	37
How to perform and write a trial sequential analysis	37
Clinical examination may increase but not decrease suspicion of oesophageal intubation	37
Effects of anaesthesia and surgery on sleep–wake timing and subjective sleep quality in children: an observational study	37
Causes of and risk factors for unplanned readmission in a large cohort of patients undergoing major surgery: a retrospective cohort study	36
Anaesthetic management of oncological disease in pregnancy: a narrative review	36
Pre‐operative analgesia heterogeneity: an underexplored confounder in the long‐term cognitive outcomes of the RAGA trial	35
Positive end‐expiratory pressure based on body mass index	35
Intravenous lidocaine with propofol‐based sedation for colonoscopy: a reply	35
Data analysis of the Queensland Difficult Airway Alert Project	35
Retention of anaesthetists – a personal reflection from the patient perspective	34
Comparison of opioid‐free and opioid‐inclusive propofol anaesthesia for thyroid and parathyroid surgery	34
Suture choice when securing central lines: an update in the light of NICE surgical guidance	34
Can lessons be learned from reviewing peri‐operative cardiac arrests?	34
Looking before we leap: treating postoperative anaemia with iron	33
Novel predictors of mortality in emergency bowel surgery: a single‐centre cohort study	32
Does optimisation of heart failure equate to fitness for surgery?	32
Issue Information – Editorial Board	31
List of Abstracts	31
Retained desflurane in decommissioned vaporisers: a national problem?	31
	31
Improving generalisability: a reply	30
Prediction of postoperative pain: are we missing the target?	30
The thirst for improvement: ensuring shorter and safer pre‐operative fasting times in children	30
Ultrasound‐guided fascial plane blocks of the chest wall: a reply	30
Simulated altitude for prehabilitation: alternatives await in less rarified air	30
Comparing effects of anaesthetics on occurrence of postoperative delirium and quality of recovery in older surgical patients	29
Rapid sequence induction: a modern‐day example of Theseus' Paradox?	29
Beyond the block: optimising analgesic strategies in laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair	29
How to engage in social media to get your work published	29
Does low‐dose ketamine really protect against delirium?	28
The safety of tranexamic acid administration in total knee arthroplasty: a population‐based study from Taiwan	28
Nocebo language in anaesthetic patient written information	27
Inhalational anaesthetics: an assessment of agent delivery and capture	27
Issue Information – Editorial Board	27
The effect of overlapping surgical scheduling on operating theatre productivity: a narrative review	27
Interpreting statistical evidence with S values	26
Impact of country of origin on procedure‐specific postoperative pain management ( PROSPECT ) recommendations	25
Peri‐operative rehabilitation in elective cardiac valve surgery	25

Efficiency of CONTRAfluran ™ in reducing sevoflurane pollution from maintenance anaesthesia in minimal flow end‐tidal control mode for laparoscopic s	25
Anaesthetists' current practice and perceptions of aerosol‐generating procedures: a mixed‐methods study	25
Tranexamic acid in total knee arthroplasty	25
The association of withholding or continuing angiotensin‐converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin 2 receptor blockers on acute kidney injury after non‐cardiac surgery	25
Preventing unrecognised oesophageal intubation: a consensus guideline from the Project for Universal Management of Airways and international airway societies*	25
	24
Videolaryngoscopy vs. direct laryngoscopy in class 2 and 3 obesity: a systematic review, meta‐analysis and trial sequential analysis of randomised controlled trials*	24
	24
Postoperative sore throat: a systematic review*	24
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	24
Issue Information – Editorial Board	23
Fitter, better, sooner: prehabilitation and clinical outcomes in cardiac surgery	23
The role of anaesthetics in cancer outcomes: do we need more clinical trials?	22
Rescuing failed direct laryngoscopy in children: one size does not fit all	22
The 0.00015 degree problem: learning from the environmental debates around desflurane	21
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	21
	21
Effectiveness of emergency surgery for five common acute conditions: an instrumental variable analysis of a national routine database	21
The VIDIAC score – standard of care for classifying videolaryngoscopy in health records?	21
Autonomy vs. the environment: nitrous oxide use in obstetrics, an ongoing challenge	21
Effect of anterior quadratus lumborum block on morphine consumption in minimally invasive colorectal surgery	21
Epidemiology, patient outcome and complications after non‐operative management of hip fracture: a systematic review	21
Patient‐centred outcome measures for oncological surgery: a narrative review	21
An audit of inhalational anaesthetic agent usage in paediatric anaesthesia	20
Environmental impact of high‐flow nasal oxygenation	20
Airway management in patients with suspected or confirmed traumatic spinal cord injury: a narrative review of current evidence	20
Sedation for awake tracheal intubation: A systematic review and network meta‐analysis	20
Cardiac arrest in vascular surgical patients receiving anaesthetic care: an analysis from the 7th National Audit Project ( NAP7 ) of the Royal Colleg	20
Postoperative systemic inflammatory dysregulation and corticosteroids: a narrative review	19
Patients' expectations, experience and acceptability of postoperative analgesia: a nested qualitative study within a randomised controlled trial comparing rectus sheath catheter and thoracic epidural	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
Efficacy and safety of intrathecal diamorphine: a systematic review and meta‐analysis with meta‐regression and trial sequential analysis	19
Ultrasound‐guided regional anaesthesia education and dissemination: revisiting the ‘Plan A’ concept	19
A comparison of the McGrath videolaryngoscope with direct laryngoscopy for rapid sequence intubation in the operating theatre: a multicentre randomis	19
PROSPECT guideline for elective caesarean section: an update	18
List of Abstracts	18
Issue Information – Editorial Board	18
Incomplete Optiflow™ switching and the potential for confusion	18
PROSPECT guideline for elective caesarean section: an update and reply	18
Screening of patients at risk of postoperative delirium using specific neuropsychological testing	18
Best anaesthetic technique for prevention of postoperative cognitive dysfunction in older patients after hip fracture surgery – is the debate over?	18
Time to surgery as a prehabilitation window: insights from United States Medicare data	18
Issue Information – Editorial Board	18
Analgesia nociception index for intra‐operative remifentanil dose and pain after gynaecological laparotomy: a reply	18
Artificial intelligence in peri‐operative prediction model research: are we there yet?	18
PROSPECT guideline for elective caesarean section: a reply	17
Correction to: Association of Anaesthetists guidelines: the use of blood components and their alternatives	17
Peri‐operative care of transgender and gender‐diverse individuals: guidance for clinicians and departments	17
‘Flextension’: a new term to describe optimal head and neck positioning for airway management	17
Interpreting injectate spread in lumbar erector spinae plane block	17
Broadening the framework of medical futility	17
Dexmedetomidine for cardiac surgery: case closed?	17
Issue Information – Editorial Board	17
Single‐use vs. reusable flexible bronchoscopes for airway management and in critical care: a narrative review	17
High neuraxial block in obstetrics: patient experience is paramount	16
Direct vs. videolaryngoscopy for tracheal intubation	16
	16
Ask, and it shall be given you – individual patient data and code availability for randomised controlled trials submitted for publication	16
Surgery in patients aged ≥ 80 years: mortality and recovery in a nationwide cohort study*	15
Trends in greenhouse gas emissions from volatile anaesthetics in 41 countries: 2013–2023	15
Mechanisms underlying neurocognitive dysfunction following critical illness: a systematic review	15
Factors affecting UK anaesthetic trainees' wellbeing and stress: a scoping review	15
Distinguishing prophylactic and therapeutic cricoid force	15
Lines, curves and diameters: the geometry of videolaryngoscopy adjuncts	15
Recognising oesophageal intubation	15
The reasons hypoactive delirium is often overlooked	15
Real‐time ultrasound guidance for central venous access	14
Penicillin allergy risk stratification tool for use by non‐allergists in the peri‐operative setting: an agreement study and qualitative process evaluation	14
Issue Information – Editorial Board	14
Clinical signs and examination during intubation: we will continue to use and teach them	14
Evaluation of the i‐gel® Plus supraglottic airway device in elective surgery: a prospective international multicentre study*	14
Neurocognitive outcomes: methodological clarifications	14
Issue Information – Editorial Board	14
Improving generalisability	14
Association of Anaesthetists guidelines: the use of blood components and their alternatives	14
AC2024 abstracts	14
Issue Information – Editorial Board	14
Usability comparison scoring of video and direct laryngoscopes	14
	13
Non‐anaemic iron deficiency: good news, bad news or no news at all?	13

Turning baby steps into big leaps: shifting paradigms in fast‐track joint replacement surgery	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
Comparing the pericapsular nerve group block and fascia iliaca block for acute pain management in patients with hip fracture	13
Anaesthesia associates and scope of practice: saying the unsayable	13
Harm during airway management by anaesthetists: its absence in randomised controlled trials does not mean it does not exist	13
Carbon footprint of total intravenous anaesthesia vs. inhalational sevoflurane anaesthesia in adults	13
Refining evidence on motor‐sparing regional analgesia for hip arthroplasty: a reply	13
Predicting time to asystole following withdrawal of life‐sustaining treatment: a systematic review	13
Beyond the ‘black box’: choosing interpretable machine learning models for predicting postoperative opioid trends	13
Train the rescuers	13
Breaking barriers: achieving equitable access to postoperative critical care	13
Peri‐operative rehabilitation bundles and postoperative pulmonary complications in elective cardiac valve surgery	13
Preserving sleep in paediatric peri‐operative care	13
Stress, simulation, and skill retention: addressing gaps in eFONA training models	12
Peri‐operative tobacco cessation interventions: a systematic review and meta‐analysis	12
The central limit theorem: the remarkable theory that explains all of statistics	12
Ethnic disparities in obstetric anaesthesia care in England: parallels and paradoxes with care in the USA	12
Provision of peri‐operative patient blood management strategies in the UK : a national survey of practice	12
Intravenous esketamine for the prevention of emergence delirium and negative behavioural changes after paediatric adenotonsillectomy: a randomised controlled trial	12
Thyroid surgery and airway management: ‘goitre’ use videolaryngoscopy	12
Interpectoral and serratus anterior plane blocks in mastectomy: unravelling the disconnect between acute and chronic pain	12
Study outcome measurements: statistically insignificant or non‐inferior? A reply	12
PUMA guidelines: a fail‐safe when sustained exhaled carbon dioxide is absent following attempted tracheal intubation	12
Impact of honey on post‐tonsillectomy pain in children ( BEE PAIN FREE Trial): a multicentre, double‐blind, randomised controlled trial*	12
Study outcome measurements: statistically insignificant or non‐inferior?	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
Deep‐learning model associating lateral cervical radiographic features with Cormack–Lehane grade 3 or 4 glottic view	12
Effect of ventilation mode on postoperative pulmonary complications following lung resection surgery: a randomised controlled trial	12
Recent studies on racial disparities in obstetric care in the USA	11
List of Abstracts	11
NAP7 – something for everyone	11
Outcomes in patients with chronic heart failure undergoing non‐cardiac surgery: a secondary analysis of the METREPAIR international cohort study*	11
Novel biological risk factors for 7‐day postoperative kidney injury in elective major non‐cardiac surgery: a retrospective observational study	11
Artificial intelligence in anaesthesia: shaping the future of workforce and wellbeing	11
Clarifying the role of fibrinogen concentrate in major haemorrhage: a reply	11
Toxic leadership: when culture sabotages clinical excellence	11
Intrathecal catheter placement after inadvertent dural puncture in the obstetric population: management for labour and operative delivery. Guidelines from the Obstetric Anaesthetists' Association	11
Out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest: pathways for extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the United Kingdom	11
Mandatory training for rare anaesthetic events – a philosophical view	11
Immunotherapy on ICU : a narrative review	11
Proactive haemodynamic management using the hypotension prediction index during caesarean section: a randomised controlled study	11
Management of acute cervical spinal cord injury in the non‐specialist intensive care unit: a narrative review of current evidence	11
	11
The challenges of defining right ventricular dysfunction in critical illness	10
Not all tracheal tube introducers are created equal	10
Functional capacity, frailty and the future of peri‐operative risk stratification: a reply	10
Redefining risk in peri‐operative frailty: towards routine frailty assessment and a whole pathway approach	10
The videolaryngoscopy vs. direct laryngoscopy debate: a wider‐angled view	10
Regional anaesthesia research priorities: a Regional Anaesthesia UK ( RA ‐	10
Enhancing emergency front‐of‐neck airway training: a mixed methods study on the impact of external noise and startle stressors	10
Evaluation of five static or dynamic tracheal tube introducers during standard and difficult intubations with C‐ MAC ®	10
Choice of local anaesthetic for epidural extension in caesarean section: is lidocaine plus bicarbonate the optimal solution?	10
Regional analgesia following caesarean section: second thoughts	10
Addressing human factors is crucial to preventing unrecognised oesophageal intubation	10
Time of day of cardiac surgery and postoperative outcomes: exploratory findings require caution	10
Sarcopenia: it is time to attach more importance to this stealth killer in patients who are critically ill	10
Interpreting statistical evidence with S values: an illustration with trials of goal‐directed haemodynamic therapy	10
More on deaths from unrecognised oesophageal intubation	10
Opioid analgesic effects on subjective well‐being in the operating theatre*	10
Issue Information – Editorial Board	10
Ancillary tests to support the diagnosis of death using neurological criteria: certainty in uncertain times?	10
The use of cerebral computed tomographic angiography as an ancillary investigation to support a clinical diagnosis of death using neurological criteria: a consensus guideline	10
Dose‐dependent relationship between intra‐operative dexmedetomidine and delirium after non‐cardiac surgery: a retrospective cohort study*	10
Gastric point‐of‐care ultrasound in the GLP‐1 receptor agonist era: clinical impact and competency	10
Frailty and emergency surgery: identification and evidence‐based care for vulnerable older adults	10
The B‐APNEIC score as a reliable tool to guide clinical practice: a reply	10
From bending to standing upright: augmented reality technology: a new trend in laryngoscopy?	10
Cricoid force: therapeutic, prophylactic or routine	9
Private equity consolidation in anaesthesiology: trends and sector‐specific investment patterns from 2006 to 2024	9
Efficacy and safety of different vasopressor infusions on feto‐maternal outcomes in normotensive patients undergoing caesarean delivery: a systematic review and network meta‐analysis of randomised con	9
Peri‐operative Replacement of Exogenous Steroids ( PREdS ): a national audit of current peri‐operative prescribing for patients taking therapeutic st	9
Improving tracheal intubation outcomes requires deeper analysis of the three axes of tracheal tube orientation	9
Comparing analgesic efficacy of different interventions after arthroscopic shoulder surgery: a reply	9
Protocolised care pathways: a double‐edged sword?	9
Cardiac arrest in obstetric patients receiving anaesthetic care: results from the 7th National Audit Project of the Royal College of Anaesthetists	9
A qualitative exploration of stressors in anaesthesia training in the UK and mechanisms to improve resident wellbeing	9
Videolaryngoscopy, oesophageal intubation and uncertainty: lessons from Cochrane	9
Postoperative systemic inflammation after major abdominal surgery: patient‐centred outcomes	9
Regional anaesthesia for hip fracture: are we measuring what matters?	9
High‐flow nasal oxygen in obstetric practice – where do we stand?	9
Prediction of postoperative cardiopulmonary complications via assessment of heart rate recovery after submaximal exercise testing	9
Environmental risk assessment of propofol in wastewater: a narrative review of regulatory guidelines	9
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	9
Rapid sequence induction with total intravenous anaesthesia	9
The fewer the better or the more the merrier? The challenges of large research collaborations	9
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	9
List of Abstracts	9
Peri‐procedural ketoacidosis risk with sodium‐glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor use in people without diabetes	9
	9
Peri‐operative rehabilitation bundles and postoperative pulmonary complications in elective cardiac valve surgery: a reply	8
Abstracts	8
Prevalence of pre‐operative anaemia in surgical patients: a retrospective, observational, multicentre study in Germany	8
Patient‐reported outcomes, postoperative pain and pain relief after day case surgery ( POPPY ): methodology for a prospective, multicentre observatio	8
Risk factors for persistent pain after breast cancer surgery: a multicentre prospective cohort study	8
Risk factors for complications after emergency surgery for paediatric appendicitis: a national prospective observational cohort study	8