Anaesthesia

Article	Citations
Reframing the gender equity discussion in anaesthesiology: adopting best practices to promote physician retention and belonging	175
Effect of frequency and amplitude of respiratory activity on aerosol emissions	165
Patient blood management – what's the problem with implementation?	103
Analgesia for elective midline laparotomy	95
Aerosol‐generating procedures: research, guidance and implementation	88
Trends and health equity in environmental sustainability publications in major anaesthesia journals	87
Transparency and safety in the independent sector: improving, but must do better	82
Integrating generative artificial intelligence, predictive analytics and human intelligence in peri‐operative care	81
Plastics in anaesthesia and critical care: beyond sustainability	71
Socio‐economic deprivation and functional exercise capacity: a retrospective observational cohort study	63
Optimising management strategies for intrathecal catheters after accidental dural puncture	63
Correction to: Glucagon‐like peptide‐1 receptor agonists: a narrative review of clinical pharmacology and implications for peri‐operative practice	59
Multiple failed intubation attempts in patients with rapid sequence induction are a thing of the past: a reply	59
Prevalence of smoking and postoperative outcomes in people undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting: a UK registry analysis	58
Anaesthesia for vascular emergencies – a state of the art review	56
Universal videolaryngoscopy: supporting evidence from real‐world data and recent trials	55
Experiences of patients enrolled and staff involved in the prehabilitation of elective patients undergoing cardiac surgery trial: a nested qualitative study	54
Issue Information – Editorial Board	53
Peri‐operative mental health interventions for surgical oncology patients: a narrative synthesis and meta‐analysis	51
Peri‐operative cardiac arrests in Sweden 2013–2022: data analysis of incidence and trends	50
Return to intended oncological therapy following advanced ovarian cancer surgery: a narrative review	46
Anaesthesia for mechanical thrombectomy: a narrative review	44
Pre‐operative dexmedetomidine nasal spray and emergence agitation in adults undergoing ear, nose and throat surgery: a randomised controlled trial	44
Global, regional and national burden of opioid use disorders: insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study, 1992–2021	43
The COVID ‐19 pandemic and its consequences for chronic pain: a narrative review	42

Tracheal tube introducer‐associated airway trauma: a systematic review	41
Peri‐operative management of patients with Parkinson’s disease	40
Peri‐operative decisions about cardiopulmonary resuscitation among adults as reported to the 7th National Audit Project of the Royal College of Anaesthetists	40
The effect of the type of anaesthesia on long‐term outcomes after cancer resection surgery: a narrative review	39
Pre‐operative gastric ultrasound in patients at risk of pulmonary aspiration: a prospective observational cohort study	38
Volatile capture technology in sustainable anaesthetic practice: a narrative review	38
The science of climate change and the effect of anaesthetic gas emissions	37
How to engage in social media to get your work published	36
Too unfit not to have surgery: is non‐operative care for hip fracture patients a viable option?	36
The effect of overlapping surgical scheduling on operating theatre productivity: a narrative review	33
Does low‐dose ketamine really protect against delirium?	32
Comparison of opioid‐free and opioid‐inclusive propofol anaesthesia for thyroid and parathyroid surgery	32
Comparing effects of anaesthetics on occurrence of postoperative delirium and quality of recovery in older surgical patients	32
Intravenous lidocaine with propofol‐based sedation for colonoscopy: a reply	32
Beyond the block: optimising analgesic strategies in laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair	32
Data analysis of the Queensland Difficult Airway Alert Project	32
What version of Hell‘s Kitchen?	31
Can lessons be learned from reviewing peri‐operative cardiac arrests?	31
Pre‐operative assessment services and conduct in the West of Scotland region: a trainee research network audit	30
Looking before we leap: treating postoperative anaemia with iron	30
Suture choice when securing central lines: an update in the light of NICE surgical guidance	30
Retention of anaesthetists – a personal reflection from the patient perspective	30
Does optimisation of heart failure equate to fitness for surgery?	30
Issue Information – Editorial Board	29
Retained desflurane in decommissioned vaporisers: a national problem?	29
Tranexamic acid in total knee arthroplasty	29
Novel predictors of mortality in emergency bowel surgery: a single‐centre cohort study	29
List of Abstracts	29
Ultrasound‐guided fascial plane blocks of the chest wall: a reply	28
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Impact of country of origin on procedure‐specific postoperative pain management ( PROSPECT ) recommendations	27
The thirst for improvement: ensuring shorter and safer pre‐operative fasting times in children	27
Prediction of postoperative pain: are we missing the target?	27
Positive end‐expiratory pressure based on body mass index	27
Simulated altitude for prehabilitation: alternatives await in less rarified air	27
Improving generalisability: a reply	27
Anaesthetic management of oncological disease in pregnancy: a narrative review	27
Effects of anaesthesia and surgery on sleep–wake timing and subjective sleep quality in children: an observational study	26
Pre‐operative analgesia heterogeneity: an underexplored confounder in the long‐term cognitive outcomes of the RAGA trial	26
Interpreting statistical evidence with S values	26
Rapid sequence induction: a modern‐day example of Theseus' Paradox?	26
Colorectal cancer surgery: is further research necessary?	26
‘Prep, stop, block’: refreshing ‘stop before you block’ with new national guidance	26
Nocebo language in anaesthetic patient written information	25
Inhalational anaesthetics: an assessment of agent delivery and capture	25
The safety of tranexamic acid administration in total knee arthroplasty: a population‐based study from Taiwan	25
Causes of and risk factors for unplanned readmission in a large cohort of patients undergoing major surgery: a retrospective cohort study	25
Preventing unrecognised oesophageal intubation: a consensus guideline from the Project for Universal Management of Airways and international airway societies*	24
The association of withholding or continuing angiotensin‐converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin 2 receptor blockers on acute kidney injury after non‐cardiac surgery	24
Efficiency of CONTRAfluran ™ in reducing sevoflurane pollution from maintenance anaesthesia in minimal flow end‐tidal control mode for laparoscopic s	24

Clinical examination may increase but not decrease suspicion of oesophageal intubation	24
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Issue Information – Editorial Board	23
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Effectiveness of emergency surgery for five common acute conditions: an instrumental variable analysis of a national routine database	23
Postoperative sore throat: a systematic review*	23
How to perform and write a trial sequential analysis	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
Effect of anterior quadratus lumborum block on morphine consumption in minimally invasive colorectal surgery	22
Cardiac arrest in vascular surgical patients receiving anaesthetic care: an analysis from the 7th National Audit Project ( NAP7 ) of the Royal Colleg	22
An audit of inhalational anaesthetic agent usage in paediatric anaesthesia	22
Autonomy vs. the environment: nitrous oxide use in obstetrics, an ongoing challenge	22
Traumatic brain injury, omega‐3 fatty acids, glutathione and ketosis: a reply	22
Environmental impact of high‐flow nasal oxygenation	22
Rescuing failed direct laryngoscopy in children: one size does not fit all	22
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Patients' expectations, experience and acceptability of postoperative analgesia: a nested qualitative study within a randomised controlled trial comparing rectus sheath catheter and thoracic epidural	22
Patient‐centred outcome measures for oncological surgery: a narrative review	21
Epidemiology, patient outcome and complications after non‐operative management of hip fracture: a systematic review	21
Videolaryngoscopy vs. direct laryngoscopy in class 2 and 3 obesity: a systematic review, meta‐analysis and trial sequential analysis of randomised controlled trials*	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	20
Reducing the carbon footprint of general anaesthesia: a comparison of total intravenous anaesthesia vs. a mixed anaesthetic strategy in 47,157 adult patients	20
Efficacy and safety of intrathecal diamorphine: a systematic review and meta‐analysis with meta‐regression and trial sequential analysis	20
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	20
The VIDIAC score – standard of care for classifying videolaryngoscopy in health records?	20
Postoperative systemic inflammatory dysregulation and corticosteroids: a narrative review	20
Hospital re‐admission after critical care survival: a systematic review and meta‐analysis	19
Peri‐operative care of transgender and gender‐diverse individuals: guidance for clinicians and departments	19
Airway management in patients with suspected or confirmed traumatic spinal cord injury: a narrative review of current evidence	19
Sedation for awake tracheal intubation: A systematic review and network meta‐analysis	19
Correction to: Association of Anaesthetists guidelines: the use of blood components and their alternatives	19
Anaesthetists' current practice and perceptions of aerosol‐generating procedures: a mixed‐methods study	19
A comparison of the McGrath videolaryngoscope with direct laryngoscopy for rapid sequence intubation in the operating theatre: a multicentre randomis	19
Issue Information – Editorial Board	19
Trends in greenhouse gas emissions from volatile anaesthetics in 41 countries: 2013–2023	19
Acute peri‐operative neurocognitive disorders: a narrative review	19
Evaluation of the i‐gel® Plus supraglottic airway device in elective surgery: a prospective international multicentre study*	19
Lines, curves and diameters: the geometry of videolaryngoscopy adjuncts	19
Interpreting injectate spread in lumbar erector spinae plane block	18
Issue Information – Editorial Board	18
Association of Anaesthetists guidelines: the use of blood components and their alternatives	18
Analgesia nociception index for intra‐operative remifentanil dose and pain after gynaecological laparotomy: a reply	18
Direct vs. videolaryngoscopy for tracheal intubation	18
Distinguishing prophylactic and therapeutic cricoid force	18
Single‐use vs. reusable flexible bronchoscopes for airway management and in critical care: a narrative review	18
Artificial intelligence in peri‐operative prediction model research: are we there yet?	17
PROSPECT guideline for elective caesarean section: an update	17
Dexmedetomidine for cardiac surgery: case closed?	17
‘Flextension’: a new term to describe optimal head and neck positioning for airway management	17
Mechanisms underlying neurocognitive dysfunction following critical illness: a systematic review	17
PROSPECT guideline for elective caesarean section: an update and reply	17
Broadening the framework of medical futility	17
Time to surgery as a prehabilitation window: insights from United States Medicare data	17
Ask, and it shall be given you – individual patient data and code availability for randomised controlled trials submitted for publication	17
PROSPECT guideline for elective caesarean section: a reply	17
Best anaesthetic technique for prevention of postoperative cognitive dysfunction in older patients after hip fracture surgery – is the debate over?	16
Issue Information – Editorial Board	16
The reasons hypoactive delirium is often overlooked	16
Screening of patients at risk of postoperative delirium using specific neuropsychological testing	16
Recognising oesophageal intubation	16
Incomplete Optiflow™ switching and the potential for confusion	16
List of Abstracts	16
Implementing advance care plans in the peri‐operative period, including plans for cardiopulmonary resuscitation: Association of Anaesthetists clinical practice guideline	16
Factors affecting UK anaesthetic trainees' wellbeing and stress: a scoping review	16
Outcomes in patients with chronic heart failure undergoing non‐cardiac surgery: a secondary analysis of the METREPAIR international cohort study*	15
Management of acute cervical spinal cord injury in the non‐specialist intensive care unit: a narrative review of current evidence	15
Stress, simulation, and skill retention: addressing gaps in eFONA training models	15
Surgery in patients aged ≥ 80 years: mortality and recovery in a nationwide cohort study*	15
Study outcome measurements: statistically insignificant or non‐inferior? A reply	15
Pain during caesarean section: whose decision is it?	15
Preserving sleep in paediatric peri‐operative care	15
AC2024 abstracts	15
Study outcome measurements: statistically insignificant or non‐inferior?	15
Clinical signs and examination during intubation: we will continue to use and teach them	14
Issue Information – Editorial Board	14
Issue Information – Editorial Board	14
Usability comparison scoring of video and direct laryngoscopes	14
Improving generalisability	14
PUMA guidelines: a fail‐safe when sustained exhaled carbon dioxide is absent following attempted tracheal intubation	14

Labour analgesia in obese and morbidly obese parturients: a nationwide register analysis in Finland from 2004 to 2018	14
Have we undone the good work of the last decade with one small slip? A reply	13
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Anaesthesia associates and scope of practice: saying the unsayable	13
Issue Information – Editorial Board	13
The cost of inadequate trauma training	13
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	13
Beyond the ‘black box’: choosing interpretable machine learning models for predicting postoperative opioid trends	13
The central limit theorem: the remarkable theory that explains all of statistics	13
Turning baby steps into big leaps: shifting paradigms in fast‐track joint replacement surgery	12
Intravenous esketamine for the prevention of emergence delirium and negative behavioural changes after paediatric adenotonsillectomy: a randomised controlled trial	12
Non‐anaemic iron deficiency: good news, bad news or no news at all?	12
Provision of peri‐operative patient blood management strategies in the UK : a national survey of practice	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
Penicillin allergy risk stratification tool for use by non‐allergists in the peri‐operative setting: an agreement study and qualitative process evaluation	12
Refining evidence on motor‐sparing regional analgesia for hip arthroplasty: a reply	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
Breaking barriers: achieving equitable access to postoperative critical care	12
Comparing the pericapsular nerve group block and fascia iliaca block for acute pain management in patients with hip fracture	12
Train the rescuers	12
Issue Information	12
Viscoelastic haemostatic point‐of‐care assays in the management of postpartum haemorrhage: a narrative review	11
Why does oesophageal intubation still go unrecognised? Lessons for prevention from the coroner’s court	11
Interference between processed electroencephalograph and neuromuscular blockade monitoring	11
Thyroid surgery and airway management: ‘goitre’ use videolaryngoscopy	11
Peri‐operative tobacco cessation interventions: a systematic review and meta‐analysis	11
Predicting time to asystole following withdrawal of life‐sustaining treatment: a systematic review	11
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	11
Novel biological risk factors for 7‐day postoperative kidney injury in elective major non‐cardiac surgery: a retrospective observational study	11
Toxic leadership: when culture sabotages clinical excellence	11
Effect of ventilation mode on postoperative pulmonary complications following lung resection surgery: a randomised controlled trial	11
Impact of honey on post‐tonsillectomy pain in children ( BEE PAIN FREE Trial): a multicentre, double‐blind, randomised controlled trial*	11
NAP7 – something for everyone	11
Deep‐learning model associating lateral cervical radiographic features with Cormack–Lehane grade 3 or 4 glottic view	11
Mandatory training for rare anaesthetic events – a philosophical view	10
List of Abstracts	10
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Immunotherapy on ICU : a narrative review	10
Functional capacity, frailty and the future of peri‐operative risk stratification: a reply	10
Choice of local anaesthetic for epidural extension in caesarean section: is lidocaine plus bicarbonate the optimal solution?	10
Artificial intelligence in anaesthesia: shaping the future of workforce and wellbeing	10
Out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest: pathways for extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the United Kingdom	10
Finding the undiagnosed: should we screen for diabetes pre‐operatively?	10
Issue Information – Editorial Board	10
Ancillary tests to support the diagnosis of death using neurological criteria: certainty in uncertain times?	10
Clarifying the role of fibrinogen concentrate in major haemorrhage: a reply	10
Recent studies on racial disparities in obstetric care in the USA	10
Sarcopenia: it is time to attach more importance to this stealth killer in patients who are critically ill	10
The videolaryngoscopy vs. direct laryngoscopy debate: a wider‐angled view	10
Private equity consolidation in anaesthesiology: trends and sector‐specific investment patterns from 2006 to 2024	10
Not all tracheal tube introducers are created equal	10
Regional analgesia following caesarean section: second thoughts	10
Redefining risk in peri‐operative frailty: towards routine frailty assessment and a whole pathway approach	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
Frailty and emergency surgery: identification and evidence‐based care for vulnerable older adults	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
Gastric point‐of‐care ultrasound in the GLP‐1 receptor agonist era: clinical impact and competency	9
Interpreting statistical evidence with S values: an illustration with trials of goal‐directed haemodynamic therapy	9
Rapid sequence induction with total intravenous anaesthesia	9
Cricoid force: therapeutic, prophylactic or routine	9
Regional anaesthesia research priorities: a Regional Anaesthesia UK ( RA ‐	9
A qualitative exploration of stressors in anaesthesia training in the UK and mechanisms to improve resident wellbeing	9
The use of cerebral computed tomographic angiography as an ancillary investigation to support a clinical diagnosis of death using neurological criteria: a consensus guideline	9
Evaluation of five static or dynamic tracheal tube introducers during standard and difficult intubations with C‐ MAC ®	9
Cardiac arrest in obstetric patients receiving anaesthetic care: results from the 7th National Audit Project of the Royal College of Anaesthetists	9
From bending to standing upright: augmented reality technology: a new trend in laryngoscopy?	9
The fewer the better or the more the merrier? The challenges of large research collaborations	9
Management of status epilepticus: a narrative review	9
Postoperative systemic inflammation after major abdominal surgery: patient‐centred outcomes	9
Enhancing emergency front‐of‐neck airway training: a mixed methods study on the impact of external noise and startle stressors	9
Addressing human factors is crucial to preventing unrecognised oesophageal intubation	9
Opioid analgesic effects on subjective well‐being in the operating theatre*	9
The challenges of defining right ventricular dysfunction in critical illness	9
Videolaryngoscopy, oesophageal intubation and uncertainty: lessons from Cochrane	9
Dosing optimisation of intravenous lidocaine in patients with class 1–3 obesity by population pharmacokinetic analysis	8
Comparing analgesic efficacy of different interventions after arthroscopic shoulder surgery: a reply	8
Ultrasound‐guided neuraxial puncture: translating evidence to practice	8
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Obesity may present challenges during gastric ultrasound	8
Peri‐operative Replacement of Exogenous Steroids ( PREdS ): a national audit of current peri‐operative prescribing for patients taking therapeutic st	8
Financial and environmental impacts of using oxygen rather than air as a ventilator drive gas	8
More on deaths from unrecognised oesophageal intubation	8
Improving tracheal intubation outcomes requires deeper analysis of the three axes of tracheal tube orientation	8
Protocolised care pathways: a double‐edged sword?	8
Issue Information	8
Expanding clinical applications of augmented reality laryngoscopy: a need for further exploration and validation	8
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	8
List of Abstracts	8
Environmental risk assessment of propofol in wastewater: a narrative review of regulatory guidelines	8
Prediction of postoperative cardiopulmonary complications via assessment of heart rate recovery after submaximal exercise testing	8
Cardiovascular subphenotypes in patients with COVID ‐19 pneumonitis whose lungs are mechanically ventilated: a single‐centre retrospective observatio	8
Five‐year audit of adherence to an anaesthesia pre‐induction checklist: a reply	8
Associations between pre‐operative iron deficiency and postoperative infection in patients undergoing major surgery ( CARIPO ): a prospective observa	8
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