British Journal of Anaesthesia

Papers
(The H4-Index of British Journal of Anaesthesia is 47. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
Continuous vital signs monitors: a replacement for traditional vital signs?271
Mandatory vaccination of National Health Service staff against COVID-19: more harm than good?184
Impact of misdiagnosis in acute type A aortic dissection in a tertiary referral centre179
Is artificial intelligence ready to solve mechanical ventilation? Computer says blow138
Variations in operating room staff compliance with mandatory daily electronic COVID-19 symptom screening136
Anaesthesia drugs, SARS-CoV-2, and the sigma-1 receptor: a complex affair. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2021; 127: e32–4125
Persistent postoperative prescribing of opioids: a warning from the west? Comment on Br J Anaesth 2021; 126: 1192–9125
Dexmedetomidine does not directly inhibit neutrophil extracellular trap production102
Editorial Board95
Corrigendum to ‘Family supplemented patient monitoring after surgery (SMARTER): a pilot stepped-wedge cluster-randomised trial’ (Br J Anaesth 2024; 133: 846–52)95
Opioid use in treated and untreated obstructive sleep apnoea: remifentanil pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics in adult volunteers94
Implementing sustainable anaesthesia: challenges and opportunities in education86
Sublingual ketamine for acute postoperative pain: an emerging addition to multimodal analgesia86
Interleukin-1 receptor antagonist polymorphisms in women receiving epidural analgesia who develop maternal intrapartum fever: a prospective, multicentre Mendelian randomised study84
Under-dosing and over-dosing of neuromuscular blocking drugs and reversal agents. Response to Br J Anaesth 2024; 132: 461–584
Procedural sedation competencies: a review and multidisciplinary international consensus statement on knowledge, skills, training, and credentialing83
Contents73
Adverse outcomes after surgery after a cerebrovascular accident or acute coronary syndrome: a retrospective observational cohort study71
Assessment of a splitter for protective dual-patient ventilation in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome71
Patient-maintained versus anaesthetist-controlled propofol sedation during elective primary lower-limb arthroplasty performed under spinal anaesthesia: a randomised controlled trial70
Perioperative management of obstructive sleep apnoea: limitations of current guidelines68
Micro-research: opening the innovation door to anaesthesiologists and anaesthesia nurses in China66
Effect of intrathecal NIS-lncRNA antisense oligonucleotides on neuropathic pain caused by nerve trauma, chemotherapy, or diabetes mellitus65
Does titration of anaesthesia using population-derived EEG indices overdose older patients?64
The nonopioid cholinergic agonist GTS-21 mitigates morphine-induced aggravation of burn injury pain together with inhibition of spinal microglia activation in young rats62
Direct inhibition of cystathionine-β-synthase by isoflurane contributes to delayed neurocognitive recovery after isoflurane general anaesthesia in mice61
Preoperative estimated glomerular filtration rate to predict cardiac events in major noncardiac surgery. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2025; 134: 297–30761
Development and internal validation of the patient satisfaction questionnaire: Perception of Quality in Anaesthesia (PQA)-1058
Analgosedation in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a retrospective UK cohort study57
Effect of Hypotension Prediction Index-guided intraoperative haemodynamic care on depth and duration of postoperative hypotension: a sub-study of the Hypotension Prediction trial56
Lung protective ventilation compared with conventional ventilation strategy reduces postoperative pulmonary complications in patients undergoing major noncardiac surgery: a systematic review and meta-56
Association of patient-reported ethnicity on risk of postpartum haemorrhage56
Informed consent: do we have an obligation to double check?55
The evolution of methods to estimate the rate of medication error in anaesthesia55
Tracheal intubation of neonates and infants: advocating rapid adoption of routine videolaryngoscopy in teaching operating theatres54
Checking in on residents who commenced anaesthesia training during the COVID-19 pandemic to mitigate mental health impacts of their experience54
Clinical hypnosis: implications in anaesthesia and perioperative care54
There is (probably) no (meaningful) difference in (most) outcomes between ‘spinal' and ‘general' anaesthesia for hip fracture surgery: time to move forward54
Use of electrical stimulation to confirm the erector spinae plane. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2024; 133: 214–653
Multicentre analysis of severe perioperative adverse events in children undergoing surgery who were infected with SARS-CoV-2: a propensity score-adjusted analysis50
Long-term evidence of neonatal anaesthesia neurotoxicity linked to behavioural phenotypes in monkeys: where do we go from here?49
Variation in postoperative pain management after lung surgery in the Netherlands: a survey of Dutch thoracic surgeons49
The need for data describing the surgical population in Latin America49
Use of cell salvage in obstetrics in Germany: analysis of national database of 305 610 cases with peripartum haemorrhage49
Perioperative polygenic and APOE-based genetic risk assessment for neurocognitive disorders: a biobank study48
Perioperative management of long-acting glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2024; 132: 644–847
The role of non-physician providers of anaesthesia: a systematic review47
Effect of a repeated verbal reminder of orientation on emergence agitation after general anaesthesia for minimally invasive abdominal surgery: a randomised controlled trial47
Norepinephrine versus phenylephrine for treating hypotension during general anaesthesia in adult patients undergoing major noncardiac surgery: a multicentre, open-label, cluster-randomised, crossover,47
From pain intensity to a holistic composite measure for spinal cord stimulation outcomes47
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