British Journal of Anaesthesia

Papers
(The H4-Index of British Journal of Anaesthesia is 54. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Under-dosing and over-dosing of neuromuscular blocking drugs and reversal agents. Response to Br J Anaesth 2024; 132: 461–5191
Lung protective ventilation compared with conventional ventilation strategy reduces postoperative pulmonary complications in patients undergoing major noncardiac surgery: a systematic review and meta-190
Association of patient-reported ethnicity on risk of postpartum haemorrhage142
Variations in operating room staff compliance with mandatory daily electronic COVID-19 symptom screening125
Contents125
Impact of misdiagnosis in acute type A aortic dissection in a tertiary referral centre123
Clinical hypnosis: implications in anaesthesia and perioperative care123
Checking in on residents who commenced anaesthesia training during the COVID-19 pandemic to mitigate mental health impacts of their experience119
Editorial Board107
Impact of chronic pain on development of hypertension when compared with adults without chronic pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis106
Causal relationship between fracture internal fixation and dementia: a Mendelian randomisation and multi-omics study104
Informed consent: do we have an obligation to double check?103
Tracheal intubation of neonates and infants: advocating rapid adoption of routine videolaryngoscopy in teaching operating theatres100
The need for data describing the surgical population in Latin America97
Use of electrical stimulation to confirm the erector spinae plane. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2024; 133: 214–695
Analgosedation in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a retrospective UK cohort study92
Reversal of neuromuscular block with sugammadex compared with neostigmine and postoperative pulmonary complications in obese patients: meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis91
Development and internal validation of the patient satisfaction questionnaire: Perception of Quality in Anaesthesia (PQA)-1090
Does titration of anaesthesia using population-derived EEG indices overdose older patients?87
Opioid use in treated and untreated obstructive sleep apnoea: remifentanil pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics in adult volunteers87
Sublingual ketamine for acute postoperative pain: an emerging addition to multimodal analgesia85
Perioperative management of long-acting glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2024; 132: 644–881
Development and internal validation of the patient satisfaction questionnaire: Perception of Quality in Anaesthesia (PQA)-10. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2026; 136: 1371–8079
Critical airway-related incidents and near misses in anaesthesia: a qualitative study of a critical incident reporting system78
Retraction notice to “Ultrasound-guided erector spinae plane block improves analgesia after laparoscopic hepatectomy: a randomised controlled trial” [Br J Anaesth 129 (2022) 445–453]77
Corrigendum to ‘Family supplemented patient monitoring after surgery (SMARTER): a pilot stepped-wedge cluster-randomised trial’ (Br J Anaesth 2024; 133: 846–52)77
Let me be clear…75
Difficult Airway Society 2025 guidelines for the management of unanticipated difficult tracheal intubation in adults: sugammadex is not a prehospital airway rescue strategy. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2072
Perioperative management of obstructive sleep apnoea: limitations of current guidelines70
The nonopioid cholinergic agonist GTS-21 mitigates morphine-induced aggravation of burn injury pain together with inhibition of spinal microglia activation in young rats69
Multicentre analysis of severe perioperative adverse events in children undergoing surgery who were infected with SARS-CoV-2: a propensity score-adjusted analysis68
The road to Net Zero: incorporating virtual reality technology to reduce the carbon footprint of medical training66
From pain intensity to a holistic composite measure for spinal cord stimulation outcomes66
Erector spinae plane block versus paravertebral block for major oncological breast surgery: a multicentre randomised controlled trial65
Perioperative polygenic and APOE-based genetic risk assessment for neurocognitive disorders: a biobank study64
Opioid-free versus opioid-sparing anaesthesia in ambulatory total hip arthroplasty: a randomised controlled trial63
Intravenous versus perineural dexamethasone to prolong analgesia after interscalene brachial plexus block: a systematic review with meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis63
Environmental impact of peripheral venous cannulation: comparison between methods63
Interleukin-1 receptor antagonist polymorphisms in women receiving epidural analgesia who develop maternal intrapartum fever: a prospective, multicentre Mendelian randomised study62
Documenting videolaryngoscopy and tracheal intubation: time to blend old ways with the new?62
Procedural sedation competencies: a review and multidisciplinary international consensus statement on knowledge, skills, training, and credentialing61
Direct inhibition of cystathionine-β-synthase by isoflurane contributes to delayed neurocognitive recovery after isoflurane general anaesthesia in mice60
Life cycle assessment of reusable versus single-use disposable forced-air warming blankets. Response to Br J Anaesth 2026; 136: 439–4259
Norepinephrine versus phenylephrine for treating hypotension during general anaesthesia in adult patients undergoing major noncardiac surgery: a multicentre, open-label, cluster-randomised, crossover,59
Preoperative estimated glomerular filtration rate to predict cardiac events in major noncardiac surgery. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2025; 134: 297–30759
Effect of intrathecal NIS-lncRNA antisense oligonucleotides on neuropathic pain caused by nerve trauma, chemotherapy, or diabetes mellitus59
Dexmedetomidine administration during brain tumour resection for prevention of postoperative delirium: a randomised trial59
Implementing sustainable anaesthesia: challenges and opportunities in education59
Quality of patient-centred recovery trajectories after different types of surgery: a prospective cohort study59
qNOX index for quantification of intraoperative nociception and analgesia. Response to Br J Anaesth 2025; 135: 1091–357
Intraoperative electroencephalogram-derived measures and their association with postoperative delirium. Response to British J Anaesth 2026; 136: 1055–5656
Pharmacokinetics of remimazolam after intravenous infusion in anaesthetised children56
Perioperative opioids: a narrative review contextualising new avenues to improve prescribing55
Hospital variation in quality indicators for patient blood management in total knee and hip arthroplasty: a retrospective cohort study54
There is (probably) no (meaningful) difference in (most) outcomes between ‘spinal' and ‘general' anaesthesia for hip fracture surgery: time to move forward54
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