British Journal of Anaesthesia

Papers
(The TQCC of British Journal of Anaesthesia is 6. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)
ArticleCitations
Learning from individualised variation for evidence generation within a learning health system190
Goal-directed fluid therapy for oesophagectomy surgery174
Breathe–squeeze: pharmacodynamics of a stimulus-free behavioural paradigm to track conscious states during sedation☆145
Interleukin-1 receptor antagonist, mode of analgesia and risk of Caesarean delivery after onset of labour: a Mendelian randomisation analysis128
Contents116
Opioid use in treated and untreated obstructive sleep apnoea: remifentanil pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics in adult volunteers104
Ophthalmic regional anaesthesia: ANZCA survey of practice in Australia and New Zealand101
Corrigendum to ‘Effect of transauricular nerve stimulation on perioperative pain: a single-blind, analyser-masked, randomised controlled trial’ (Br J Anaesth 2023; 130: 458–76)96
Effect of transauricular nerve stimulation on perioperative pain: a single-blind, analyser-masked, randomised controlled trial93
Genome-wide association study on chronic postsurgical pain in the UK Biobank90
Two-person verbal check to confirm tracheal intubation: evaluation of practice changes to prevent unrecognised oesophageal intubation84
Multicentre analysis of severe perioperative adverse events in children undergoing surgery who were infected with SARS-CoV-2: a propensity score-adjusted analysis83
Histone and HMGB1 released by cancer cells contribute to astrocyte activation in vitro82
Implementation of the TALK© clinical self-debriefing tool in operating theatres. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2024; 133: 853–6182
Associate Editorial Board and cover image caption76
Comparison of ROTEM® Delta and ROTEM® Sigma transfusion algorithm performance in thoracic aortic surgery: a single-centre prospective observational cohort study74
Morphine and hydromorphone pharmacokinetics in human volunteers: population-based modelling of interindividual and opioid-related variability74
Task-sharing with families for early detection of postoperative complications in resource-limited settings71
Tracheostomy outcomes in critically ill patients with COVID-19: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2022; 129: 679–9268
New device, old algorithm? Bridging generations in perioperative coagulation management65
Effects of colour-coded, compartmentalised syringe trays on anaesthetic drug error detection under cognitive load: the world through orange-tinted glasses. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2024; 132: 911–765
(Im)precise trial descriptions64
Persistent postoperative prescribing of opioids: a warning from the west? Comment on Br J Anaesth 2021; 126: 1192–962
Study of peripheral nerve trauma from subepineural injection of the brachial plexus in pigs. Response to Br J Anaesth 2021; 127: e195–e19659
Anaesthesia drugs, SARS-CoV-2, and the sigma-1 receptor: a complex affair. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2021; 127: e32–459
Specifying perioperative nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug use in trials of the effect of anaesthetic technique on oncologic outcomes. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2021; 127: 65–7457
Associate Editorial Board56
Micro-research: opening the innovation door to anaesthesiologists and anaesthesia nurses in China55
Associate Editorial Board53
Clinically significant emesis in a patient taking a long-acting GLP-1 receptor agonist for weight loss52
Perioperative automation: Time to become artificial intelligence literate? Response to Br J Anaesth 2020; 125: 843–652
Pathological findings associated with the updated European Society of Cardiology 2022 guidelines for preoperative cardiac testing: an observational cohort modelling study51
The drug titration paradox: more drug does not correlate with more effect in individual clinical data51
Implementation of a software-based decision support tool for guideline-appropriate preoperative evaluation: a prospective agreement study50
Opioid-free anaesthesia for anterior total hip replacement under general anaesthesia: the Observational Prospective Study of Opiate-free Anesthesia for Anterior Total Hip Replacement trial49
Authorship patterns in contemporary anaesthesia literature: a cross-sectional study48
Driving pressure-guided ventilation and postoperative pulmonary complications in thoracic surgery: a multicentre randomised clinical trial47
Epidural analgesia in labour: separating fact from fiction for autism and neurodevelopment45
The mechanism of action of erector spinae plane block is not enigmatic: it is intravenous local anaesthetic effect by proxy45
Exploration of the capabilities of large language models in preoperative assessment44
Dexmedetomidine in paediatric anaesthesia: a call for action?43
Ordinal data within the BIS spectrum42
Lung protective ventilation compared with conventional ventilation strategy reduces postoperative pulmonary complications in patients undergoing major noncardiac surgery: a systematic review and meta-41
Patient-reported outcomes: validation of the French Quality of Recovery-15 score in cardiac surgery40
Charting the course for improved outcomes in chronic critical illness: therapeutic strategies for persistent inflammation, immunosuppression, and catabolism syndrome (PICS)40
Risk of perioperative discontinuation of SGLT2 inhibitors39
Associate Editorial Board38
Epidemiological, methodological, and statistical characteristics of network meta-analysis in anaesthesia: a systematic review38
Early quantitative infrared pupillometry for prediction of neurological outcome in patients admitted to intensive care after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest38
Critical airway-related incidents and near misses in anaesthesia: a qualitative study of a critical incident reporting system38
Monitoring of cerebral blood flow autoregulation: physiologic basis, measurement, and clinical implications38
Bleeding Independently associated with Mortality after noncardiac Surgery (BIMS). Comment on Br J Anaesth 2021; 126: 163–7137
Associate Editorial Board37
Feasibility of right ventricular free wall longitudinal strain assessment of contractile reserve in patients undergoing lung resection36
Intraoperative opioid strategy in adult cardiac surgery: a service evaluation of two alternative techniques36
Review of postoperative extubation in cardiac surgery patients36
Thalamic activity is a neural correlate of connected consciousness35
Role of midbrain dopaminergic neurones in post-anaesthetic cognitive recovery in rats35
Incidence and risk factors of postoperative cardiac complications: an international prospective cohort study35
Postoperative anaemia and patient-centred outcomes after major abdominal surgery: pathophysiology versus statistics. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2022; 129: 346–5435
Performance of ChatGPT on a free-response anaesthesia primary examination35
Tranexamic acid for safer surgery: does the evidence support preventative use? Response to Br J Anaesth 2023; 130: e23–e2435
Postoperative delirium and changes in the blood–brain barrier, neuroinflammation, and cerebrospinal fluid lactate: a prospective cohort study34
Reassessing perioperative cardiopulmonary exercise testing: point-of-care cardiac ultrasound and end-tidal pressure of carbon dioxide measurement for scalable individualised risk assessment34
Dexamethasone and chronic postsurgical pain: the pendulum meets reductionistic thinking34
Outcomes reported in randomised trials of surgical prehabilitation: a scoping review34
Epidemiology of persistent postoperative opioid use after cardiac surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis34
Intraoperative hypotension and postoperative outcomes: just the tip of the iceberg. Response to Br J Anaesth 2024; 132: 804–534
Contents34
Dexmedetomidine does not directly inhibit neutrophil extracellular trap production33
Tetraethylammonium chloride reduces anaesthetic-induced neurotoxicity in Caenorhabditis elegans and mice33
Associate Editorial Board32
Succinylcholine rescue for sugammadex-induced laryngospasm. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2020; 125: 423–532
Translating evidence into practice: still a way to go32
Development and evaluation of a mass casualty medicine simulation method using figurines32
Editorial Board32
A comparison of fascial plane blocks on quality of recovery for minimally invasive thoracic surgery. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2020; 125: 802–1031
Randomised double-blind dose-response study of weight-adjusted infusions of metaraminol for preventing hypotension with combined spinal–epidural anaesthesia for elective Caesarean delivery in the supi31
Variation in postoperative pain management after lung surgery in the Netherlands: a survey of Dutch thoracic surgeons31
Effect of intrathecal NIS-lncRNA antisense oligonucleotides on neuropathic pain caused by nerve trauma, chemotherapy, or diabetes mellitus30
Correspondence in the British Journal of Anaesthesia from 2018–21: article types, authorship, and COVID-1930
Assessment of haemostatic function in paediatric surgical patients: ‘if you prick us, do we not bleed?’30
The posterior dominant rhythm: an electroencephalographic biomarker for cognitive recovery after general anaesthesia29
Association between preoperative frontal electroencephalogram alpha asymmetry and postoperative quality of recovery: an observational study29
Genetic polymorphisms of lysophosphatidic acid receptor 1 are associated with the onset of taxane-induced peripheral neuropathy29
Electroencephalogram-based prediction and detection of responsiveness to noxious stimulation in critical care patients: a retrospective single-centre analysis29
Brainwave viscosity in propofol anaesthesia28
Quantification of lobar gas exchange: a proof-of-concept study in pigs28
Associate Editorial Board28
Quantitative evaluation of aerosol generation during oropharyngeal suction28
Continuous vital signs monitors: a replacement for traditional vital signs?28
Risk stratification of individuals undergoing surgery after COVID 19 recovery. Response to Br J Anaesth 2022; 128: e37–928
Nociception level: what's in a name?28
COVID-19, perioperative neurocognitive disorder and SARS-CoV-2-induced dysregulation of the renin–angiotensin system and kynurenine metabolism. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2021; 127: e113–e11528
Phase III clinical trial comparing the efficacy and safety of adamgammadex with sugammadex for reversal of rocuronium-induced neuromuscular block. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2024; 132: 45–5227
Carbon footprint of inhalation and total intravenous anaesthesia for paediatric anaesthesia: a modelling study. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2022; 129: 231–4327
Contents27
There is (probably) no (meaningful) difference in (most) outcomes between ‘spinal' and ‘general' anaesthesia for hip fracture surgery: time to move forward27
Neural pressure support ventilation as a novel strategy to improve patient–ventilator synchrony in adult respiratory distress syndrome27
Determinants of tobacco smoking abstinence one year after major noncardiac surgery: a secondary analysis of the VISION study26
Impending cognitive and functional decline in COVID-19 survivors. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2021; 126: 44–726
Comparing high-flow nasal oxygenation or standard oxygenation for gastrointestinal endoscopy with sedation. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2021; 127: 133-4226
Does opioid substitution treatment have a protective effect on the clinical manifestations of COVID-19? Comment on Br J Anaesth 2020; 125: e382–326
Long-term evidence of neonatal anaesthesia neurotoxicity linked to behavioural phenotypes in monkeys: where do we go from here?26
Pre-hospital oral transmucosal fentanyl citrate for trauma analgesia: preliminary experience and implications for civilian mass casualty response26
Volatile anaesthetic toxicity in the genetic mitochondrial disease Leigh syndrome26
Recovery after critical illness in COVID-19 ICU survivors25
Editorial Board25
There is light at the end of the tunnel, but we are still in the tunnel: universal preoperative SARS-CoV-2 testing and precautions remain vital in paediatrics25
Contents25
Characterising the pulmonary response to prone positioning. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2021; 126: 48-5525
Practical strategies for delivering airway training in the COVID-19 era25
DISH10 (Deep Inspiration, Squeeze and Hold for 10 seconds) manoeuvre: a noninvasive treatment for postdural puncture headache25
Relationship between variations in cardiac output and end-tidal CO2 after phenylephrine infusion in anaesthetised patients25
Physiologically variable ventilation and severe asthma. Response to Br J Anaesth 2020; 126, e21424
Determinants of tobacco smoking abstinence one year after major noncardiac surgery: urgent need to increase smoking cessation rates after surgery. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2022; 129: 497–50524
Mandatory vaccination of National Health Service staff against COVID-19: more harm than good?24
Associate Editorial Board23
Assessment of a splitter for protective dual-patient ventilation in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome23
Predictability of puncture depth for caudal anaesthesia in paediatric patients: a retrospective analysis23
Role of interleukin-18 in postoperative delirium: an exploratory analysis23
Use of rocuronium and sugammadex for video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery is associated with reduced duration of chest tube drainage. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2023; 130: e119–2723
Differential effects of the novel neurosteroid hypnotic (3β,5β,17β)-3-hydroxyandrostane-17-carbonitrile on electroencephalogram activity in male and female rats23
Contents23
Epidemiology of perioperative anaphylaxis in France in 2017–2018: the 11th GERAP survey23
Variations in operating room staff compliance with mandatory daily electronic COVID-19 symptom screening23
The analgesic effectiveness of perioperative lidocaine infusions for acute and chronic persistent postsurgical pain in patients undergoing breast cancer surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis23
Reversal of neuromuscular block with sugammadex compared with neostigmine and postoperative pulmonary complications in obese patients: meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis23
Improving safety and outcomes in perioperative care: does implementation matter?23
Associate Editorial Board23
Pitfalls in the assessment of ventriculo-arterial coupling from peripheral waveform analysis in septic shock. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2020; 125: 1018–102423
Ultrasound-guided erector spinae plane block improves analgesia after laparoscopic hepatectomy: a randomised controlled trial23
Editorial Board23
Turning the page on 2021: an eventful year for the British Journal of Anaesthesia23
Ultrasound-guided erector spinae plane block improves analgesia after laparoscopic hepatectomy. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2022; 129: 445–5323
Clinical hypnosis: implications in anaesthesia and perioperative care23
Ergonomics in the anaesthetic workplace22
Contents22
Associate Editorial Board22
Effect of the intraoperative use of the Hypotension Prediction Index on postoperative hypotension in the postanaesthesia care unit. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2021; 127: 681–822
Association of patient-reported ethnicity on risk of postpartum haemorrhage22
Assessing early postoperative benefits of a nerve block: study design is important. Response to Br J Anaesth 2022; 128: e225–622
Sample size calculation in randomised clinical trials. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2020; 125: 802–1022
Ultrasound-guided erector spinae plane catheter versus video-assisted paravertebral catheter in video-assisted thoracic surgery: comparing continuous infusion analgesic techniques on quality of recove22
Identifying studies on medication error in anaesthesiology. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2021; 127: 458–6922
Paradox of compassion: a reflection on depersonalisation during a pandemic22
William Brooke O’Shaughnessy, an Irishman who introduced anaesthesia to India and brought eastern medicine to Britain22
Opioid overdose deaths are prominent in urban counties within the USA: an observational cross-sectional study22
Tracheal intubation of neonates and infants: advocating rapid adoption of routine videolaryngoscopy in teaching operating theatres21
Healthcare delivery gaps in pain management within the first 3 months after discharge from inpatient noncardiac surgeries: a scoping review21
Preoperative neurologic comorbidity and unanticipated early postoperative reintubation: a multicentre cohort study21
Working conditions during pregnancy: a survey of 3590 European anaesthesiologists and intensivists21
Editorial Board21
Standardisation of training in anaesthesiology in Europe: a survey on the impact of the 2022 European Training Requirements in Anaesthesiology21
Teamwork matters: team situation awareness to build high-performing healthcare teams. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2024; 132: 771–821
Efficacy and adverse events profile of videolaryngoscopy in critically ill patients: subanalysis of the INTUBE study21
ChatGPT risk of fabrication in literature searches. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2023; 131: e29–e3020
Obstetric management strategies for pregnant patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and associated maternal–fetal outcomes: a multicentre cohort study20
Anaesthesia provider perceptions of system safety and critical incidents in non-operating theatre anaesthesia20
Editorial Board20
Intraoperative hypotension and postoperative outcomes: a meta-analysis of randomised trials20
Associate Editorial Board20
British Journal of Anaesthesia: a leading publication and a registered charity20
Women in pain medicine20
The airway and the British Journal of Anaesthesia: 100 years20
How robust are the STRONGER and STIL-STRONGER studies?20
Edward Robinson Squibb: an early anaesthesia pioneer19
Comparison of preoperative handgrip strength with revised cardiac risk index and modified frailty index for predicting 30-day in-hospital mortality and morbidity19
Renal tissue desaturation and acute kidney injury in infant cardiac surgery: a prospective propensity score-matched cohort study19
Editorial Board19
The carbon footprint of Bubble-PAPR™: a novel item of personal protective equipment19
Thoracic spinal anaesthesia for thoracic surgery. Response to Br J Anaesth 2023; 130: e500–119
Augmented reality in ultrasound-guided regional anaesthesia: an exploratory study with potential implications for training19
AI-assisted ultrasound-guided regional anaesthesia for trauma patients: a service evaluation19
Proper use of CONTRAfluran™ for optimal desorption and reuse of volatile anaesthetics. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2022; 129: e79–8119
A systematic review of the effect of melatonin on mortality in hospitalised patients with COVID-19 in randomised controlled trials19
What can ex vivo experiments contribute to clinical haemostasis management?19
Endoplasmic reticular stress as an emerging therapeutic target for chronic pain: a narrative review18
Hospital variation in quality indicators for patient blood management in total knee and hip arthroplasty: a retrospective cohort study18
Comparison of apnoeic oxygen techniques in term pregnant subjects: a computational modelling study18
Propofol infusion syndrome (PRIS) incidence and related symptoms in children: a retrospective analysis of a nationwide hospital-based database in Japan18
Associate Editorial Board18
Cerebrospinal fluid and arterial acid–base equilibria in spontaneously breathing third-trimester pregnant women18
Preoperative risk prediction models for acute kidney injury after noncardiac surgery: an independent external validation cohort study18
From pain intensity to a holistic composite measure for spinal cord stimulation outcomes18
VitalDB: fostering collaboration in anaesthesia research18
Operating room scheduling: knowing and accepting your limits18
Improving temporary pacing practice in cardiac critical care18
Patient-maintained versus anaesthetist-controlled propofol sedation during elective primary lower-limb arthroplasty performed under spinal anaesthesia: a randomised controlled trial18
Intraoperative hypotension is not associated with reduced atrial fibrillation or hospital length of stay. Response to Br J Anaesth 2023; 132: 181–318
ASGBI trauma committee position statement: a national audit of trauma laparotomy in the UK – an unmet need18
Metaraminol-induced coronary vasospasm masquerading as ST-elevation myocardial infarction during general anaesthesia18
Conflating effect size and minimal clinically important difference. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2021; 126: 1029–3718
Monitoring of nociception: is more always more?18
Under-dosing and over-dosing of neuromuscular blocking drugs and reversal agents. Response to Br J Anaesth 2024; 132: 461–518
Characteristics associated with effectiveness in postoperative delirium research: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials with meta-regression and meta-analysis18
Effective dose of ephedrine for treatment of hypotension after induction of general anaesthesia in neonates and infants less than 6 months of age: a multicentre randomised, controlled, open label, dos18
Psychology in the operating theatre: the importance of colour and cognition in the redesign of clinical systems for medication safety18
Assistive artificial intelligence for enhanced patient access to ultrasound-guided regional anaesthesia18
Multidisciplinary team quality improvement project: working towards safety, quality, and effectiveness on prevention of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery18
Complex regional pain syndrome: role of contralateral sensitisation17
‘Desire for more analgesic treatment’: pain and patient-reported outcome after paediatric tonsillectomy and appendectomy17
Misappropriation of the 1986 WHO analgesic ladder: the pitfalls of labelling opioids as weak or strong17
Selective inhibition of gamma aminobutyric acid release from mouse hippocampal interneurone subtypes by the volatile anaesthetic isoflurane17
Checking in on residents who commenced anaesthesia training during the COVID-19 pandemic to mitigate mental health impacts of their experience17
‘If you don't take a temperature, you can't find a fever’: relevance to continuous arterial pressure monitoring17
The importance of perfusion pressure in estimating oxygen delivery and extraction. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2020; 124: 395–40217
Psychometric evaluation of the Dutch 40-item Quality-of-Recovery scale17
‘It was a great brain, and I miss it’: lay perspectives on postoperative cognitive dysfunction17
Epileptiform discharges, electrographic seizures, and electroclinical seizures during paediatric sevoflurane anaesthesia: a systematic review and proposal for standard definitions17
Making (numerical) sense of recent trials comparing balanced and normal saline intravenous solutions in the critically ill17
The ‘long shadow’ of perioperative complications: association with increased risk of death up to one year after surgery17
Microfluidics-assisted blood–brain barrier device: a powerful tool to study perioperative neurocognitive disorder17
Association between frailty and patient outcomes after cancer surgery: a population-based cohort study17
Inhaled Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol does not enhance oxycodone-induced respiratory depression: randomised controlled trial in healthy volunteers17
Effects of inorganic nitrate on ischaemia-reperfusion injury after coronary artery bypass surgery: a randomised controlled trial16
Anaesthetic management and surgical care in a field refugee hospital: experience of the Moroccan 1st Field Medical–Surgical hospital at the Zaatari Camp for Syrian refugees16
Getting operating theatre metrics right to underpin quality improvement: understanding limitations of NHS Model Hospital calculations16
Preoperative lymphopaenia, mortality, and morbidity after elective surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis16
Delivery of drinking, eating and mobilising (DrEaMing) and its association with length of hospital stay after major noncardiac surgery: observational cohort study16
Chronic disabling postpartum headache after unintentional dural puncture during epidural anaesthesia: a prospective cohort study. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2021; 127: 600–716
Association of frailty with days alive at home in critically ill patients undergoing emergency general surgery: a population-based cohort study16
Citation of studies by research fraudsters in medical journals16
Realising the full potential of anaesthesiology to promote enhanced recovery after surgery programmes in China16
Factors associated with failed epidural blood patch after accidental dural puncture in obstetrics: a prospective, multicentre, international cohort study16
Induced normothermia ameliorates the procoagulant host response in human endotoxaemia16
Bayesian predictive probabilities: a good way to monitor clinical trials16
Editorial Board16
Trials with ‘non-significant’ results are not insignificant trials: a common significance threshold distorts reporting and interpretation of trial results16
Postoperative nausea and vomiting: is the big little problem becoming a smaller little problem?16
Validity evidence for the Anesthesia Clinical Encounter Assessment (ACEA) tool to support competency-based medical education16
Risk discussions in paediatric anaesthesia: a survey of current UK practice15
Predicting severity of adverse cardiorespiratory effects of morphine in premature infants: a post hoc analysis of Procedural Pain in Premature Infants trial data15
The need for data describing the surgical population in Latin America15
Preparing for mass casualty events despite COVID-1915
Prediction of acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery from preoperative N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide15
Effect of a repeated verbal reminder of orientation on emergence agitation after general anaesthesia for minimally invasive abdominal surgery: a randomised controlled trial15
Persistent opioid use after surgical treatment of paediatric fracture15
Critical appraisal of randomised trials assessing regional analgesic interventions for knee arthroplasty: implications for postoperative pain guidelines development15
Efficiency of inhaled anaesthetic recapture in clinical practice. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2022; 129: e79–8115
Postoperative myocardial injury phenotypes and self-reported disability in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery: a multicentre observational study15
Transfusion support during mass casualty events15
Perioperative sleep in geriatric cardiac surgical patients: a feasibility study using a wireless wearable device15
Research priorities in regional anaesthesia: an international Delphi study15
Airway pressure release ventilation: a survey of UK practice15
Mandatory preoperative SARS-CoV-2 infection screening policies for paediatric surgery15
Editorial Board14
Dexmedetomidine administration during brain tumour resection for prevention of postoperative delirium: a randomised trial14
The day surgery sleep survey (DURESS): effect of day surgery on sleep quantity and quality14
Perioperative management of long-acting glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2024; 132: 644–814
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