Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

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Supply of opioids and information provided to patients after surgery in an Australian hospital: A cross-sectional study	15
What airway management information do anaesthetic charts prompt for? An audit of charts from 132 hospitals across Australia and New Zealand	13
A photographic assessment of contamination of operating theatre sharps and pharmaceutical waste bins in 21 Australian and New Zealand hospitals	13
An anaesthetist who missed a golden opportunity	12
Incidence of postoperative delirium in surgical patients: An observational retrospective cohort study	11
Anaesthesia’s Hobson’s choice: The brave new world of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs)	10
Observational study of the effect of ketamine infusions on sedation depth, inflammation, and clinical outcomes in mechanically ventilated patients with SARS-CoV-2	10
Returning to work following parental leave: the experiences of Australian anaesthetists	9
Experiences of Australian anaesthetists and anaesthetic trainees of working whilst pregnant: Results of a national survey	9
Intraoperative cardiac arrest in the lateral position: Is rapid repositioning always necessary?	9
Perioperative pain management in thoracic surgery: A survey of practices in Australia and New Zealand	9
A cross-sectional study of the relationship between iron deficiency anaemia and chronic pain	8
Uterine atony prophylaxis with carbetocin versus oxytocin and the risk of major haemorrhage during caesarean section: A retrospective cohort study	8
Preoperative cefazolin push injection in awake or sedated patients: A direct observational study in two hospitals	8
Factors associated with poor intraoperative perfusion and postoperative complications in otolaryngological autologous tissue transfers: A single-centre retrospective observational study	7
Awards for papers in anaesthesia and intensive care, 2021	7
Comparative strategies for overcoming pseudohypoxaemia: Guided by a case of leukocyte larceny in COVID-19 severe acute respiratory distress syndrome with chronic myelogenous leukaemia	7
Response to “What is a case-control study? Comment on ‘Oral midodrine does not expedite liberation from protracted vasopressor infusions: A case-control study’”	7
Culprit allergen prevalence in polyreactive individuals reflects prescription trends: A tool for estimating comparative anaphylaxis risk using the example of neuromuscular blocking agents	7
The physiologists who ‘oxygenised’ sport	6
Anaesthesia healthcare workers’ interactions with COVID-19-positive and -suspect patients: A multi-site observational study from Queensland, Australia	6
Development, implementation and evaluation of a bronchoscopy simulation training program for intensive care Fellows and intensivists in the Netherlands	6
Simulated impact of lift car sizes on transport of critical care patients: Informing the design of the New Dunedin Hospital	6
Blue laser as a safe option in laser airway surgery	6
A four-year retrospective study of palliative care involvement with Australian intensive care patients	6

Text corrigendum for: Preliminary pharmacokinetics and patient experience of jet-injected dexmedetomidine in healthy adults	6
Response to comment on: Evaluation of opioid prescribing for surgical patients discharged from three metropolitan hospitals between 2012 and 2020	6
Neurocognitive symptoms with functional decline following severe anaphylaxis to rocuronium at anaesthesia induction: Kounis-like syndrome	5
Incidents relating to paediatric regional anaesthesia in the first 8000 cases reported to webAIRS	5
Ventilator-associated pneumonia: an evaluation of definitions from their components	5
2025 ADS/ANZCA/GESA/NACOS clinical practice recommendations on the peri-procedural use of GLP-1/GIP receptor agonists	5
Triggers for medical emergency team activation after non-cardiac surgery	5
An episode-based approach for assessing the impact of dyskalaemia on critical care outcomes – results from a territory-wide cohort study	5
Early expiratory flow flattening: An alternative sign of delayed cycling in non-invasive ventilation	5
A prelude to Ether Day 1846: Charles F Heywood’s letter to William TG Morton	5
Skin injury: Associations with variables related to perfusion and pressure	5
Changing infusion sets to central lines less frequently: A sustainability quality improvement project	4
Follow-up to ‘Evaluation of opioid prescribing for surgical patients discharged from three metropolitan hospitals between 2012 and 2020’	4
Documentation of informed consent for anaesthesia: A single-site retrospective audit at a rural Australian hospital	4
Two episodes of delayed emergence in a healthy young man	4
‘On the inhalation of the vapour of Æther, with cases’: The first paper on anaesthesia read before a medical society in Australia	4
Thanks to Reviewers	4
The Bullying in Anaesthesia Registrars Survey (BARS): Does a validated questionnaire improve our understanding of bullying in Australian and New Zealand anaesthesia trainees?	4
Unrecognised drug error and subsequent airway management utilising ultrasound-guided cricothyroidotomy and Rapid-O2® oxygen insufflation	3
The what-if approach to perioperative planning	3
Serum lidocaine (lignocaine) concentrations during prolonged perioperative infusion in patients undergoing breast cancer surgery: A secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial	3
Fibreoptic intubation in children and young people in resource-limited settings: A case series during a humanitarian aid operation in Guinea	3
Evaluation of the clinical learning environment in a quaternary trauma anaesthesia department: a pilot project	3
Influence of laminectomy on the lumbosacral cerebrospinal fluid volume: A retrospective magnetic resonance imaging study	3
Preliminary pharmacokinetics and patient experience of jet-injected dexmedetomidine in healthy adults	3
Evaluation of propofol wastage and disposal in routine anesthesia care	3
Operation clean up: A model for eco-leadership and sustainability implementation	3
Thanks to Reviewers	2
Paving a pathway for successful implementation of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to lung transplantation	2
Reducing use of desflurane in the anaesthetic department: A controlled interrupted time series analysis	2
The Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children heart–lung machine 1959. The story behind a photograph.	2
Antifibrinolytics—aprotinin in cardiac surgery	2
Oesophageal intubations in anaesthetic practice across Australia and New Zealand: A webAIRS analysis of 109 incidents	2
David Borshoff, Paul Sadleir and Stephen Same, The Perfusion Crisis Manual	2
Non-academic challenges during anaesthesia training in a teaching hospital of a lower–middle income country: A qualitative analysis of resident interviews	2
JG Farrell and The Lung : An early description of intensive care delirium in literature	2
Perioperative anaphylaxis in Malaysia: A nine-year retrospective study	2
Preoperative cardiopulmonary exercise testing improves risk assessment of morbidity and length of stay following cytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy	2
A survey of nitrous oxide usage and knowledge of its environmental effects across healthcare worker groups	2
Effects of polymyxin B haemoperfusion on septic shock caused by Gram-positive bacteria	2
Variations of nitrous oxide procurement per public hospital bed between Australian states and territories: A cross-sectional analysis	2
A weighing method for measuring nitrous oxide leakage from hospital manifold-pipeline networks	2
Risk factors for prolonged hospital stay after surgery in older patients	2
Two sides to every story: Reappraising the early history of liver transplantation at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge	2
Treatment of and outcomes from hypotension in the post-anaesthesia care unit: A single-centre retrospective cohort study	2
Impact of the location of the initial admitting intensive care unit on the delivery of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in Australia and New Zealand	2
Selected abstracts from the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists Annual Scientific Meeting, May 2–6 2025, Cairns, Australia	2
Inexpensive home-assembled human skull model for training and learning the peribulbar block technique	2
Selected abstracts from the Australian Society of Anaesthetists National Scientific Congress, 2-5 October 2025, Camberra, Australia	2
The validity of self-reported smoking status on day of surgery in a mixed elective surgery population	2

Risk factors for mortality in severe COVID-19: Exploring the interplay of immunomodulatory therapy and coinfection	2
Metabolic crisis in maple syrup urine disease: an unusual complication of a rare disease: a case report	2
Hypercarbia and high-flow nasal oxygen use during anaesthesia – risking a failure to thrive?	2
Dr Gilbert Reynolds Troup: A founder of the Australian Society of Anaesthetists	2
Strategies to enhance the likelihood of detecting true effects in randomised controlled trials	2
Reference value models for predicting preoperative six-minute walk test in patients scheduled for abdominal and pelvic cancer surgery	2
Comment on ‘Reducing plastic in single-use central line insertion packs: a mixed methods observational study’	2
Report: The 10th International Symposium on the History of Anesthesia, Kobe City, Japan: 16–18 June 2022	2
Demystifying the role of anaesthetists in clinical coding in the Australian healthcare system	1
Respiratory protection and refractive error: Comment on ‘Staff perceptions of military chemical–biological–radiological–nuclear (CBRN) air-purifying masks during a simulated clinical task in the conte	1
Impact of increased transparency in anaesthesia fellowship selection interviews: A comparative study	1
Does the extended use of anaesthetic breathing circuits increase microbial contamination? A systematic review and meta-analysis	1
Anaesthetic practice and mortality in Scotland compared to England from 1847 to 1914	1
Investigation of the HotDog , polymer resistive patient warming device	1
Bronchial blockers: Has side-by-side fallen by the wayside? Not quite	1
Awards for papers published in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care , 2023	1
Experiences and outcomes of patients participating in a perioperative shared decision-making pathway	1
Sleep, dreams and unconsciousness: Understanding anaesthesia through ancient Greek mythology	1
Peripheral intravenous catheters: the impact of compliance with standards on patient-reported experience measures	1
A single-centre retrospective study of the utility of routine chest X-ray post intrathoracic drain removal in cardiothoracic surgical patients	1
Comment on: The financial and environmental impact of purchased anaesthetic agents in an Australian tertiary hospital	1
Post-surgical discharge opioid prescribing, use and handling after introduction of a stewardship program	1
Coronary vasospasm in the setting of perioperative anaphylaxis: A case report	1
Richard W Davis. Haemophilia holocaust. A story of medical and bureaucratic denial, incompetence and corruption	1
The influence of antisepsis and asepsis on the evolution of surgical attire in the late 19th and early 20th centuries	1
Patient experiences and outcomes from a novel multidisciplinary preoperative shared decision-making clinic	1
Is patient data measurement and recording important in advancing healthcare studies?	1
The history of heparin	1
The influence of needleless connectors and inserted catheters on flow rates through vascular introducer sheaths	1
Reply to Comment on Time to re-evaluate the routine use of sterile gowns in neuraxial anaesthesia	1
Geoffrey Kaye Oration 2021: Challenges and cherished moments in Australian anaesthesia, as seen by the women Presidents of the Australian Society of Anaesthetists	1
A randomised trial to assess the impact of midodrine on early mobilisation after elective primary hip replacement surgery	1
Treatment of type B lactic acidosis with N-acetylcysteine and levocarnitine	1
A randomised controlled trial of high-flow nasal oxygen compared with standard oxygen delivery in obese patients undergoing gastroscopy	1
Selected abstracts from the Australian Society of anaesthetists National Scientific Congress, 4-8 October 2023, Melbourne, Australia	1
Characteristics and outcomes of surgical patients admitted to an overnight intensive recovery unit: A retrospective observational study	1
Reduction of iatrogenic withdrawal syndrome in high-risk critically ill patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome	1
The new Diploma of Rural Generalist Anaesthesia: Supporting Australian rural and remote communities	1
Investigating nitrous oxide leaks at St George Hospital: A case study using the discrepancy and pressure testing methods	1
Rational Clinical Pathology Assessment in Intensive Care Unit (RCPA-ICU): Follow-up study	1
Ability of anaesthetists to identify the position of the right internal jugular vein using anatomical landmarks: A double-blind study	1
A case series of incidents reported to webAIRS relating to glucagon-like peptide 1 agonist use	1
Postoperative complications and disposition for vascular surgery	1
Eight years of CRASH: A bi-national initiative helping critical care doctors return to work	1
A comprehensive audit of difficult airway trolleys in selected Victorian hospitals	1
The effect of deep versus awake removal of the laryngeal mask airway on the incidence of emergence delirium in paediatric tonsillectomy: A randomised controlled trial	1
Prevention of airway fires during tracheostomy is preferable. Comment on: Simulation training results in performance retention for the management of airway fires: A prospective observational study	1
The development of snake antivenoms in Australia	1
A prediction model to determine the untapped lung donor pool outside of the DonateLife network in Victoria	1
Characteristics and outcomes of nonagenarians admitted to the intensive care unit: A single-centre observational study	1
Communication skills, patient voices and the art of listening	1
Experiences of pursuing an intensivist career in regional and rural Australia: An interview study	1
Exploring anaesthetists’ views on the carbon footprint of anaesthesia and identifying opportunities and challenges for reducing its impact on the environment	1
Perioperative provider safety in the pandemic: Development, implementation and evaluation of an adjunct COVID-19 Surgical Patient Checklist	1
Survey of administration of intravenous ketamine for perioperative pain management in Australia and New Zealand	1
A reminder of the risk of burns with external heating devices in anaesthetised patients	1
Fibreoptic intubation experience among Western Australian anaesthesia trainees	1
James Young Simpson’s Notice of a New Anaesthetic Agent : The first pamphlet on chloroform	1
Neurological outcome of patients with a non-traumatic infratentorial cerebellar haematoma admitted to the intensive care unit	0
Celebrating the women Presidents of the Australian Society of Anaesthetists	0
Reducing waste from single-use procedure packs in hospitals: A scoping review	0
Resuscitation using a Swan–Ganz pacing catheter following refractory intraoperative asystole during open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair	0
Just-in-time training for nasotracheal intubation: A report of a pilot study	0
Building a critical incident peer response team: A full theatre team welfare intervention	0
The 2025 awards for papers published in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care in 2024	0
Analysis of anaesthesia incidents during caesarean section reported to webAIRS between 2009 and 2022	0
Patient compliance with preoperative instructions prior to an elective procedure: A quality improvement audit	0
Survival in hostile environments: Extravehicular activity on the surface of the moon	0
Complications of induced hypertension for delayed cerebral ischaemia secondary to aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage	0
The impact of the introduction of monitored anaesthesia care in the cardiac catheterisation laboratory on Clinical Review, Rapid Response, and Blue Code rates, and mortality	0
Evaluation of enhanced recovery room care models	0
Inflation of area under the receiver operating characteristic curve due to spectrum bias in case–control studies	0
Neonatal incubators	0
Identifying as an intensivist: The transition from failure to success in a high-stakes medical specialist exam	0
The commercialisation of insulin	0
Cost-effectiveness of Monitored Anaesthesia Care in the Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory: A response to Meyerson et al	0
Taipan envenoming … south of the border	0
Anaesthetic considerations for the surgical management of ocular hypotony in adults	0
Does gender still matter in the pursuit of a career in anaesthesia?	0
Survival in hostile environments: Flying in the stratosphere	0

Hospital Acquired Complications in South Australian major public hospitals	0
Awards for papers published in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care , 2022	0
Pain and recovery profiles following common orthopaedic surgeries in children	0
A case of unexpected intraoperative airway obstruction in a patient with an aneurysm of the ascending aorta and aortic arch	0
Promoting behavioural change by educating anaesthetists about the environmental impact of inhalational anaesthetic agents: A systematic review	0
The Bruck inhaler: An ether inhaler misattributed to Ludwig Bruck, an Australian medical publisher and supplier of medical equipment	0
Glucose monitoring	0
Laryngeal injury following endotracheal intubation: Have you considered reflux?	0
An audit of the diagnostic accuracy of the ROTEM®sigma for the identification of hypofibrinogenaemia in cardiac surgical patients	0
Complete heart block of multifactorial aetiology following sugammadex administration	0
A randomised, open-label trial of nebulised unfractionated heparin in patients mechanically ventilated for COVID-19	0
A survey of nitrous oxide use, attitudes and environmental sustainability considerations by anaesthetists across metropolitan local health districts in New South Wales	0
Perioperative oxygen administration in patients undergoing major non-cardiac surgery under general anaesthesia in Australia and New Zealand	0
Coagulation management in endovascular aortic repair in a patient with congenital prekallikrein deficiency: a case report	0
Reducing plastic in single-use central line insertion packs: A mixed methods observational study	0
Corrigendum to: The effect of alcohol policy on intensive care unit admission patterns in Central Australia: A before–after cross-sectional study	0
Challenges with labour epidural placement in a parturient with a lumbar arachnoid cyst: a case report	0
Oral midodrine does not expedite liberation from protracted vasopressor infusions: A case-control study	0
Two needles, one haystack: Lessons from spinal tuberculosis mimicking lumbar epidural complication in a post-partum patient	0
Fifty years of the history of anaesthesia and related fields in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care	0
Efficacy of a direct wire-guided intubation system to secure tracheal intubation: A prospective observational study	0
Hirudin and the evolution of leeches in medicine	0
A case series of the Royal Perth Hospital cannula-first approach in the ‘can’t intubate, can’t oxygenate’ scenario	0
Oxygen and the ascent of mountains	0
What is a case–control study? Comment on ‘Oral midodrine does not expedite liberation from protracted vasopressor infusions: A case–control study’	0
The impact of surgical site infections on the development of theatre attire during the 1960s and 1970s	0
Airway management of lingual tonsillar hypertrophy: A narrative review	0
Critical hyponatraemia secondary to severe bilateral renal artery stenosis requiring intensive care – an unusual aetiopathogenesis for a common problem	0
A practice survey of airway management in Australian and New Zealand intensive care units: A 6-year follow-up study	0
The effects of remifentanil and dexmedetomidine on the gastro-oesophageal pressure gradient: A crossover randomised controlled volunteer trial	0
Ultrasound in peripheral, neuraxial and perineuraxial regional anaesthesia , 1st ed. Switzerland: Published by Springer Nature, 351 pp. Price eBook $189, hardcover $241. ISB	0
The introduction of blood gases into clinical practice	0
Abstracts of the New Zealand Society of Anaesthetists and Australian Society of Anaesthetists Combined Scientific Congress, 21–24 October 2022, Wellington, New Zealand	0
Urinary chloride excretion in critical illness and acute kidney injury: a paediatric hypothesis-generating cohort study post cardiopulmonary bypass surgery	0
Development of a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast (SCOBY) farm to manufacture artificial skin for front of neck airway access simulation	0
Selected abstracts from the Australian Society of Anaesthetists National Scientific Congress, 6–9 September 2024, Darwin, Australia	0
The nature of the response to airway management incident reports in high income countries: A scoping review	0
Maximising environmental sustainability on the return to in-person conferencing: Report from a 2500-person anaesthesia meeting in Sydney, Australia	0
Antifibrinolytics: Tranexamic acid in trauma	0
Comment on ‘Time to re-evaluate the routine use of sterile gowns in neuraxial anaesthesia’	0
A feasibility study of measuring maternal anaemia and postoperative outcomes after caesarean section	0
Teik Oh, An extraordinary journey: what matters at the end of life	0
Cefazolin pharmacokinetics during prolonged intermittent kidney replacement therapy	0
Measurement of blood gases	0
Percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in post-mastectomy neuropathic pain: A case report	0
Routine cognitive screening for older people undergoing major elective surgery: Benefits, risks and costs	0
Long-term capacity planning for obstetric surgical suites using quantile linear regression	0
Simulation training results in performance retention for the management of airway fires: A prospective observational study	0
Improving the efficiency of sevoflurane delivery during general anaesthesia by educating and motivating anaesthetists to utilise the Volatile Efficiency Ratio	0
A novel pupillometer smartphone application demonstrates accurate results compared with a validated clinical pupillometer: The Pupillary Light Response Validation (PLR-V) Study	0
Waste and cost of disposable drug and fluid products used in anaesthetist-provided sedation for gastrointestinal endoscopy	0
Selected abstracts from the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists Annual Scientific Meeting, May 3–7 2024, Brisbane, Australia	0
‘Tea trolley’ difficult airway teaching 2022: A new spin on an old idea	0
A perioperative audit of smoking, smoking cessation advice and pharmacological management of nicotine dependence: Are guidelines enough?	0
Mimicking the Eleveld propofol target-controlled infusion model using the Marsh model with weight adjustment in a super-obese patient	0
Characteristics of potentially inappropriate, and inappropriately prolonged, ICU admissions in dying ICU patients: A retrospective cohort study	0
I-Excel: A preparation course for specialist international medical graduate candidates for the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists final fellowship examination	0
Utility of the NELA score and other variables in predicting the need for ICU admission post emergency laparotomy	0
Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on Australian public interest in critical care	0
A comment on the clinical experience of cardiothoracic anaesthesia trainees in a tertiary Australian hospital	0
Selection of prize session abstracts presented at the 2022 Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM), held virtually on 29 April – 3 May 2022	0
Intraoperative methadone for day-case gynaecological laparoscopy: A double-blind, randomised controlled trial	0
A survey of operating theatre staff on the impact of automated medication dispensing systems in operating theatres in an Australian hospital	0
Prophylactic cannula cricothyroidotomy and percutaneous oxygen insufflation with the Rapid-O2®: A simple and effective tool for enhancing safety in difficult airway management	0
Subcutaneous oxygen therapy	0
Combined erector spinae plane and serratus posterior superior interfascial plane blocks for comprehensive pain management in breast surgery: A potential route to pectoral nerve coverage	0
The history of warfarin	0
Microcirculatory alterations in critical care: A narrative review	0
Use of point-of-care ultrasound in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary oedema in an infant	0
Optimising intensive care unit efficiency: A touchscreen-based bedside dashboard for real-time data management	0
The discovery of insulin	0
Freedman R, Herbert L, O'Donnell A, Ross N (eds). Oxford Handbook of Anaesthesia , 5th edn.	0
An audit of the incidence of over-transfusion at a quaternary centre	0
Patient rating of postoperative outcome measures	0
The development of albumin solutions in the Second World War	0
Expert opinions on the applicability of the European guidelines on postoperative delirium in Australia and New Zealand	0
Adult perioperative cardiac arrest: An overview of 684 cases reported to webAIRS	0
Prevalence and predictors of long-term opioid use following orthopaedic surgery in an Australian setting: A multicentre, prospective cohort study	0
Randomised controlled trials for the prevention of venous thromboembolism in critically ill patients: A systematic review of sample size methodologies	0
Trainee anaesthetist self-assessment using an entrustment scale in workplace-based assessment	0
Comment on: Evaluation of opioid prescribing for surgical patients discharged from three metropolitan hospitals between 2012 and 2020	0
The origins and development of physician anaesthesiology training in Papua New Guinea: From colonial days to the current era	0
Residual neuromuscular blockade following electroconvulsive therapy	0
The goals of care framework and the perioperative period: A practical approach	0
Transforming the perioperative medicine care model: The Singapore experience	0
Dynamic three-dimensional printing: The future of bronchoscopic simulation training?	0
Anaesthetic management of a parturient with hypokalaemic periodic paralysis for caesarean section: A case report and review of the literature	0
Clinical incident reporting: Extending the learning opportunities through webAIRS	0
Individualising drug therapy in intensive care	0
Publication outcomes among intensive care trainees	0
Pain and psychopathology after intensive care unit admission	0
Anaesthetic mumps associated with laryngeal mask airway use — a case report	0
Variability in oxygen delivery with bag-valve-mask devices: An observational laboratory simulation study	0
A case of cardiorespiratory collapse following bilateral sub-Tenon’s blocks from brainstem anaesthesia	0
Enhanced care units provide a tailored and scalable solution to managing postoperative pathophysiology	0