Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

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Incidence of postoperative delirium in surgical patients: An observational retrospective cohort study	15
Supply of opioids and information provided to patients after surgery in an Australian hospital: A cross-sectional study	13
What airway management information do anaesthetic charts prompt for? An audit of charts from 132 hospitals across Australia and New Zealand	12
Reply to comment on: Massive transfusion experience, current practice and decision support: A survey of Australian and New Zealand Anaesthetists	11
A photographic assessment of contamination of operating theatre sharps and pharmaceutical waste bins in 21 Australian and New Zealand hospitals	11
Observational study of the effect of ketamine infusions on sedation depth, inflammation, and clinical outcomes in mechanically ventilated patients with SARS-CoV-2	10
Anaesthesia’s Hobson’s choice: The brave new world of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs)	9
Experiences of Australian anaesthetists and anaesthetic trainees of working whilst pregnant: Results of a national survey	9
An anaesthetist who missed a golden opportunity	9
Cannula cricothyroidotomy in the impalpable neck: An observational study of simulated ‘can’t intubate, can’t oxygenate’ scenarios by teams following a cannula-first algorithm in live anaesthetised pig	9
Perioperative pain management in thoracic surgery: A survey of practices in Australia and New Zealand	8
Uterine atony prophylaxis with carbetocin versus oxytocin and the risk of major haemorrhage during caesarean section: A retrospective cohort study	8
Intraoperative cardiac arrest in the lateral position: Is rapid repositioning always necessary?	8
Returning to work following parental leave: the experiences of Australian anaesthetists	8
A cross-sectional study of the relationship between iron deficiency anaemia and chronic pain	8
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
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
Preoperative cefazolin push injection in awake or sedated patients: A direct observational study in two hospitals	7
Factors associated with poor intraoperative perfusion and postoperative complications in otolaryngological autologous tissue transfers: A single-centre retrospective observational study	7
Development, implementation and evaluation of a bronchoscopy simulation training program for intensive care Fellows and intensivists in the Netherlands	6
Text corrigendum for: Preliminary pharmacokinetics and patient experience of jet-injected dexmedetomidine in healthy adults	6
Awards for papers in anaesthesia and intensive care, 2021	6
Response to comment on: Evaluation of opioid prescribing for surgical patients discharged from three metropolitan hospitals between 2012 and 2020	6
Simulated impact of lift car sizes on transport of critical care patients: Informing the design of the New Dunedin Hospital	6

A four-year retrospective study of palliative care involvement with Australian intensive care patients	6
Anaesthesia healthcare workers’ interactions with COVID-19-positive and -suspect patients: A multi-site observational study from Queensland, Australia	6
Blue laser as a safe option in laser airway surgery	6
The physiologists who ‘oxygenised’ sport	5
The Bullying in Anaesthesia Registrars Survey (BARS): Does a validated questionnaire improve our understanding of bullying in Australian and New Zealand anaesthesia trainees?	5
2025 ADS/ANZCA/GESA/NACOS clinical practice recommendations on the peri-procedural use of GLP-1/GIP receptor agonists	5
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
Triggers for medical emergency team activation after non-cardiac surgery	5
Early expiratory flow flattening: An alternative sign of delayed cycling in non-invasive ventilation	5
Ventilator-associated pneumonia: an evaluation of definitions from their components	4
An episode-based approach for assessing the impact of dyskalaemia on critical care outcomes – results from a territory-wide cohort study	4
Evaluation of the clinical learning environment in a quaternary trauma anaesthesia department: a pilot project	4
Skin injury: Associations with variables related to perfusion and pressure	4
Two episodes of delayed emergence in a healthy young man	4
Documentation of informed consent for anaesthesia: A single-site retrospective audit at a rural Australian hospital	4
Thanks to Reviewers	4
A prelude to Ether Day 1846: Charles F Heywood’s letter to William TG Morton	4
Follow-up to ‘Evaluation of opioid prescribing for surgical patients discharged from three metropolitan hospitals between 2012 and 2020’	4
Changing infusion sets to central lines less frequently: A sustainability quality improvement project	4
‘On the inhalation of the vapour of Æther, with cases’: The first paper on anaesthesia read before a medical society in Australia	3
The validity of self-reported smoking status on day of surgery in a mixed elective surgery population	3
Operation clean up: A model for eco-leadership and sustainability implementation	3
The Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children heart–lung machine 1959. The story behind a photograph.	3
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
Paving a pathway for successful implementation of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to lung transplantation	3
Effects of polymyxin B haemoperfusion on septic shock caused by Gram-positive bacteria	3
Evaluation of propofol wastage and disposal in routine anesthesia care	3
Influence of laminectomy on the lumbosacral cerebrospinal fluid volume: A retrospective magnetic resonance imaging study	3
A survey of nitrous oxide usage and knowledge of its environmental effects across healthcare worker groups	3
Selected abstracts from the Australian Society of Anaesthetists National Scientific Congress, 2-5 October 2025, Camberra, Australia	3
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
Comment on ‘Reducing plastic in single-use central line insertion packs: a mixed methods observational study’	2
Preoperative cardiopulmonary exercise testing improves risk assessment of morbidity and length of stay following cytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy	2
Report: The 10th International Symposium on the History of Anesthesia, Kobe City, Japan: 16–18 June 2022	2
Serum lidocaine (lignocaine) concentrations during prolonged perioperative infusion in patients undergoing breast cancer surgery: A secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial	2
Reference value models for predicting preoperative six-minute walk test in patients scheduled for abdominal and pelvic cancer surgery	2
Hypercarbia and high-flow nasal oxygen use during anaesthesia – risking a failure to thrive?	2
Strategies to enhance the likelihood of detecting true effects in randomised controlled trials	2
Risk factors for mortality in severe COVID-19: Exploring the interplay of immunomodulatory therapy and coinfection	2
Two sides to every story: Reappraising the early history of liver transplantation at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge	2
Inexpensive home-assembled human skull model for training and learning the peribulbar block technique	2
Perioperative anaphylaxis in Malaysia: A nine-year retrospective study	2
Perioperative management of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A narrative review	2
Variations of nitrous oxide procurement per public hospital bed between Australian states and territories: A cross-sectional analysis	2
Fibreoptic intubation in children and young people in resource-limited settings: A case series during a humanitarian aid operation in Guinea	2
Effects of sevoflurane versus propofol on cerebral autoregulation during anaesthesia for robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy	2
Metabolic crisis in maple syrup urine disease: an unusual complication of a rare disease: a case report	2

Oesophageal intubations in anaesthetic practice across Australia and New Zealand: A webAIRS analysis of 109 incidents	2
Non-academic challenges during anaesthesia training in a teaching hospital of a lower–middle income country: A qualitative analysis of resident interviews	2
Dr Gilbert Reynolds Troup: A founder of the Australian Society of Anaesthetists	2
A weighing method for measuring nitrous oxide leakage from hospital manifold-pipeline networks	2
Selected abstracts from the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists Annual Scientific Meeting, May 2–6 2025, Cairns, Australia	2
Thanks to Reviewers	2
Preliminary pharmacokinetics and patient experience of jet-injected dexmedetomidine in healthy adults	2
The association between unanticipated prolonged post-anaesthesia care unit length of stay and early postoperative deterioration: A retrospective cohort study	2
Reducing use of desflurane in the anaesthetic department: A controlled interrupted time series analysis	2
Risk factors for prolonged hospital stay after surgery in older patients	2
David Borshoff, Paul Sadleir and Stephen Same, The Perfusion Crisis Manual	2
JG Farrell and The Lung : An early description of intensive care delirium in literature	2
Coronary vasospasm in the setting of perioperative anaphylaxis: A case report	1
A prediction model to determine the untapped lung donor pool outside of the DonateLife network in Victoria	1
Reply to Comment on Time to re-evaluate the routine use of sterile gowns in neuraxial anaesthesia	1
Impact of increased transparency in anaesthesia fellowship selection interviews: A comparative study	1
Antifibrinolytics—aprotinin in cardiac surgery	1
Post-surgical discharge opioid prescribing, use and handling after introduction of a stewardship program	1
Investigation of the HotDog , polymer resistive patient warming device	1
Characteristics and outcomes of nonagenarians admitted to the intensive care unit: A single-centre observational study	1
Peripheral intravenous catheters: the impact of compliance with standards on patient-reported experience measures	1
Comment on: The financial and environmental impact of purchased anaesthetic agents in an Australian tertiary hospital	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
Geoffrey Kaye Oration 2021: Challenges and cherished moments in Australian anaesthesia, as seen by the women Presidents of the Australian Society of Anaesthetists	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
Is patient data measurement and recording important in advancing healthcare studies?	1
Bronchial blockers: Has side-by-side fallen by the wayside? Not quite	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
A reminder of the risk of burns with external heating devices in anaesthetised patients	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
The influence of needleless connectors and inserted catheters on flow rates through vascular introducer sheaths	1
Richard W Davis. Haemophilia holocaust. A story of medical and bureaucratic denial, incompetence and corruption	1
Treatment of type B lactic acidosis with N-acetylcysteine and levocarnitine	1
James Young Simpson’s Notice of a New Anaesthetic Agent : The first pamphlet on chloroform	1
Reduction of iatrogenic withdrawal syndrome in high-risk critically ill patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome	1
Experiences of pursuing an intensivist career in regional and rural Australia: An interview study	1
Sleep, dreams and unconsciousness: Understanding anaesthesia through ancient Greek mythology	1
A single-centre retrospective study of the utility of routine chest X-ray post intrathoracic drain removal in cardiothoracic surgical patients	1
Fibreoptic intubation experience among Western Australian anaesthesia trainees	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
Rational Clinical Pathology Assessment in Intensive Care Unit (RCPA-ICU): Follow-up study	1
Perioperative medicine in Australia and New Zealand: A cross-sectional survey	1
Anaesthetic practice and mortality in Scotland compared to England from 1847 to 1914	1
A randomised trial to assess the impact of midodrine on early mobilisation after elective primary hip replacement surgery	1
The new Diploma of Rural Generalist Anaesthesia: Supporting Australian rural and remote communities	1
A comprehensive audit of difficult airway trolleys in selected Victorian hospitals	1
The history of heparin	1
Awards for papers published in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care , 2023	1
Ability of anaesthetists to identify the position of the right internal jugular vein using anatomical landmarks: A double-blind study	1
Does the extended use of anaesthetic breathing circuits increase microbial contamination? A systematic review and meta-analysis	1
Experiences and outcomes of patients participating in a perioperative shared decision-making pathway	1
Characteristics and outcomes of surgical patients admitted to an overnight intensive recovery unit: A retrospective observational study	1
Selected abstracts from the Australian Society of anaesthetists National Scientific Congress, 4-8 October 2023, Melbourne, Australia	1
Communication skills, patient voices and the art of listening	1
Investigating nitrous oxide leaks at St George Hospital: A case study using the discrepancy and pressure testing methods	1
A randomised controlled trial of high-flow nasal oxygen compared with standard oxygen delivery in obese patients undergoing gastroscopy	1
Patient experiences and outcomes from a novel multidisciplinary preoperative shared decision-making clinic	1
Coagulation management in endovascular aortic repair in a patient with congenital prekallikrein deficiency: a case report	0
Survival in hostile environments: Extravehicular activity on the surface of the moon	0
An audit of the incidence of over-transfusion at a quaternary centre	0
The development of albumin solutions in the Second World War	0
Measurement of blood gases	0
Oxygen and the ascent of mountains	0
Use of point-of-care ultrasound in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary oedema in an infant	0
Anaesthetic management of a parturient with hypokalaemic periodic paralysis for caesarean section: A case report and review of the literature	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
Freedman R, Herbert L, O'Donnell A, Ross N (eds). Oxford Handbook of Anaesthesia , 5th edn.	0
The nature of the response to airway management incident reports in high income countries: A scoping review	0
Optimising intensive care unit efficiency: A touchscreen-based bedside dashboard for real-time data management	0
Development of a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast (SCOBY) farm to manufacture artificial skin for front of neck airway access simulation	0
Survival in hostile environments: Flying in the stratosphere	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
Reducing plastic in single-use central line insertion packs: A mixed methods observational study	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
A cost analysis of the anaesthetic management of patients with confirmed or suspected coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in a tertiary referral hospital in Queensland, Australia	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

Does gender still matter in the pursuit of a career in anaesthesia?	0
Critical hyponatraemia secondary to severe bilateral renal artery stenosis requiring intensive care – an unusual aetiopathogenesis for a common problem	0
The origins and development of physician anaesthesiology training in Papua New Guinea: From colonial days to the current era	0
A case series of incidents reported to webAIRS relating to glucagon-like peptide 1 agonist use	0
Dynamic three-dimensional printing: The future of bronchoscopic simulation training?	0
Efficacy of a direct wire-guided intubation system to secure tracheal intubation: A prospective observational study	0
A case of cardiorespiratory collapse following bilateral sub-Tenon’s blocks from brainstem anaesthesia	0
Cefazolin pharmacokinetics during prolonged intermittent kidney replacement therapy	0
An audit of the diagnostic accuracy of the ROTEM®sigma for the identification of hypofibrinogenaemia in cardiac surgical patients	0
Anaesthetic considerations for the surgical management of ocular hypotony in adults	0
Routine cognitive screening for older people undergoing major elective surgery: Benefits, risks and costs	0
Comment on: A case of cardiorespiratory collapse following bilateral sub-Tenon’s block from brainstem anaesthesia	0
Oral midodrine does not expedite liberation from protracted vasopressor infusions: A case-control study	0
Transforming the perioperative medicine care model: The Singapore experience	0
Perioperative oxygen administration in patients undergoing major non-cardiac surgery under general anaesthesia in Australia and New Zealand	0
Individualising drug therapy in intensive care	0
A survey of operating theatre staff on the impact of automated medication dispensing systems in operating theatres in an Australian hospital	0
Hirudin and the evolution of leeches in medicine	0
What is a case–control study? Comment on ‘Oral midodrine does not expedite liberation from protracted vasopressor infusions: A case–control study’	0
Celebrating the women Presidents of the Australian Society of Anaesthetists	0
Microcirculatory alterations in critical care: A narrative review	0
‘Tea trolley’ difficult airway teaching 2022: A new spin on an old idea	0
The impact of surgical site infections on the development of theatre attire during the 1960s and 1970s	0
Prevalence and predictors of long-term opioid use following orthopaedic surgery in an Australian setting: A multicentre, prospective cohort study	0
The effects of remifentanil and dexmedetomidine on the gastro-oesophageal pressure gradient: A crossover randomised controlled volunteer trial	0
Inspiration from inhalation: Poetry about anaesthesia in Australian newspapers in 1847–1848	0
Patient rating of postoperative outcome measures	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
A practice survey of airway management in Australian and New Zealand intensive care units: A 6-year follow-up study	0
Adult perioperative cardiac arrest: An overview of 684 cases reported to webAIRS	0
Comment on: Evaluation of opioid prescribing for surgical patients discharged from three metropolitan hospitals between 2012 and 2020	0
Characteristics of potentially inappropriate, and inappropriately prolonged, ICU admissions in dying ICU patients: A retrospective cohort study	0
Airway management of lingual tonsillar hypertrophy: A narrative review	0
The introduction of blood gases into clinical practice	0
Randomised controlled trials for the prevention of venous thromboembolism in critically ill patients: A systematic review of sample size methodologies	0
A novel pupillometer smartphone application demonstrates accurate results compared with a validated clinical pupillometer: The Pupillary Light Response Validation (PLR-V) Study	0
Cost-effectiveness of Monitored Anaesthesia Care in the Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory: A response to Meyerson et al	0
Waste and cost of disposable drug and fluid products used in anaesthetist-provided sedation for gastrointestinal endoscopy	0
A randomised, open-label trial of nebulised unfractionated heparin in patients mechanically ventilated for COVID-19	0
A case of unexpected intraoperative airway obstruction in a patient with an aneurysm of the ascending aorta and aortic arch	0
Utility of the NELA score and other variables in predicting the need for ICU admission post emergency laparotomy	0
Comment on ‘Time to re-evaluate the routine use of sterile gowns in neuraxial anaesthesia’	0
The influence of antisepsis and asepsis on the evolution of surgical attire in the late 19th and early 20th centuries	0
Resuscitation using a Swan–Ganz pacing catheter following refractory intraoperative asystole during open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair	0
Glucose monitoring	0
Promoting behavioural change by educating anaesthetists about the environmental impact of inhalational anaesthetic agents: A systematic review	0
Two needles, one haystack: Lessons from spinal tuberculosis mimicking lumbar epidural complication in a post-partum patient	0
Mimicking the Eleveld propofol target-controlled infusion model using the Marsh model with weight adjustment in a super-obese patient	0
Improving the efficiency of sevoflurane delivery during general anaesthesia by educating and motivating anaesthetists to utilise the Volatile Efficiency Ratio	0
Hospital Acquired Complications in South Australian major public hospitals	0
Variability in oxygen delivery with bag-valve-mask devices: An observational laboratory simulation study	0
Just-in-time training for nasotracheal intubation: A report of a pilot study	0
The effects of dantrolene in the presence or absence of ryanodine receptor type 1 variants in individuals predisposed to malignant hyperthermia	0
Laryngeal injury following endotracheal intubation: Have you considered reflux?	0
Simulation training results in performance retention for the management of airway fires: A prospective 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
Analysis of anaesthesia incidents during caesarean section reported to webAIRS between 2009 and 2022	0
Selected abstracts from the Australian Society of Anaesthetists National Scientific Congress, 6–9 September 2024, Darwin, Australia	0
Subcutaneous oxygen therapy	0
Fifty years of the history of anaesthesia and related fields in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care	0
Intraoperative methadone for day-case gynaecological laparoscopy: A double-blind, randomised controlled trial	0
Building a critical incident peer response team: A full theatre team welfare intervention	0
Complications of induced hypertension for delayed cerebral ischaemia secondary to aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage	0
Complete heart block of multifactorial aetiology following sugammadex administration	0
The history of warfarin	0
Inflation of area under the receiver operating characteristic curve due to spectrum bias in case–control studies	0
Taipan envenoming … south of the border	0
Patient compliance with preoperative instructions prior to an elective procedure: A quality improvement audit	0
The commercialisation of insulin	0
The discovery of insulin	0
Neonatal incubators	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
Antifibrinolytics: Tranexamic acid in trauma	0
Perioperative corneal abrasions: A report of 42 cases from the webAIRS database	0
Identifying as an intensivist: The transition from failure to success in a high-stakes medical specialist exam	0
Expert opinions on the applicability of the European guidelines on postoperative delirium in Australia and New Zealand	0
Challenges with labour epidural placement in a parturient with a lumbar arachnoid cyst: a case report	0
Teik Oh, An extraordinary journey: what matters at the end of life	0
Long-term capacity planning for obstetric surgical suites using quantile linear regression	0
Percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in post-mastectomy neuropathic pain: A case report	0
Reducing waste from single-use procedure packs in hospitals: A scoping review	0
Evaluation of enhanced recovery room care models	0
Demystifying the role of anaesthetists in clinical coding in the Australian healthcare system	0
Pain and psychopathology after intensive care unit admission	0
A perioperative audit of smoking, smoking cessation advice and pharmacological management of nicotine dependence: Are guidelines enough?	0
Pain and recovery profiles following common orthopaedic surgeries in children	0
Successful laryngoscope view using oversized C-Mac® D-blade in children presenting with difficult airway	0
Enhanced care units provide a tailored and scalable solution to managing postoperative pathophysiology	0
Publication outcomes among intensive care trainees	0
The goals of care framework and the perioperative period: A practical approach	0
A survey of nitrous oxide use, attitudes and environmental sustainability considerations by anaesthetists across metropolitan local health districts in New South Wales	0
A case series of the Royal Perth Hospital cannula-first approach in the ‘can’t intubate, can’t oxygenate’ scenario	0
Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on Australian public interest in critical care	0
The 2025 awards for papers published in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care in 2024	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