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Papers

(The median citation count of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care is 0. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Reply to comment on: Massive transfusion experience, current practice and decision support: A survey of Australian and New Zealand Anaesthetists	22
An anaesthetist who missed a golden opportunity	20
What airway management information do anaesthetic charts prompt for? An audit of charts from 132 hospitals across Australia and New Zealand	18
Supply of opioids and information provided to patients after surgery in an Australian hospital: A cross-sectional study	12
Anaesthesia’s Hobson’s choice: The brave new world of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs)	11
Observational study of the effect of ketamine infusions on sedation depth, inflammation, and clinical outcomes in mechanically ventilated patients with SARS-CoV-2	9
Returning to work following parental leave: the experiences of Australian anaesthetists	8
Uterine atony prophylaxis with carbetocin versus oxytocin and the risk of major haemorrhage during caesarean section: A retrospective cohort study	8
Experiences of Australian anaesthetists and anaesthetic trainees of working whilst pregnant: Results of a national survey	8
Incidence of postoperative delirium in surgical patients: An observational retrospective cohort study	8
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	7
Intraoperative cardiac arrest in the lateral position: Is rapid repositioning always necessary?	7
Perioperative pain management in thoracic surgery: A survey of practices in Australia and New Zealand	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	6
Factors associated with poor intraoperative perfusion and postoperative complications in otolaryngological autologous tissue transfers: A single-centre retrospective observational study	6
A four-year retrospective study of palliative care involvement with Australian intensive care patients	6
Blue laser as a safe option in laser airway surgery	6
Response to comment on: Evaluation of opioid prescribing for surgical patients discharged from three metropolitan hospitals between 2012 and 2020	6
Culprit allergen prevalence in polyreactive individuals reflects prescription trends: A tool for estimating comparative anaphylaxis risk using the example of neuromuscular blocking agents	6
A cross-sectional study of the relationship between iron deficiency anaemia and chronic pain	6
Preoperative cefazolin push injection in awake or sedated patients: a direct observational study in two hospitals	6
Lung auscultation versus point-of-care ultrasound for assessment of basal lung excursion at maximal inspiration: An exploratory study	6
The physiologists who ‘oxygenised’ sport	6
Beta errors in anaesthesia randomised controlled trials in which no statistical significance is found: Is there an elephant in the room?	6
Response to “What is a case-control study? Comment on ‘Oral midodrine does not expedite liberation from protracted vasopressor infusions: A case-control study’”	6

Awards for papers in anaesthesia and intensive care, 2021	6
Simulated impact of lift car sizes on transport of critical care patients: Informing the design of the New Dunedin Hospital	6
Anaesthesia healthcare workers’ interactions with COVID-19-positive and -suspect patients: A multi-site observational study from Queensland, Australia	6
2025 ADS/ANZCA/GESA/NACOS clinical practice recommendations on the peri-procedural use of GLP-1/GIP receptor agonists	6
Incidents relating to paediatric regional anaesthesia in the first 8000 cases reported to webAIRS	5
A prelude to Ether Day 1846: Charles F Heywood’s letter to William TG Morton	5
Neurocognitive symptoms with functional decline following severe anaphylaxis to rocuronium at anaesthesia induction: Kounis-like syndrome	5
Early expiratory flow flattening: an alternative sign of delayed cycling in non-invasive ventilation	5
Abstracts of the Aotearoa New Zealand Anaesthesia Annual Scientific Meeting, 27–30 October 2021, Christchurch, New Zealand.	5
Joseph-Auguste Fontaine: A martyr of compressed air therapy	5
Development, implementation and evaluation of a bronchoscopy simulation training program for intensive care Fellows and intensivists in the Netherlands	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
Skin injury: Associations with variables related to perfusion and pressure	5
Triggers for medical emergency team activation after non-cardiac surgery	5
Methadone and buprenorphine: The search for a non-addictive opioid	4
Clinical implications of opioid-induced ventilatory impairment	4
‘On the inhalation of the vapour of Æther, with cases’: The first paper on anaesthesia read before a medical society in Australia	4
The what-if approach to perioperative planning	4
Opioids in acute pain: Towards getting the right balance	4
Evaluation of propofol wastage and disposal in routine anesthesia care	4
Serum lidocaine (lignocaine) concentrations during prolonged perioperative infusion in patients undergoing breast cancer surgery: A secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial	4
Influence of laminectomy on the lumbosacral cerebrospinal fluid volume: A retrospective magnetic resonance imaging study	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
A survey of nitrous oxide usage and knowledge of its environmental effects across healthcare worker groups	3
Effects of sevoflurane versus propofol on cerebral autoregulation during anaesthesia for robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy	3
The association between unanticipated prolonged post-anaesthesia care unit length of stay and early postoperative deterioration: A retrospective cohort study	3
Unrecognised drug error and subsequent airway management utilising ultrasound-guided cricothyroidotomy and Rapid-O2® oxygen insufflation	3
The Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children heart–lung machine 1959. The story behind a photograph.	3
Effects of polymyxin B haemoperfusion on septic shock caused by Gram-positive bacteria	3
Paving a pathway for successful implementation of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to lung transplantation	3
Variations of nitrous oxide procurement per public hospital bed between Australian states and territories: A cross-sectional analysis	3
Preliminary pharmacokinetics and patient experience of jet-injected dexmedetomidine in healthy adults	3
Fibreoptic intubation in children and young people in resource-limited settings: A case series during a humanitarian aid operation in Guinea	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
Reference value models for predicting preoperative six-minute walk test in patients scheduled for abdominal and pelvic cancer surgery	2
New pharmacological perspectives and therapeutic options for opioids: Differences matter	2
Postoperative temporomandibular joint dislocation reduced by the syringe technique	2
A comparison of a modified ultrasound-guided minimally invasive scalpel cricothyroidotomy technique with non–ultrasound-guided cannula cricothyroidotomy using phantom difficult neck model simulations	2
Dr Gilbert Reynolds Troup: A founder of the Australian Society of Anaesthetists	2
Inexpensive home-assembled human skull model for training and learning the peribulbar block technique	2
‘Opioid’, opioids, pain, language and communication	2
David Borshoff, Paul Sadleir and Stephen Same, The Perfusion Crisis Manual	2
Perioperative management of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A narrative review	2
Thanks to Reviewers	2
Report: The 10th International Symposium on the History of Anesthesia, Kobe City, Japan: 16–18 June 2022	2
Incidence and determinants of malpositioning tracheostomy tubes in critically ill adult patients	2
A weighing method for measuring nitrous oxide leakage from hospital manifold-pipeline networks	2
Treatment of and outcomes from hypotension in the post-anaesthesia care unit: A single-centre retrospective cohort study	2

Two sides to every story: Reappraising the early history of liver transplantation at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge	2
JG Farrell and The Lung: An early description of intensive care delirium in literature	2
Comment on: Iatrogenic uvular injury related to airway instrumentation	2
Preoperative cardiopulmonary exercise testing improves risk assessment of morbidity and length of stay following cytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy	2
Perioperative anaphylaxis in Malaysia: A nine-year retrospective study	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
Non-academic challenges during anaesthesia training in a teaching hospital of a lower–middle income country: A qualitative analysis of resident interviews	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
Oesophageal intubations in anaesthetic practice across Australia and New Zealand: A webAIRS analysis of 109 incidents	2
Hypercarbia and high-flow nasal oxygen use during anaesthesia – risking a failure to thrive?	2
A randomised trial to assess the impact of midodrine on early mobilisation after elective primary hip replacement surgery	1
Is patient data measurement and recording important in advancing healthcare studies?	1
Investigation of the HotDog, polymer resistive patient warming device	1
Comment on: The financial and environmental impact of purchased anaesthetic agents in an Australian tertiary hospital	1
Opioid use disorder in anaesthesia and intensive care: Prevention, diagnosis and management	1
A report on virtual ‘Can’t intubate, can’t oxygenate’ conference workshops at the 2021 Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists	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
Bronchial blockers: Has side-by-side fallen by the wayside? Not quite	1
A single-centre retrospective study of the utility of routine chest X-ray post intrathoracic drain removal in cardiothoracic surgical patients	1
James Young Simpson’s Notice of a New Anaesthetic Agent : The first pamphlet on chloroform	1
Selected abstracts from the Australian Society of anaesthetists National Scientific Congress, 4-8 October 2023, Melbourne, Australia	1
Airway emergency from megaoesophagus: A rare complication of an adjustable gastric band	1
Antifibrinolytics—aprotinin in cardiac surgery	1
Long-term outcomes of adults with acute respiratory failure treated with veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation	1
A retrospective observational study of patient analgesia outcomes when regional anaesthesia procedures are performed by consultants versus supervised trainees	1
Experiences and outcomes of patients participating in a perioperative shared decision-making pathway	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 new Diploma of Rural Generalist Anaesthesia: Supporting Australian rural and remote communities	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
Awards for papers published in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care , 2023	1
Reply to Comment on Time to re-evaluate the routine use of sterile gowns in neuraxial anaesthesia	1
National quality improvement indicators project: an initial descriptive study	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
A comprehensive audit of difficult airway trolleys in selected Victorian hospitals	1
Postoperative complications and disposition for vascular surgery	1
Exploring anaesthetists’ views on the carbon footprint of anaesthesia and identifying opportunities and challenges for reducing its impact on the environment	1
Characteristics and outcomes of nonagenarians admitted to the intensive care unit: A single-centre observational study	1
Sleep, dreams and unconsciousness: Understanding anaesthesia through ancient Greek mythology	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
Survey of administration of intravenous ketamine for perioperative pain management in Australia and New Zealand	1
Perioperative provider safety in the pandemic: Development, implementation and evaluation of an adjunct COVID-19 Surgical Patient Checklist	1
Opioids for acute pain management in children	1
Eight years of CRASH: A bi-national initiative helping critical care doctors return to work	1
The history of heparin	1
A reminder of the risk of burns with external heating devices in anaesthetised patients	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
Treatment of type B lactic acidosis with N-acetylcysteine and levocarnitine	1
Experiences of pursuing an intensivist career in regional and rural Australia: An interview study	1
Does the extended use of anaesthetic breathing circuits increase microbial contamination? A systematic review and meta-analysis	1
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
Caudal catheter placement for repeated epidural morphine doses after neonatal upper abdominal surgery	1
Characteristics and outcomes of surgical patients admitted to an overnight intensive recovery unit: A retrospective observational study	1
Post-surgical discharge opioid prescribing, use and handling after introduction of a stewardship program	1
Fibreoptic intubation experience among Western Australian anaesthesia trainees	1
Reduction of iatrogenic withdrawal syndrome in high-risk critically ill patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome	1
Communication skills, patient voices and the art of listening	1
Ability of anaesthetists to identify the position of the right internal jugular vein using anatomical landmarks: A double-blind study	1
Anaesthetic practice and mortality in Scotland compared to England from 1847 to 1914	1
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
I-Excel: A preparation course for specialist international medical graduate candidates for the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists final fellowship examination	0
Comment on ‘A survey of self-reported use of cricoid pressure amongst Australian and New Zealand anaesthetists: Attitudes and practice’	0
Thanks to Reviewers	0
Reply to: Intellectual impairment is not commonly a feature of Turner syndrome	0
The discovery of insulin	0
Perioperative oxygen administration in patients undergoing major non-cardiac surgery under general anaesthesia in Australia and New Zealand	0
An audit of the incidence of over-transfusion at a quaternary centre	0
Patient rating of postoperative outcome measures	0
Critical hyponatraemia secondary to severe bilateral renal artery stenosis requiring intensive care – an unusual aetiopathogenesis for a common problem	0
Survival in hostile environments: Extravehicular activity on the surface of the moon	0
Blood gas analysis: From laboratory to bedside	0
Transforming the perioperative medicine care model: The Singapore experience	0
Stephen D. Waldman (editor). Atlas of interventional pain management, 5th edn.	0
A case of cardiorespiratory collapse following bilateral sub-Tenon’s blocks from brainstem anaesthesia	0
Survival in hostile environments: The fight to understand and protect against acceleration-induced visual disturbance and loss of consciousness in pilots of powered, heavier-than-air aircraft	0
The goals of care framework and the perioperative period: A practical approach	0
Subcutaneous oxygen therapy	0

Analysis of anaesthesia incidents during caesarean section reported to webAIRS between 2009 and 2022	0
Measurement of blood gases	0
A case of unexpected intraoperative airway obstruction in a patient with an aneurysm of the ascending aorta and aortic arch	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
The 2025 awards for papers published in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care in 2024	0
Enhanced care units provide a tailored and scalable solution to managing postoperative pathophysiology	0
The development of albumin solutions in the Second World War	0
Comment on: Massive transfusion experience, current practice and decision support: A survey of Australian and New Zealand anaesthetists	0
Comment on: A case of cardiorespiratory collapse following bilateral sub-Tenon’s block from brainstem anaesthesia	0
A perioperative audit of smoking, smoking cessation advice and pharmacological management of nicotine dependence: Are guidelines enough?	0
Percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in post-mastectomy neuropathic pain: A case report	0
Use of point-of-care ultrasound in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary oedema in an infant	0
Fifty years of the history of anaesthesia and related fields inAnaesthesia and Intensive Care	0
Comment on ‘Time to re-evaluate the routine use of sterile gowns in neuraxial anaesthesia’	0
A multimodal surgical prehabilitation programme for major abdominal cancer surgery at a tertiary metropolitan institution in Australia: Our initial experience	0
Freedman R, Herbert L, O'Donnell A, Ross N (eds). Oxford Handbook of Anaesthesia, 5th edn.	0
Celebrating the women Presidents of the Australian Society of Anaesthetists	0
The nature of the response to airway management incident reports in high income countries: A scoping review	0
Oral midodrine does not expedite liberation from protracted vasopressor infusions: A case-control study	0
Reducing plastic in single-use central line insertion packs: A mixed methods observational study	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
The origins and development of physician anaesthesiology training in Papua New Guinea: From colonial days to the current era	0
Airway management of lingual tonsillar hypertrophy: A narrative review	0
Patient compliance with preoperative instructions prior to an elective procedure: A quality improvement audit	0
Promoting behavioural change by educating anaesthetists about the environmental impact of inhalational anaesthetic agents: A systematic review	0
Publication outcomes among intensive care trainees	0
Oxygen and the ascent of mountains	0
Survival in hostile environments: Flying in the stratosphere	0
Challenges with labour epidural placement in a parturient with a lumbar arachnoid cyst: a case report	0
Selected abstracts from the Australian Society of Anaesthetists National Scientific Congress, 6–9 September 2024, Darwin, Australia	0
Pain and recovery profiles following common orthopaedic surgeries in children	0
The history of warfarin	0
Prevalence and predictors of long-term opioid use following orthopaedic surgery in an Australian setting: A multicentre, prospective cohort study	0
Evaluation of enhanced recovery room care models	0
Successful laryngoscope view using oversized C-Mac® D-blade in children presenting with difficult airway	0
Does gender still matter in the pursuit of a career in anaesthesia?	0
Laryngeal injury following endotracheal intubation: Have you considered reflux?	0
Complications of induced hypertension for delayed cerebral ischaemia secondary to aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage	0
Improving the efficiency of sevoflurane delivery during general anaesthesia by educating and motivating anaesthetists to utilise the Volatile Efficiency Ratio	0
An audit of the diagnostic accuracy of the ROTEM®sigma for the identification of hypofibrinogenaemia in cardiac surgical patients	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
Just-in-time training for nasotracheal intubation: A report of a pilot study	0
Coolsense® versus EMLA® for peripheral venous cannulation in adult volunteers: A randomised crossover trial	0
A cross-sectional overview of the second 4000 incidents reported to webAIRS, a de-identified web-based anaesthesia incident reporting system in Australia and New Zealand	0
Reply to comment on: Staff perceptions of military chemical–biological–radiological–nuclear (CBRN) air-purifying masks during a simulated clinical task in the context of SARS-CoV-2	0
Simulation training results in performance retention for the management of airway fires: A prospective observational study	0
Unexpected survival after deliberate phosphine gas poisoning: An Australian experience of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation rescue in this setting	0
Variability in oxygen delivery with bag-valve-mask devices: An observational laboratory simulation study	0
Haemorrhagic complications following cataract and vitreoretinal surgery with sub-Tenon’s block in patients receiving non–vitamin K oral anticoagulant agents: A prospective audit	0
Factors associated with intraoperative intravenous catheter extravasation in children	0
The introduction of blood gases into clinical practice	0
Intellectual impairment is not commonly a feature of Turner syndrome	0
Adult perioperative cardiac arrest: An overview of 684 cases reported to webAIRS	0
The effects of dantrolene in the presence or absence of ryanodine receptor type 1 variants in individuals predisposed to malignant hyperthermia	0
MET call prevention	0
Hirudin and the evolution of leeches in medicine	0
Cardiac risk assessment with the Revised Cardiac Risk Index index before elective non-cardiac surgery: A retrospective audit from an Australian tertiary hospital	0
Coagulation management in endovascular aortic repair in a patient with congenital prekallikrein deficiency: a case report	0
A multidisciplinary perioperative medicine clinic to improve high-risk patient outcomes: A service evaluation audit	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
Teik Oh, An extraordinary journey: what matters at the end of life	0
Complete heart block of multifactorial aetiology following sugammadex administration	0
Reply to comment on: Iatrogenic uvular injury related to airway instrumentation	0
Taipan envenoming … south of the border	0
Efficacy of a direct wire-guided intubation system to secure tracheal intubation: a prospective observational study	0
Reply to comment on ‘A survey of self-reported use of cricoid pressure amongst Australian and New Zealand anaesthetists; Attitudes and practice’	0
Waste and cost of disposable drug and fluid products used in anaesthetist-provided sedation for gastrointestinal endoscopy	0
Utility of the NELA score and other variables in predicting the need for ICU admission post emergency laparotomy	0
Building a critical incident peer response team: A full theatre team welfare intervention	0
Routine cognitive screening for older people undergoing major elective surgery: Benefits, risks and costs	0
The Bruck inhaler: An ether inhaler misattributed to Ludwig Bruck, an Australian medical publisher and supplier of medical equipment	0
Ultrasound in peripheral, neuraxial and perineuraxial regional anaesthesia, 1st ed. Switzerland: Published by Springer Nature, 351 pp. Price eBook $189, hardcover $241. ISBN 978-3-031-08803-2 (	0
Expert opinions on the applicability of the European guidelines on postoperative delirium in Australia and New Zealand	0
Morphine to methadone, and beyond	0
Inspiration from inhalation: Poetry about anaesthesia in Australian newspapers in 1847–1848	0
Neonatal incubators	0
What is a case–control study? Comment on ‘Oral midodrine does not expedite liberation from protracted vasopressor infusions: A case–control study’	0
A survey of operating theatre staff on the impact of automated medication dispensing systems in operating theatres in an Australian hospital	0
Glucose monitoring	0
Dynamic three-dimensional printing: The future of bronchoscopic simulation training?	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 case series of the Royal Perth Hospital cannula-first approach in the ‘can’t intubate, can’t oxygenate’ scenario	0
Intraoperative methadone for day-case gynaecological laparoscopy: A double-blind, randomised controlled trial	0
Maximising environmental sustainability on the return to in-person conferencing: Report from a 2500-person anaesthesia meeting in Sydney, Australia	0
The use of sugammadex in critical events in anaesthesia: A retrospective review of the webAIRS database	0
Mimicking the Eleveld propofol target-controlled infusion model using the Marsh model with weight adjustment in a super-obese patient	0
Development of a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast (SCOBY) farm to manufacture artificial skin for front of neck airway access simulation	0
‘Tea trolley’ difficult airway teaching 2022: A new spin on an old idea	0
Anaesthetic management of a parturient with hypokalaemic periodic paralysis for caesarean section: A case report and review of the literature	0
Pain and psychopathology after intensive care unit admission	0
The commercialisation of insulin	0
Corrigendum to: The effect of alcohol policy on intensive care unit admission patterns in Central Australia: A before–after cross-sectional study	0
Urinary chloride excretion in critical illness and acute kidney injury: a paediatric hypothesis-generating cohort study post cardiopulmonary bypass surgery	0
Analysis of medication errors during anaesthesia in the first 4000 incidents reported to webAIRS	0