International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia

Papers
(The TQCC of International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
P126 Ultrasound-assisted central neuraxial blockade in obstetrics- challenges and a quality improvement initiative: a DGH experience17
P147 Emergency general anaesthetic set up in delivery suite: a teamwork based approach16
P152 Preliminary findings from a post caesarean delivery pain core outcome set development study: is it time to shift our focus?15
P143 Programmed-intermittent epidural bolus regimen vs continuous epidural infusion: a retrospective, cohort study of motor block and obstetric outcomes14
P174 Successful MDT management of stress induced anaphylaxis complicating labour and delivery14
P6 Review of a post-natal anaesthetic clinic: addressing the physical and psychological impact of anaesthetic complications during childbirth14
P73 Recovery post-discharge following elective caesarean section13
P7 A retrospective analysis of the impact of ethnicity and preferred spoken language in obstetric anaesthesia12
P135 Obstetric admissions to intensive care in a district general hospital: a retrospective five-year review12
P56 The use of lumbar epidural analgesia and anaesthesia for vaginal twin birth12
A narrative review of the literature relevant to obstetric anesthesiologists: the 2023 Gerard W. Ostheimer lecture12
6290519 Introduction of a safety huddle on delivery suite at St George's Hospital11
6275316 Supporting Parents and Professionals through neOnatal Resuscitation in Theatre – The SuPPORT Project11
6300197 Trauma Caesarean Section- an example of excellent interdisciplinary working11
6299676 Prevalence and Risk Factors for Chronic Postsurgical Pain After Cesarean Section – A Prospective Study in A Tertiary Care Hospital of Bangladesh11
6270087 The ACORNS Course: Experiences from running a joint obstetrics and anaesthetics human factors simulation course11
6268392 Can we keep the time on time? A survey of time keeping devices in a labour ward with synchronised digital wall clocks11
6248797 Spinal anaesthesia for Caesarean delivery in a patient with severe Factor VII deficiency11
Letter to the Editor: Mothers’ experiences of category 1 caesarean delivery under general anaesthesia with the partner present: a prospective explorative study10
Over-exposed? Infrared thermography and the assessment of spinal anaesthesia10
P.12 A digital future in antenatal education-unintentional benefits from a pandemic10
Acute thrombocytopenia during cesarean section10
Felicity Reynolds (1935 – 2024)10
6301395 Through the Anaesthetic lens: Managing challenges in a parturient with empty sella syndrome and idiopathic intracranial hypertension10
P.67 Obstetric services during the COVID-19 pandemic: a national survey of standards of care9
P.14 Vaccine uptake in the obstetric population - too little too late?9
P.80 Use of vaginal cell salvage in an unusual case of abnormally invasive placenta9
P.117 Improving communication during major obstetric haemorrhage9
P.91 Putting the ‘T’ in Inclusivity - improving perinatal care for transgender people9
Maternal Enhanced and Critical Care (MEaCC) in Yorkshire and the Humber: regional implementation of an enhanced maternal care pathway and data collection9
P.13 Following the data - what have we learned from obstetric cases of the delta variant in Glasgow?9
P.109 Separating elective and emergency streams - the benefit of centralisation of maternity services at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (ABUHB)9
The role of human factors in the decision to administer general anaesthesia for emergency caesarean deliveries: a qualitative interview study of anaesthesia trainees in Ireland8
O.004 Maternal critical care follow-up: improving patient experiences and follow up8
Effectiveness of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots in providing labor epidural analgesia information: are we there yet?8
Alternating versus coadministration of multimodal non-opioid analgesia after cesarean delivery and pain outcomes: a single center quality improvement study (2024)8
The importance of inclusion of neonatal outcomes in analysis of maternal peri-operative intravenous dexamethasone – reply to “Efficacy and safety of intravenous administration of dexamethasone on post8
Maternal exposure to general anesthesia and labor epidural analgesia during pregnancy and delivery, and subsequent neurodevelopmental outcomes in children8
Gestational thrombocytopenia and risk of postpartum hemorrhage and severe maternal morbidity: a population-based analysis8
Global issues in obstetric anaesthesia: perspectives from South Africa, Japan, China, Latin America and North America8
P.158 Beyond the 4 T's – An unusual cause of major haemorrhage in the obstetric patient8
P.120 Managing a traumatic unknown: A caesarean section in a women with potential ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency8
In response to: “Obstetric anaesthesia in Japan–beyond provider identity to system design”8
Pregnancy revealing hereditary angioedema type III with factor XII mutation managed in a resource-limited setting with no C1-inhibitor concentrate availability: a case report7
6301178 Cauda Equina Syndrome in the third trimester of pregnancy, the importance of shared decision making7
IJOA Supplement Editorial7
P155 Straight to theatre: should women with a high BMI be offered caesarean section routinely?7
Uterotonics in pregnant patients with cardiac disease: a focused review7
6275436 Decision making and mode of anaesthesia for category one caesarean sections: do anaesthetists and obstetricians share the same mental model?7
6300686 Measuring service evaluation: a comparison of patient-reported time ready for discharge and length of stay as outcome measures after caesarean deliver7
P108 Enabling birth choices in theatre: how comfortable do staff really feel?7
Author index7
“Dexmedetomidine for cesarean delivery: clinical enthusiasm, limited evidence”: this Editorial should be a call to action7
6268386 Heart to find?: A peripartum cardiomyopathy case series7
P140 An audit on indications for remifentanil PCA for labour analgesia leading to a quality improvement initiative: looking back to pay it forward7
P95 Plasma exchange for HELLP syndrome complicated by persistent microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia resulting in a rapid recovery of renal function7
6301375 Emergency thoracotomy and caesarian section at 29 weeks gestation for suspected oesophageal rupture7
P.028 How are sites across the UK escalating care during a postpartum haemorrhage?6
P.068 Investigating analgesia adequacy and intraoperative pain during caesarean delivery: single-centre pilot and feasibility study6
P.135 Optimising successful intubation in obstetric patients with videolaryngoscopy6
P.014 Barrier precautions for obstetric spinal anaesthesia in the UK: An OAA national survey6
P.177 Battle of the cannulations: Midwives v anaesthetists6
P.193 Anaesthetic management of parturient with Jarcho-Levin Syndrome for elective caesarean section6
P.063 An audit of critical care activity at the Rotunda Hospital Dublin in 20236
P.149 Promoting Maternal safety: Anaesthetists’ and Midwives’ perspectives on oral intake in labour and its impact on general anaesthesia for delivery6
P.195 Management of spontaneous intracranial hypotension in pregnancy: a case series6
P.076 Influence of dermal implants in the lumbar region on the consent process and technique for neuraxial placement: a survey of obstetric anaesthetists5
Author index5
P.9 An observational study into the normal TEG6s values in term pregnant women undergoing elective caesarean section5
Incorporating a postpartum hemorrhage bundle on the labor and delivery unit: a state-wide survey of anesthesiologists in Massachusetts5
Cesarean section under spinal anesthesia in a first-time gravida with Fabry disease5
Chronic pain and long-term disability following postdural puncture headache in obstetric patients: a five-year prospective follow-up of a case-control cohort5
P.193 Postpartum aortic dissection in a patient with previously undiagnosed Marfan syndrome5
Peripartum management of cardiac arrhythmias: a narrative review5
Accuracy of visual estimation of blood loss in obstetrics using clinical reconstructions: an observational simulation cohort study5
Neuraxial labor analgesia in type 2N von Willebrand disease: a case report5
P.127 New caesarean section analgesia guide: repeat post implementation maternal survey5
Discrimination, racism, and bias in childbirth pain management in the United States: a scoping review and directions for research and clinical care5
P.70 A systematic review of patient-reported outcome measures to assess postpartum fatigue using COSMIN guidelines5
P.32 Evaluating the role of local ODP teaching sessions in improving the provision of general anaesthesia in obstetrics5
Artificial intelligence-created personal statements compared with applicant-written personal statements: a survey of obstetric anesthesia fellowship program directors in the United States5
P.151 “How low (and far) would you go?” The speed and accuracy of identifying intervertebral level and depth to epidural space in novices using ultrasound5
P134 Obstetric admissions to the intensive care unit in Malta over a six-year period (2016–2021)4
6301976 Service evaluation of current trends in rescue analgesia during Lower Segment Caesarean Sections under neuroaxial anaesthesia4
O9 A prospective study of the effect of a ‘Sip ‘til Send’ fasting policy on patient reported and haemodynamic variables at elective caesarean delivery4
Beyond technical excellence: the human dimensions involved in general anesthesia for emergency cesarean delivery4
P9 Measuring the distance to the epidural space in women of childbearing age: preliminary results from a retrospective MRI study4
P.130 A postpartum presentation of acute fatty liver disease of pregnancy4
O.008 Enhanced maternal care (EMC): a service evaluation from Yorkshire and Humber using the Maternal Enhanced and Critical Care (MEaCC) database4
P.118 Amniotic fluid embolism as a cause for maternal collapse4
Neuraxial labor analgesia in a pregnant patient with cystic hygroma and aberrant neurovasculature: a case report4
Editorial Board4
O.9 Identifying maternal intrapartum infection: the importance of temperature and the fetus4
P.86 Arachnoiditis following epidural blood patch4
P115 An evaluation of anaesthesia for abnormally invasive placenta utilising interventional radiology4
6275602 Anesthetic management of a pregnant patient with congenital long QT syndrome type 2 undergoing ovarian dermoid cyst excision: A Case Report4
P8 Improving peri-operative anaesthesia for cervical cerclages: a quality improvement project4
P75 Does the use of prilocaine for spinal anaesthesia improve recovery times compared to bupivacaine in women undergoing caesarean section?4
P.088 Analgesia following caesarean delivery: Is it time to rationalise our use of opioids?4
P.021 Lumbar ultrasound measurements are imprecise when compared with MRI: Is it more than tissue compression?4
Role of cosyntropin in the prevention of post-dural puncture headache: a propensity-matched retrospective analysis4
In response to “Viscoelastic testing in postpartum obstetric hemorrhage: a scoping review commissioned by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)”4
O.8 A national survey to evaluate the availability and use of prefilled syringes, and medication errors across maternity units in the UK4
6301970 Rapid Sequence Induction in Obstetrics: a Survey of Practice across the North East and Cumbria4
Assessing the accuracy and quality of TikTok as a source of medical information on neuraxial labor analgesia: a cross-sectional study4
P80 Maternal request caesarean delivery: understanding the impact on elective section list efficiency. What can we learn?4
P.15 Comparing the Delta and Omicron waves - are calmer waters ahead?4
Pain during cesarean delivery: tools for doing better4
P157 Improving the safety and success of obstetric intubation with videolaryngoscopy: a quality improvement project in a tertiary obstetric unit4
P.151 Method of anaesthetic antenatal review of women with morbid obesity: A national survey4
P.054 QI bundle for patient safety in Obstetric Genral Anaesthesia4
O.002 Are ‘care bundles’ sustainable? An evaluation of the OBS Cymru postpartum haemorrhage care bundle4
P.214 When a patient's headache, becomes their anaesthetist's - An unusual case of post-instrumentation headache4
Platelet parameters in preeclampsia: comparing rotational thromboelastometry and platelet aggregometry with standard laboratory tests4
P.212 Doctor, I Can't Move My Arm! A Case of Temporary Upper Limb Monoparesis following Epidural Top-Up for Instrumental Delivery4
Virtual reality compared to nitrous oxide for labor analgesia: a feasibility pilot, prospective, randomized, cross-over, non-inferiority study4
Anaesthetic management of obstetric patients with Chiari 1 malformation with or without syringomyelia: A multidisciplinary consensus statement from the Obstetric Anaesthetists’ Association3
Improving blood product management in placenta accreta patients with severe bleeding: institutional experience3
P.176 Spinal anaesthesia for EXIT procedure3
P.191 Cerebral venous thrombosis in pregnancy after spinal and epidural blood patch dural puncture3
P.165 Pain relief during labour: a quality improvement project to enhance informed consent3
P38 Assessing the impact of intensive positive feedback on staff morale, culture, civility and psychological safety in a South West maternity unit3
P188 Combined spinal epidural anaesthesia for caesarean section in a parturient with dilated cardiomyopathy3
Simulation-based training in obstetric anesthesia: an update3
P.57 No Accident: psychological safety and civility in a south west maternity unit3
P.113 Reasons for delay in decision to delivery in category 1 caesarean section: a retrospective audit3
P.102 Ouch! A guide to managing intra-operative pain during caesarean section3
6301584 Assessing the multimodal analgesia approach post caesarean section: diamorphine versus fentanyl and morphine for neuraxial analgesia3
“This is how we do it” Anaesthesia for uterine transplant and associated surgeries: the Australian-Swedish collaborative protocol3
Comparative efficacy of quadratus lumborum type-II and erector spinae plane block in patients undergoing caesarean section under spinal anaesthesia: a randomised controlled trial3
P.7 Elective caesarean section risk rating: a quality improvement project3
P.103 Intrathecal dexamethasone for arterial hypotension management during spinal anaesthesia for elective caesarean section3
P.188 Suprapannicular Caesarean Section- is a thoracic epidural really necessary?3
P164 Combined spinal epidural anaesthesia for caesarean section for a parturient with moyamoya disease and sickle cell disease3
Inclusion of block efficacy in the WHO surgical safety checklist for maternity patients: a case for enhanced safety and patient-centred care3
P150 Availability of total intravenous anaesthesia for pregnant people: a survey of UK practice3
Persistent opioid use after cesarean delivery in the United States of America: a systematic review3
Is the erector spinae plane block a solution for sacral sparing during neuraxial labor analgesia?3
6290035 An approach to prevention and treatment of hypotension in elective caesarean sections under spinal anaesthesia: A survey from a developing nation3
P.98 Propriospinal myoclonus following neuraxial anaesthesia during elective caesarean section3
Editorial Board3
Aspiration risk assessment for postpartum tubal ligation using gastric ultrasound: a single-center prospective observational trial3
P.95 Atrial myxoma in pregnancy3
P.128 Local differences in anaesthetic practice for perineal trauma repair and manual removal of placenta3
P.48 The impact of pain after caesarean section and the potential benefit of being a doctor-patient confers on the patient experience3
P.138 Monitoring of neurological blockade after epidural insertion on delivery suite3
P48 Intrapartum blood glucose monitoring: are we meeting the national standard?3
P121 Improving antenatal information on pain management in labour and delivery3
Mothers’ experiences of category 1 caesarean delivery under general anaesthesia with the partner present: a prospective explorative study3
In response to Ogawa et al on editorial “Obstetric anesthesia in Japan: An existential crisis in need of an intervention”3
P.5 The application of IHO urgency categories to an obstetric cohort3
Neuraxial anesthesia in obstetric patients with rare spinal pathologies: a scoping review3
6274094 An audit of obstetric admissions to a high dependency unit, in a tertiary maternity hospital3
Labour: a pain for informed consent?3
P21 FIBTEM A5 correlates well with laboratory Clauss fibrinogen results in the obstetric population2
6300042 Massive goitre causing severe tracheal stenosis in pregnancy2
The Obstetric Comorbidity Index (OB-CMI) and its association with ICU admission and length of hospital stay in pregnant patients with pulmonary hypertension: a retrospective cohort study (1996–2025)2
Effect of prophylactic intravenous calcium gluconate on uterine atony during intrapartum cesarean delivery with spinal anesthesia: a placebo controlled, randomized clinical trial2
P.84 Phaeochromocytoma: a rare cause of hypertension in pregnancy2
P.102 Management of caesarean birth in patient with congenital inferior vena cava agenesis2
P.17 Post-dural puncture headache: data from a UK tertiary centre 2018–2021 and the effect of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic2
Scholarship in anesthesiology: the role of critical appraisal, literature review, quality improvement, journal club, and presentation skills2
P.205 Cardiac complications in a pregnant patient with rheumatic valve disease: a cautionary tale2
P.024 Optimising Postpartum Haemorrhage (PPH) Management at a High Risk Obstetric Centre: A Multidisciplinary Approach to embed OBSCymru principles2
6302079 Let's Talk Epidurals: Tea Trolley Training for Midwives2
P.059 Survey on Anaesthesia for Cervical Cerclage2
P118 A survey of postnatal venous thromboembolism prophylaxis2
Anesthesiology resident preferences regarding learning to perform epidural anesthesia procedures in obstetrics: a qualitative phenomenological study2
P25 Assessing accuracy of visual estimation of blood loss during simulated postpartum haemorrhage scenarios2
P.78 Use of high-flow nasal oxygen to facilitate optimal surgical conditions in the management of idiopathic subglottic stenosis during third trimester2
6301612 An Audit of Regional Analgesia in Labour – Can Standards Be Met for Obese Patients?2
6301733 The impact of mental health problems on medical comorbidity in pregnancy: a case of overt hypothyroidism2
6288138 Blindsided by unusual pre-eclampsia complication2
P160 Understanding patient experience of elective caesarean section: an exploratory mixed method study utilising patient shadowing2
6292830 Multidisciplinary team training is not just simulation … Anaesthetic trainee knowledge and understanding of Cardiotocography (CTG)2
AI-augmented vs. conventional cardiac POCUS training: a pilot study among obstetric anesthesiologists2
P.4 What's happening to my baby? Improving mother's experience in obstetric theatres with a simple baby video monitor device2
Bilateral erector spinae plane catheters for labor analgesia in the setting of idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura2
Evaluation of the relationship between the Obstetric Comorbidity Index (Ob-CMI) and the Obstetric Quality Of Recovery Score (ObsQoR-11): a prospective observational study2
P24 Impact of focusing definitions of postpartum haemorrhage2
6301325 A “CSE-ries” of questions. Current practice in combined spinal epidural anaesthesia for caesarean delivery across two large obstetric units2
Anaesthetic considerations for impacted fetal head at caesarean delivery: a focused review2
Erector spinae plane block for acute renal colic in a pregnant patient2
P.142 Impact of body mass index on obstetric and anaesthetic outcomes: a three-month observational audit2
P.086 Remifentanil for management of intra-operative discomfort during LSCS under neuraxial anaesthesia2
P16 Improving documentation in obstetric anaesthesia2
P.191 Anaesthetic management for caesarean section for parturient with SOX-11 genetic mutation2
P34 Ultrasound guided neuraxial anaesthesia: a quality improvement project to improve anaesthetist competence and confidence scanning the lumbar spine2
Serotonin syndrome following spinal anaesthesia for elective caesarean delivery: a case report2
P1 Reducing rates of antenatal anaemia: utilising serum ferritin as an early marker of iron deficiency2
P145 Epidural top-up rates of obesity class three patients at Grange University Hospital2
6300110 Equity in pain management in labour: a service evaluation2
6301939 Mitigation of Entonox emissions, a quality improvement project2
6300082 A service evaluation on regional anaesthetic block testing for caesarean section2
6301355 Implementation of a maternity hospital ROTEM guided transfusion strategy- economic and clinical impact: A pre-post retrospective cohort study2
P.72 Accidental oral administration of Monsel's solution during caesarean delivery2
Editorial Board2
Postpartum sleep quality and physical activity profiles following elective cesarean delivery: a longitudinal prospective cohort pilot study utilizing a wearable actigraphy device2
Use of high-flow nasal oxygen for pregnant women with COVID-19 in the labour ward setting2
P90 Management of a parturient with a “filamin-A mutation”2
P.183 A case of misunderstanding: clinical decision-making bias in a patient presenting with acute kidney injury and deranged liver function tests2
P.42 Unsuccessful conversion of epidural analgesia to epidural anaesthesia in obstetric patients2
Large language models for overcoming language barriers in obstetric anaesthesia: a structured assessment2
P.019 An audit of postpartum neuropathies in The National Maternity Hospital, Dublin2
P.017 A national survey of the availability of Clauss fibrinogen testing in obstetric units across the UK2
P131 Perioperative outcomes in surgical patients with preeclampsia2
P.77 PVL staphylococcus aureus causing necrotising fasciitis post caesarean section - beware atypical septic markers2
O2 Observational study of peripheral skin temperature changes following spinal anaesthesia for caesarean delivery2
P.41 Postnatal depression and risk of chronic postsurgical pain after caesarean section: a secondary analysis of a randomised trial2
P70 Assessment of neuraxial block and management of intraoperative pain in obstetrics2
P151 Factors associated with general anaesthesia in elective caesarean section2
A novel device for sealing dural perforation via an epidural needle: an in vitro evaluation of effectiveness2
Assessing behavioural influences and behavioural changes following Safer Anaesthesia From Education (SAFE) Obstetrics training in Africa and Asia2
6302087 A severe case of puerperal sepsis related AKI2
Career satisfaction in obstetric anesthesia1
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P81 “The road to hell is paved with good intentions”: a first case report of anaphylaxis to tranexamic acid in an obstetric patient1
P65 Testing spinal block for elective caesarean section: is the OAA standard fit for clinical practice?1
Anaesthetic management of obstetric patients with Chiari type I malformation: a retrospective case series and literature review1
P.013 Trends in social media use amongst parturients and maternity staff: A UK survey1
P.100 Learning points from a case of peripartum takotsubo cardiomyopathy for the obstetric anaesthetist1
Quality of recovery after cesarean delivery in patients with Class III obesity: a prospective observational cohort study1
Terminology for abnormally invasive placenta: still confusing1
Patient-reported postoperative pain and stigmatizing language in anesthesia notes: a cross-sectional study (2017–2019)1
Erratum to “A randomized trial to investigate needle redirections/re-insertions using a handheld ultrasound device versus traditional palpation for spinal anesthesia in obese women undergoing cesarean1
P.27 Haemodynamic stability of remifentanil patient-controlled analgesia during labour in parturients with cardiac disease1
Obstetric anaesthesia manpower and service provision issues (introduction and European perspective)1
P.192 Elective caesarean section in a patient with mast cell activation syndrome1
6299225 Caesarean-hysterectomy for placenta accreta in a Jehovah's Witness declining allogeneic blood transfusion1
P116 A review of the use of cell salvage in Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Maternity Unit, Glasgow1
Severity of admission anemia and risk of postpartum hemorrhage: A single-center retrospective cohort study (2024–2025)1
P.192 Anesthetic management of a pregnant patient with carcinoid tumor undergoing cesarean delivery1
P.057 “Desperate to understand what happened”: exploring experiences of maternal critical care1
Contraction-associated maternal heart rate decelerations ameliorated by phenylephrine infusion in a hypovolemic but fluid-restricted patient with pneumonia and pericardial effusion1
Obstetric hemorrhage risk assessment using the maximum allowable blood loss calculation: are we on the right track?1
Factors associated with severe pain during the active phase of pushing despite labor epidural analgesia: a secondary analysis on a prospective cohort study1
Ten plus ten equals twenty: a prospective crossover study evaluating syringe size and speed of epidural injection1
P.87 Anaesthetic management for elective caesarean section in a complex congenitally corrected transposition of great arteries1
P.99 Anaesthetic management of a parturient with advanced cryptogenic liver cirrhosis1
P.71 Gas induction for a severe needle-phobic parturient: are the risks truly understood?1
Mechanical circulatory support as a bridge to delivery in a pregnant patient with dilated cardiomyopathy and acute heart failure: a case report1
Enhanced recovery after cesarean delivery meta-analysis outcomes by race, ethnicity, insurance, and rurality1
P.210 Severe Neurological Complications in Pregnancy: A Case of ADEM1
P.208 Case report of a parturient with a cerebellar hemangioblastoma and acute hydrocephalus related to Von Hippel-Lindau disease1
P.069 Obstetric patients on hybrid closed loop systems during labour and birth: a retrospective cohort study1
P.155 Critical care admission data for obstetric haemorrhage; a tertiary centre retrospective analysis1
P.62 Validating the accuracy of automated data extraction for an obstetric anaesthetic dataset: a single centre quality improvement project1
Artificial intelligence chatbots versus traditional medical resources for patient education on “Labor Epidurals”: an evaluation of accuracy, emotional tone, and readability1
P.169 Maternal hypothermia in obstetric theatres1
Postpartum neurological deficits following neuraxial intervention: a retrospective analysis in a tertiary obstetric centre (2021-2023)1
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