Anaesthesia

Article	Citations
Effect of frequency and amplitude of respiratory activity on aerosol emissions	183
Patient blood management – what's the problem with implementation?	169
Analgesia for elective midline laparotomy	105
Aerosol‐generating procedures: research, guidance and implementation	100
Trends and health equity in environmental sustainability publications in major anaesthesia journals	92
Transparency and safety in the independent sector: improving, but must do better	90
Integrating generative artificial intelligence, predictive analytics and human intelligence in peri‐operative care	88
Plastics in anaesthesia and critical care: beyond sustainability	85
Socio‐economic deprivation and functional exercise capacity: a retrospective observational cohort study	73
Optimising management strategies for intrathecal catheters after accidental dural puncture	65
Correction to: Glucagon‐like peptide‐1 receptor agonists: a narrative review of clinical pharmacology and implications for peri‐operative practice	65
Multiple failed intubation attempts in patients with rapid sequence induction are a thing of the past: a reply	61
Prevalence of smoking and postoperative outcomes in people undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting: a UK registry analysis	61
Universal videolaryngoscopy: supporting evidence from real‐world data and recent trials	58
Experiences of patients enrolled and staff involved in the prehabilitation of elective patients undergoing cardiac surgery trial: a nested qualitative study	57
Issue Information – Editorial Board	57
Peri‐operative management of patients with Parkinson’s disease	57
Peri‐operative mental health interventions for surgical oncology patients: a narrative synthesis and meta‐analysis	51
Peri‐operative cardiac arrests in Sweden 2013–2022: data analysis of incidence and trends	50
Anaesthesia for mechanical thrombectomy: a narrative review	48
Reframing the gender equity discussion in anaesthesiology: adopting best practices to promote physician retention and belonging	46
Return to intended oncological therapy following advanced ovarian cancer surgery: a narrative review	44
Global, regional and national burden of opioid use disorders: insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study, 1992–2021	44
Anaesthesia for vascular emergencies – a state of the art review	43
The science of climate change and the effect of anaesthetic gas emissions	42

Volatile capture technology in sustainable anaesthetic practice: a narrative review	41
The COVID ‐19 pandemic and its consequences for chronic pain: a narrative review	40
Tracheal tube introducer‐associated airway trauma: a systematic review	40
Peri‐operative decisions about cardiopulmonary resuscitation among adults as reported to the 7th National Audit Project of the Royal College of Anaesthetists	40
The effect of the type of anaesthesia on long‐term outcomes after cancer resection surgery: a narrative review	38
Pre‐operative dexmedetomidine nasal spray and emergence agitation in adults undergoing ear, nose and throat surgery: a randomised controlled trial	36
Pre‐operative gastric ultrasound in patients at risk of pulmonary aspiration: a prospective observational cohort study	36
Positive end‐expiratory pressure based on body mass index	35
Colorectal cancer surgery: is further research necessary?	34
Pre‐operative analgesia heterogeneity: an underexplored confounder in the long‐term cognitive outcomes of the RAGA trial	34
Intravenous lidocaine with propofol‐based sedation for colonoscopy: a reply	33
Too unfit not to have surgery: is non‐operative care for hip fracture patients a viable option?	33
Does low‐dose ketamine really protect against delirium?	33
Data analysis of the Queensland Difficult Airway Alert Project	33
Comparison of opioid‐free and opioid‐inclusive propofol anaesthesia for thyroid and parathyroid surgery	33
How to engage in social media to get your work published	33
Suture choice when securing central lines: an update in the light of NICE surgical guidance	32
Can lessons be learned from reviewing peri‐operative cardiac arrests?	32
What version of Hell‘s Kitchen?	32
Looking before we leap: treating postoperative anaemia with iron	32
Retention of anaesthetists – a personal reflection from the patient perspective	32
Pre‐operative assessment services and conduct in the West of Scotland region: a trainee research network audit	32
Retained desflurane in decommissioned vaporisers: a national problem?	31
Novel predictors of mortality in emergency bowel surgery: a single‐centre cohort study	31
Does optimisation of heart failure equate to fitness for surgery?	31
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Issue Information – Editorial Board	30
List of Abstracts	30
Ultrasound‐guided fascial plane blocks of the chest wall: a reply	29
Prediction of postoperative pain: are we missing the target?	28
Impact of country of origin on procedure‐specific postoperative pain management ( PROSPECT ) recommendations	28
Anaesthetic management of oncological disease in pregnancy: a narrative review	28
The thirst for improvement: ensuring shorter and safer pre‐operative fasting times in children	27
The association of withholding or continuing angiotensin‐converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin 2 receptor blockers on acute kidney injury after non‐cardiac surgery	27
How to perform and write a trial sequential analysis	27
Improving generalisability: a reply	27
Causes of and risk factors for unplanned readmission in a large cohort of patients undergoing major surgery: a retrospective cohort study	27
Tranexamic acid in total knee arthroplasty	27
Simulated altitude for prehabilitation: alternatives await in less rarified air	27
Interpreting statistical evidence with S values	27
The safety of tranexamic acid administration in total knee arthroplasty: a population‐based study from Taiwan	27
Nocebo language in anaesthetic patient written information	26
Rapid sequence induction: a modern‐day example of Theseus' Paradox?	26
Inhalational anaesthetics: an assessment of agent delivery and capture	26
Efficiency of CONTRAfluran ™ in reducing sevoflurane pollution from maintenance anaesthesia in minimal flow end‐tidal control mode for laparoscopic s	25
Beyond the block: optimising analgesic strategies in laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair	25
Clinical examination may increase but not decrease suspicion of oesophageal intubation	25
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Preventing unrecognised oesophageal intubation: a consensus guideline from the Project for Universal Management of Airways and international airway societies*	24
Effects of anaesthesia and surgery on sleep–wake timing and subjective sleep quality in children: an observational study	24

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The effect of overlapping surgical scheduling on operating theatre productivity: a narrative review	24
Peri‐operative rehabilitation in elective cardiac valve surgery	24
Comparing effects of anaesthetics on occurrence of postoperative delirium and quality of recovery in older surgical patients	24
Issue Information – Editorial Board	23
Rescuing failed direct laryngoscopy in children: one size does not fit all	23
An audit of inhalational anaesthetic agent usage in paediatric anaesthesia	23
Effectiveness of emergency surgery for five common acute conditions: an instrumental variable analysis of a national routine database	23
The role of anaesthetics in cancer outcomes: do we need more clinical trials?	23
Patients' expectations, experience and acceptability of postoperative analgesia: a nested qualitative study within a randomised controlled trial comparing rectus sheath catheter and thoracic epidural	23
Fitter, better, sooner: prehabilitation and clinical outcomes in cardiac surgery	23
Traumatic brain injury, omega‐3 fatty acids, glutathione and ketosis: a reply	23
Effect of anterior quadratus lumborum block on morphine consumption in minimally invasive colorectal surgery	23
Cardiac arrest in vascular surgical patients receiving anaesthetic care: an analysis from the 7th National Audit Project ( NAP7 ) of the Royal Colleg	22
Reducing the carbon footprint of general anaesthesia: a comparison of total intravenous anaesthesia vs. a mixed anaesthetic strategy in 47,157 adult patients	22
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Environmental impact of high‐flow nasal oxygenation	22
Autonomy vs. the environment: nitrous oxide use in obstetrics, an ongoing challenge	22
Patient‐centred outcome measures for oncological surgery: a narrative review	21
Anaesthetists' current practice and perceptions of aerosol‐generating procedures: a mixed‐methods study	21
Postoperative systemic inflammatory dysregulation and corticosteroids: a narrative review	21
Sedation for awake tracheal intubation: A systematic review and network meta‐analysis	20
The VIDIAC score – standard of care for classifying videolaryngoscopy in health records?	20
Epidemiology, patient outcome and complications after non‐operative management of hip fracture: a systematic review	20
Airway management in patients with suspected or confirmed traumatic spinal cord injury: a narrative review of current evidence	20
Correction to: Incidence of 12‐month postoperative cognitive decline following regional vs. general anaesthesia in older patients undergoing hip fracture surgery: follow‐up of the	20
A pilot project to test the feasibility of automated text messaging to collect multi‐day patient‐reported outcomes related to pain interference after total joint arthroplasty in veterans	20
Efficacy and safety of intrathecal diamorphine: a systematic review and meta‐analysis with meta‐regression and trial sequential analysis	20
Issue Information – Editorial Board	19
Lines, curves and diameters: the geometry of videolaryngoscopy adjuncts	19
Postoperative sore throat: a systematic review*	19
Videolaryngoscopy vs. direct laryngoscopy in class 2 and 3 obesity: a systematic review, meta‐analysis and trial sequential analysis of randomised controlled trials*	19
Correction to: Association of Anaesthetists guidelines: the use of blood components and their alternatives	19
Acute peri‐operative neurocognitive disorders: a narrative review	19
Distinguishing prophylactic and therapeutic cricoid force	19
Implementing advance care plans in the peri‐operative period, including plans for cardiopulmonary resuscitation: Association of Anaesthetists clinical practice guideline	19
A comparison of the McGrath videolaryngoscope with direct laryngoscopy for rapid sequence intubation in the operating theatre: a multicentre randomis	19
Direct vs. videolaryngoscopy for tracheal intubation	18
Analgesia nociception index for intra‐operative remifentanil dose and pain after gynaecological laparotomy: a reply	18
Mechanisms underlying neurocognitive dysfunction following critical illness: a systematic review	18
PROSPECT guideline for elective caesarean section: an update	18
Interpreting injectate spread in lumbar erector spinae plane block	18
Artificial intelligence in peri‐operative prediction model research: are we there yet?	18
Ask, and it shall be given you – individual patient data and code availability for randomised controlled trials submitted for publication	18
Broadening the framework of medical futility	18
Trends in greenhouse gas emissions from volatile anaesthetics in 41 countries: 2013–2023	18
Issue Information – Editorial Board	18
Time to surgery as a prehabilitation window: insights from United States Medicare data	18
PROSPECT guideline for elective caesarean section: an update and reply	18
The reasons hypoactive delirium is often overlooked	17
List of Abstracts	17
Incomplete Optiflow™ switching and the potential for confusion	17
Screening of patients at risk of postoperative delirium using specific neuropsychological testing	17
Factors affecting UK anaesthetic trainees' wellbeing and stress: a scoping review	17
Peri‐operative care of transgender and gender‐diverse individuals: guidance for clinicians and departments	16
Association of Anaesthetists guidelines: the use of blood components and their alternatives	16
Recognising oesophageal intubation	16
Surgery in patients aged ≥ 80 years: mortality and recovery in a nationwide cohort study*	16
Single‐use vs. reusable flexible bronchoscopes for airway management and in critical care: a narrative review	16
Best anaesthetic technique for prevention of postoperative cognitive dysfunction in older patients after hip fracture surgery – is the debate over?	16
PROSPECT guideline for elective caesarean section: a reply	16
‘Flextension’: a new term to describe optimal head and neck positioning for airway management	16
Issue Information – Editorial Board	16
PUMA guidelines: a fail‐safe when sustained exhaled carbon dioxide is absent following attempted tracheal intubation	15
Evaluation of the i‐gel® Plus supraglottic airway device in elective surgery: a prospective international multicentre study*	15
Predicting time to asystole following withdrawal of life‐sustaining treatment: a systematic review	15
Study outcome measurements: statistically insignificant or non‐inferior? A reply	15
Dexmedetomidine for cardiac surgery: case closed?	15
High neuraxial block in obstetrics: patient experience is paramount	15
Advanced life support interventions during intra‐operative cardiac arrest among adults as reported to the 7th National Audit Project of the Royal College of Anaesthetists	15
Outcomes in patients with chronic heart failure undergoing non‐cardiac surgery: a secondary analysis of the METREPAIR international cohort study*	15
Study outcome measurements: statistically insignificant or non‐inferior?	14
AC2024 abstracts	14
Pain during caesarean section: whose decision is it?	14
Stress, simulation, and skill retention: addressing gaps in eFONA training models	14
Management of acute cervical spinal cord injury in the non‐specialist intensive care unit: a narrative review of current evidence	14
Issue Information – Editorial Board	14
Thyroid surgery and airway management: ‘goitre’ use videolaryngoscopy	14
Usability comparison scoring of video and direct laryngoscopes	14
Issue Information – Editorial Board	14

Improving generalisability	13
Issue Information – Editorial Board	13
Anaesthesia associates and scope of practice: saying the unsayable	13
The cost of inadequate trauma training	13
Beyond the ‘black box’: choosing interpretable machine learning models for predicting postoperative opioid trends	13
Penicillin allergy risk stratification tool for use by non‐allergists in the peri‐operative setting: an agreement study and qualitative process evaluation	13
Clinical signs and examination during intubation: we will continue to use and teach them	13
Have we undone the good work of the last decade with one small slip? A reply	13
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Intravenous esketamine for the prevention of emergence delirium and negative behavioural changes after paediatric adenotonsillectomy: a randomised controlled trial	13
Breaking barriers: achieving equitable access to postoperative critical care	12
Deep‐learning model associating lateral cervical radiographic features with Cormack–Lehane grade 3 or 4 glottic view	12
Viscoelastic haemostatic point‐of‐care assays in the management of postpartum haemorrhage: a narrative review	12
Issue Information	12
Ethnic disparities in obstetric anaesthesia care in England: parallels and paradoxes with care in the USA	12
Effect of ventilation mode on postoperative pulmonary complications following lung resection surgery: a randomised controlled trial	12
Turning baby steps into big leaps: shifting paradigms in fast‐track joint replacement surgery	12
Provision of peri‐operative patient blood management strategies in the UK : a national survey of practice	12
Train the rescuers	12
Impact of honey on post‐tonsillectomy pain in children ( BEE PAIN FREE Trial): a multicentre, double‐blind, randomised controlled trial*	12
Peri‐operative tobacco cessation interventions: a systematic review and meta‐analysis	12
Non‐anaemic iron deficiency: good news, bad news or no news at all?	12
Harm during airway management by anaesthetists: its absence in randomised controlled trials does not mean it does not exist	12
Toxic leadership: when culture sabotages clinical excellence	11
Refining evidence on motor‐sparing regional analgesia for hip arthroplasty: a reply	11
Carbon footprint of total intravenous anaesthesia vs. inhalational sevoflurane anaesthesia in adults	11
Sarcopenia: it is time to attach more importance to this stealth killer in patients who are critically ill	11
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Novel biological risk factors for 7‐day postoperative kidney injury in elective major non‐cardiac surgery: a retrospective observational study	11
Intrathecal catheter placement after inadvertent dural puncture in the obstetric population: management for labour and operative delivery. Guidelines from the Obstetric Anaesthetists' Association	11
Peri‐operative rehabilitation bundles and postoperative pulmonary complications in elective cardiac valve surgery	11
Preserving sleep in paediatric peri‐operative care	11
Interference between processed electroencephalograph and neuromuscular blockade monitoring	11
Out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest: pathways for extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the United Kingdom	11
Private equity consolidation in anaesthesiology: trends and sector‐specific investment patterns from 2006 to 2024	11
The central limit theorem: the remarkable theory that explains all of statistics	11
Incidence of postoperative delirium and quality of recovery in older patients undergoing gastrectomy under general anaesthesia with remimazolam vs. propofol: a randomised non‐inferiority study	11
Comparing the pericapsular nerve group block and fascia iliaca block for acute pain management in patients with hip fracture	11
NAP7 – something for everyone	11
List of Abstracts	11
Artificial intelligence in anaesthesia: shaping the future of workforce and wellbeing	11
Choice of local anaesthetic for epidural extension in caesarean section: is lidocaine plus bicarbonate the optimal solution?	10
Issue Information – Editorial Board	10
Functional capacity, frailty and the future of peri‐operative risk stratification: a reply	10
Recent studies on racial disparities in obstetric care in the USA	10
The challenges of defining right ventricular dysfunction in critical illness	10
Redefining risk in peri‐operative frailty: towards routine frailty assessment and a whole pathway approach	10
Rapid sequence induction with total intravenous anaesthesia	10
Immunotherapy on ICU : a narrative review	10
Finding the undiagnosed: should we screen for diabetes pre‐operatively?	10
Mandatory training for rare anaesthetic events – a philosophical view	10
Gastric point‐of‐care ultrasound in the GLP‐1 receptor agonist era: clinical impact and competency	10
Cricoid force: therapeutic, prophylactic or routine	10
Addressing human factors is crucial to preventing unrecognised oesophageal intubation	10
Not all tracheal tube introducers are created equal	10
Clarifying the role of fibrinogen concentrate in major haemorrhage: a reply	10
The videolaryngoscopy vs. direct laryngoscopy debate: a wider‐angled view	10
Ancillary tests to support the diagnosis of death using neurological criteria: certainty in uncertain times?	10
A qualitative exploration of stressors in anaesthesia training in the UK and mechanisms to improve resident wellbeing	10
Regional analgesia following caesarean section: second thoughts	10
Interpreting statistical evidence with S values: an illustration with trials of goal‐directed haemodynamic therapy	9
Analysing the obesity paradox? Mind the adiposity distribution!	9
Cardiac arrest in obstetric patients receiving anaesthetic care: results from the 7th National Audit Project of the Royal College of Anaesthetists	9
Age, ASA physical status and surgical outcomes: insights from a nationwide cohort study	9
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Frailty and emergency surgery: identification and evidence‐based care for vulnerable older adults	9
From bending to standing upright: augmented reality technology: a new trend in laryngoscopy?	9
The use of cerebral computed tomographic angiography as an ancillary investigation to support a clinical diagnosis of death using neurological criteria: a consensus guideline	9
Association of ventilation volumes, pressures and rates with the mechanical power of ventilation in patients without acute respiratory distress syndrome: exploring the impact of rate reduction	9
Elective peri‐operative management of adults taking glucagon‐like peptide‐1 receptor agonists, glucose‐dependent insulinotropic peptide agonists and sodium‐glucose cotransporter‐2 inhibitors: a multid	9
List of Abstracts	9
Enhanced peri‐operative care to improve outcomes for high‐risk surgical patients in Brazil: a single‐centre before‐and‐after cohort study	9
Management of status epilepticus: a narrative review	9
Enhancing emergency front‐of‐neck airway training: a mixed methods study on the impact of external noise and startle stressors	9
Postoperative systemic inflammation after major abdominal surgery: patient‐centred outcomes	9
The fewer the better or the more the merrier? The challenges of large research collaborations	9
Evaluation of five static or dynamic tracheal tube introducers during standard and difficult intubations with C‐ MAC ®	9
Regional anaesthesia research priorities: a Regional Anaesthesia UK ( RA ‐	9
Environmental risk assessment of propofol in wastewater: a narrative review of regulatory guidelines	9
Improving tracheal intubation outcomes requires deeper analysis of the three axes of tracheal tube orientation	9
Risk factors for complications after emergency surgery for paediatric appendicitis: a national prospective observational cohort study	9
More on deaths from unrecognised oesophageal intubation	9
Opioid analgesic effects on subjective well‐being in the operating theatre*	9
Videolaryngoscopy, oesophageal intubation and uncertainty: lessons from Cochrane	9
Dosing optimisation of intravenous lidocaine in patients with class 1–3 obesity by population pharmacokinetic analysis	8
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Associations between pre‐operative iron deficiency and postoperative infection in patients undergoing major surgery ( CARIPO ): a prospective observa	8
Prevalence of pre‐operative anaemia in surgical patients: a retrospective, observational, multicentre study in Germany	8
Peri‐operative rehabilitation bundles and postoperative pulmonary complications in elective cardiac valve surgery: a reply	8
Hospital‐level flow measurement to detect nitrous oxide leakage	8
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Peri‐operative Replacement of Exogenous Steroids ( PREdS ): a national audit of current peri‐operative prescribing for patients taking therapeutic st	8
Risk factors for persistent pain after breast cancer surgery: a multicentre prospective cohort study	8
Mental health and disordered eating in childhood and adolescence: increasing core business in anaesthesia	8
Aerosol generation with the use of positive pressure ventilation via supraglottic airway devices: an observational study	8