British Journal of Anaesthesia

Papers
(The H4-Index of British Journal of Anaesthesia is 46. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Continuous vital signs monitors: a replacement for traditional vital signs?250
Mandatory vaccination of National Health Service staff against COVID-19: more harm than good?165
Impact of misdiagnosis in acute type A aortic dissection in a tertiary referral centre157
Preparing for mass casualty events despite COVID-19121
Is artificial intelligence ready to solve mechanical ventilation? Computer says blow120
Variations in operating room staff compliance with mandatory daily electronic COVID-19 symptom screening117
The road to Net Zero: incorporating virtual reality technology to reduce the carbon footprint of medical training115
Editorial Board102
Anaesthesia drugs, SARS-CoV-2, and the sigma-1 receptor: a complex affair. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2021; 127: e32–490
Long-term evidence of neonatal anaesthesia neurotoxicity linked to behavioural phenotypes in monkeys: where do we go from here?89
Persistent postoperative prescribing of opioids: a warning from the west? Comment on Br J Anaesth 2021; 126: 1192–989
Micro-research: opening the innovation door to anaesthesiologists and anaesthesia nurses in China87
Dexmedetomidine does not directly inhibit neutrophil extracellular trap production86
Patient-maintained versus anaesthetist-controlled propofol sedation during elective primary lower-limb arthroplasty performed under spinal anaesthesia: a randomised controlled trial83
Editorial Board81
Corrigendum to ‘Family supplemented patient monitoring after surgery (SMARTER): a pilot stepped-wedge cluster-randomised trial’ (Br J Anaesth 2024; 133: 846–52)80
Opioid use in treated and untreated obstructive sleep apnoea: remifentanil pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics in adult volunteers77
Association of patient-reported ethnicity on risk of postpartum haemorrhage77
Lung protective ventilation compared with conventional ventilation strategy reduces postoperative pulmonary complications in patients undergoing major noncardiac surgery: a systematic review and meta-77
Contents76
Adverse outcomes after surgery after a cerebrovascular accident or acute coronary syndrome: a retrospective observational cohort study73
Assessment of a splitter for protective dual-patient ventilation in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome73
Effect of intrathecal NIS-lncRNA antisense oligonucleotides on neuropathic pain caused by nerve trauma, chemotherapy, or diabetes mellitus66
Associations of form and function of speaking up in anaesthesia: a prospective observational study66
DALES, Drug Allergy Labels in Elective Surgical patients: a prospective, multicentre cross-sectional study of prevalence, nature and anaesthetists’ approach to management65
Does titration of anaesthesia using population-derived EEG indices overdose older patients?64
Effect of Hypotension Prediction Index-guided intraoperative haemodynamic care on depth and duration of postoperative hypotension: a sub-study of the Hypotension Prediction trial62
Validity evidence for the Anesthesia Clinical Encounter Assessment (ACEA) tool to support competency-based medical education59
The evolution of methods to estimate the rate of medication error in anaesthesia56
Implications for perioperative practice of changes in guidelines on the management of hypertension: challenges and opportunities56
Use of cell salvage in obstetrics in Germany: analysis of national database of 305 610 cases with peripartum haemorrhage55
Opioid-free versus opioid-sparing anaesthesia in ambulatory total hip arthroplasty: a randomised controlled trial55
Informed consent: do we have an obligation to double check?53
Checking in on residents who commenced anaesthesia training during the COVID-19 pandemic to mitigate mental health impacts of their experience53
Persistent inflammation, immunosuppression, and catabolism syndrome (PICS): a review of definitions, potential therapies, and research priorities53
Norepinephrine versus phenylephrine for treating hypotension during general anaesthesia in adult patients undergoing major noncardiac surgery: a multicentre, open-label, cluster-randomised, crossover,53
There is (probably) no (meaningful) difference in (most) outcomes between ‘spinal' and ‘general' anaesthesia for hip fracture surgery: time to move forward52
Clinical hypnosis: implications in anaesthesia and perioperative care51
Perioperative management of obstructive sleep apnoea: limitations of current guidelines51
Tracheal intubation of neonates and infants: advocating rapid adoption of routine videolaryngoscopy in teaching operating theatres50
The nonopioid cholinergic agonist GTS-21 mitigates morphine-induced aggravation of burn injury pain together with inhibition of spinal microglia activation in young rats49
Variation in postoperative pain management after lung surgery in the Netherlands: a survey of Dutch thoracic surgeons49
Use of electrical stimulation to confirm the erector spinae plane. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2024; 133: 214–649
Reversal of neuromuscular block with sugammadex compared with neostigmine and postoperative pulmonary complications in obese patients: meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis48
Critical airway-related incidents and near misses in anaesthesia: a qualitative study of a critical incident reporting system47
Multicentre analysis of severe perioperative adverse events in children undergoing surgery who were infected with SARS-CoV-2: a propensity score-adjusted analysis46
The central nervous system during lung injury and mechanical ventilation: a narrative review46
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