British Journal of Anaesthesia

Papers
(The H4-Index of British Journal of Anaesthesia is 47. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
Continuous vital signs monitors: a replacement for traditional vital signs?271
Mandatory vaccination of National Health Service staff against COVID-19: more harm than good?184
Impact of misdiagnosis in acute type A aortic dissection in a tertiary referral centre179
Is artificial intelligence ready to solve mechanical ventilation? Computer says blow138
Variations in operating room staff compliance with mandatory daily electronic COVID-19 symptom screening136
Persistent postoperative prescribing of opioids: a warning from the west? Comment on Br J Anaesth 2021; 126: 1192–9125
Anaesthesia drugs, SARS-CoV-2, and the sigma-1 receptor: a complex affair. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2021; 127: e32–4125
Dexmedetomidine does not directly inhibit neutrophil extracellular trap production102
Corrigendum to ‘Family supplemented patient monitoring after surgery (SMARTER): a pilot stepped-wedge cluster-randomised trial’ (Br J Anaesth 2024; 133: 846–52)95
Editorial Board95
Opioid use in treated and untreated obstructive sleep apnoea: remifentanil pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics in adult volunteers94
Sublingual ketamine for acute postoperative pain: an emerging addition to multimodal analgesia86
Implementing sustainable anaesthesia: challenges and opportunities in education86
Interleukin-1 receptor antagonist polymorphisms in women receiving epidural analgesia who develop maternal intrapartum fever: a prospective, multicentre Mendelian randomised study84
Under-dosing and over-dosing of neuromuscular blocking drugs and reversal agents. Response to Br J Anaesth 2024; 132: 461–584
Procedural sedation competencies: a review and multidisciplinary international consensus statement on knowledge, skills, training, and credentialing83
Contents73
Assessment of a splitter for protective dual-patient ventilation in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome71
Adverse outcomes after surgery after a cerebrovascular accident or acute coronary syndrome: a retrospective observational cohort study71
Patient-maintained versus anaesthetist-controlled propofol sedation during elective primary lower-limb arthroplasty performed under spinal anaesthesia: a randomised controlled trial70
Perioperative management of obstructive sleep apnoea: limitations of current guidelines68
Micro-research: opening the innovation door to anaesthesiologists and anaesthesia nurses in China66
Effect of intrathecal NIS-lncRNA antisense oligonucleotides on neuropathic pain caused by nerve trauma, chemotherapy, or diabetes mellitus65
Does titration of anaesthesia using population-derived EEG indices overdose older patients?64
The nonopioid cholinergic agonist GTS-21 mitigates morphine-induced aggravation of burn injury pain together with inhibition of spinal microglia activation in young rats62
Preoperative estimated glomerular filtration rate to predict cardiac events in major noncardiac surgery. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2025; 134: 297–30761
Direct inhibition of cystathionine-β-synthase by isoflurane contributes to delayed neurocognitive recovery after isoflurane general anaesthesia in mice61
Development and internal validation of the patient satisfaction questionnaire: Perception of Quality in Anaesthesia (PQA)-1058
Analgosedation in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a retrospective UK cohort study57
Association of patient-reported ethnicity on risk of postpartum haemorrhage56
Effect of Hypotension Prediction Index-guided intraoperative haemodynamic care on depth and duration of postoperative hypotension: a sub-study of the Hypotension Prediction trial56
Lung protective ventilation compared with conventional ventilation strategy reduces postoperative pulmonary complications in patients undergoing major noncardiac surgery: a systematic review and meta-56
The evolution of methods to estimate the rate of medication error in anaesthesia55
Informed consent: do we have an obligation to double check?55
There is (probably) no (meaningful) difference in (most) outcomes between ‘spinal' and ‘general' anaesthesia for hip fracture surgery: time to move forward54
Tracheal intubation of neonates and infants: advocating rapid adoption of routine videolaryngoscopy in teaching operating theatres54
Checking in on residents who commenced anaesthesia training during the COVID-19 pandemic to mitigate mental health impacts of their experience54
Clinical hypnosis: implications in anaesthesia and perioperative care54
Use of electrical stimulation to confirm the erector spinae plane. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2024; 133: 214–653
Multicentre analysis of severe perioperative adverse events in children undergoing surgery who were infected with SARS-CoV-2: a propensity score-adjusted analysis50
Use of cell salvage in obstetrics in Germany: analysis of national database of 305 610 cases with peripartum haemorrhage49
Long-term evidence of neonatal anaesthesia neurotoxicity linked to behavioural phenotypes in monkeys: where do we go from here?49
Variation in postoperative pain management after lung surgery in the Netherlands: a survey of Dutch thoracic surgeons49
The need for data describing the surgical population in Latin America49
Perioperative polygenic and APOE-based genetic risk assessment for neurocognitive disorders: a biobank study48
From pain intensity to a holistic composite measure for spinal cord stimulation outcomes47
Perioperative management of long-acting glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2024; 132: 644–847
The role of non-physician providers of anaesthesia: a systematic review47
Effect of a repeated verbal reminder of orientation on emergence agitation after general anaesthesia for minimally invasive abdominal surgery: a randomised controlled trial47
Norepinephrine versus phenylephrine for treating hypotension during general anaesthesia in adult patients undergoing major noncardiac surgery: a multicentre, open-label, cluster-randomised, crossover,47
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