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Anaesthetic drugs & techniques

General anaesthesia (volatile, intravenous, TIVA), hypnotics and adjuncts, procedural sedation, neuromuscular blockade and its reversal, depth-of-anaesthesia and processed-EEG monitoring, awareness, emergence and recovery from anaesthesia

CurrentAnesthesia holds 454 Briefs in Anaesthetic drugs & techniques, published since 2022, most often cohort studies and randomised controlled trials; the journals with the most are Br J Anaesth, Anesth Analg and J Clin Monit Comput.

454 Briefs placed here346 more Briefs indexed under this topic as a secondary topic

Briefs in Anaesthetic drugs & techniques

Newest publication first

  1. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand

    Characteristics and Outcomes After General Anaesthesia in Elderly Patients: A Nationwide Cohort Study

    Cohort study

  2. Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med

    Impact of additional tailored Information and music to reduce preoperative anxiety in surgical outpatients: a prospective before-after study

    Cohort study

  3. Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med

    I-gelTM Plus implements higher oropharyngeal leak pressure in the lateral decubitus position than original i-gelTM: a prospective randomized controlled trial

    Randomised controlled trial

  4. Eur J Anaesthesiol

    Development and temporal validation of a simple CT-based body surface landmark approach for optimising central venous catheter tip position in the superior vena cava

    Cohort study

  5. Anesth Analg

    Effect of Sevoflurane, Propofol, and Remifentanil on Hemodynamic Response to Pneumoperitoneum and Laparoscopic Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Randomised controlled trial

  6. Anesth Analg

    Characterization of the Bispectral Index in Healthy Volunteers Receiving Inhalation Anesthetics in Combination With Opioids in a Randomized Trial

    Randomised controlled trial

  7. Br J Anaesth

    Cannabis use and anaesthetic agent dosing in patients undergoing surgery or interventional procedures: a single-centre retrospective cohort study

    Cohort study

  8. Anesthesiology

    Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Sevoflurane Outweigh Those of Carrier Gas and Carbon Dioxide Absorbers across the Fresh Gas Flow Spectrum

    Meta-analysis

  9. Br J Anaesth

    Epidemiology of malignant hyperthermia in the UK from 1988 to 2025: implications for prevalence, mode of inheritance, relative risk associated with RYR1 genotypes, and in vitro contracture test phenotyping

    Research article

  10. Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med

    “The Dual Benefit of TIVA-TCI: A Real-World Analysis of Economic and Environmental Superiority over Inhaled Anaesthesia”

    Cohort study

  11. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth

    High-Frequency Low-Tidal Volume Ventilation and Procedural Efficiency in Atrial Fibrillation Catheter Ablation: A Single-Center Retrospective Study

    Cohort study

  12. Br J Anaesth

    Effects of lidocaine bolus and infusion on neuromonitoring by bispectral index (BIS®), electroencephalogram periodic and aperiodic activity, and Surgical Pleth Index® during propofol–remifentanil anaesthesia: a single-centre prospective observational study

    Cohort study

  13. JAMA

    Total Intravenous vs Volatile Inhalational Anesthesia for Major Noncardiac Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial

    Randomised controlled trial

  14. Anesth Analg

    Postoperative Hoarseness After General Anesthesia Referred for Otolaryngological Consultation: A 10-Year Retrospective Study

    Cohort study

  15. Anesthesiology

    Prospective, randomized comparison of electromyographic neuromuscular responses from the adductor pollicis and abductor digiti minimi muscles during rocuronium-induced neuromuscular block

    Randomised controlled trial

  16. J Clin Monit Comput

    Contact heat evoked potentials as a measure of the analgesic component of anesthesia – a patient study

    Randomised controlled trial

  17. Eur J Anaesthesiol

    Remimazolam versus sevoflurane for general anaesthesia: A meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis of haemodynamic and clinical outcomes

    Meta-analysis

  18. BJA Open

    Sugammadex for preventIoN oF pOst-operative pulmoNary complIcAtions (SINFONIA): protocol for an embedded mixed-methods process evaluation

    Trial design

  19. Int J Obstet Anesth

    Total intravenous anesthesia for open fetal myelomeningocele repair: a case series from a single-center in Peru (2017–2025)

    Cohort study

  20. BJA Open

    Evaluation of the impact of high altitude on pre-hospital anaesthetic administration: a scoping review

    Research article

  21. Anaesthesia

    Impact of propofol‐based vs. volatile‐based anaesthesia on survival and recurrence after cancer surgery: a systematic review and meta‐analysis of randomised trials

    Meta-analysis

  22. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand

    Blood Pressure Targets During General Anaesthesia in High‐Risk Patients—A Randomised Clinical Feasibility Trial

    Randomised controlled trial

  23. Anesth Analg

    The Impact of Quantitative Neuromuscular Monitoring and Sugammadex Reversal on Postoperative Hypoxemia in Obese Patients

    Cohort study

  24. Br J Anaesth

    Consensus guideline from the European Malignant Hyperthermia Group on perioperative management of patients with an inherited primary disorder of skeletal muscle

    Guideline or statement

  25. J Clin Anesth

    Sugammadex aliquot pilot project in adults having elective surgical procedures – A pharmacoeconomic retrospective deidentified chart review to improve quality and cost of anesthesia care

    Cohort study

  26. Eur J Anaesthesiol

    Malignant hyperthermia in France: characteristics of 93 diagnosed patients in one French reference centre: A retrospective data analysis

    Cohort study

  27. Br J Anaesth

    Economic impact of switching to licensed ready-to-administer injectable anaesthetic and critical care medicines in the National Health Service: a model-based evaluation of prefilled syringes

    Research article

  28. Perioper Med (Lond)

    Perioperative intravenous lidocaine plus esketamine and patient-reported recovery after functional endoscopic sinus surgery

    Secondary analysis

  29. J Clin Monit Comput

    Pre-induction nociception indices are associated with post-induction hypotension during general anesthesia in older patients: a prospective observational study

    Cohort study

  30. Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med

    Comparison of supramaximal stimulation current determined by an electromyography-based neuromuscular monitor between obese and non-obese patients: A prospective observational study

    Cohort study

  31. J Intensive Care

    Association of esketamine exposure with secondary sclerosing cholangitis in critically ill patients: a retrospective cohort analysis of 20,000 ICU cases

    Cohort study

  32. Perioper Med (Lond)

    The effect of eating lollipop at early stage of recovery after gastrointestinal endoscopy under procedural sedation: a randomized controlled trial

    Randomised controlled trial

  33. Paediatr Anaesth

    Perianesthetic Complications in Genetic Mitochondrial Disease: A Review of Case Reports

    Meta-analysis

  34. BJA Open

    Patterns of remimazolam use and recovery after procedural sedation and anaesthesia: a multicentre cohort study

    Cohort study

  35. BJA Open

    Sources, impacts, and mechanisms of non-pharmacological artifacts in processed electroencephalography monitoring during anaesthesia and intensive care: A scoping review

    Research article

  36. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth

    Preoperative Ultrasonographic Assessment of Caval-Aortic Index and Inferior Vena Cava Collapsibility Index for Predicting Postinduction Hypotension During General Anesthesia: A Prospective Observational Study

    Diagnostic or prognostic study

  37. Anaesthesia

    Sugammadex vs. neostigmine and the risk of postoperative pulmonary complications after upper gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures: a propensity score matched analysis of 15,730 patients

    Cohort study

  38. J Clin Monit Comput

    Effect of preoperative β-blocker use on Analgesia–Nociception Index during laparoscopic cholecystectomy

    Cohort study

  39. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand

    General Anaesthesia Versus Spinal Anaesthesia for Outpatient Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomised Trial Protocol

    Trial design

  40. Anesth Analg

    Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events After Hip Fracture Surgery with Remimazolam or Propofol Total Intravenous Anesthesia: A Retrospective Cohort Study Emulating a Target Trial

    Cohort study

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