{"title":"Laryngeal mask airway sizes: evaluation of the use of the size 6 LMA","authors":"Katherine McKee , James Turnbull , Anil Patel , Archie I.J. Brain","doi":"10.1016/j.bja.2025.12.024","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bja.2025.12.024","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9250,"journal":{"name":"British journal of anaesthesia","volume":"136 3","pages":"Pages 1044-1045"},"PeriodicalIF":9.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145993082","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-02-28DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2026.01.045
Brian A Williams, Michael S Patzkowski
{"title":"Impact of peripheral nerve blocks on chronic opioid use after elective total knee arthroplasty from a large US claims database: impact of intraoperative opioids. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2025; 134: 1779-83.","authors":"Brian A Williams, Michael S Patzkowski","doi":"10.1016/j.bja.2026.01.045","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2026.01.045","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9250,"journal":{"name":"British journal of anaesthesia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.2,"publicationDate":"2026-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147324152","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-02-28DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2026.01.038
Alexander Zarbock, John A Kellum
{"title":"Impact of propofol or sevoflurane on the renoprotective effect of remote ischaemic preconditioning in cardiac surgery. Response to Br J Anaesth 2026; 136:1098-9.","authors":"Alexander Zarbock, John A Kellum","doi":"10.1016/j.bja.2026.01.038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2026.01.038","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9250,"journal":{"name":"British journal of anaesthesia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.2,"publicationDate":"2026-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147324163","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-02-27DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2026.01.035
Kristen K Thomsen, Matthieu Legrand
The EPITUBE trial compared preventive continuous norepinephrine infusion with reactive ephedrine bolus injections in patients undergoing cardiac surgery during induction of anaesthesia, showing no difference in the incidence of severe postinduction hypotension or postoperative outcomes. However, several design features limited the ability to detect a treatment effect, including rescue ephedrine use in the norepinephrine group, absence of vasopressor use in more than half of control patients, and widespread norepinephrine exposure later in surgery. As a result, the two groups achieved only minimal separation in actual vasopressor exposure. The findings reinforce that preventive norepinephrine infusion is feasible and safe, but further research is needed to determine whether it can improve outcomes in selected surgical populations.
{"title":"Managing postinduction hypotension: the jury is still out.","authors":"Kristen K Thomsen, Matthieu Legrand","doi":"10.1016/j.bja.2026.01.035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2026.01.035","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The EPITUBE trial compared preventive continuous norepinephrine infusion with reactive ephedrine bolus injections in patients undergoing cardiac surgery during induction of anaesthesia, showing no difference in the incidence of severe postinduction hypotension or postoperative outcomes. However, several design features limited the ability to detect a treatment effect, including rescue ephedrine use in the norepinephrine group, absence of vasopressor use in more than half of control patients, and widespread norepinephrine exposure later in surgery. As a result, the two groups achieved only minimal separation in actual vasopressor exposure. The findings reinforce that preventive norepinephrine infusion is feasible and safe, but further research is needed to determine whether it can improve outcomes in selected surgical populations.</p>","PeriodicalId":9250,"journal":{"name":"British journal of anaesthesia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.2,"publicationDate":"2026-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147321355","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-02-27DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2026.02.003
Anja H Schiemann, Sophie M Burling, Remai Allen, Terasa Bulger, Roslyn G Machon, Margaret Perry, Neil Street, Luuk R van den Bersselaar, Kathryn M Stowell
{"title":"Corrigendum to 'Functional analysis of RYR1 variants in Australian and New Zealand patients at risk of susceptibility to malignant hyperthermia' (Br J Anaesth 2026; 136: 323-32).","authors":"Anja H Schiemann, Sophie M Burling, Remai Allen, Terasa Bulger, Roslyn G Machon, Margaret Perry, Neil Street, Luuk R van den Bersselaar, Kathryn M Stowell","doi":"10.1016/j.bja.2026.02.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2026.02.003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9250,"journal":{"name":"British journal of anaesthesia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.2,"publicationDate":"2026-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147321361","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-02-27DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2026.01.043
Christina Vokuhl, Kristen K Thomsen
{"title":"Continuous versus bolus norepinephrine administration and arterial blood pressure stability during induction of general anaesthesia in high-risk noncardiac surgery patients. Response to Br J Anaesth 2026; 136: 425-6.","authors":"Christina Vokuhl, Kristen K Thomsen","doi":"10.1016/j.bja.2026.01.043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2026.01.043","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9250,"journal":{"name":"British journal of anaesthesia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.2,"publicationDate":"2026-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147316212","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-02-27DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2026.01.039
Hao Kong, Hong Zhang
{"title":"qNOX index for quantification of intraoperative nociception and analgesia: limitations to clinical utility. Response to Br J Anaesth 2026; 136: 1057-8.","authors":"Hao Kong, Hong Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.bja.2026.01.039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2026.01.039","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9250,"journal":{"name":"British journal of anaesthesia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.2,"publicationDate":"2026-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147321345","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-02-27DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2026.01.040
Khalif Bouaita, Catherine Neukirch, Simon Aubert, Pascale Roland-Nicaise, Philippe Montravers, Luc de Chaisemartin, Aurélie Gouel-Chéron
{"title":"The aetiology of recurrent perioperative hypersensitivity reactions in a large French cohort.","authors":"Khalif Bouaita, Catherine Neukirch, Simon Aubert, Pascale Roland-Nicaise, Philippe Montravers, Luc de Chaisemartin, Aurélie Gouel-Chéron","doi":"10.1016/j.bja.2026.01.040","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2026.01.040","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9250,"journal":{"name":"British journal of anaesthesia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.2,"publicationDate":"2026-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147321358","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}