BJA: British Journal of Anaesthesia

Current Issue

Volume 119 Issue 2 August 2017

Impact Factor

6.238

5 year Impact Factor

6.235

Editor-in-Chief
Hugh C. Hemmings

Postoperative delirium in elderly patients is associated with subsequent cognitive impairment

Delirium is a neurobehavioural syndrome caused by dysregulated neuronal activity attributable to systemic disturbances that presents clinically with acute confusion, inattention, disorganized thinking, and fluctuating mental status.

RCoA 25 year Anniversary

The BJA wishes to make a contribution to the 25th Anniversary celebrations of the RCoA, and plans to publish a special online issue, read more.

To mark the anniversary the Editors-in-Chief of the British Journal of Anaesthesia and BJA Education have prepared a special collection of articles, read the collection.

Impact Factor announced

The British Journal of Anaesthesia's Impact Factor has risen to 6.238; the journal continues to rank 1st in the Anesthesiology category.
Read Editor-in-Chief Hugh C. Hemmings comments around the new Impact Factor, as well as accessing the most highly cited articles which contributed to this increase.

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Special Issues from the BJA

Browse special issues and sections from the British Journal of Anaesthesia dating back to 1979, on areas including Memory and Awareness in Anaesthesia, Airway Management, and issues from the PGA.

Read the most recent special section on Perioperative Delirium.

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MAA10 Special Issue

We are currently running a Call for Papers for a special issue around MAA10 conference on Memory and Awareness in Anaesthesia. Browse our last special issue from this conference to see what topics were covered.For detailed guidance on submission please view our Instructions to Authors page.

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Latest articles

Assessment of dynamic variables of fluid responsiveness to predict desufflation-induced hypotension during paediatric laparoscopic surgery

The ACTA PORT-score for predicting perioperative risk of blood transfusion for adult cardiac surgery

In This Issue

How powerful is failure to rescue as a global metric? Not as powerful as a commitment to measurement

Post-anaesthesia care unit delirium: incidence, risk factors and associated adverse outcomes

Editor's Choice

Paediatric emergence delirium: a comprehensive review and interpretation of the literature

Anaesthesia and epilepsy

II. Prevention of opioid-induced hyperalgesia in surgical patients: does it really matter?

Sepsis and the heart

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Decisions, decisions, decisions...

In anaesthesia, one of the most fundamental decisions we take is whether or not to anaesthetise someone, something that can be relatively simple or profoundly complex given the circumstances. In this podcast we talk with lead author Paul Greig about his interesting and thought-provoking work looking at risk tolerance in anaesthetists.

May 2017 || Volume 18 - Issue 5 || 45 Minutes

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The Art of Sedation

Sedation practice, in contrast to anaesthesia, is highly variable with regard to the persons performing, the methods employed and some would argue the success attained. Professor Rob Sneyd joins us for this podcast to give his views on this study and the practical conduct of sedation practice in hospitals, discussing some of the potential causes of morbidity and mortality.

January 2017 || Volume 118 - Issue 1 || 34 Minutes

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When Size Really Does Matter

The continual and often flagrant misuse of statistics within various sectors of society is something with which we are all familiar. In this podcast we welcome back Neville Gibbs, to help clear up some common misconceptions and introduce us to the ‘Effect Size Ratio’.

September 2016 || Volume 117 - Issue 3 || 28 Minutes

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BJA Journals by numbers

Discover the reach and impact of the BJA Journals. Read a selection of top cited articles and browse the interactive infographic.

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BJA e-Letters

With the launch of Oxford Academic, the BJA are putting in place new processes for submission and display of content previously known as eLetters and Out of the Blue eLetters.

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