@anaesjournal.bsky.social we aim for (and mainly achieve) a two week turn around for time to first decision.

Happy New Year from all of us at Anaesthesia! Thank you all for your contributions in 2025! We look forward to more wonderful papers, discussions and podcasts in 2026! #AnSky

Oh deer. 🦌

Curiously time is "yonks, jiffies, shakes (of lambs tails), moments (mo's) and "half mo's" (for fine tuning).. (Sparrows farts are used for time from first light or dawns crack) (Warhols are used specifically to refer to fame moments)

Australia is metric and we still say “ a few inches”!

Some very special Christmas CME from @anaesjournal.bsky.social associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

I knew there was a science behind this! Merry Christmas all

A 'full send'! We need to correlate RUDOLPHS in Australasian terminology. 🤣 #MedSky

This looks like it could have been entertaining! I think it needs repeating in other areas of the UK to see if local colloquialisms produce the same results.

I’m guessing these units are different down under @maryannturner.bsky.social @maffygirl.medsky.social @lachiemiles.bsky.social Looking forward to the international replication study. #AnSky

Merry Christmas from all of us here at Anaesthesia! And don't forget to check out the RUDOLPH paper! #AnSky #MedSky doi.org/10.1111/anae...

How do you know how far to reposition your patient!? "Around 6 inches"? "a smidge"? Check out RUDOLPH - Rough Units of Distance in Operating theatre Longitudinal Patient Handling #AnSky

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Let's have a debate! This Delphi study looks at major lower extremity amputation in vascular surgery. Here are the statements that did not achieve strong consensus agreement or disagreement from the UK expert consultant anaesthetists and vascular surgeons. #AnSky #RASky doi.org/10.1111/anae...

Pharmacological approaches to major lower extremity amputations Check out the recommendations from this Delphi consensus study! As always, we'd love to hear your thoughts! #AnSky #pain #MedSky doi.org/10.1111/anae...

Regional anaesthesia and major lower extremity amputations Check out the recommendations from this Delphi consensus study! As always, we'd love to hear your thoughts! #AnSky #RASky doi.org/10.1111/anae...

Mortality was significantly higher in patients with aortic stenosis undergoing non-cardiac surgery than in patients without aortic stenosis. Severe aortic stenosis was associated with a significantly elevated mortality risk. #AnSky doi.org/10.1111/anae...

Peri-operative risk of non-cardiac surgery in patients with aortic stenosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis #AnSky doi.org/10.1111/anae...

Persistent postoperative anaemia and 1-year mortality: re-examining time origin and sample selection – a reply #AnSky #anaemia

Even after adjusting for other factors, having anaemia before surgery increased the chance of dying (~1.6 x higher risk). A big part of the higher risk of death in people with anaemia after heart surgery is connected to needing blood transfusions in the hospital. #AnSky doi.org/10.1111/anae...

Pre-operative anaemia, red blood cell transfusion and mortality after cardiac surgery: a Netherlands Heart Registration mediation analysis #AnSky #MedSky #anaemia doi.org/10.1111/anae...

Pre-operative anaemia, red blood cell transfusion and mortality after cardiac surgery • Patients with pre-op anaemia had higher 120-day postop mortality • Red blood cell transfusion mediated 58.9% of the total effect of pre-op anaemia on 120-day mortality #AnSky #MedSky doi.org/10.1111/anae...

Pre-operative anaemia is an established risk factor for mortality after cardiac surgery. To what extent is this risk mediated by complications related to red blood cell transfusion? #AnSky #HemeSky #MedSky #anaemia doi.org/10.1111/anae...

Well I always prefer to ask less questions…

It is important to know if someone has sleep apnea before they have an anaesthesic. A new checklist called B-APNEIC was created to be more accurate. #AnSky #MedSky doi.org/10.1111/anae...

Tired of spending ages going through the STOP-BANG questionnaire to assess the peri-op risk of obstructive sleep apnoea? Check out the B-APNEIC score - it has only 4 variables: • BMI > 35 kg/m-2 • BP • neck circumference > 40 cm • witnessed breathing interruptions #AnSky

Peri-op rehabilitation in elective cardiac valve surgery "Future studies should also explore the integration of multimodal prehabilitation for high-risk patients, which may improve physiological reserve before surgery & amplify the benefits of postop rehabilitation." #AnSky doi.org/10.1111/anae...

Towards a dedicated quality of recovery scale for regional anaesthesia #AnSky #MedSky #RASky doi.org/10.1111/anae...

Is it time for the development of a dedicated regional anaesthesia quality of recovery tool? Other tools (eg quality of recovery-15 (QoR-15) scale) don't quite capture the unique aspects of recovery following regional anaesthesia. #AnSky #RASky doi.org/10.1111/anae...

Subgroup performance and safety flags in pre-operative machine learning: a reply #AnSky #MedSky #AI

Developments in nitrous oxide capture technologies: bridging current research to clinical applications #AnSky #MedSky #climate

Nitrous oxide capture by the different classes of porous adsorbents. (NB. The partial pressures found in anaesthesia are far lower than industrial scale nitrous oxide capture, where the bulk of literature is focused.) #AnSky #MedSky #climate doi.org/10.1111/anae...

Peri-operative rehabilitation bundles and postoperative pulmonary complications in elective cardiac valve surgery #AnSky #MedSky

Ethical and inclusive challenges of machine learning in anaesthesia #AnSky #MedSky #AI doi.org/10.1111/anae...

Venous thromboembolism risk following surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic #AnSky #covid doi.org/10.1111/anae...

The highest risk of clots happened during the Alpha wave of COVID-19, when about 1 in 100 patients (1.2%) developed a clot. People who caught COVID-19 after surgery were about 4 times more likely to get a blood clot than those who didn't. #AnSky #covid doi.org/10.1111/anae...

SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with an increased risk of venous thromboembolism. Post-operative infection and recent infection increased risk. Unvaccinated patients had the highest risk. A single dose of vaccine had a 20% relative risk reduction. #AnSky

Dexmedetomidine and postoperative cardiac surgical delirium: a reply #AnSky #MedSky doi.org/10.1111/anae...

Pre-hospital central venous lines "The time required to prepare, perform and confirm a central line insertion, particularly in a complex pre-hospital environment, could have a significant impact on outcomes and deserves analysis." #AnSky #MedSky

More sensible, but not as catchy! How about ​"Sustained Trace = Safe Place"?

Arterial lines: is the pulse still strong? Check out this proposed arterial line care bundle! Does this align with best practice at your institution? #AnSky doi.org/10.1111/anae...

Excluding oesophageal intubation: time to adopt "sustained exhaled carbon dioxide" and retire "no trace = wrong place" What do you think? #AnSky

Extreme swings in practice are often erroneous, & it is possible that an all-or-none decision-making process for cricoid force application is one of these errors. Some patients require prophylactic application of cricoid force; some warrant therapeutic application.. #AnSky doi.org/10.1111/anae...

Through what lenses can we discuss philosophical questions applicable to machine learning? Kant's categorical imperative formulations can be mobilised as an ethical framework. #AnSky #AI #MedSky

Should a Modified Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status (TICS-M) be completed pre-operatively to assess cognition? #AnSky #MedSky doi.org/10.1111/anae...

Pre-hospital central venous access for major trauma #AnSky #MedSky doi.org/10.1111/anae...

Incidence of peri-operative peripheral nerve injuries associated with general and regional anaesthesia: an observational study #AnSky #RASky doi.org/10.1111/anae...

The risk of peri-operative peripheral nerve injuries in Victoria is lower than historical estimates and appears to be decreasing with time. The use of administrative databases allows for inclusion of denominator data = more accurate estimate of risk in rare events. #AnSky doi.org/10.1111/anae...

Beyond drug rankings in cardiac surgical delirium prevention #AnSky

Effect of intravenous lidocaine on nociception level-directed management in robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: protocol for a single-centre, factorial-randomised controlled trial (VALINOR study) #AnSky #MedSky #PainSky