AnaesthesiaPub Date : 2025-05-27DOI: 10.1111/anae.16632
Benjamin Dallyn, Ronan Hanratty, Matthew Hillier, Matthew Ainsworth, Jan Hansel, Tim M. Cook
{"title":"Evaluation of five static or dynamic tracheal tube introducers during standard and difficult intubations with C-MAC® D-blade videolaryngoscopy in a manikin*","authors":"Benjamin Dallyn, Ronan Hanratty, Matthew Hillier, Matthew Ainsworth, Jan Hansel, Tim M. Cook","doi":"10.1111/anae.16632","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.16632","url":null,"abstract":"Tracheal tube introducers facilitate tracheal intubation and include stylets and static/dynamic bougies. There is uncertainty over the most efficacious introducer with hyperangulated videolaryngoscopy.","PeriodicalId":7742,"journal":{"name":"Anaesthesia","volume":"239 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144153530","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}
AnaesthesiaPub Date : 2025-05-27DOI: 10.1111/anae.16644
Angeline Price, Lyndsay Pearce, Jane Griffiths, Jonathan Smith, Louise Tomkow, Peter Martin
{"title":"Estimating the effect of frailty on longer-term survival following emergency laparotomy: an observational study using National Emergency Laparotomy Audit data*","authors":"Angeline Price, Lyndsay Pearce, Jane Griffiths, Jonathan Smith, Louise Tomkow, Peter Martin","doi":"10.1111/anae.16644","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.16644","url":null,"abstract":"Approximately 30,000 emergency laparotomies are performed each year across the UK. Over half are in patients aged ≥ 65 y, with a third of this group living with frailty. The association between frailty and 90-day mortality following surgery is well documented, but the longer-term mortality risk has been studied less extensively, despite clear implications for person-centred care. This study aimed to estimate the influence of frailty on both short- (≤ 90 days) and longer-term (> 90 days) mortality following emergency laparotomy.","PeriodicalId":7742,"journal":{"name":"Anaesthesia","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144153489","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}
AnaesthesiaPub Date : 2025-05-26DOI: 10.1111/anae.16649
Mark J. W. McPhail
{"title":"Is it time to open the doors of the intensive care unit further for patients with alcohol‐related liver disease?","authors":"Mark J. W. McPhail","doi":"10.1111/anae.16649","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.16649","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7742,"journal":{"name":"Anaesthesia","volume":"46 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144136739","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}
AnaesthesiaPub Date : 2025-05-26DOI: 10.1111/anae.16636
Craig Lyons, Matthew D. Wiles
{"title":"Rapid sequence induction: a modern‐day example of Theseus' Paradox?","authors":"Craig Lyons, Matthew D. Wiles","doi":"10.1111/anae.16636","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.16636","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7742,"journal":{"name":"Anaesthesia","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144136738","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}
AnaesthesiaPub Date : 2025-05-25DOI: 10.1111/anae.16643
Manuel Taboada, Jorge Fernández, María Bermúdez, Ana Estany-Gestal, Nieves Molins, María de los Ángeles Orallo, Eva Mosquera, Marcos Amor, Cora Díaz, Paula Mirón, Laura Dos Santos, Rosa Soto-Jove, María Concepción Alonso, Juan José Amate, Sergio Varela, Cristina Taboada, Jorge Miguel Alcántara, Teresa Seoane-Pillado
{"title":"Universal videolaryngoscopy for tracheal intubation in the operating theatre: A prospective non-randomised clinical trial","authors":"Manuel Taboada, Jorge Fernández, María Bermúdez, Ana Estany-Gestal, Nieves Molins, María de los Ángeles Orallo, Eva Mosquera, Marcos Amor, Cora Díaz, Paula Mirón, Laura Dos Santos, Rosa Soto-Jove, María Concepción Alonso, Juan José Amate, Sergio Varela, Cristina Taboada, Jorge Miguel Alcántara, Teresa Seoane-Pillado","doi":"10.1111/anae.16643","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.16643","url":null,"abstract":"Multiple trials have shown the advantages of videolaryngoscopy over direct laryngoscopy for tracheal intubation in the operating theatre. However, the effectiveness of universal videolaryngoscopy in real-world operating theatre settings remains uncertain.","PeriodicalId":7742,"journal":{"name":"Anaesthesia","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144136975","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}
AnaesthesiaPub Date : 2025-05-22DOI: 10.1111/anae.16624
Helen Lin,Craig Lyons,Kar-Binh Ong,Richard Lin
{"title":"Combined videolaryngoscopy and flexible bronchoscopy for difficult tracheal intubation in children: a retrospective observational cohort study.","authors":"Helen Lin,Craig Lyons,Kar-Binh Ong,Richard Lin","doi":"10.1111/anae.16624","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.16624","url":null,"abstract":"INTRODUCTIONChildren with difficult airways are at high risk of complications. Alternative techniques to direct laryngoscopy for tracheal intubation include videolaryngoscopy, flexible bronchoscopy and the hybrid technique of simultaneous videolaryngoscopy and flexible bronchoscopy. This analysis aimed to compare the first-attempt success of each technique and assess the complications associated with difficult paediatric intubations in a quaternary paediatric institution.METHODSThe electronic health records of a single quaternary paediatric hospital were searched to identify anaesthesia encounters involving difficult paediatric intubation. This was defined either by the Pediatric Difficult Intubation Registry criteria or as tracheal intubation requiring ≥ 3 attempts. Primary outcomes were the first-attempt success rate and incidence of complications with each tracheal intubation technique.RESULTSFrom April 2019 to January 2024, 559 encounters involving difficult tracheal intubation were identified. First-attempt success was highest for the hybrid technique (70/94, 74.5%) compared with videolaryngoscopy (143/235, 60.9%, p = 0.020) or direct laryngoscopy (19/190, 10.0%, p < 0.001). The hybrid technique was used to rescue 19/27 (70.4%) encounters where videolaryngoscopy alone was unsuccessful and was successful in all these encounters. Eighty-six (15.4%) encounters had at least one complication. The complication rate was significantly higher for patients weighing < 10 kg (45/184, 24.5%) compared with those weighing ≥ 10 kg (41/375, 10.9%, p < 0.001). The hybrid technique was associated with a lower incidence of complications (5/94, 5.3%) compared with videolaryngoscopy (33/235, 14.0%, p = 0.025) or direct laryngoscopy (41/190, 21.6%, p < 0.001).DISCUSSIONIn children with difficult tracheal intubation, the hybrid technique was associated with a higher first-attempt success rate compared with videolaryngoscopy alone or direct laryngoscopy. Consideration should be given to the hybrid technique as a first-line approach when difficult tracheal intubation is anticipated and when there is a failed attempt with either direct laryngoscopy or videolaryngoscopy.","PeriodicalId":7742,"journal":{"name":"Anaesthesia","volume":"136 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144114262","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}
AnaesthesiaPub Date : 2025-05-22DOI: 10.1111/anae.16645
Andreas C Themistocleous,Wenqianglong Li
{"title":"The double-edged scalpel: genome-wide association studies and chronic postsurgical pain.","authors":"Andreas C Themistocleous,Wenqianglong Li","doi":"10.1111/anae.16645","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.16645","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7742,"journal":{"name":"Anaesthesia","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144114261","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}
AnaesthesiaPub Date : 2025-05-22DOI: 10.1111/anae.16646
Lachlan F Miles
{"title":"Looking before we leap: treating postoperative anaemia with iron.","authors":"Lachlan F Miles","doi":"10.1111/anae.16646","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.16646","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7742,"journal":{"name":"Anaesthesia","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144114260","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}
AnaesthesiaPub Date : 2025-05-14DOI: 10.1111/anae.16631
Manuel Taboada,
{"title":"Stylet vs. flexible-tip bougie: interpreting intubation outcomes with hyperangulated videolaryngoscopy in the ICU.","authors":"Manuel Taboada,","doi":"10.1111/anae.16631","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.16631","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7742,"journal":{"name":"Anaesthesia","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143982459","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}
AnaesthesiaPub Date : 2025-05-12DOI: 10.1111/anae.16620
Thomas Godet,Charlotte Wajew,Morgane Fabrizi,Clément Monet,Yvan Pouzeratte,Mathilde Lapeyre,Samuel Adelou,Bruno Pereira,Marc Garnier,Gérald Chanques,Matthieu Jabaudon,Emmanuel Futier,Samir Jaber,Audrey De Jong
{"title":"Impact of tracheal extubation location after surgical procedures on peri-operative times: a prospective dual-centre observational study.","authors":"Thomas Godet,Charlotte Wajew,Morgane Fabrizi,Clément Monet,Yvan Pouzeratte,Mathilde Lapeyre,Samuel Adelou,Bruno Pereira,Marc Garnier,Gérald Chanques,Matthieu Jabaudon,Emmanuel Futier,Samir Jaber,Audrey De Jong","doi":"10.1111/anae.16620","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.16620","url":null,"abstract":"INTRODUCTIONExtubation of the trachea in the operating theatre may increase the time spent there. Conversely, tracheal extubation in the post-anaesthesia care unit may prolong the duration of anaesthesia and increase the incidence of complications. Our primary objective was to quantify the additional occupancy time associated with tracheal extubation in the operating theatre compared with the post-anaesthesia care unit. Secondary objectives were to assess the incidence of complications after tracheal extubation, including the need for ventilatory support.METHODSThis was a prospective dual-centre observational cohort study of patients whose tracheas were intubated for surgery in the operating theatre of two university hospitals. The primary endpoint was operating theatre occupancy time between the end of surgical procedure and discharge from the operating theatre.RESULTSIn total, 756 patients were included, and 494 (65.3%) tracheal extubations occurred in the operating theatre. Room occupancy time was increased by 7 min (95%CI 5-8 min, p = 0.001) when tracheal extubation was performed in the operating theatre compared with the post-anaesthesia care unit. After adjustment by matched or weighted propensity score, this time increased to 8 min (95%CI 6-10 min, p = 0.001) and 8 min (95%CI 6-9 min, p = 0.001), respectively. Desaturation after tracheal extubation (20.9% vs. 36.3%, p < 0.001) and arterial hypotension (0.6% vs. 3.1%, p = 0.019) were less frequent when tracheal extubation took place in the operating theatre.DISCUSSIONTracheal extubation in the operating theatre is associated with an increase in theatre occupancy of < 8 min and a lower incidence of postoperative respiratory and cardiovascular complications.","PeriodicalId":7742,"journal":{"name":"Anaesthesia","volume":"125 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143932777","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}