Women with acute respiratory distress syndrome (#ARDS) face disproportionate harm from mechanical #ventilation due to smaller functional lung volumes compared to men.
https://www.bjanaesthesia.org/article/S0007-0912(26)00095-4/fulltext
Are you a leader in Science Communication & Social Media? We are recruiting a Social Media Editor to join the editorial teams at BJA and BJA Open. Deadline for applications 1st July 2026.
More info here:
https://www.bjanaesthesia.org/news-do/call-applications-social-media-editor-2026
Are you attending Euroanaesthesia 2026?
Join our BJA session on videolaryngoscopy, this afternoon at 5pm DELTA-A, chaired by BJA Editor-in-Chief Prof Hugh Hemmings. Register here:
https://ow.ly/z53K50Z5B7l
Highlights from the BJA session at #Euroanaesthesia #EA26
Universal VL in adults & children - the debate is over!
This new observational study found no meaningful relationship between patient-reported hunger and aspiration risk assessed on gastric ultrasound in those with acute abdominal pathology. #openaccess
Explore more here:
https://www.bjaopen.org/article/S2772-6096(26)00035-3/fulltext #OpenAccess
Chiumello et al explore why females are less likely to receive lung protective ventilation in #ARDS leading to higher mortality compared to males in this BJA #Editorial.
https://www.bjanaesthesia.org/article/S0007-0912(26)00096-6/fulltext
This #Meta-analysis looks at ketamine vs alternate induction agents and the haemodynamic stability of different agents during #intubation.
https://www.bjanaesthesia.org/article/S0007-0912(26)00132-7/fulltext
Blue light optimises surgical visualisation but decreases #anaesthetic safety due to impaired recognition of colour-coded drug labels. This #editorial looks at how we can mitigate this risk.
https://www.bjanaesthesia.org/article/S0007-0912(26)00097-8/fulltext
The Safe Brain Initiative’s structured framework integrates real world outcomes with #evidence based protocols to prevent #perioperative neurological harm.
https://www.bjanaesthesia.org/article/S0007-0912(26)00098-X/fulltext
An exploratory analysis of CSF by Wu et al. found correlation between postop changes in IL-6 biomarkers and delirium incidence and severity.
Perhaps a future potential for targeted immunotherapy?
https://www.bjaopen.org/article/S2772-6096(26)00020-1/fulltext
#OpenAccess
