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Ultrasound and anesthesia
Guest Edited by Daniele Guerino Biasucci, Alessandro De Cassai, Spadaro Savino and Luigi Vetrugno.
Post-operative pain control
Guest Edited by Aboud AlJa'bari, Lalit Gupta, Mihai Popescu and Giustino Varrassi.
Anesthesia and cognitive impairment
Guest Edited by Sarah Saxena and Gaetano Scaramuzzo.
Editors' picks
Articles
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Prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting after orthognathic surgery: a scoping review
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The value of local dexmedetomidine as an adjuvant to ultrasound-guided wide awake local anesthesia no tourniquet (WALANT) in flexor tendon repair surgeries: a randomized controlled trial
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Accelerated lymph flow from infusion of crystalloid fluid during general anesthesia
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Effect of pretreatment with a small dose of esketamine on sufentanil-induced cough during anesthesia induction: a randomized controlled trial
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Comparison of analgesic effect of oxycodone and morphine on patients with moderate and advanced cancer pain: a meta-analysis
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Endotracheal tube cuff pressure in three hospitals, and the volume required to produce an appropriate cuff pressure
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Is tracheostomy a better choice than translaryngeal intubation for critically ill patients requiring mechanical ventilation for more than 14 days? A comparison of short-term outcomes
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Head CT is of limited diagnostic value in critically ill patients who remain unresponsive after discontinuation of sedation
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Palliative care in intensive care units: why, where, what, who, when, how
Aims and scope
BMC Anesthesiology is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of anesthesiology, critical care, perioperative care and pain management, including clinical and experimental research into anesthetic mechanisms, administration and efficacy, technology and monitoring, and associated economic issues.
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2022 Citation Impact
2.2 - 2-year Impact Factor
2.6 - 5-year Impact Factor
1.087 - SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper)
0.609 - SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)2023 Speed
31 days submission to first editorial decision for all manuscripts (Median)
130 days submission to accept (Median)2023 Usage
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Peer-review Terminology
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The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal:
Identity transparency: Single anonymized
Reviewer interacts with: Editor
Review information published: Review reports. Reviewer Identities reviewer opt in. Author/reviewer communication