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BJA: British Journal of Anaesthesia

Founded in 1923, one year after the first anaesthesia journal was published by the International Anaesthesia Research Society, the BJA remains the oldest and largest independent journal of anaesthesia. It became the official journal of The College of Anaesthetists in 1990. The College was granted a Royal Charter in 1992. Although there are educational links between the BJA and the College, the journal retains editorial independence.

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About

CME activities in the BJA are published eleven times a year, with questions relating to articles published in the corresponding issue.

Accreditation Statement

To complete a course successfully, 80% of questions must be answered correctly. CME within the BJA is accredited by the Royal College of Anaesthestists. To obtain the CME certificate for your e-portfolio, please complete a course evaluation after you have passed the course.

Credit Designation Statement

Each course is associated with two RCoA CME credits.

Intended Audience

The intended audience comprises anaesthetists and others involved in anaesthesia, critical care and pain.

Objectives

The questions affirm knowledge of the topics covered, and participants should be able to evaluate the appropriateness of the clinical information as it applies to the provision of patient care.

Faculty disclosure

Authors are required to disclose all activities and relationships that, if known to others, might be viewed as a conflict of interest. Any such author disclosures are published with the relevant CME article.

Current Courses

Course	Expiry Date	Credits
Effect of anaesthetic technique and other perioperative factors on cancer recurrence	Never	0.4
Defining excellence in anaesthesia: the role of personal qualities and practice environment	Never	0.3
Bilateral thoracic paravertebral block: potential and practice	Never	0.3
Spinal anaesthesia for ambulatory arthroscopic surgery of the knee: a comparison of low-dose prilocaine and fentanyl with bupivacaine and fentanyl	Never	0.2
Lung function after total intravenous anaesthesia or balanced anaesthesia with sevoflurane	Never	0.3
A prospective, multi-centre, observational cohort study of analgesia and outcome following pneumonectomy	Never	0.4
Paracetamol and selective and non-selective non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for the reduction in morphine-related side-effects after major surgery: a systematic review	Never	0.2
Two cases of variceal haemorrhage during living-donor liver transplantation	Never	0.3
Dyspnoea: underlying mechanisms and treatment	Never	0.4
Efficacy of pregabalin in acute postoperative pain: a meta-analysis	Never	0.5
Major complications of airway management in the UK: results of the Fourth National Audit Project of the Royal College of Anaesthetists and the Difficult Airway Society. Part 1: Anaesthesia	Never	0.3
Ultrasound reduces the minimum effective local anaesthetic volume compared with peripheral nerve stimulation for interscalene block	Never	0.3
Efficacy and safety of paravertebral blocks in breast surgery: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	Never	0.3
Revised cardiac risk index and postoperative morbidity after elective orthopaedic surgery: a prospective cohort study	Never	0.4
Impaired functional capacity is associated with all-cause mortality after major elective intra-abdominal surgery	Never	0.3
Prevention of postdural puncture headache after accidental dural puncture: a quantitative systematic review	Never	0.4
Confirming the drugs administered during anaesthesia: a feasibility study in the pilot National Health Service sites, UK	Never	0.3
New drugs and technologies: intravenous anaesthesia is on the move (again)	Never	0.6
Recognizing and managing a malignant hyperthermia crisis: guidelines from the European Malignant Hyperthermia Group	Never	0.4
Influence of obesity on propofol pharmacokinetics: derivation of a pharmocokinetic model	Never	0.4
Cell salvage as a part of blood conservation strategy in anaesthesia	Never	0.4
Incidence and risk factors for fatal pulmonary embolism after major trauma: a nested cohort study	Never	0.3
Sugammadex rapidly reverses moderate rocuronium- or vecuronium-induced neuromuscular blockade during sevoflurane anaesthesia: a dose-response relationship	Never	0.3
Anaesthetic management of patients with severe sepsis	Never	0.4
Major complications of airway management in the UK: results of the Fourth National Audit Project of the Royal College of Anaesthetists and the Difficult Airway Society. Part 2: intensive care and emergency departments	Never	0.3
Hypoxaemia associated with one-lung anaesthesia: new discoveries in ventilation and perfusion	Never	0.4
Prediction of arterial oxygen partial pressure after changes in FiO2	Never	0.2
Impact of preoperative maintenance versus interruption of aspirin on thrombotic and bleeding events after elective non-cardiac surgery: the multicentre, randomized, blinded, placebo-controlled, STRATAGEM trial	Never	0.3
Neurological biomarkers in the perioperative period	Never	0.4
Nitrous oxide reduces postoperative opioid-induced hyperalgesia after remifentanil-propofol anaesthesia in humans	Never	0.2
Incidence and predictors of major perioperative adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events in non-cardiac surgery	Never	0.4
Paediatric cardiomyopathy and anaesthesia	Never	0.4
Randomized controlled trial of intraoperative goal-directed fluid therapy in aerobically fit and unfit patients hvaing major colorectal surgery	Never	0.4
Validity of the 6 min walk test in prediction of the anaerobic threshold before major non-cardiac surgery	Never	0.3
National Institute of Academic Anaesthesia research priority setting exercise	Never	0.2
Management of the dialysis patient in general intensive care	Never	0.4
Out-of-theatre tracheal intubation: prospective multicentre study of clinical practice and adverse events	Never	0.5
Bibliometrics of anaesthesia researchers in the UK	Never	0.2
Controversy of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and intracranial surgery: et ne nos inducas in tentationem?	Never	0.3
Effect of patient sex on general anaesthesia and recovery	Never	0.2
Distribution of visual attention in experienced and inexperienced anaesthesia providers during simulated critical incidents	Never	0.4
From d-tubocurarine to sugammadex: the contributions of T. Cecil Gray to modern anaesthetic practice	Never	0.3
Preoperative cardiac management of the patient for non-cardiac surgery: an individualized and evidence-based approach	Never	0.2
An update on analgesics	Never	0.2
Diabetes mellitus: new drugs for a new epidemic	Never	0.3
Oxidative stress & mitochondial dysfunction in sepsis	Never	0.4
Reduction in mortality after epidural anaesthesia and analgesia in patients undergoing rectal but not colon cancer surgery: a retrospective analysis of data from 655 patients in Central Sweden	Never	0.3
Is age a predictor of mortality in a UK medical high dependency unit?	Never	0.3
Utility of clinical risk predictors for preoperative cardiovascular risk prediction	Never	0.5
Postoperative intraveneous morphine titration	Never	0.4
Benefit and risk of intrathecal morphine without local anaesthetic in patients undergoing major surgery: meta-analysis of randomized trials	Never	0.4
Antifibrinolytics in cardiac surgical patients receiving aspirin: a systematic review and meta-analysis	Never	0.5
Smoking and alcohol intervention before surgery: evidence for best practice	Never	0.4
Systematic review of spinal anaesthesia using bupivacaine for ambulatory knee arthroscopy	Never	0.2
Arterial pressure management and carotid endarterectomy	Never	0.6
Cytokines and the immunomodulatory function of the vagus nerve	Never	0.5
Patent foramen ovale and neurosurgery in sitting position: a systematic review	Never	0.4
Influence of continuous perioperative beta-blockade in combination with phosphodiesterase inhibition on haemodynamics and myocardial ischaemia in high-risk vascular surgery patients	Never	0.4
Failed spinal anaesthesia: mechanisms, management, and prevention	Never	0.4
Ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane block: description of a new technique and comparison with conventional systemic analgesia during laparoscopic cholecystectomy	Never	0.4
Acute compartment syndrome of the lower limb and the effect of postoperative analgesia on diagnosis	Never	0.4
Bone cement implantation syndrome	Never	0.5
Assessing fitness for surgery: a comparison of questionnaire, incremental shuttle walk, and cardiopulmonary exercise testing in general surgical patients	Never	0.4
Physiological effects of hyperchloraemia and acidosis	Never	2
Acupuncture and related techniques for postoperative pain: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials	Never	2
Awareness with recall during general anaesthesia: a prospective observational evaluation of 4001 patients	Never	2
Recent developments in the perioperative management of adult patients with chronic kidney disease	Never	0.8
Effect of prophylactic 5-HT3 receptor antagonists on pruritus induced by neuraxial opioids: a quantitative systematic review	Never	0.4
Positive pressure ventilation: what is the real cost?	Never	0.9
Anaesthesia for patients with idiopathic environmental intolerance and chronic fatigue syndrome	Never	0.3
Balancing paediatric anaesthesia: preclinical insights into analgesia, hypnosis, neuroprotection, and neurotoxicity	Never	0.4
Nefopam for the prevention of postoperative pain: quantitative systematic review	Never	0.4
Psoas compartment block for lower extremity surgery: a meta-analysis	Never	0.3
Anaesthesia for deep brain stimulation and in patients with implanted neurostimulator devices	Never	0.5
Assessment of procedural skills in anaesthesia	Never	0.5
Pre-hospital tracheal intubation in patients with traumatic brain injury: systematic review of current evidence	Never	0.4
Adding ketamine to morphine for intravenous patient-controlled analgesia for acute postoperative pain: a qualitative review of randomized trials	Never	0.4
Influence of steep Trendelenburg position and CO2 pneumoperitoneum on cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, and respiratory homeostasis during robotic prostatectomy	Never	0.3
Effect of length of stay in intensive care unit on hospital and long-term mortality of critically ill adult patients	Never	0.3
Fifteen years of ultrasound guidance in regional anaesthesia: Part 1	Never	0.3
Lung recruitment and positive airway pressure before extubation does not improve oxygenation in the post-anaesthesia care unit: a randomized clinical trial	Never	0.4
Fifteen years of ultrasound guidance in regional anaesthesia: Part 2—Recent developments in block techniques	Never	0.4
Caudal anaesthesia under sedation: a prospective analysis of 512 infants and children	Never	0.3
Does regional anaesthesia improve outcome after total hip arthroplasty? A systematic review	Never	0.4
Minimum effective bolus dose of oxytocin during elective Caesarean delivery	Never	0.3
Prospective, randomized, controlled trial of thoracic epidural or patient-controlled opiate analgesia on perioperative quality of life	Never	0.3
Use of albumin: an update	Never	0.4
Impact of opioid rescue medication for breakthrough pain on the efficacy and tolerability of long-acting opioids in patients with chronic non-malignant pain	Never	0.4
Efficacy and safety of different techniques of paravertebral block for analgesia after thoracotomy: a systematic review and metaregression	Never	0.3
Goal-directed haemodynamic therapy and gastrointestinal complications in major surgery: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	Never	0.6
Transcatheter aortic valve insertion: anaesthetic implications of emerging new technology	Never	0.5
Respiratory impedance during weaning from mechanical ventilation in a mixed population of critically ill patients	Never	0.4
Comparison of two ventilatory strategies in elderly patients undergoing major abdominal surgery	Never	0.4
Sepsis and the heart	Never	0.4
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza	Never	0.5
Development and validation of a postoperative nausea and vomiting intensity scale	Never	0.4
Pharmacological prevention of sevoflurane- and desflurane-related emergence agitation in children: a meta-analysis of published studies	Never	0.3
Role of fibrinogen in trauma induced coagulopathy	Never	0.3