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  1. The Association of Early Postoperative Dysaesthesia with Thoracic Surgery

    Article • Anesthesia Research, December 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr R Peter Alston

  2. Double-Lumen Endobronchial Tubes and Bronchial Blockers

    Article • Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, January 2024, Elsevier

    Dr R Peter Alston

  3. Cognitive outcome from cardiac surgery and the incidence seizures associated with tranexamic acid

    Article • Perfusion, December 2023, SAGE Publications

    Dr R Peter Alston

  4. Cardiothoracic Anesthesia and Critical Care in the United Kingdom (UK) Part 1: Some Insights Into the History and Development

    Article • Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, December 2021, Elsevier

    Dr R Peter Alston

  5. A Comparison of Volatile Anesthesia and Total Intravenous Anesthesia (TIVA) Effects on Outcome From Cardiac Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Article • Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, October 2020, Elsevier

    Dr R Peter Alston

  6. Challenges of administering and monitoring volatile anesthesia during cardiopulmonary bypass

    Article • Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, April 2020, Elsevier

    Dr R Peter Alston

  7. Corticosteroids in heart surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, January 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Ka Ting Ng, Dr R Peter Alston

  8. A comparison of the arterial blood concentration of isoflurane during cardiopulmonary bypass between two polypropolene oxygenators.

    Article • Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, August 2019, Elsevier

    Dr R Peter Alston

  9. The depth of anaesthesia associated with the administration of isoflurane 2.5% during cardiopulmonary bypass

    Article • Perfusion, January 2019, SAGE Publications

    Dr R Peter Alston

  10. Hypocalcaemia induced by priming the cardiopulmonary bypass circuit with Plasma-Lyte 148

    Article • Perfusion, April 2018, SAGE Publications

    Dr R Peter Alston

  11. The problem of using standardised base excess as a measure of metabolic acidosis

    Article • Perfusion, February 2018, SAGE Publications

    Dr R Peter Alston

  12. Coronary sinus isoflurane concentration in heart surgery

    Article • Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, December 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Ka Ting Ng, Dr R Peter Alston

  13. Depth of isoflurane anaesthesia during cardiopulmonary bypass

    Article • Perfusion, October 2017, SAGE Publications

    Dr Ka Ting Ng, Dr R Peter Alston

  14. Abstracts

    Article • Anaesthesia, September 2017, Wiley

    Dr R Peter Alston

  15. The ACTA PORT-score for predicting perioperative risk of blood transfusion for adult cardiac surgery

    Article • British Journal of Anaesthesia, September 2017, Elsevier

    Dr R Peter Alston, Dr Nick Fletcher

  16. Abstracts from the BJA Research Forum Glasgow, November 10–11, 2016

    Article • British Journal of Anaesthesia, August 2017, Elsevier

    Dr R Peter Alston

  17. Tranexamic Acid in Patients Undergoing Coronary-Artery Surgery

    Article • The New England Journal of Medicine and Surgery and the Collateral Branches of Science, January 2017, New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM/MMS)

    Dr R Peter Alston

  18. Patient reported outcome of adult perioperative anaesthesia in the United Kingdom: a cross-sectional observational study †

    Article • British Journal of Anaesthesia, December 2016, Elsevier

    Dr R Peter Alston

  19. Blood concentration of isoflurane in the heart

    Article • Anesthesia & Analgesia, September 2016, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr R Peter Alston

  20. Abstract PR422

    Article • Anesthesia & Analgesia, September 2016, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr R Peter Alston

  21. Lung Isolation for Thoracic surgery: From Inception to Evidence-Based

    Article • Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, May 2016, Elsevier

    Dr R Peter Alston

  22. Coronary sinus blood isoflurane concentration in patients undergoing heart surgery

    Article • Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, May 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Ka Ting Ng, Dr R Peter Alston

  23. The incidence and importance of anaemia in patients undergoing cardiac surgery in the UK - the first Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthetists national audit

    Article • Anaesthesia, March 2016, Wiley

    Dr R Peter Alston, Dr Nick Fletcher

  24. Depth of Anaesthesia Associated with 2.5% Isoflurane During Cardiopulmonary Bypass

    Article • Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, December 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr R Peter Alston

  25. Deaths associated with heart surgery are unlikely to be realted to the anaesthesiologist

    Article • Anaesthesia, October 2015, Wiley

    Dr R Peter Alston

  26. Anaesthesia for off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting surgery

    Article • Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine, October 2015, Elsevier

    Dr R Peter Alston

  27. A Comparison of the Efficacy and Adverse Effects of Double-Lumen Endobronchial Tubes and Bronchial Blockers in Thoracic Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

    Article • Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, August 2015, Elsevier

    Dr R Peter Alston

  28. A systematic review of one - lung ventilation during thoracic surgery comparing the safety and efficacy of high and low tidal volumes

    Article • Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, June 2015, Elsevier

    Dr R Peter Alston

  29. Oxford Textbook of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia

    Article • February 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr R Peter Alston, Professor Michael Garnet Irwin

  30. A history of cardiothoracic anaesthesia

    Article • February 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr R Peter Alston

  31. Anaesthesia for adult cardiac surgery

    Article • February 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr R Peter Alston

  32. A systematic review of one-lung ventilation during thoracic surgery comparing the safety and efficacy of high and low tidal volumes

    Article • Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr R Peter Alston

  33. Volatile anaesthesia during cardiopulmonary bypass

    Article • Perfusion, April 2014, SAGE Publications

    Dr R Peter Alston

  34. Hydrogen ion concentration and coronary artery bypass graft surgery with and without cardiopulmonary bypass

    Article • Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, August 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr R Peter Alston

  35. The Problems of Using Unreliable Evidence in Consensus Group Decision-Making

    Article • Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, June 2013, Elsevier

    Dr R Peter Alston

  36. Observational studies are not reliable enough when making decisions about individual patient care

    Article • British Journal of Anaesthesia, June 2013, Elsevier

    Dr R Peter Alston

  37. III. Aprotinin and cardiac surgery: a sorry tale of evidence misused

    Article • British Journal of Anaesthesia, May 2013, Elsevier

    Dr R Peter Alston

  38. Cognitive Outcome After On- and Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Article • Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, April 2013, Elsevier

    Dr R Peter Alston

  39. Anaesthesia for off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting surgery

    Article • Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine, October 2012, Elsevier

    Dr R Peter Alston

  40. Anthropometry, Body Surface Area and Cardiopulmonary Bypass: Determining the Pump Flow Rate of the Heart–Lung Machine Using Body Size

    Article • January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr R Peter Alston

  41. Brain damage and cardiopulmonary bypass: is there really any association?

    Article • Perfusion, September 2011, SAGE Publications

    Dr R Peter Alston

  42. P-72 Is postoperative delirium associated with the use of cardiopulmonary bypass? a comparison of patients undergoing on- and off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting surgery

    Article • Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, June 2011, Elsevier

    Dr R Peter Alston

  43. Tranexamic Acid Is Associated With Less Blood Transfusion in Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    Article • Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, February 2011, Elsevier

    Dr R Peter Alston

  44. The effect of tight glycaemic control, during and after cardiac surgery, on patient mortality and morbidity: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr R Peter Alston

  45. Off-Pump and On-Pump Coronary Artery Surgery and the Brain

    Article • October 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr R Peter Alston

  46. The Effect of the Suspension of the License for Aprotinin on the Care of Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: A Survey of Cardiac Anesthesiologists' and Surgeons' Opinions in the United Kingdom

    Article • Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, June 2010, Elsevier

    Dr R Peter Alston

  47. The efficacy and safety of tight blood glucose control during heart surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • Anaesthesia, December 2009, Wiley

    Dr R Peter Alston

  48. Anaesthesia for off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting surgery

    Article • Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine, September 2009, Elsevier

    Dr R Peter Alston

  49. What Factors Should We Consider in Deciding When to Transfuse Patients Undergoing Elective Cardiac Surgery?

    Article • Transfusion Medicine Reviews, January 2009, Elsevier

    Dr R Peter Alston

  50. Failure of back-up oxygen supply despite a full oxygen cylinder

    Article • European Journal of Anaesthesiology, July 2008, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr R Peter Alston

  51. Changing the priming solution from Ringer’s to Hartmann’s solution is associated with less metabolic acidosis during cardiopulmonary bypass

    Article • Perfusion, November 2007, SAGE Publications

    Dr R Peter Alston

  52. IL-18 and SC5b-9 for predicting neurocognitive dysfunction after cardiopulmonary bypass

    Article • British Journal of Anaesthesia, September 2007, Elsevier

    Dr R Peter Alston

  53. Body surface area may not be best way to determine pump flow rate

    Article • Perfusion, May 2006, SAGE Publications

    Dr R Peter Alston

  54. Dysaesthesia associated with sternotomy for heart surgery † †Presented at the Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthetists Meeting, November 2003, Institute of Electrical Engineers, London and the World Congress of Anaesthesiologists, Paris, 21st Ap...

    Article • British Journal of Anaesthesia, August 2005, Elsevier

    Dr R Peter Alston

  55. Pumphead'or not! Does avoiding cardiopulmonary bypass for coronary artery bypass surgery result in less brain damage?

    Article • British Journal of Anaesthesia, June 2005, Elsevier

    Dr R Peter Alston

  56. Metabolic acidosis developing during cardiopulmonary bypass is related to a decrease in strong ion difference

    Article • Perfusion, May 2004, SAGE Publications

    Dr R Peter Alston

  57. Measurement of systemic carbon dioxide production during cardiopulmonary bypass: a comparison of Fick’s principle with oxygentor exhaust output

    Article • Perfusion, December 2003, SAGE Publications

    Dr R Peter Alston

  58. Efficacy and safety of the cyclooxygenase 2 inhibitors parecoxib and valdecoxib in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery

    Article • Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, June 2003, Elsevier

    Dr R Peter Alston

  59. Renal Dysfunction and Cognitive Function After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

    Article • Anesthesia & Analgesia, March 2003, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr R Peter Alston

  60. Rewarming Rate, Diabetes, Jugular Bulb Saturation, and Cognitive Outcome from CABG Surgery

    Article • Anesthesia & Analgesia, March 2003, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr R Peter Alston

  61. Another Example of Regression to the Mean (Not)

    Article • Anesthesia & Analgesia, December 2002, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr R Peter Alston

  62. Outcomes after off-pump and on-pump heart surgery

    Article • The Lancet, October 2002, Elsevier

    Dr R Peter Alston

  63. Thoracic Epidurals and Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery

    Article • Anesthesia & Analgesia, May 2002, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr R Peter Alston

  64. Apolipoprotein E and neurocognitive outcome from coronary artery surgery

    Article • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, May 2002, BMJ

    Dr R Peter Alston

  65. Cerebral Oxygenation and Cognitive Decline

    Article • Anesthesia & Analgesia, December 2001, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr R Peter Alston

  66. Jugular Bulb Oxyhemoglobin Desaturation, S100??, and Neurologic and Cognitive Outcomes After Coronary Artery Surgery

    Article • Anesthesia & Analgesia, October 2001, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr R Peter Alston

  67. Cerebral hypoperfusion in immediate postoperative period following coronary artery bypass grafting, heart valve, and abdominal aortic surgery

    Article • British Journal of Anaesthesia, August 2001, Elsevier

    Dr R Peter Alston

  68. Complete power failure

    Article • Anaesthesia, July 2001, Wiley

    Dr R Peter Alston

  69. Jugular bulb oximetry

    Article • Anaesthesia, July 2001, Wiley

    Dr R Peter Alston

  70. Cognition After Coronary Artery Surgery Is Not Related to Postoperative Jugular Bulb Oxyhemoglobin Desaturation

    Article • Anesthesia & Analgesia, December 2000, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr R Peter Alston

  71. Neurological, psychological and cognitive sequelae of cardiac surgery

    Article • Current Anaesthesia and Critical Care, August 2000, Elsevier

    Dr R Peter Alston

  72. Cerebral sequelae of cardiac surgery

    Article • Current Opinion in Critical Care, April 2000, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr R Peter Alston

  73. Aerobic, anaerobic and combination estimates of cerebral hypoperfusion during and after cardiac surgery

    Article • British Journal of Anaesthesia, December 1999, Elsevier

    Dr R Peter Alston

  74. Time course of neurone-specific enolase and S-100 protein release during and after coronary artery bypass grafting

    Article • British Journal of Anaesthesia, September 1999, Elsevier

    Dr R Peter Alston

  75. Continuous monitoring of jugular bulb oxyhaemoglobin saturation using the Edslab dual lumen oximetry catheter during and after cardiac surgery

    Article • British Journal of Anaesthesia, April 1999, Elsevier

    Dr R Peter Alston

  76. Jugular venous desaturation following cardiac surgery

    Article • British Journal of Anaesthesia, August 1998, Elsevier

    Dr R Peter Alston

  77. Propofol Does Not Ameliorate Cerebral Venous Oxyhemoglobin Desaturation During Hypothermic Cardiopulmonary Bypass

    Article • Anesthesia & Analgesia, May 1998, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr R Peter Alston

  78. Thoracic epidural analgesia and coronary artery bypass graft surgery

    Article • Anaesthesia, May 1998, Wiley

    Dr R Peter Alston

  79. Correspondence

    Article • Anaesthesia, November 1997, Wiley

    Dr R Peter Alston

  80. Guidelines and cardiac anaesthetists Not in my back yard

    Article • Anaesthesia, April 1997, Wiley

    Dr R Peter Alston

  81. Isoflurane and hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass: vasodilation without metabolic effects

    Article • Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, December 1992, Elsevier

    Dr R Peter Alston

  82. Propofol and hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass.

    Article • Anaesthesia, May 1992, Wiley

    Dr R Peter Alston

  83. Review article : Anaesthesia and cardiopulmonary bypass: an historical review

    Article • Perfusion, April 1992, SAGE Publications

    Dr R Peter Alston

  84. Oxygenator exhaust capnography: A method of estimating arterial carbon dioxide tension during cardiopulmonary bypass

    Article • Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, February 1992, Elsevier

    Dr R Peter Alston

  85. Cerebral Circulation and Oxygen Uptake Parallels

    Article • Anesthesia & Analgesia, October 1991, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr R Peter Alston

  86. Anaesthesia during cardiopulmonary bypass: A United Kingdom and Ireland survey

    Article • Journal of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, December 1990, Elsevier

    Dr R Peter Alston

  87. E.E.G. burst suppression induced by propofol during hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass

    Article • Journal of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, December 1990, Elsevier

    Dr R Peter Alston

  88. Propofol during hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass: Effects on haemodynamics and metabolism

    Article • Journal of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, December 1990, Elsevier

    Dr R Peter Alston

  89. UNPREDICTABLE SPINAL ANAESTHESIA

    Article • British Journal of Anaesthesia, July 1990, Elsevier

    Dr R Peter Alston

  90. Nitroglycerin: a reversible heparin antagonist?

    Article • Perfusion, January 1990, SAGE Publications

    Dr R Peter Alston

  91. Vasodilating effect of isoflurane during cardiopulmonary bypass

    Article • Journal of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, October 1989, Elsevier

    Dr R Peter Alston

  92. Dangers of cardiopulmonary bypass operations

    Article • BMJ, January 1989, BMJ

    Dr R Peter Alston

  93. Oxygenator exhaust capnography: An in vitro evaluation

    Article • Journal of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, December 1988, Elsevier

    Dr R Peter Alston

  94. Correspondence

    Article • Perfusion, October 1988, SAGE Publications

    Dr R Peter Alston

  95. SPINAL ANAESTHESIA WITH 0.5% BUPIVACAINE 3 ML: COMPARISON OF PLAIN AND HYPERBARIC SOLUTIONS ADMINISTERED TO SEATED PATIENTS

    Article • British Journal of Anaesthesia, October 1988, Elsevier

    Dr R Peter Alston

  96. SPINAL ANAESTHESIA WITH HYPERBARIC BUPIVACAINE: EFFECTS OF CONCENTRATION AND VOLUME WHEN ADMINISTERED IN THE SITTING POSITION

    Article • British Journal of Anaesthesia, August 1988, Elsevier

    Dr R Peter Alston

  97. Correspondence

    Article • Perfusion, April 1988, SAGE Publications

    Dr R Peter Alston

  98. Expiratory obstruction in a circle system

    Article • Anaesthesia, October 1987, Wiley

    Dr R Peter Alston

  99. Cardiac output during an anaphylactoid reaction

    Article • Anaesthesia, August 1987, Wiley

    Dr R Peter Alston

  100. An in Vitro Assessment of a Monitor for Continuous Inline Measurement of PO2, PCO2 and pH during Cardiopulmonary Bypass

    Article • Perfusion, April 1987, SAGE Publications

    Dr R Peter Alston

  101. Application of evidence-based research to cardiothoracic anaesthesia

    Article • Cambridge University Press

    Dr R Peter Alston