Our Publications

Our department has a thriving research network of clinical staff with a range of academic roles and interests. Take a look at some of the recent publications that have come out of Aberdeen Anaesthesia, covering all areas of clinical and scientific research as well as quality improvement and innovation.

October 2025

  • Opioids and Cardiovascular Health - The Past, Present and Future?

    Duke R, Alves-Lopes R, Forget P.

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  • Perioperative analgesia in high-risk patients, what clinicians and searchers must know? A narrative review

    Beloeil H, Joshi GP, Lavand'homme P, Cox F, Summers J, Pogatzki-Zahn E, Forget P.

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  • Opioid-free anesthesia: comparable analgesia with potential superiority in safety and quality of recovery

    Mulier JP, Forget P, Lavand'homme P, De Baerdemaeker L, de Boer HD.

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  • Exploring sevoflurane consumption and CO2 emissions of individual patients undergoing noncardiac surgery using a target-controlled sevoflurane administration system

    Gricourt Y, Bibollet G, Perin M, Vialatte PB, Forget P, Alexander B, Chasseigne V, Lefrant JY, Mezzarobba M, Cuvillon P.

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September 2025

  • The definition and aims of Anesthesia: a Delphi-based consensus statement

    Berger-Estilita J, Meco BC, DeRobertis E, Buhre W, Kirkegard P, Jakobsen K, Soehle M, Bilotta F, von Dincklage F, Matot I, Weiss Y, Bonhomme V, Ti LK, Rimstad I, Shelton C, Kozlowski B, Saxena S, McConnell P, Hormis A, Zeidan A, Mulier J, Evered L, Aceto P, Shmukler D, Forget P, Simoes CM, Falcao LF, Wittman M, Gönegur I, Radtke FM.

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July / August 2025

  • Setting Priorities for African Postoperative Pain Research Through an International Delphi Process

    Asfaw G, Melkie TB, Shiferaw AA, Mwiti TM, Nyirigira G, Retief F, Mikailu AA, Zacharia A, Jarju E, Lakew E, Epiu I, Vishaal K, Abed L, Yimer M, Mohamed M, Ekor OE, Bukuru P, Djagbletey R, Ayad AE, Forget P, Gebremedhn EG.

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  • Socioeconomic deprivation and postoperative mortality: a retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data

    Lilley R, Woodier J, Summers J, Forget P.

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  • Opioid-free anaesthesia as a valuable alternative to opioid-based practices: evidence and future challenges

    Gricourt Y, Cuvillon P, Forget P.

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  • Exploring optimal analgesic strategies for chronic limb-threatening ischaemia: a systematic review protocol

    Ekkunagul T, MacLeod CS, Francis J, Nagy J, Forget P.

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  • Patient preference for intraoperative opioid use and early recovery after noncardiac surgery: protocol for a randomised factorial design trial of opioid-free versus opioid-based anaesthesia (the PERFECT trial)

    Gricourt Y, Boulos NM, Delaporte A, Alexander B, Besada S, Bakhit R, Toukhtarian A, Neuman I, Pearce D, Nourian MM, Chebishian A, Zhou A, Boktor J, Mayanja D, Grogan T, Boldt D, Cannesson M, Forget P, Joosten A.

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  • Rethinking rapid sequence induction

    Baillie G, Nesvadba D.

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May / June 2025

  • Patient experience of postoperative pain: a paradigm shift to a holistic approach.

    Benhamou D, Forget P.

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  • Challenges affecting access to pain care in India: why is it different?

    Bhatt K, Forget P.

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April 2025

  • A UK-wide survey evaluation of capnography variation.

    Shepherd AA, Proc JL, Ward PA, McNarry AF, Lyons M; CaVa UK Collaborators [Incl. Charlie D Johnson, Christopher A Brennan, Kevin PA Dibb, Sorcha C Heelan].

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March 2025

  • Impact of virtual reality distraction during colonoscopy vs intravenous deep sedation: Results of a single-center randomized controlled trial

    Pavlidi A, Triki L, Mortier J, Deviere J, Lemmers A, Huberty V, Forget P, Hannen M, Quolin C, Tuna T, Blero D, Arvanitakis M.

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February 2025

  • Potential influence of different peri-operative analgesic regimens on tumour biology and outcome after oncologic surgery: A narrative review

    Bezu L, Forget P, Hollmann MW, Parat MO, Piegeler T.

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  • Robotic Surgery from a Gynaecological Oncology Perspective: A Global Gynaecological Oncology Surgical Outcomes Collaborative Led Study (GO SOAR3).

    Gaba F, Ash K, Blyuss O, Chandrasekaran D, Nobbenhuis M, Ind T, Brockbank E; GO SOAR Collaborators [incl. Kirkham M].

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January 2025

  • A pain research strategy for Europe: A European survey and position paper of the European Pain Federation EFIC

    Pickering G, O'Keeffe M, Bannister K, Becker S, Cottom S, Cox FJ, Eisenberg E, Finn DP, Forget P, Graven-Nielsen T, Kalso E, Kocot-Kepska M, Leite-Almeida H, Lopez-Garcia JA, Meeus M, Mouraux A, Pereira B, Puljak L, Reneman MF, Rohde I, Sotiropoulos I, Skidmore N, Tölle TR, Todorovic ST, Truini A, Vowles KE, Pogatzki-Zahn E, Garcia-Larrea L, Fullen BM.

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December 2024

  • Mitchell J, Couvreur C, Forget P. Recent Advances in Perioperative Analgesia in Thoracic Surgery: A Narrative Review. J Clin Med. 2024 Dec 25;14(1):38. doi: 10.3390/jcm14010038. PMID: 39797121; PMCID: PMC11720668.

    Recent Advances in Perioperative Analgesia in Thoracic Surgery: A Narrative Review

    Mitchell J, Couvreur C, Forget P.

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  • Potential influence of different peri-operative analgesic regimens on tumour biology and outcome after oncologic surgery: A narrative review.

    Bezu L, Forget P, Hollmann MW, Parat MO, Piegeler T

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  • Pharmacological interventions for remifentanil-induced hyperalgesia: A systematic review and network meta-analysis of preclinical trials.

    Koponen ME, Naray E, Hales TG, Forget P.

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  • Processes and approaches to perioperative pain management in patients undergoing major lower extremity amputations secondary to vascular disease: a multi-specialty modified Delphi consensus study protocol.

    Ekkunagul T, MacLeod CS, Celnik A, Chalmers J, Thomson R, Nagy J, Forget P.

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