A. Higgs

5.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
19 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

A. Higgs is a scholar working on Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Emergency Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, A. Higgs has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, 13 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 5 papers in Emergency Medicine. Recurrent topics in A. Higgs's work include Airway Management and Intubation Techniques (17 papers), Tracheal and airway disorders (9 papers) and Respiratory Support and Mechanisms (7 papers). A. Higgs is often cited by papers focused on Airway Management and Intubation Techniques (17 papers), Tracheal and airway disorders (9 papers) and Respiratory Support and Mechanisms (7 papers). A. Higgs collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. A. Higgs's co-authors include Tim Cook, Anita Patel, Kariem El‐Boghdadly, Alistair F. McNarry, Barry McGuire, S. Moncada, Robert F. Furchgott, Brendan McGrath, Christopher Goddard and Ganesh Suntharalingam and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Anesthesia & Analgesia and British Journal of Anaesthesia.

In The Last Decade

A. Higgs

18 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Consensus guidelines for managing the airway in patients with COVID ‐19

2020 556 citations Tim Cook, Kariem El‐Boghdadly et al. Anaesthesia profile →
Guidelines for the management of tracheal intubation in critically ill adults

2017 413 citations A. Higgs, Brendan McGrath et al. British Journal of Anaesthesia profile →
Consensus statement: Safe Airway Society principles of airway management and tracheal intubation specific to the COVID ‐19 adult patient group

2020 240 citations David Brewster, N. Chrimes et al. The Medical Journal of Australia profile →
Preventing unrecognised oesophageal intubation: a consensus guideline from the Project for Universal Management of Airways and international airway societies*

2022 77 citations N. Chrimes, A. Higgs et al. Anaesthesia profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
A. Higgs United Kingdom	14	1.3k	1.2k	363	355	296	19	2.2k
Zhanggang Xue China	21	428 0.3×	462 0.4×	339 0.9×	126 0.4×	152 0.5×	55	1.9k
B. Dureuil France	23	701 0.5×	311 0.3×	627 1.7×	240 0.7×	261 0.9×	141	2.0k
José Reinaldo Cerqueira Bráz Brazil	26	501 0.4×	1.0k 0.9×	584 1.6×	263 0.7×	205 0.7×	129	2.3k
Leandro Gobbo Braz Brazil	26	363 0.3×	819 0.7×	569 1.6×	225 0.6×	130 0.4×	107	2.1k
Karsten Bartels United States	22	505 0.4×	639 0.5×	960 2.6×	162 0.5×	157 0.5×	73	2.1k
Michael Gibbs United States	19	405 0.3×	214 0.2×	295 0.8×	377 1.1×	153 0.5×	84	1.5k
Edoardo De Robertis Italy	25	576 0.4×	405 0.3×	358 1.0×	317 0.9×	108 0.4×	142	2.2k
Roger S. Wilson United States	26	979 0.8×	478 0.4×	526 1.4×	385 1.1×	218 0.7×	56	1.9k
Sukumar P. Desai United States	13	1.0k 0.8×	1.2k 1.0×	480 1.3×	193 0.5×	523 1.8×	72	2.2k
Peter Spieth Germany	28	1.6k 1.2×	279 0.2×	299 0.8×	530 1.5×	107 0.4×	96	2.3k

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19 of 19 papers shown

Ahmad, Imran, Kariem El‐Boghdadly, A. Higgs, et al.. (2025). Difficult Airway Society 2025 guidelines for management of unanticipated difficult tracheal intubation in adults. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 136(1). 283–307. 3 indexed citations

Higgs, A., Jan Hansel, Tim Cook, & N. Chrimes. (2025). Confirming Correct Tracheal Tube Placement: Examining the Project for the Universal Management of Airways Guideline. Anesthesia & Analgesia. 141(1). e3–e5.

Chrimes, N. & A. Higgs. (2024). Excluding oesophageal intubation versus confirming tracheal intubation. Anaesthesia Reports. 12(2). e12341–e12341. 2 indexed citations

Hansel, Jan, et al.. (2023). Clinical tests for confirming tracheal intubation or excluding oesophageal intubation: a diagnostic test accuracy systematic review and meta‐analysis. Anaesthesia. 78(8). 1020–1030. 16 indexed citations

Russotto, Vincenzo, Elena Tassistro, Sheila Nainan Myatra, et al.. (2022). Peri-intubation Cardiovascular Collapse in Patients Who Are Critically Ill: Insights from the INTUBE Study. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 206(4). 449–458. 56 indexed citations

Higgs, A., et al.. (2022). Attenuated post intubation capnograph trace: Haemodynamic collapse or technical error?. Trends in Anaesthesia and Critical Care. 44. 34–35. 1 indexed citations

Chrimes, N., A. Higgs, Carin A. Hagberg, et al.. (2022). Preventing unrecognised oesophageal intubation: a consensus guideline from the Project for Universal Management of Airways and international airway societies*. Anaesthesia. 77(12). 1395–1415. 77 indexed citations breakdown →

Chrimes, N., A. Higgs, & Adam Rehak. (2020). Lost in transition: the challenges of getting airway clinicians to move from the upper airway to the neck during an airway crisis. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 125(1). e38–e46. 12 indexed citations

McGrath, Brendan, Martin Birchall, C. Doherty, et al.. (2020). Multidisciplinary guidance for safe tracheostomy care during the COVID‐19 pandemic: the NHS National Patient Safety Improvement Programme (NatPatSIP). Anaesthesia. 75(12). 1659–1670. 50 indexed citations

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Brewster, David, N. Chrimes, Christopher Groombridge, et al.. (2020). Consensus statement: Safe Airway Society principles of airway management and tracheal intubation specific to the COVID ‐19 adult patient group. The Medical Journal of Australia. 212(10). 472–481. 240 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cook, Tim, Kariem El‐Boghdadly, Barry McGuire, et al.. (2020). Consensus guidelines for managing the airway in patients with COVID ‐19. Anaesthesia. 75(6). 785–799. 556 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chrimes, N., A. Higgs, J. Adam Law, et al.. (2020). Project for Universal Management of Airways – part 1: concept and methods. Anaesthesia. 75(12). 1671–1682. 18 indexed citations

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Athanassoglou, Vassilis, Anita Patel, A. Higgs, et al.. (2018). Systematic review of benefits or harms of routine anaesthetist‐inserted throat packs in adults: practice recommendations for inserting and counting throat packs. Anaesthesia. 73(5). 612–618. 19 indexed citations

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Higgs, A., Brendan McGrath, Christopher Goddard, et al.. (2017). Guidelines for the management of tracheal intubation in critically ill adults. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 120(2). 323–352. 413 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mitchell, V., et al.. (2012). Difficult Airway Society Guidelines for the management of tracheal extubation. Anaesthesia. 67(3). 318–340. 305 indexed citations

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Popat, M., et al.. (2012). A reply. Anaesthesia. 67(8). 921–922. 17 indexed citations

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Higgs, A., et al.. (2005). Low‐skill fibreoptic intubation: use of the Aintree Catheter with the classic LMA. Anaesthesia. 60(9). 915–920. 47 indexed citations

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Higgs, A., et al.. (1998). Discovery of left-sided superior vena cava during central venous catheterization. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 81(2). 260–261. 50 indexed citations

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Moncada, S., A. Higgs, & Robert F. Furchgott. (1997). International Union of Pharmacology Nomenclature in Nitric Oxide Research.. PubMed. 49(2). 137–42. 272 indexed citations

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