The Journal of Clinical Anesthesia (JCA) is an an International Journal of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine and the official journal of the American Association of Clinical Directors.

The Journal of Clinical Anesthesia (JCA) addresses all aspects of anesthesia practice, including anesthetic administration, pharmacokinetics, preoperative and postoperative considerations, coexisting disease and other complicating factors, cost issues, and similar concerns anesthesiologists contend with daily. Exceptionally high standards of presentation and accuracy are maintained.

The core of the journal is original contributions on subjects relevant to clinical practice, and rigorously peer-reviewed. Highly respected international experts have joined together to form the Editorial Board, sharing their years of experience and clinical expertise. Specialized section editors cover the various subspecialties within the field. To keep your practical clinical skills current, the journal bridges the gap between the laboratory and the clinical practice of anesthesiology and critical care to clarify how new insights can improve daily practice.

JCA is affiliated with the American Association of Clinical Directors (AACD).

 definitive, peer-reviewed articles

Editor-in-Chief
Gildasio De Oliveira Jr., MD, MSCI, MBA
Brown University, Anesthesiologist-in-Chief, Rhode Island, Miriam, Hasbro Children's and Newport Hospitals, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Senior Editors
P. Barash, MD
YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
S. Gelman, MD, PhD
Leroy Vandam/Benjamin Covino, Professor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School, Department of Anesthesia, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
R. McCarthy, PharmD
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States
S. Suresh, MD
ANN & ROBERT H LURIE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Founding Editor-in-Chief
J. Kitz, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital - Harvard Medical School Center for Nervous System Repair, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Emeritus Editor-in-Chief
R. R. Gaiser, MD, MSEd
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, United States
Statistical Consultant
Y. Chang
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Associate Editors
J. Bebawy, MD
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States
A. Turan, MD
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
S.K. Ramachandran, MD
Harvard Medical School, Vice Chair for Quality, Safety, and Innovation, Department of Anesthesiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
N. Jagannathan, MD
ANN & ROBERT H LURIE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO, Chicago, Illinois, United States
F. Dexter, MD, PhD
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
D.Q. Tran, MD
McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
R.D. Urman, MD, MBA, CPE
BRIGHAM WOMENS HOSPITAL, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
L.R. Leffert, MD
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States
B.G. Fahy, MD, MCCM
Editor, Section on Education, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States
The International Board of Editors
M. Andreae, MD
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States
J. G. Augoustides, MD, FASE
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
M. Baker, MD
Lexington, Kentucky, United States
T. Bhalla, MD, MBA
Columbus, Ohio, United States
M. Brown, MD
Detroit, Michigan, United States
S.J. Brull
Jacksonville, Florida, United States
G. J. Crosby, MD
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
J. H. Eichhorn, MD
Lexington, Kentucky, United States
A. S. Evers, MD
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
E. Farag, MD
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
P. E. Fox, MD
Dallas, Texas, United States
R. Fragneto, MD
Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Z. N. Kain, MD, MBA, MA (Hon)
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
B. C. H. Loor, MD
San Pedro Sula, Honduras
D. Maalouf, MD
New York, New York, United States
N. Nader, MD
Buffalo, New York, United States
Y. Nakata, MD, MBA
Tokyo, Japan
A. Oprea, MD
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
J. Pasternak, MD
Rochester, Minnesota, United States
A. Perel, MD
Tel Hashomer, Israel
S. H. Rosenbaum, MD
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
M. A. Rosenblatt, MD
New York, New York, United States
A. Schubert, MD, MBA
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
J. W. Sear, MA, BSc, PhD, FFARCS
Oxford, United Kingdom
D. Sharma, MD, MBBS, MD, DM
Seattle, Washington, United States
G. D. Shorten, FRCA, FCA(RCSI), MD, PhD
Cork, Ireland
M. C. Stock, MD, FCCP, FCCM
Chicago, Illinois, United States
R. Tempelhoff, MD
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
J. E. Tetzlaff, MD
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
T. Vasilopoulos, PhD
Gainesville, Florida, United States
S.-M. Wang, MD
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
P. F. White, PhD, MD, FANZCA
Los Angeles, California, United States