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HSC Medicine, Dentistry and Healthcare Sciences Current Awareness Bulletins: Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine

Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine current awareness bulletin

Frequency: Bi-monthly

Links to articles in the current and previous 2 issues of this bulletin are displayed below.

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November 2024

Ambulatory anesthesia: current state and future considerations

Artificial intelligence and machine learning in cancer pain: a systematic review

Association between cannabis use and opioid consumption, pain, and respiratory complications after surgery: a retrospective cohort analysis

Cannabis use and anesthesia

Characterizing chronic pain and adverse childhood experiences in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer community

Effects of aromatherapy on quality of life and pain In patients with cancer: a meta-analysis

Effects of oxygenation targets on mortality in critically ill patients in intensive care units

Gastrointestinal pain: a systematic review of temporal summation of pain paradigms and outcomes

Illicitly manufactured fentanyl: anesthesia’s role in the perioperative setting

Impact of intraoperative dexamethasone on perioperative blood glucose levels

Inhaled analgesics for the treatment of prehospital acute pain—a systematic review

Mitigating intraoperative hypotension: a review and update on recent advances

Noise, distractions, and hazards in the operating room

Perioperative association between c-reactive protein, pain catastrophizing and acute pain after total knee arthroplasty: a secondary analysis of two randomised trials

Perioperative regional anesthesia on persistent opioid use and chronic pain after noncardiac surgery

Peripheral nerve blocks for closed reduction of distal radius fractures

Persistent spinal pain syndrome type 2 (evidence-based review)

Prescribing pattern insights from a longitudinal study of older adult inpatients with polypharmacy and chronic non-cancer pain

Radiofrequency for chronic lumbosacral and cervical pain: results of a consensus study using the RAND/UCLA appropriateness method

Remimazolam (review)

A scoping review of the epidemiology and treatment of painful procedures in hospitalized neonates: what has changed in the past three decades?

Switching from inhaled to intravenous general anaesthesia

Treating neuropathic pain and comorbid affective disorders: preclinical and clinical evidence

Sources

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica (Oct-Nov); Advances in Anesthesia (Dec); Anesthesia and Analgesia (Sep-Nov); BMJ, The (Oct); European Journal of Pain (Oct-Nov); Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (Oct-Dec); Pain Practice (Sep)

September 2024

Effects of chronic daily headache with subclinical depression on brain volume

The effects of intraoperative methadone on postoperative pain control in pediatric patients

Emotion regulation skills-focused interventions for chronic pain

Implementation frameworks guiding digital self-management intervention in chronic pain

In search of a neuropsychological profile for migraine: a scoping review

Is pain ever acceptable? A qualitative exploration concerning adult perceptions of chronic pain

A matter of personality and point of view: how the interplay of reinforcement sensitivity and general attitudes towards pain impacts the responsivity to acute pain

More than just joy: a qualitative analysis of participant experiences during nitrous oxide sedation

Physical activity should be the primary intervention for individuals living with chronic pain: a position paper from the European Pain Federation (EFIC) ‘On the Move’ Task Force

Postoperative pain, recovery and discharge after robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy

Racial and ethnic patient care disparities in anesthesiology: history, current state, and a way forward

Remimazolam for sedation and anesthesia in children: a scoping review

Risks of serious adverse events with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in gastrointestinal surgery      

A slow-exchange interstitial fluid compartment in volunteers and anesthetized patients: kinetic analysis and physiology

Shifting views on cancer pain management: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

Should obesity be an exclusion criterion for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support?          

Should subanesthetic ketamine be considered when managing opioid refractory cancer pain?

Sugammadex-associated anaphylaxis: summary and proposed management

Trajectories of opioid use before and after cancer diagnosis: a population-based cohort study

Triptan treatment is associated with a higher number of red wine-induced migraine episodes

Ultrasound-guided erector spinae plane block in patients with chronic lumbar facet joint pain

Updates from the other side of the drape: recent advances in multimodal pain management and opioid reduction among pediatric surgical patients

Use of goals in cancer pain management: a systematic review

Veterans with chronic pain: examining gender differences in pain type, overlap, and the impact of post-traumatic stress disorder

Sources

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica (Aug-Sep); Anesthesia and Analgesia (Aug); European Journal of Pain (Aug-Sep); Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (Aug-Sep); Journal of Pediatric Surgery (Jul); Pain Practice (Jul)

July 2024

Associations between nonanemic iron deficiency and postoperative outcomes in cardiac surgery 10.1213/ANE.0000000000006822

Balanced crystalloids versus normal saline in kidney transplant patients 10.1213/ANE.0000000000006932

The color of climate change: can choice of anesthetic be institutionally racist? 10.1213/ANE.0000000000006809

Complex regional pain syndrome: advances in epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment 10.1016/S1474-4422(24)00076-0

Core temperature following pre-hospital induction of anaesthesia in trauma patients 10.1111/1742-6723.14359

Effectiveness of motor imagery in complex regional pain syndrome 10.1111/papr.13348

Epidural analgesia during labour and severe maternal morbidity  10.1136/bmj-2023-077190

The Global Anesthesia Workforce Survey: updates and trends in the anesthesia workforce 10.1213/ANE.0000000000006836

How do people with chronic low back pain perceive specific and general exercise?  10.1111/papr.13354 

Identifying, understanding, and minimizing unconscious cognitive biases in perioperative crisis management 10.1213/ANE.0000000000006666

Pain characterization in patients with Parkinson's disease 10.1111/papr.13352

Pharmacokinetics of propofol in severely obese surgical patients 10.1111/aas.14407 

Positive airway pressure in surgical patients with sleep apnea: what is the supporting evidence? 10.1213/ANE.0000000000006894

Predicting fluid responsiveness using carotid ultrasound in mechanically ventilated patients 10.1213/ANE.0000000000006820

Progressive changes in pulmonary gas exchange during invasive respiratory support for COVID-19 associated acute respiratory failure 10.1111/aas.14415 

Pulsed radiofrequency of lumbar dorsal root ganglion for lumbar radicular pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis 10.1111/papr.13351

Reusable devices to apply cold sensation in the assessment of regional anaesthesia 10.1136/bmj-2024-079331

Sympathetic nerve blocks for persistent pain in adults with inoperable abdominopelvic cancer (new Cochrane intervention review) 10.1002/14651858.CD015229.pub2

Sources

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica (Jul); Anesthesia and Analgesia (Jun-Jul); BMJ, The (22nd and 29th May); Cochrane Library (Jun); Emergency Medicine Australasia (Jun); Lancet Neurology, The (May); Pain Practice (Jun)

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