Journal of Clinical Anesthesia and Pain Management

Case Report   |   10.36959/377/342 Volume 4 Issue 2

The Value of Digital Subtraction Angiography in Interlaminar Cervical Epidural Steroid Injections

Authors: Anand Prem, MD, Suwarna Anand, MD and Arvind Chandrashekar, MD

Neck and upper extremity radicular pain is a common indication for ambulatory clinic visits for Chronic pain. By the time a patient presents to a Pain specialist, they have often exhausted all conserv... Read more

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Research Article   |   10.36959/377/351 Volume 4 Issue 2

A Consecutive Cohort with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China: Natural History, Clinical Features and Considerations

Authors: Bin Sun, MD, Hao Wang, MD, Hui-Xia Xu and Gui-Jun Zhang, MD

A novel type of coronavirus pneumonia was first reported in Wuhan in December 2019. Clinical features and prognosis of elder patients were still unclear, therefore, this study was on a purpose to prov... Read more

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Case Report   |   10.36959/377/350 Volume 4 Issue 2

Treatment of Post-Stroke Shoulder Pain of Multi-Factorial Etiology

Authors: Stephen Hannaford, Varun Channagiri, Mina Gaballa, James Guider, Robert Wayne, Timothy Calvert, Carolyn Kloepping and Andrew G Kaufman

Chronic pain after stroke is a common, yet often overlooked sequela of cerebrovascular injury. Among the syndromes seen in post-stroke pain (PSP) are central post-stroke pain (CPSP) and complex region... Read more

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Review Article   |   10.36959/377/349 Volume 4 Issue 2

Impact of Academic Detailing on Opioid Prescribing at the Veterans Health Administration

Authors: Mark Bounthavong, PharmD, PhD, Michael A Harvey, PharmD, BCPS, Daina L Wells, PharmD, MBA, BCPP, BCPS, Julianne E Himstreet, PharmD, BCPS, Marcos K Lau, PharmD, MS, BCPS, Chad L Kay, PharmD, BCPS, Sarah J Popish, PharmD, BCPP, Andrea G Grana JD, MPH, Blake A Freeman, MPH, MBA, Christina Morillo, BPA, Sophia Mullins-Cunningham, AA and Melissa LD Christopher, PharmD

In 2014, the United States Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Pharmacy Benefits Management Academic Detailing Service (ADS) began national implementation of academic detailing (AD), a one-on-one edu... Read more

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Review Article   |   10.36959/377/348 Volume 4 Issue 2

Intravenous Iron to Treat Anemia becomes an Essential Service to Conserve Blood during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Authors: Obianuju Okocha, MD, Betty M Luan-Erfe, MD, Jack M Peace, MD and Bobbie Jean Sweitzer, MD, FACP

With the outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), blood drives have been cancelled, resulting in significantly fewer donations. However, blood components are still being used to treat patients... Read more

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Review Article   |   10.36959/377/347 Volume 4 Issue 2

Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome as an Important Risk Factor in Severe Covid-19 Disease

Authors: Calixto Machado, Phillip A DeFina, Yanín Machado, Mauricio Chinchilla, Elena Cuspineda and Yazmina Machado

OSAS has been considered by some authors an important risk factor for severe Covid-19. Risk factors for mortality in COVID-19, such as cardiovascular and cerebrovascular complications or comorbidities... Read more

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Retrospective Study   |   10.36959/377/346 Volume 4 Issue 2

Relationship among Preoperative, Pre and Postinduction Blood Pressure in Normotensive and Hypertensive Patients

Authors: Ricardo Caio Gracco De Bernardis, Helena Knebel Vieira De Souza, Jesse Abimael Infante Izquierdo, Mônica Maria Siaulys, Mauro Prado Da Silva, Marcel Veronez Vitoreli, Pedro Ferretti Pinheiro, Silvio Julio Bittencourt Yamamura and Ligia Andrade Da Silva Telles Mathias

This study aimed to verify the relationship between blood pressure (BP) obtained during preoperative evaluation at preinduction and compared to BP at 20 min after induction for normotensive and hypert... Read more

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Pilot Study   |   10.36959/377/345 Volume 4 Issue 2

Value of Rotation Thrombelastometry in Cardiac Surgical Patients with Normal Bleeding Risk-A Pilot Study

Authors: Stefan P Wirtz, MD, Florian R Fritzsche, MD, PHD, MPH, Christoph Schmidt, MD, PHD, Benno von Bormann, MD, PHD, Gehard Brodner, MD, PHD and Elmar Berendes, MD, PHD

The ROTEM^® Whole Blood Haemostasis Analyser has been introduced for point-of-care monitoring using computerized rotation thrombelastometry, an enhancement of thrombelastography® PDF | Full text | XML | ePUB

Editorial   |   10.36959/377/344 Volume 4 Issue 2

The Use of Cocaine and Derivatives and the Cancellation of Surgery

Authors: Luiz Eduardo Imbelloni, MD, PhD, André Augusto de Araujo, MD, Jaime Weslei Sakamoto, MD, and Eduardo Piccinini Viana, MD

Cocaine or benzoylmethylecgonine is a central nervous stimulant and an anesthetic; it is extracted from the leaves of the Erthroxylon coca plant. This salt is freely soluble in water, which allows it ... Read more

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Case Report   |   10.36959/377/343 Volume 4 Issue 2

Case Report: The Combined Spinal and Caudal (CSC) Anesthetic-Is this the New Ideal Anesthetic in a Formerly Preterm, High-Risk Infant with Chronic Lung Disease Undergoing Infraumbilical Surgery?

Authors: Kelly Tseng, MD and Chang Amber Liu, MD, MSc, FAAP

Postoperative apnea is a well-recognized clinical entity commonly occurring in formerly preterm, high-risk infants. Spinal anesthesia has been demonstrated to be an attractive alternative to general a... Read more

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Research Article   |   10.36959/377/341 Volume 4 Issue 2

Reduced Opioid Use and Reduced Time in the Postanesthesia Care Unit Following Preoperative Administration of Sublingual Sufentanil in an Ambulatory Surgery Setting

Authors: Christian D Tvetenstrand, MD and Michael E Wolff, MD

As the number of surgeries performed in an outpatient setting continues to rise, it is important to continually optimize perioperative pain management to enhance patient outcomes and optimize efficien... Read more

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Case Report   |   10.36959/377/340 Volume 4 Issue 2

Anaesthetic Considerations for Patients with a Vagal Nerve Stimulator

Authors: Grellan Tuohy, Albi Jose Chalissery, Ciara Jean Murphy and Orsolya Solymos

Vagal nerve stimulation is a neurosurgical treatment modality approved for the management of drug-resistant epilepsy. With its increased utilisation, anaesthesiologists will more frequently encounter ... Read more

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