Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine

All Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine Articles

• Community engagement and health system strengthening facilitate maternal and child health services for Somali IDPs
• Nerve decompressive surgery of the lower limbs reduces pain scores in patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy
• Warming-dredging acupuncture significantly improves pain relief rates for patients with cancer-related pain
• ERAS protocols for scoliosis surgery are planned for evaluation in a systematic review meta-analysis
• Pain assessment guidelines for cognitively impaired older adults lack practical detail
• Surgical removal of an ectopic tooth and associated cyst resolves symptoms of unilateral sinusitis
• Natural products modulate non-apoptotic cell death to bypass apoptotic blockades in cancer
• Herbal Medicinal Bath shows stable efficacy for chronic kidney disease-associated pruritus in network meta-analysis
• Spatio-temporal graph neural networks improve prediction accuracy and interpretability for regional disease risk modeling
• VR-assisted physiotherapy improves pain, function, and balance in knee osteoarthritis
• Remifentanil lowers maternal mean arterial pressure at intubation but may decrease 1-minute Apgar scores
• Peripheral nerve stimulation significantly reduces tremor intensity and functional disability in essential tremor
• Classical conditioning enhances engagement of pain modulation regions compared to verbal suggestion alone
• PEID reduces operative time and fluoroscopy frequency compared to PETD for L5/S1 disc herniation
• Epidural analgesia may reduce pain during movement after laparoscopic abdominal surgery compared to PCIA
• Quadratus lumborum block reduces 24-h morphine consumption by 3.19 mg in cesarean section patients
• Perioperative magnesium sulfate reduces pain scores and opioid consumption following spinal or neurological surgery
• Percutaneous Cervical Cordotomy reduces pain and opioid consumption in patients with severe cancer pain
• Empowered Relief trial evaluates if 1-session intervention is non-inferior to 8-session CBT for chronic pain
• Methadone shows significantly higher treatment retention than buprenorphine-naloxone in patients with Opioid Use Disorder
• Esketamine reduces 3-month postpartum depression incidence from 20.89% to 11.59% in primiparae
• Nitrous oxide reduces pain and improves completion rates in office hysteroscopy
• Opioid Wizard tool increases primary care clinician confidence in screening, diagnosing, and referring patients for OUD
• Intraoperative surgeon-performed adductor canal blocks are non-inferior to anesthesiologist-performed blocks for TKA discharge
• Mood disorders and benzodiazepine use increase risk for new persistent opioid use in postsurgical adults
• Tegileridine provides superior analgesic efficacy over placebo for postoperative acute pain with a favorable safety profile
• Tai Chi significantly reduces pain and improves functional disability in chronic non-specific low back pain
• Intermittent hypoxia-hyperoxia therapy significantly improves pain and functional mobility in musculoskeletal dysfunctions
• TENS reduces pain (MD -0.82) and improves muscle strength in patients with knee osteoarthritis
• Percutaneous electrolysis provides superior pain reduction compared to baseline care in lateral epicondylitis
• Trial protocol evaluates three liposomal bupivacaine concentrations for superior trunk block in rotator cuff repair
• Suture-less closure may reduce pain and swelling after mandibular third molar extraction
• Meta Analysis Evaluating Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Cognitive Enhancement
• Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation may increase network flexibility to address chronic pain through triple-network interactions
• Peripheral nerve blocks reduce 24-hour morphine use by 16.20 mg in kidney transplant recipients
• Blood flow restriction exercise may reduce pain through metabolic and neurological pathways for musculoskeletal injuries
• Fibromyalgia as an oncology comorbidity increases symptom burden and impairs treatment adherence
• Intercostal nerve cryoablation reduces inpatient opioid consumption by 102 morphine milligram equivalents
• Botulinum toxin type A as an add-on improves scar appearance scores in multimodal management
• Liposomal bupivacaine reduces 24-hour resting pain scores by 1.04 points in brachial plexus blocks
• High-dose buprenorphine induction protocol for Opioid Use Disorder in emergency department settings
• Vapocoolant spray reduces pain scores by Cohen's d -0.30 to -0.48 in critically ill adults during arterial puncture
• Descending pain modulation hubs and cortical influences: a narrative review of mechanisms and therapies
• Transversus abdominis plane block reduces morphine use and pain after kidney removal surgery in patients
• Function-oriented, neuroscience-based approaches improve pain and function in older adults with chronic spinal pain
• Systematic review finds aerobic exercise combined with other therapies helps reduce neck pain intensity and improve physical function in adults
• Laparoscopic-endoscopic cooperative surgery achieves R0 resection in gastric synovial sarcoma with no recurrence at nine months
• Whole health team intervention reduced pain interference by 0.58 points versus cognitive behavioral therapy in VA patients
• General anesthesia with reduced rocuronium and sugammadex reversal safely enabled cesarean section in a patient with inclusion body myositis
• Immersive VR reduces pain and anxiety in obstetric procedures
• Systematic review finds ketamine offers no pain advantage over opioids in prehospital trauma care settings
• Intercostal nerve cryoablation reduces length of stay by 2.2 days in pediatric pectus excavatum surgery compared to standard care
• Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation cuts neuropathic pain intensity with large effect in meta-analysis
• Hypnotic communication cuts post-ABG pain intensity beta = -0.97 in ED patients
• Dexmedetomidine plus sufentanil cuts postoperative delirium risk to 4.9% vs 15.28% with sufentanil alone
• Laughter therapy shows large anxiety reduction and moderate pain relief in children
• Wound infusion catheter shortens hospital stay and provides comparable analgesia to epidural after laparotomy
• Massage or music listening reduces pain severity in ICU patients within 48 hours after cardiac surgery
• Infrared irradiation reduces postpartum pain after episiotomy, but low-level laser therapy shows no benefit
• Superficial parasternal intercostal plane block reduces 24-hour morphine use by 8.53 mg in cardiac surgery patients
• Mobility strategies during labor significantly shorten stages and reduce cesarean rates in women receiving low-dose epidural analgesia
• Intrauterine lidocaine reduces pain during hysteroscope insertion and improves patient satisfaction
• AI and machine learning improve patient selection and outcomes in spinal cord stimulation
• Electroacupuncture alleviates pain in patients with temporomandibular disorder while maintaining a good safety record
• Electroacupuncture with intradermal needles for Bell's palsy shows no overall benefit but may help severe cases
• Qualitative review of early child care policies in Kenya highlights implementation gaps and resource needs
• Perioperative nefopam failed to lower morphine needs or pain scores in spine surgery patients undergoing randomised trials
• Narrative synthesis on liposomal bupivacaine for autologous breast reconstruction pain
• Acupuncture combined with Chinese medicine reduces cancer pain intensity compared to usual care in a meta-analysis of 884 patients
• Meta-analysis shows PENG+LFCN block reduces pain and weakness versus FICB in hip surgery ERAS pathways
• Narrative review discusses multimodal strategies for rebound pain after extremity fracture surgery
• Systematic review and meta-analysis of olive-derived compounds for osteoarthritis pain
• Acupuncture plus usual care did not improve acute musculoskeletal pain at 1 month
• Laparoscopic assisted TAP block reduces morphine consumption after elective minimally invasive colon surgery
• Meta-analysis shows association between ganglion impar blocks and coccydynia pain reduction
• Meta-analysis shows preoperative COX-2 inhibitors and gabapentin reduce opioid use after arthroscopic surgery
• Systematic review and meta-analysis of gestational diabetes prevalence in African populations
• Network meta-analysis compares analgesic techniques for upper GI surgery pain
• Low-frequency TENS with vocal exercises may improve vocal quality in women with vocal nodules
• Single photobiomodulation session fails to reduce perineal trauma pain in postpartum women
• Adding dexmedetomidine to dexamethasone does not prolong analgesia in upper limb surgery
• Reflexology hand massage reduces pain and anxiety after coronary angiography
• Eye-transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation reduced myopia incidence in children aged 6 to 12 years compared with sham stimulation
• Intranasal naloxone reverses opioid-induced respiratory depression in opioid-naive and daily users within 2 to 17 minutes
• High- and low-intensity acupuncture improved pain in chronic recalcitrant plantar fasciitis versus waitlist control
• Nurse-led rehabilitation reduced pain and improved wound healing in noncomplex burn injuries compared to routine care
• Meta-analysis shows methadone exposure linked to higher NAS incidence and treatment needs versus buprenorphine in pregnant women
• Meta-analysis of VR for pain in pediatric ED patients shows mixed results
• Systematic review finds no convincing evidence linking neuraxial labour analgesia to neurodevelopmental disorders in offspring
• Systematic review and meta-analysis shows nonsignificant pain reduction with XR in children
• Kinesio Taping Plus Stretching Improves Pain and Function in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• Narrative review discusses link between diamine oxidase deficiency and fibromyalgia pathophysiology
• Narrative review identifies determinants of susceptibility to digital health misinformation
• Acupuncture and Celecoxib for Chronic Knee Pain: Genetic Factors May Influence Response
• Feedback-regulated background infusion reduces postoperative nausea and vomiting in laparoscopic myomectomy patients
• Meta-analysis finds Eat-Sleep-Console care reduces neonatal opioid withdrawal hospital stay
• FAPI PET/CT Shows Higher Sensitivity for Lymph Node Metastases in Breast Cancer
• Propofol and sevoflurane anesthesia show divergent EEG signatures in retrospective surgical patient analysis
• Meta-analysis finds core muscle training reduces pain in chronic nonspecific low back pain patients
• Review indicates non-thermal processing maintains antioxidant capacity and improves bioavailability versus thermal methods
• Bibliometric review of anesthesia-associated postoperative cognitive dysfunction in elderly patients from 2000 to 2024
• Meta-analysis finds TEAS reduces PONV after laparoscopic surgery
• taVNS with ropivacaine block reduces chronic postsurgical pain after off-pump CABG in elderly patients
• In a cohort of 561 individuals with chronic pain, sex and gender identity influenced repeated prescription refill odds
• Narrative review explores strategies to prevent CAR-T cell exhaustion in treatment-resistant non-Hodgkin lymphoma
• Office-based holmium-YAG TULA shows feasibility and safety for recurrent NMIBC in a high-risk cohort
• TEAS at PC6 during hepatectomy does not reduce PONV incidence within 24 hours
• Meta-analysis of Traditional Chinese Exercise for nonspecific low back pain in 3,054 patients
• Rotational effleurage and connective tissue massage reduced labor pain compared to routine care in primiparous women
• High-volume PENG block with dexamethasone showed no analgesic advantage over conventional volume in primary total hip arthroplasty
• Electroacupuncture with Pelvic Floor Training Reduces Stress Urinary Incontinence Leakage
• Meta-analysis shows floating needle therapy improves postpartum pain and incontinence outcomes in China
• Repeated conditioned pain modulation exposure linked to higher heat pain thresholds in healthy adults
• Meta-analysis shows dexmedetomidine lowers mean arterial pressure compared to midazolam-fentanyl in surgical patients
• Review synthesizes rTMS and tDCS efficacy for neuropathic orofacial pain management
• Memantine reduces opioid use but not pain in knee osteoarthritis patients after surgery
• Systematic review of neuropathic pain trials reveals high prevalence of restrictive exclusion criteria
• Review finds TCM stroke trials less likely to define primary outcomes and report safety than Western medicine trials
• Mobile app engagement and perceived usefulness in adult primary care patients with chronic pain
• Advanced monitoring tools may aid insertion timing in painless gastroscopy compared to traditional indicators
• Palm stimulator and cartoon reduce pain and fear during IV catheterization in children aged 5-12
• Mechanism-oriented interventions show promising results for taxane-induced neuropathic pain in breast cancer survivors
• Sleeve-fundoplication without gastric resection reduces GERD incidence versus sleeve gastrectomy in obese rat model
• Vonoprazan-based regimens show higher H. pylori eradication rates than rabeprazole dual therapy in Chinese cohort
• Network meta-analysis compares 155 analgesic regimens for pain after knee and hip arthroplasty
• PENG block with bupivacaine reduces early POCD incidence after hip arthroplasty in older patients
• Intramuscular quadratus lumborum block improves post-cesarean analgesia compared to anterior approach
• Suprascapular Nerve Block Added to Steroid Injection Shows Early Pain Benefit in Adhesive Capsulitis
• Peer navigators provide direct, informational, and facilitation support for OUD during community re-entry
• TTNS plus behavior therapy reduces urgency and nocturia in older women with OAB
• Pilot trial finds acute taVNS effects on blood pressure differ by stimulation site and hypertension status
• Pilot RCT finds mindfulness intervention feasible for chronic pain in cancer survivors
• Intraoperative ESP block yields higher postoperative recovery scores than preoperative block in lumbar disk hernioplasty
• Pilot RCT finds non-significant pain reduction with ESPB ropivacaine versus saline for ureteral stones
• Oliceridine PCA non-inferior to sufentanil for knee arthroplasty pain, with lower nausea and vomiting
• TEAS reduces wrinkle scores and improves patient-reported facial aging outcomes in 90-participant RCT
• Two-week active tsDCS improved RLS symptoms and neurophysiological measures versus sham in a small RCT
• Costoclavicular Nerve Block Shows Faster Onset Than Infraclavicular Block in Upper Limb Surgeries
• Exercise with taping or orthoses reduces hallux valgus angle and pain in mild-to-moderate cases
• Progressive Muscle Relaxation May Reduce Pain and Improve Sleep After Open Heart Surgery
• Antibiotic duration and type associated with chronic post-amputation pain in military cohort
• Carbamazepine linked to lower postoperative pain scores in tentorial meningioma resection
• Acupuncture and massage reduced pain in AYA cancer patients in small RCT subgroup analysis
• Lifetime opioid overdose reported by 55% of pregnant individuals with OUD in buprenorphine treatment study
• Hypnotic cognitive therapy reduces pain intensity in adults with spinal cord injury
• Auditory distraction and VR reduce pain during burn dressing changes in adults receiving morphine
• VR application reduced pain and increased comfort after thyroid or parathyroid surgery in small RCT
• Mini-review summarizes AI applications for cancer pain assessment and management
• Narrative review describes bidirectional relationship between sarcopenia and pain in older adults
• Observational pain tools show utility for non-verbal children with neurocognitive impairment
• Health education programs added to fibromyalgia care reduce pain and improve quality of life in meta-analysis
• TEAS reduces preoperative anxiety and postoperative pain in meta-analysis of 1026 surgical patients
• Meta-analysis finds opioid-free anesthesia improves postoperative recovery versus opioid anesthesia
• Perineural dexamethasone extends analgesia duration in upper limb surgery blocks versus bupivacaine alone
• tDCS shows craving reduction in male methadone patients; machine learning algorithm achieves 94% diagnostic accuracy
• Study Buddy Intervention Fails to Improve Retention in Rural PWUD Longitudinal Research
• Telemedicine-Assisted Buprenorphine Induction Non-Inferior to Standard Care for OUD Retention
• Mobile App with Contingency Management Improves Pain Outcomes in Adults with NF1
• Anodal tDCS of left motor cortex reduces experimental thermal pain in healthy adults
• Augmented reality game shows no significant effect on persistent opioid use after pediatric surgery
• Pain catastrophizing predicts tDCS response patterns in knee osteoarthritis pain
• Opioid-sparing PCA non-inferior to opioid PCA for pain after total knee arthroplasty
• Combined Versus Deep Serratus Anterior Plane Block Shows No Difference in VATS Postoperative Pain
• Pain Neuroscience Education shows short-term benefit for PTA student attitudes, not sustained at 3 months
• Sequenced care pathway not superior to pain navigator for Veterans with low back pain at 3 months
• Mobilization with movement reduces pain and disability in knee osteoarthritis meta-analysis
• Intranasal ketamine shows similar pain relief to IV opioids for renal colic in ED meta-analysis
• Ketorolac shows early analgesic advantage for post-endodontic pain at 6 hours in meta-analysis