Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine

All Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine Articles

• Glofitamab plus selinexor maintenance yields sustained CR in refractory DLBCL case
• Withdrawal from overused medication and prophylactic treatment are key pillars for managing medication-overuse headache
• Migraine-associated forehead erythema may resolve rapidly with standard acute analgesic treatment
• Peripheral nerve stimulation improves tremor severity and functional disability in patients with essential tremor
• East Asian research on online mental health focuses heavily on addiction and negative behaviors
• Telemedicine improves access and convenience for rural chronic pain patients but lacks consistent pain relief
• Magnesium sulfate and dexmedetomidine show no significant difference as peribulbar block adjuvants
• Intrathecal therapy using partially implanted devices reduces pain intensity and opioid use in refractory cancer pain
• Chronic pain is associated with poorer executive functioning and processing speed in dementia patients
• Neuronal-surface autoantibodies cause synaptic dysfunction and structural injury in various neurological phenotypes
• Motor Guided Imagery significantly reduces pain and improves sleep quality in patients with post-stroke symptoms
• Higher knowledge of neonatal pain is associated with increased use of standardized assessment tools
• El Niño and hydrometeorological disasters cause significant health impacts including infections and food insecurity
• Collaborative care improves depression severity in low-complexity patients with OUD and depression
• Electroacupuncture provides short-term improvements in MoCA and MMSE scores for MCI and early Alzheimer's
• Perioperative gabapentin fails to reduce rest pain at 24 hours after thoracic surgery
• Fast-release paracetamol 650 mg achieves faster onset of analgesia and greater temperature reduction
• Digitally enabled patient education tools for chronic musculoskeletal pain lack tailoring for diverse patient needs
• Ambient cold exposure is associated with increased cardiovascular mortality across diverse geographic and socioeconomic settings
• Perioperative intraoral sucralfate reduces postoperative pain and improves mucosal healing after tonsillectomy
• Physical therapy and respiratory exercises reduce pain scores in patients with arteriovenous fistulas
• NSAIDs provide pain relief comparable to opioids in acute pancreatitis with fewer local complications
• tVNS, especially concha targeting, linked to better sleep quality and lower insomnia severity
• Patient education combined with exercise reduces pain in knee osteoarthritis patients by MD -3.28
• Preemptive photobiomodulation therapy may reduce pain during dental and craniomaxillofacial anesthetic needle punctures
• Complementary health therapies significantly reduce labor pain in women during labor (d = -1.16)
• Reflexology massage significantly reduces neuropathic pain and improves quality of life in patients with diabetes
• Continuous brachial plexus block reduces pain at rest following elective shoulder surgery
• Ibuprofen and acetaminophen show no statistically significant difference in total adverse events for pediatric pain
• Transcranial alternating current stimulation reduces musculoskeletal pain intensity with low certainty of evidence
• Warm-water bathing in labor may reduce instrumental delivery but not analgesia use
• Auriculotherapy Shows Consistent Pain Relief Across Multiple Conditions
• Central Asian Paralympic athlete participation and female representation increased significantly between 1996 and 2024
• Distal targeting SRS provides significantly higher pain relief at 30 days compared to proximal targeting
• Immunonutrition provides the strongest evidence for perioperative immune homeostasis in gastrointestinal cancer surgery
• Gestational diabetes mellitus increases maternal and neonatal morbidity and long-term risk of type 2 diabetes
• Electroacupuncture Regimens May Improve Short-Term Response in Peripheral Facial Palsy
• Erector Spinae Plane Block provides superior pain relief compared to Intercostal Nerve Block
• Comparing Eight Nerve Block Combinations and Local Infiltration Analgesia for Total Knee Arthroplasty
• Greater cumulative unmet social needs associated with higher pain intensity and interference in older adults
• Lidocaine-esketamine infusion reduces movement-evoked pain and opioid consumption in hepatic resection patients
• Stimulant use is associated with increased social needs and severity in patients with opioid use disorder
• Efficacy of Laparoscopic Guided Transversus Abdominis Plane Block for Postoperative Pain Management
• Programmed intermittent boluses of ropivacaine do not reduce opioid consumption compared to continuous infusion
• Sabin-derived inactivated poliovirus vaccine shows comparable safety to conventional IPV in adult booster recipients
• Efficacy of Perioperative Duloxetine for Pain Management in Hip and Knee Arthroplasty
• Hypnosis yields modest reductions in clinical pain compared to non-active controls in meta-analysis
• Ozone injections are more effective than corticosteroids for short and medium term pain in knee osteoarthritis
• Opioid-free perioperative regimens associated with lower pain scores and fewer side effects in hip arthroplasty
• Virtual reality reduces pain and anxiety in children undergoing emergency procedures
• Intrauterine lidocaine significantly reduces pain during IUD insertion in nulliparous and parous women
• Intravenous dexamethasone is most effective for reducing rebound pain after peripheral nerve blocks
• Pain neuroscience education reduces pain intensity in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain conditions
• Nerve Block Eases Neurogenic Cough in Meta-Analysis
• 4% articaine improves anaesthetic success rates compared to 2% lidocaine in children with MIH
• Multi-scale framework of technologies provides a roadmap for investigating mechanisms of force-based manipulations
• Poorly supported operating room environments compromise nurse wellbeing and professional performance through multiple stressors
• Parathyroidectomy and hypercalcemia management may improve outcomes in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism
• Low back pain affects 53% of Africans at any point, 75% annually
• Perioperative regional nerve blocks reduce postoperative pain scores after robot-assisted transaxillary thyroidectomy
• Opioid receptor agonist-antagonists may improve analgesia and safety when co-administered with full mu-opioid agonists
• Transforaminal epidural steroid injections provide superior pain and disability relief compared to interlaminar techniques
• Exosomes are safe for knee osteoarthritis but show no superiority over placebo in one trial
• Hydrolyzed collagen peptides show a cautious signal for improving pain and function in tendon injuries
• Pain may precede Parkinson's diagnosis, affecting up to 59% before motor symptoms
• Serratus anterior plane block reduces postoperative nausea and opioid consumption after surgery under general anesthesia
• Spinal cord stimulation research skewed by region and industry funding, meta-analysis finds
• Manual acupuncture and sham therapies both reduce pain intensity in tension-type headache patients
• ECAP-controlled closed-loop spinal cord stimulation provides 90% overall pain relief for neuropathic pain
• Spinal cord stimulation with medical management reduces pain intensity in painful diabetic neuropathy
• Live, robotic, and picture parrot therapies reduce venipuncture pain in adults with chronic illness
• Opioid Safety Toolkit increases naloxone requests (OR 2.5) and overdose knowledge compared to standard information
• Comparative Efficacy of Neuromodulation Techniques for Managing Chronic Herpes Zoster Pain
• Perineural dexmedetomidine combined with ropivacaine reduces pain and hospital stay after VATS
• Thermal RFA reduces pain more than steroid injections in facet joint syndrome, but effect may not be clinically meaningful
• Nursing students answer only 45% of pain management knowledge questions correctly
• Virtual reality reduces pain intensity and heart rate in pediatric patients with burns
• Dexmedetomidine added to TAP block reduces tramadol consumption and pain scores during cesarean section
• Opium use and disorder prevalence remains high among Iranian men despite declining trends in students
• External Oblique Intercostal Plane Block reduces postoperative opioid consumption by 19.55 mg compared to standard analgesia
• Immersive virtual reality reduces pain and disability in patients with chronic neck pain
• Opioids provide clinically important pain relief for short durations but lack long-term efficacy in osteoarthritis
• 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