Regional anesthesia and pain medicine
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Reg Anesth Pain Med · Jun 2024
How predictive is peer review for gauging impact? The association between reviewer rating scores, publication status, and article impact measured by citations in a pain subspecialty journal.
Peer review represents a cornerstone of the scientific process, yet few studies have evaluated its association with scientific impact. The objective of this study is to assess the association of peer review scores with measures of impact for manuscripts submitted and ultimately published. ⋯ Peer review rating scores were not associated with citations, though the impact of peer review on quality and association with other metrics remains unclear.
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Reg Anesth Pain Med · Jun 2024
Regional anesthesia in resource-limited and disaster environments: a daring discourse.
Regional anesthesia (RA) is commonly used in perioperative settings of developed and well-resourced environments. RA has significant potential benefits when used in resource-limited environments, including disaster, mass casualty, and wartime environments. ⋯ This daring discourse discusses some historical examples of RA in ultralow resource environments, both man-made disasters and natural disasters. Future investigations should increase the usefulness and availability of RA in resource-limited environments.
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Reg Anesth Pain Med · Jun 2024
Use of regional anesthesia within a pediatric interventional radiology suite reduced periprocedural opioid use without delaying the overall workflow: a retrospective study.
Nerve block utility has been extensively described in the operating room, however, there is a paucity of evidence regarding blocks in the interventional radiology (IR) suite, with no studies examining its safety and efficacy in children. ⋯ Nerve blocks demonstrated an opioid-sparing effect intraprocedurally and postprocedurally for all subgroups. Their use among bone cyst patients was associated with significant reductions in average maximum PACU pain scores. Nerve blocks may constitute an effective opioid-sparing component of multimodal analgesia in pediatric patients undergoing IR sclerosis procedures. Prospective data are needed to establish the optimal utility of nerve blocks in the IR setting.