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
Pericapsular nerve group block: a 3D CT scan imaging study to determine the spread of injectate.
Current understanding of the mechanism of action of the pericapsular nerve group (PENG) block is primarily based on cadaver studies. We performed an imaging study in patients undergoing hip surgery to enhance the understanding of the analgesic mechanisms following a PENG block. ⋯ Our study suggests that the analgesic effect of the PENG block may be related to the block of the branches of the femoral nerve traveling within the iliopsoas muscle without a spread pattern commensurate with the block of the obturator nerve.