Ultrasound-guided Erector Spinae Plane Block Versus Thoracic Epidural Analgesia: Postoperative Pain Management
Management of acute pain following the NUSS procedure continues to be investigated in order to achieve optimal analgesia and short length of stay in hospital. With novel regional anesthetic techniques, exciting new modalities are being explored. A new study examined ESP block versus thoracic epidural for this indication. CLICK HERE to read more.
Considerations in Establishing an Anesthesiology Department in the Middle East
Rosalie Tassone, MD MPH, a member of the SPPM Executive Board has recently published an article in International Anesthesiology Clinics. Of interest to our membership, would be the section on management of acute pain utilizing opioids, in the context of establishing practices in a hospital in the MIddle East, including a bias to undertreat pain. […]
New Research Training Funding Announcements
Dear Pain Research Community, There is an urgent need for more research to establish best practices in the pain management field, however, there is a limited workforce pipeline of pain researchers to meet NIH’s long-term goals of providing effective non-opioid options for the treatment of pain conditions and better pain management overall. We are excited […]
Study Explores Pathology of Pediatric Chronic Post-op Pain
Long-term chronic postsurgical pain is common in pediatric patients, occurs across a wide range of surgeries and has a marked impact on children’s quality of life, a new survey study by SPPM member T. Anthony Anderson, MD, PhD has concluded. Dr. Anderson will be presenting a lecture at our upcoming annual meeting in Tampa, […]
NIH Pain Consortium Webinar: Preparing/Writing the Application/Submitting the Grant
Dear Pain Researchers, We are reaching out to remind you about the next NIH Pain Consortium webinar in our series on NIH grant mechanisms in pain research across career stages (training, transition and independent stages). The ninth webinar will be held on January 13, 2022, from 3:00pm-5:00 (U.S. Eastern time), and will focus on […]