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Regional anesthesia and acute pain

• Tranexamic acid in total joint arthroplasty: the endorsed clinical practice guides of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons, American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Hip Society, and Knee Society (3 January, 2019)

  Yale A Fillingham, Dipak B Ramkumar, David S Jevsevar, Adolph J Yates, Stefano A Bini, Henry D Clarke, Emil Schemitsch, Rebecca L Johnson, Stavros G Memtsoudis, Siraj A Sayeed, Alexander P Sah, Craig J Della Valle
• Impact of perioperative pain management on cancer recurrence: an ASRA/ESRA special article (3 January, 2019)

  Andres Missair, Juan Pablo Cata, Gina Votta-Velis, Mark Johnson, Alain Borgeat, Mohammed Tiouririne, Vijay Gottumukkala, Donal Buggy, Ricardo Vallejo, Esther Benedetti de Marrero, Dan Sessler, Marc A Huntoon, Jose De Andres, Oscar De Leon Casasola
• Safety of spinal anesthesia in thrombocytopenic patients: are there lessons to be learnt from oncology? (3 January, 2019)

  Anthony M -H Ho, Glenio B Mizubuti, Adrienne K Ho
• Improving the therapeutic window of conventional opioids: novel differential signaling modulators (3 January, 2019)

  Eugene R Viscusi
• Spread of dye injectate in the distal femoral triangle versus the distal adductor canal: a cadaveric study (3 January, 2019)

  David F Johnston, Nicholas D Black, Rebecca Cowden, Lloyd Turbitt, Samantha Taylor
• A multicenter, randomized comparison between 2, 5, and 8 mg of perineural dexamethasone for ultrasound-guided infraclavicular block (3 January, 2019)

  Daniela Bravo, Julian Aliste, Sebastián Layera, Diego Fernández, Prangmalee Leurcharusmee, Artid Samerchua, Amornrat Tangjitbampenbun, Arraya Watanitanon, Vanlapa Arnuntasupakul, Choosak Tunprasit, Aida Gordon, Roderick J Finlayson, De Q Tran
• Interfascial block at the serratus muscle plane versus conventional analgesia in breast surgery: a randomized controlled trial (3 January, 2019)

  Guido Mazzinari, Lucas Rovira, Alma Casasempere, Juan Ortega, Luis Cort, José-Miguel Esparza-Miñana, Moncef Belaouchi
• Influence of postoperative analgesia on systemic inflammatory response and postoperative cognitive dysfunction after femoral fractures surgery: a randomized controlled trial (3 January, 2019)

  Gordana Kristek, Ivan Radoš, Dalibor Kristek, Leonardo Kapural, Nenad Nešković, Sonja Škiljić, Vesna Horvat, Sanja Mandić, Ivana Haršanji-Drenjančević
• Effect of local anesthetic volume (20 mL vs 30 mL ropivacaine) on electromyography of the diaphragm and pulmonary function after ultrasound-guided supraclavicular brachial plexus block: a randomized controlled trial (3 January, 2019)

  Xiuxia Bao, Juanjuan Huang, Haorong Feng, Yuying Qian, Yajie Wang, Qunying Zhang, Huansheng Hu, Xianghe Wang
• “Pseudo-suprascapular notch”: is it a sonographic trap in suprascapular nerve block? (3 January, 2019)

  Michał Podgórski, Marcelina Rusinek, Maciej Cichosz, Łukasz Olewnik, Michał Polguj, Piotr Grzelak
• Peripheral nerve blocks are not associated with increased risk of perioperative peripheral nerve injury in a Veterans Affairs inpatient surgical population (3 January, 2019)

  Meghana Yajnik, Alex Kou, Seshadri C Mudumbai, Tessa L Walters, Steven K Howard, T Edward Kim, Edward R Mariano
• Evaluation of the B-Smart manometer and the CompuFlo computerized injection pump technology for accurate needle-tip injection pressure measurement during peripheral nerve blockade (3 January, 2019)

  Robyn S Weisman, Nirav P Bhavsar, Kathleen A Schuster, Ralf E Gebhard