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Laura Girón-Arango

Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
Verified email at uhn.ca
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Pericapsular nerve group (PENG) block for hip fracture

L Girón-Arango, PWH Peng, KJ Chin… - Regional Anesthesia & …, 2018 - rapm.bmj.com
Fascia iliaca block or femoral nerve block is used frequently in hip fracture patients because
of their opioid-sparing effects and reduction in opioid-related adverse effects. A recent …

The nerves of the adductor canal and the innervation of the knee: an anatomic study

DBS Laurant, P Peng, LG Arango, AU Niazi… - Regional Anesthesia & …, 2016 - rapm.bmj.com
Background and Objectives Adductor canal block contributes to analgesia after total knee
arthroplasty. However, controversy exists regarding the target nerves and the ideal site of …

Diaphragm-sparing brachial plexus blocks: a focused review of current evidence and their role during the COVID-19 pandemic

J Cubillos, L Girón-Arango… - Current Opinion in …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Existing diaphragm-sparing brachial plexus regional anesthesia techniques used for
shoulder and clavicle surgery may help minimize pulmonary complications by preserving …

[HTML][HTML] Is there a role for transesophageal echocardiography in the perioperative trauma patient?

L Girón-Arango, PP D'Empaire - Current Anesthesiology Reports, 2022 - Springer
A goal-directed, focused TEE can be performed at the bedside in different locations and
mechanically ventilated patients. TEE provides relevant diagnostic information to guide the …

Reply to aydin et al.: a novel indication of pericapsular nerve group block: surgical anesthesia for vein ligation and stripping

L Girón-Arango, J Tran, PWH Peng - Journal of Cardiothoracic and …, 2020 - jcvaonline.com
2 Ciftci B, Ekinci M, Celik EC, et al. Efficacy of an ultrasound-guided erector spinae plane
block for postoperative analgesia management after videoassisted thoracic surgery: A …

Can recent chronic pain techniques help with acute perioperative pain?

MF Arboleda, L Girón-Arango… - Current Opinion in …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Despite the widespread use of regional anaesthesia and multimodal analgesia in the
perioperative pain management, more than two-third of the patients reported severe …

Surgical anesthesia for proximal arm surgery in the awake patient

L Girón-Arango, A Perlas - Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine, 2021 - rapm.bmj.com
This education article discusses a combination of brachial plexus and peripheral nerve
blocks aimed at providing complete surgical anesthesia to the proximal arm, while …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrasound-guided ankle block: An attractive anaesthetic technique for foot surgery

L Girón-Arango, MI Vásquez-Sadder… - Colombian Journal of …, 2015 - scielo.org.co
Foot innervation, defined as distal to the tibial and fibular malleoli, is provided by five nerves,
namely the tibial, peroneal (deep and superficial), sural and saphenous nerves. Blockade of …

Point-of-Care Gastric Ultrasound to Identify a Full Stomach on a Diabetic Patient Taking a Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Receptor Agonist

L Girón-Arango, A Perlas - A&A Practice, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Recently, there has been increased interest in the relationship between glucagon-like
peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists, delayed gastric emptying, and subsequent risk of …

[HTML][HTML] Abdominal point-of-care ultrasound before anesthesia in a patient with an unstable C-spine

A Perlas, R Nakatani, L Girón-Arango - CMAJ, 2022 - Can Med Assoc
Figure 1: Sonographic images of the antrum of an 83-year-old man's stomach in the right
lateral decubitus position.(I) The antrum appears grossly distended with clear fluid …