Opioids have played in a key role in cardiac anesthesia and analgesia since the early years
of cardiac surgery. Today, opioids continue to be the primary mode for analgesia in cardiac …

An estimated 40 000 patients in the UK will develop PPP, of whom at least 5–10% will have
severe pain. Lack of clear definition and lack of awareness have been barriers to diagnosis …

Abstract Editor's Perspective What We Already Know about This Topic Cardiac surgery is
associated with a significant rate of chronic postoperative pain Few proven strategies exist to …

Background Decisions to admit high-risk postoperative patients to critical care may be
affected by resource availability. We aimed to quantify adult ICU/high-dependency unit …

Pain is a common and distressing symptom experienced by intensive care patients.
Assessing pain in this environment is challenging, and published guidelines have been …

Background Our aim was to describe the long‐term prevalence, risk factors and impact on
quality of life of persistent postsurgical pain (PPP) following cardiac surgery. Methods All …

In an era of 'fake news', communicating factual public health messages is pertinent. The
opioid crisis in the USA has affected entire communities, with 192 lives lost every day, 1 and …

Background: Radiofrequency neurotomy (RFN) is a therapy aimed at providing lasting back
pain relief for sacroiliac joint (SIJ) pain. A recent advancement in RFN is a strip lesioning …

We read with great interest the review by Soluri-Martins et al. 1 on how to minimise ventilator-
induced lung injury in transplanted lungs. This is an important topic and we agree with the …

Diastolic dysfunction is associated with major adverse outcomes following cardiac surgery.
We hypothesized that multisystem endpoints of morbidity would be higher in patients with …