Hot off press 🔥📚 Opioid claim s/p TKA and periop NSAID use 👉🏾~790k pts 👉🏾aOR 1.32 for 90 day opioid claim w/ periop NSAID 👉🏾aOR 1.12 for 180 day opioid claim w/periop NSAID BOTTOM LINE: Periop NSAID may be associated w/ opioid claim at 90/180 day s/p TKA doi.org/10.1111/anae.1…

Faraj Abdallah Ian Gilron Hance Clarke Colin J.L. McCartney Ryan D'Souza, MD Nasir Hussain Interestingly, there is the question of chicken/egg, right?

Garrett Barry Steve Coppens Jon Bailey MD MSc FRCPC EDRA 🇨🇦🧗🏄‍♂️ Dr Amit Pawa💉🎙️ Colin J.L. McCartney Faraj Abdallah Christopher Ramnanan Laura de Neumann Block It Like It’s Hot Podcast This isn’t new information, it’s been there for a while, in other specialties’ literature. As per John Sinclair, my neurosurgeon colleague,when I called to discuss my clinical observations: “there are no watertight compartments in the paravertebral area” journals.lww.com/spinejournal/a…

Dr Amit Pawa💉🎙️ Colin J.L. McCartney Faraj Abdallah Christopher Ramnanan Laura de Neumann Block It Like It’s Hot Podcast Amit, as you know, I will keep calling it MTP. It seems from literature that others will continue to do so as well. No group has the authority or legitimacy to rename original work against the original author’s wishes and rewrite history. I remember the sketch, nice memories!

Ryan D'Souza, MD Faraj Abdallah Ed Mariano, MD, MAS, FASA, FASRA 🇺🇸🇵🇭 🩺 Hari (హరి 🇮🇳) Kalagara Dr. Vishal Uppal MBBS, FRCA 🇨🇦🇮🇳🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 RLJohnson Mayo Clinic Department of Anesthesiology Emily Sharpe, MD, FASA Bridget Pulos, MD, FASA Chad M Brummett Matt Graca, MD Great study and def food for thought. We’ve laid out a roadmap for future research in our editorial 🔗 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38502825/ Stavros G Memtsoudis HSS Anesthesiology 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘢

Periop NSAIDs associated w chronic opioid use post-TKA? Our editorial in response to Nasir Hussain et al. [pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38385772/] out today 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘢 with a roadmap for follow-up research. Much more work to be done. 🔗 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38502825/ Stavros G Memtsoudis HSS Anesthesiology

More observational data showing an association between acute suppression of the inflammatory response and chronic pain. From friends and former ⁦OttawaAnesthesiology⁩ colleagues Faraj Abdallah⁩ and ⁦Colin J.L. McCartney⁩ …-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/an…

🔓Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in multimodal strategies: a potential double-edged sword but still more research needed Jashvant Poeran & Stavros G Memtsoudis respond to Nasir Hussain & @faraj_reganesth et al. Editorial🔗…-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… Original🔗…-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/an…

Tomorrow at 0900 BST it is the LIVE American RA takeover! Ed Mariano, MD, MAS, FASA, FASRA 🇺🇸🇵🇭, Jinlei Li, Nasir Hussain and Faraj Abdallah discuss an excellent new paper on the association of peri-operative prescription of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs with continued prescription of opioids

Now LIVE with Ed Mariano, MD, MAS, FASA, FASRA 🇺🇸🇵🇭, Jinlei Li, Nasir Hussain and Faraj Abdallah! Everything you need to think about clinical decision-making for post-surgical pain management, risk–benefit discussions with patients and future research.

Congratulations to Faraj Abdallah for shepherding this SRMA comparing liposomal and plain bupivacaine to publication.

🚨 High unwarranted variation in pain management for pediatric ACL reconstruction In this editorial, Ellen Soffin, MD, PhD Faraj Abdallah and Ed Mariano, MD, MAS, FASA, FASRA 🇺🇸🇵🇭 suggest ways to improve it! 📃 Editorial: bit.ly/3Y3Zjun 🔗 Original Research: bit.ly/3S8kd7y Vidya chidambaran, MD, MS, FASA

First morning walk in my garden after vacation. Keen to check my ripe … pineapple🍍 !! 🐿️ ☠️ 🔥 💥

When you’re sneaking a treat from the kitchen closet & you get the feeling that you’re being watched ….

Balanced, evidence-based summary by RLJohnson of new and older long-acting formulations of local anesthetics #ASRASpring25

Ed Mariano, MD, MAS, FASA, FASRA 🇺🇸🇵🇭 Dr.Kartik Sonawane Block It Like It’s Hot Podcast Dr Amit Pawa💉🎙️ Jeff Gadsden Nabil Elkassabany MD MBA MSCE jodyleng Dr. Vishal Uppal MBBS, FRCA 🇨🇦🇮🇳🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🩺 Hari (హరి 🇮🇳) Kalagara James K. Kim Bryant Tran, MD Yes yes and yes pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25822923/

A new randomized controlled trial explores whether combining systemic with perineural dexamethasone yields any additive or synergistic effect on the characteristics and analgesic effects of peripheral nerve blocks. Read the article by Hussain et al.: ow.ly/71tU50W4c50

Which block for hip elective replacement ? This new network Meta in anesthesiology finds that periarticular infiltration alone provides the most consistent improvements in post-op rest pain, analgesic consumption, and functional recovery after THA. journals.lww.com/anesthesiology…