This March, I will be joining an impressive group of peds anesthesiologists to teach pediatric nerve blocks with:✨live models✨cadavers✨simulation✨
Honoured to be part of the faculty!
Follow the link to register; https://eeds.com/portal_live_events.aspx?ConferenceID=158878
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Pain Widespreadedness, and Not Primary Pain Location, is Associated With Comorbid Symptoms in Children With Chronic Pain https://journals.lww.com/clinicalpain/Abstract/2023/01000/Pain_Widespreadedness,_and_Not_Primary_Pain.1.aspx
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Management of chronic pain from a psychiatric perspective. The papers raises a valid point: Untreated #chronicpain is an independent risk factor for suicidality, doubling the risk of suicidal behaviors or death by suicide. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0890856722002003?fr=RR-2&ref=pdf_download&rr=7755a0472bf85443
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Congrats 👏 to my Sick Kids chronic pain colleagues on your publication! Their study found that synthetic #cannabinoid (nabilone) may help pediatric patients with non-cancer #chronicpain.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/24740527.2022.2132138?needAccess=true
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When comparing adductor canal block for TKA, catheter vs single shot, catheter made no difference in analgesia for first 48 hours.
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Principles of Regional Anaesthesia in Children. Only point I would be cautious is use of #dexmedetomidine as an additive to peripheral nerve blocks, have seen it cause excessive block duration! https://t.co/Ricik1ApUl #PedsPain #PedsAnes