Publications

• Benzon HT, Elmofty D, Shankar H, Rana M, Chadwick AL, Shah S, Souza D, Nagpal AS, Abdi S, Rafla C  et al.  Use of corticosteroids for adult chronic pain interventions: sympathetic and peripheral nerve blocks, trigger point injections - guidelines from the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, the American Academy of Pain Medicine, the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, the International Pain and Spine Intervention Society, and the North American Spine Society.  Reg Anesth Pain Med  2024 Aug 07;. pii:rapm-2024-105593
• Woodward SK, McCrory EH, Neumann KE, Lu SF, McCarthy RJ, Peralta FM  P6 acupressure versus sham acupressure for prevention of intraoperative nausea and vomiting during cesarean delivery under neuraxial anesthesia: a randomized controlled trial.  Int J Obstet Anesth  2024 Aug 06;:104242. doi:10.1016/j.ijoa.2024.104242
• Hallmark AK, Lindley KJ, Banayan JM  Peripartum management of cardiac arrhythmias: a narrative review.  Int J Obstet Anesth  2024 Aug 02;60:104243. doi:10.1016/j.ijoa.2024.104243
• Toleikis JR, Pace C, Jahangiri FR, Hemmer LB, Toleikis SC  Intraoperative somatosensory evoked potential (SEP) monitoring: an updated position statement by the American Society of Neurophysiological Monitoring.  J Clin Monit Comput  2024 Jul 27;. doi:10.1007/s10877-024-01201-x
• Lele AV, Bebawy JF, Takala R  The External Ventricular Drain Safety Campaign: A Global Patient Safety Initiative of the Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesiology and Critical Care.  J Neurosurg Anesthesiol  2024 Jul 24;. doi:10.1097/ANA.0000000000000982
• Baumgardt SL, Fang J, Fu X, Liu Y, Xia Z, Zhao M, Chen L, Mishra R, Gunasekaran M, Saha P  et al.  Genetic deletion or pharmacologic inhibition of HDAC6 protects the heart against ischemia/reperfusion injury by limiting TNFα-induced mitochondrial injury in experimental diabetes.  Cardiovasc Res  2024 Jul 13;. pii:cvae144
• Wittbrodt M, Klug M, Etemadi M, Yang A, Pandolfino JE, Keswani RN  Assessment of colonoscopy skill using machine learning to measure quality: Proof-of-concept and initial validation.  Endosc Int Open  2024 Jul;12(7):E849-E853. doi:10.1055/a-2333-8138
• Wahezi SE, Naeimi T, Caparo M, Emerick TD, Choi H, Eshraghi Y, Anitescu M, Patel K, Przkora R, Wright T  et al.  Trainee Insight into Pain Fellowship Programs: A Critical Evaluation of the Current Educational System by the APPD.  Pain Physician  2024 Jul;27(5):E627-E636
• Engle AM, Khanna R, Abd-Elsayed A  Radiofrequency ablation for the cervical spine.  Ann Palliat Med  2024 Jul;13(4):1047-1055. doi:10.21037/apm-23-520
• Selvamani BJ, Kalagara H, Volk T, Narouze S, Childs C, Patel A, Seering MS, Benzon HT, Sondekoppam RV  Infectious complications following regional anesthesia: a narrative review and contemporary estimates of risk.  Reg Anesth Pain Med  2024 Jun 05;. pii:rapm-2024-105496
• Vu EL, Brown CH, Brady KM, Hogue CW  Monitoring of cerebral blood flow autoregulation: physiologic basis, measurement, and clinical implications.  Br J Anaesth  2024 Jun;132(6):1260-1273. doi:10.1016/j.bja.2024.01.043
• Huang M, Okocha O, Selzer A  Perioperative management of penicillin allergy - the essential partnership between physicians and patients in advancing antibiotic stewardship.  J Clin Anesth  2024 Jun;94:111426. doi:10.1016/j.jclinane.2024.111426
• Chappell AG, Kalainov DM, Samworth A, Yuksel SS, Rangwani S, Nader A  Permanent Peripheral Nerve Stimulator for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome of the Forearm and Hand.  Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open  2024 May;12(5):e5764. pii:e5764
• Carneiro HA, Cook A, Belani K, Benzuly K, Knight B  Percutaneous closure of the left atrial appendage after failed surgical closure using a septal occluder device guided by real-time 4-dimensional intracardiac echocardiography.  J Interv Card Electrophysiol  2024 May 13;. doi:10.1007/s10840-024-01824-9
• Berger O, Choi W, Ko CH, Thompson MP, Avram MJ, Scott DJ, Hoare BL, Cridge R, Wheatley M, Bathgate RAD  et al.  Long-Circulating Vasoactive 1,18-Octadecanedioic Acid-Terlipressin Conjugate.  ACS Pharmacol Transl Sci  2024 May 10;7(5):1252-1261. doi:10.1021/acsptsci.3c00305
• Kominiarek MA, Espinal M, Cassimatis IR, Peace JM, Premkumar A, Toledo P, Shramuk M, Wafford EQ  Peripartum interventions for people with class III obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis.  Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM  2024 May;6(5):101354. doi:10.1016/j.ajogmf.2024.101354
• Huang L, Mahmood F, Laham R, Sharma RK, Belani K  Percutaneous Approach to Mechanical Aortic Valve Prosthesis Paravalvular Leak Closure: Lessons Learned.  J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth  2024 May;38(5):1203-1210. doi:10.1053/j.jvca.2024.01.031
• Ma K, Bebawy JF  Anemia and Optimal Transfusion Thresholds in Brain-Injured Patients: A Narrative Review of the Literature.  Anesth Analg  2024 May 01;138(5):992-1002. doi:10.1213/ANE.0000000000006772
• Freed K, Taylor MG, Toledo P, Kruse JH, Palanisamy A, Lange EMS  Readability, Content, and Quality of Online Patient Education Materials on Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity in the Pediatric Population.  Am J Perinatol  2024 May;41(S 01):e341-e347. doi:10.1055/s-0042-1754408
• Nunn KP, Velazquez AA, Bebawy JF, Ma K, Sinedino BE, Goel A, Pereira SM  Perioperative Methadone for Spine Surgery: A Scoping Review.  J Neurosurg Anesthesiol  2024 Apr 16;. doi:10.1097/ANA.0000000000000966
• Batnyam U, Vlassakov KV, Halawa A, Seligson E, , Chen L, Redouane B, Janfaza D, Tedrow UB  Safety and Efficacy of Ultrasound-Guided Sympathetic Blockade by Proximal Intercostal Block in Electrical Storm Patients.  JACC Clin Electrophysiol  2024 Apr;10(4):734-746. doi:10.1016/j.jacep.2023.12.006
• Huang J, Galal G, Mukhin V, Etemadi M, Tanna AP  Prediction and Detection of Glaucomatous Visual Field Progression Using Deep Learning on Macular Optical Coherence Tomography.  J Glaucoma  2024 Apr 01;33(4):246-253. doi:10.1097/IJG.0000000000002359
• Ma K, Uejima JL, Bebawy JF  Regional Anesthesia Techniques in Modern Neuroanesthesia Practice: A Narrative Review of the Clinical Evidence.  J Neurosurg Anesthesiol  2024 Apr 01;36(2):109-118. doi:10.1097/ANA.0000000000000911
• Wahezi SE, Emerick TD, Caparó M, Choi H, Eshraghi Y, Naeimi T, Kohan L, Anitescu M, Wright T, Przkora R  et al.  The current state of training in pain medicine fellowships: An Association of Pain Program Directors (APPD) survey of program directors.  Pain Pract  2024 Mar 30;. doi:10.1111/papr.13373
• Ranjeva S, Nagebretsky A, Odozynski G, Fernandez-Bustamante A, Frendl G, Gupta RA, Sprung J, Subramaniam B, Ruiz RM, Bartels K  et al.  Effects of Intra-operative Cardiopulmonary Variability On Post-operative Pulmonary Complications in Major Non-cardiac Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study.  J Med Syst  2024 Mar 15;48(1):31. doi:10.1007/s10916-024-02050-6
• Wisner KL, Avram MJ, George AL, Abramova TV, Yang A, Caritis SN, Costantine MM, Stika CS  Concentrations of Fluoxetine Enantiomers Decline During Pregnancy and Increase After Birth.  J Clin Psychopharmacol  ;44(2):100-106. doi:10.1097/JCP.0000000000001821
• Dewald HA, Yao J, Dewald JPA, Nader A, Kirsch RF  Peripheral nerve blocks of wrist and finger flexors can increase hand opening in chronic hemiparetic stroke.  Front Neurol  2024;15:1284780. pii:1284780
• Duggal NM, Engoren M, Chadderdon SM, Rodriguez E, Morse MA, Vannan MA, Yadav PK, Morcos M, Li F, Reisman M  et al.  Mortality Associated With Proportionality of Secondary Mitral Regurgitation After Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair: North American Mitraclip for Functional Mitral Regurgitation Registry.  Am J Cardiol  2024 Feb 15;213:99-105. doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.12.020
• Kamath V, Yanek LR, Neufeld KJ, Lewis A, Aziz H, Le LM, Tian J, Moghekar A, Hogue CW, Brown CH  Poor olfaction prior to cardiac surgery: Association with cognition, plasma neurofilament light, and post-operative delirium.  Int J Geriatr Psychiatry  2024 Feb;39(2):e6066. doi:10.1002/gps.6066
• Peralta FM, Condon LP, Torrez D, Neumann KE, Pollet AL, McCarthy RJ  Association of pain catastrophizing with labor pain and analgesia consumption in obstetrical patients.  Int J Obstet Anesth  2024 Feb;57:103954. doi:10.1016/j.ijoa.2023.103954
• Carabini LM, Koski TR, Bebawy JF  Perioperative Management for Complex Spine Fusion Surgery.  Anesthesiology  2024 Feb 01;140(2):293-303. doi:10.1097/ALN.0000000000004744
• Benzon HT, Nelson AM, Patel AG, Chiang S, Agarwal D, Benzon HA, Rozental J, McCarthy RJ  Literature review of spinal hematoma case reports: causes and outcomes in pediatric, obstetric, neuraxial and pain medicine cases.  Reg Anesth Pain Med  2024 Jan 23;. pii:rapm-2023-105161
• Thomas CL, Lange EMS, Banayan JM, Zhu Y, Liao C, Peralta FM, Grobman WA, Scavone BM, Toledo P  Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Receipt of General Anesthesia for Cesarean Delivery.  JAMA Netw Open  2024 Jan 02;7(1):e2350825. pii:e2350825
• Boos A, Nader A  Ultrasound-Guided Percutaneous Peripheral Nerve Stimulation of C2 Dorsal Root Ganglion for the Treatment of Refractory Atypical Facial Pain: A Technical Report and Case Series.  Neuromodulation  2024 Jan;27(1):130-134. doi:10.1016/j.neurom.2023.06.005
• Doshi TL, Engle AM, Przybysz AJ, Nelson AM  Pro-Con Debate: Superior Versus Inferior Triangle Needle Placement in Transforaminal Epidural Injections.  Anesth Analg  2023 Dec 01;137(6):1139-1146. doi:10.1213/ANE.0000000000006444
• Stout A, Omar IM, Benzon HT  Preferred Insertion Site for Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections: Safe Triangle or Kambin's Triangle?  Anesth Analg  2023 Dec 01;137(6):1135-1138. doi:10.1213/ANE.0000000000006515
• Frangakis SG, MacEachern M, Akbar TA, Bolton C, Lin V, Smith AV, Brummett CM, Bicket MC  Association of Genetic Variants with Postsurgical Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-analyses.  Anesthesiology  2023 Dec 01;139(6):827-839. doi:10.1097/ALN.0000000000004677
• El-Boghdadly K, Albrecht E, Wolmarans M, Mariano ER, Kopp S, Perlas A, Thottungal A, Gadsden J, Tulgar S, Adhikary S  et al.  Standardizing nomenclature in regional anesthesia: an ASRA-ESRA Delphi consensus study of upper and lower limb nerve blocks.  Reg Anesth Pain Med  2023 Nov 22;. pii:rapm-2023-104884
• Willer BL, Alalade E, Toledo P, Jimenez N  Pro-Con Debate: Perioperative Research Should Be Color-Blind.  Anesth Analg  2023 Nov 01;137(5):967-972. doi:10.1213/ANE.0000000000006258
• Thomas C, Neumann KE, Smith C, Dominguez JE, Traynor A, Farber MK, Zakowski M, McCarthy RJ, Peralta FM  A survey of United States obstetric anesthesiologists' perceived value of obstetric anesthesiology fellowship.  Int J Obstet Anesth  2023 Nov;56:103930. doi:10.1016/j.ijoa.2023.103930
• Gavish B, Gottschalk A, Hogue CW, Steppan J  Additional predictors of the lower limit of cerebral autoregulation during cardiac surgery.  J Hypertens  2023 Nov 01;41(11):1844-1852. doi:10.1097/HJH.0000000000003556
• Roberts J, Afifi S  Spontaneous Dual Papillary Muscle Rupture in a Postpartum Patient with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.  J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth  2023 Nov;37(11):2299-2304. doi:10.1053/j.jvca.2023.07.008
• Sarin EL, Belani K  Unexpected TEE Findings During Rheumatic Triple-Valve Surgery: Incidental, Yet Impactful.  J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth  2023 Nov;37(11):2391-2396. doi:10.1053/j.jvca.2023.06.006
• Huang J, Neill L, Wittbrodt M, Melnick D, Klug M, Thompson M, Bailitz J, Loftus T, Malik S, Phull A  et al.  Generative Artificial Intelligence for Chest Radiograph Interpretation in the Emergency Department.  JAMA Netw Open  2023 Oct 02;6(10):e2336100. pii:e2336100
• Adeleke I, Smith A, Hire M, Peralta FM  Systematic Efforts to Recruit Diversity in a Residency Program and the Impact on Representation Over 3 Years.  Anesth Analg  2023 Oct 01;137(4):803-804. doi:10.1213/ANE.0000000000006585
• Methangkool E, Faloye A, Kolarczyk L, Deshpande S, Belani K, Trzcinka A, Lewis CR, Balimunkwe RM, Oakes D  The Women in Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Special Interest Group: What Can the Lessons of One Anesthesiology Affinity Group Tell Us About How to Build Impactful Professional Communities?  Anesth Analg  2023 Oct 01;137(4):763-771. doi:10.1213/ANE.0000000000006657
• Rambhia MT, DeLeon AM, Bauchat J, Kenny E, Cuppini C, Lopez C, Samworth AG, Farrer J, McCarthy RJ  Effects of Adding Intrathecal Epinephrine to Spinal Anesthesia on Anesthesia-Related Cesarean Delivery Outcomes: Should We Reconsider Its Use?  Cureus  2023 Sep;15(9):e45147. pii:e45147
• Higgins N, Nelson A, Toledo P  Deconstructing Postoperative Analgesia for Gynecologic Malignancy Surgery: Stand-Alone Intrathecal Morphine.  Anesth Analg  2023 Sep 01;137(3):522-524. doi:10.1213/ANE.0000000000006455
• Lange EMS, Kim J, Klumpner TT, McCarthy RJ, Wong CA, Thakkar K, Toledo P  Association between breakthrough labor pain, patient-controlled epidural analgesia use, and numeracy: A pilot observational study.  Midwifery  2023 Sep;124:103730. doi:10.1016/j.midw.2023.103730
• Phillips ML, Tsao M, Davis-Sandfoss A, Benzon H, Mitchell JD, Barsuk JH, Ballard HA  Use of Simulation-Based Mastery Learning Curriculum to Improve Difficult Conversation Skills Among Anesthesiologists: A Pilot Study.  J Educ Perioper Med  2023;25(3):E710. pii:E710