2023
Pain management and opioid stewardship in adult cardiac surgery: Joint consensus report of the PeriOperative Quality Initiative and the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Cardiac Society
Grant M, Chappell D, Gan T, Manning M, Miller T, Brodt J, Workgroup P, Shaw A, Engelman D, Mythen M, Guinn N, Aronson S, Schwartz J, Arora R, Morton-Bailey V, Brudney C, Bennett-Guerrero E, Reddy V, Guzzi L, Brown J, Crisafi C. Pain management and opioid stewardship in adult cardiac surgery: Joint consensus report of the PeriOperative Quality Initiative and the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Cardiac Society. Journal Of Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2023, 166: 1695-1706.e2. PMID: 36868931, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2023.01.020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiac surgery patientsEnhanced recovery programmeHigh-dose opioidsOpioid stewardshipSurgery patientsPain managementCardiac surgeryNonopioid medicationsProvider educationOpioid prescription practicesCardiac surgery populationOptimal pain managementRole of opioidsAdult cardiac surgeryRegional anesthesia techniquesLevel of evidencePotential side effectsOptimal analgesiaOpioid administrationSurgery populationOpioid usePerioperative carePrescription practicesAnesthesia techniquesConsensus recommendations
2022
An Expert Review of Chest Wall Fascial Plane Blocks for Cardiac Surgery
Hargrave J, Grant M, Kolarczyk L, Kelava M, Williams T, Brodt J, Neelankavil J. An Expert Review of Chest Wall Fascial Plane Blocks for Cardiac Surgery. Journal Of Cardiothoracic And Vascular Anesthesia 2022, 37: 279-290. PMID: 36414532, DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2022.10.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChest wall blocksPlane blockCardiac surgeryChest wallDeep serratus anterior plane blockCardiac surgical patient populationSerratus anterior plane blockErector spinae plane blockCardiac surgical populationChest wall analgesiaSurgical patient populationFascial plane blocksRegional anesthesia techniquesIpsilateral chest wallChest wall coverageSurgical populationEvidence-based implementationMedian sternotomySurgery pathwayPatient populationSurgical approachAnesthesia techniquesAnterior chestFascial planesInvasive techniques
2016
The Impact of Neuraxial Versus General Anesthesia on the Incidence of Postoperative Surgical Site Infections Following Knee or Hip Arthroplasty
Zorrilla-Vaca A, Grant MC, Mathur V, Li J, Wu CL. The Impact of Neuraxial Versus General Anesthesia on the Incidence of Postoperative Surgical Site Infections Following Knee or Hip Arthroplasty. Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine 2016, 41: 555-563. PMID: 27380106, DOI: 10.1097/aap.0000000000000437.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostoperative surgical site infectionSurgical site infectionKnee arthroplastyHip arthroplastySite infectionNeuraxial anesthesiaGeneral anesthesiaSubgroup analysisOdds ratioDevelopment of SSIPooled unadjusted odds ratioUnadjusted odds ratioLarge observational trialsRandom-effects modelOverall beneficial effectObservational trialAnesthetic techniqueAnesthesia techniquesJoint arthroplastyInclusion criteriaTrial designArthroplastyMeta-AnalysisAnesthesiaPotential association