Featured Publications
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery: Opioid Sparing Strategies After Discharge: A Review
Rajput K, Shergill S, Chow RM, Vadivelu N, Kaye AD. Enhanced Recovery After Surgery: Opioid Sparing Strategies After Discharge: A Review. Current Pain And Headache Reports 2022, 26: 93-102. PMID: 35072920, DOI: 10.1007/s11916-022-01009-x.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsOpioid usePersistent post-surgical painNon-opioid strategiesNon-opioid therapiesOpioid-sparing strategiesOverprescribing of opioidsPostoperative pain scoresMultimodal analgesic approachPost-surgical painSide effect profileNon-opioid analgesicsRecent FindingsSeveral studiesERAS protocolOpioid protocolAnalgesic approachBreakthrough painHospital stayMultimodal analgesiaPain scoresAcute painOral ketaminePostoperative periodEffect profilePatient recoveryGood quality researchAnalysis of Multiple Routes of Analgesic Administration in the Immediate Postoperative Period: a 10-Year Experience
Vadivelu N, Kai AM, Dai F, Dabu-Bondoc S. Analysis of Multiple Routes of Analgesic Administration in the Immediate Postoperative Period: a 10-Year Experience. Current Pain And Headache Reports 2019, 23: 22. PMID: 30854578, DOI: 10.1007/s11916-019-0754-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPain scoresAnalgesic administrationPostoperative painPost-anesthesia care unitYale-New Haven HospitalImmediate postoperative painPostoperative pain scoresPurpose of ReviewAnSignificant pain reliefImmediate postoperative periodConsecutive surgical casesTime of dischargeRoute of administrationCommon routeAdverse side effectsNew Haven HospitalIndividual analgesicsNeuraxial routeAnalgesia administrationNeuraxial analgesiaPain reliefPostoperative periodSynergistic analgesiaCare unitParenteral route
2013
Comparison of immediate postoperative pain after transvaginal versus traditional laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Wood SG, Dabu-Bondoc S, Dai F, Mikhael H, Vadivelu N, Roberts KE. Comparison of immediate postoperative pain after transvaginal versus traditional laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Surgical Endoscopy 2013, 28: 1141-1145. PMID: 24232050, DOI: 10.1007/s00464-013-3294-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPost-anesthesia care unitPostoperative opioid useLaparoscopic cholecystectomyLC patientsLC groupTVC patientsOpioid requirementsPain scoresPain medicationPostoperative painOpioid useFour-port laparoscopic cholecystectomyImmediate postoperative pain managementOperating roomImmediate postoperative painIntraoperative opioid requirementsPACU pain scoresTraditional laparoscopic cholecystectomyAverage pain scorePostoperative pain managementLess pain medicationAnesthesia care unitBody mass indexTerms of agePaucity of data
2009
Hemispheric Synchronized Sounds and Perioperative Analgesic Requirements
Dabu-Bondoc S, Vadivelu N, Benson J, Perret D, Kain ZN. Hemispheric Synchronized Sounds and Perioperative Analgesic Requirements. Anesthesia & Analgesia 2009, 110: 208-210. PMID: 19861358, DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181bea424.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPerioperative analgesic requirementsAnalgesic requirementsGeneral anesthesiaTreatment groupsVisual analog scale scoreIntraoperative analgesic requirementsIntraoperative fentanyl consumptionPostoperative pain scoresAnalog scale scoreFentanyl consumptionPain scoresSurgical outpatientsScale scoreControl groupAnesthesiaMusic groupScoresGroupSubjectsVecuroniumOutpatients