Works from 2022
The role of kynurenine and its metabolites in comorbid chronic pain and depression, Onella Athnaiel, Charmaine Ong, and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Article)
Neuroanesthesia, basic, Ramsis Ghaly (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Comparative Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cochrane Review of Epidural Injections for Lumbar Radiculopathy or Sciatica, Laxmaiah Manchikanti, Emilija Knezevic, Richard E. Latchaw, et al. (Article)
PBLD l133 Patient selection for ambulatory surgery: What's "too risky"?, Mi Kyung Kim (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Preparing residents on what to expect for the applied exam, Ned Francis Nasr (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Faculty development: The art of giving feedback, Ned Francis Nasr (Grand Rounds)
Dehiscence and deep wound infection after spinal cord stimulator implant managed without explantation: A case report, Hank C. Wang, Andrew Auyeung, Tabish Aijaz, et al. (Article)
Peds lecture series, Sahel Keshavarzi (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Keywords, Sai Beeraka and Arjang Khorasani (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Blood therapy, Aladino De Ranieri (Oral/Podium Presentation)
PBLD l132 Management of acute pulmonary embolism, Farzad Ebrahimi (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Peripheral nerve blocks part 1, Lincoln Arbogast (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Identifying molecular mechanisms of acute to chronic pain transition and potential drug targets, Kannan Aravagiri, Adam Ali, Hank C. Wang, et al. (Article)
Safety of intra-articular platelet rich plasma injections for large joint osteoarthritis: a review article, Yu M. Chiu, Kenneth Candido, and et al (Article)
Mock oral, Ned Francis Nasr and Lincoln Arbogast (Oral/Podium Presentation)
First human report of relief of lumbar and cervical discogenic and arthritic back pain after epidural and facet joint mesenchymal stem cell injection, Joshua Sharan, Amir Barmada, Chadwick Prodromos, et al. (Article)
Clinical cardiac and pulmonary physiology, Farzad Ebrahimi (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Acid base balance, Arjang Khorasani (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Central venous access lecture, Ramsis Ghaly (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Patient positioning and associated risks, Gilka Lara (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Journal club, Clifton Rodrigues and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Choice of anesthetic technique, Aladino De Ranieri (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Airway workshop lecture, Ramsis Ghaly (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Anesthesia care in the interventional neuroradiology suite: An update, Corina Bello, Chanannait Paisansathan, Thomas Riva, et al. (Article)
Basic pharmacologic principles, Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Oral/Podium Presentation)
PBLD l129: High-risk transvenous lead extraction, Farzad Ebrahimi (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Post dural puncture headaches & spontaneous intracranial hypotension, Rishi Gaiha (Oral/Podium Presentation)
PBLD l128: A tale of tracing issues, thromboprophylaxis, troubleshooting and tolacs, Aladino De Ranieri (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Inhaled anesthetics part 2, Arjang Khorasani (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Thermoregulation, Sahel Keshavarzi (Oral/Podium Presentation)
The successful anesthetic management of a cesarean delivery in a patient with Fanconi-Bickel Syndrome, Alexander M. DeLeon, Rishi D. Gaiha, and Feyce M. Peralta (Article)
Celebrating gold: 50 years of advancing perioperative neuroscience through the society for neuroscience in anesthesiology and critical care, Arnoley S. Abcejo, James Cottrell, and Chanannait Paisansathan (Article)
Comment on 'A survey of self-reported use of cricoid pressure amongst Australian and New Zealand anaesthetists: Attitudes and practice', Arjang Khorasani, M Ramez Salem, Ahed Zeidan, et al. (Article)
Overcoming clinical challenges of refractory neuropathic pain, Iulia Pirvulescu, Alexandras Biskis, Kenneth D. Candido, et al. (Article)
Pre-op evaluations & mini PBLD, Ned Francis Nasr (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Intraoperative care of the elderly patient: What you need to know, Evelyn Yeh and Chanannait Paisansathan (Article)
A retrospective cohort study of pediatric patients undergoing staged laparotomy with interstage extubation, Mitchell L. Phillips, Heather A. Ballard, Nicholas Volpe, et al. (Article)
The kynurenine pathway and polycystic ovary syndrome: Inflammation as a common denominator, Filip Jovanovic, Aboorva Sudhakar, and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Article)
Keywords, Artush Grigoryan and Ramsis Ghaly (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Keywords, Evan Lian and Simin Saatee (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic and updated utilization patterns of sacroiliac joint injections from 2000 to 2020 in the Fee-For-Service (FFS) Medicare population, Laxmaiah Manchikanti, Thomas T. Simopoulos, Vidyasagar Pampati, et al. (Article)
Keywords, Clifton Rodrigues and Gilka Lara (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Equivalent outcomes of lumbar therapeutic facet joint nerve blocks and radiofrequency neurotomy: Comparative evaluation of clinical outcomes and cost utility, Laxmaiah Manchikanti, Radomir Kosanovic, Vidyasagar Pampati, et al. (Article)
Fourth wave of opioid (illicit drug) overdose deaths and diminishing access to prescription opioids and interventional techniques: Cause and effect, Laxmaiah Manchikanti, Vanila Mathur Singh, Peter S. Staats, et al. (Article)
Speech and language abnormalities in myotonic dystrophy: An overview, Sakhaa Hanoun, Yuyao Sun, Farzad Ebrahimi, et al. (Article)
A narrative review of the published literature, hospital practices, and policies related to external ventricular drains in the United States: The External Ventricular Drain Publications, Practices, and Policies (EVDPoP) Study, Thanyalak Thamjamrassri, Kornkamon Yuwapattanawong, Phuriphong Chanthima, et al. (Article)
Awake fiberoptic intubation, Tian Yu and Ramsis Ghaly (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Failure to extubate post-operatively secondary to acute hypoxic respiratory failure, Nektarios Mastoris and Aladino De Ranieri (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Management of open globe injury in the setting of acute cocaine intoxication, Mikhail Kushnarev and Aladino De Ranieri (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Methemoglobinemia after awake fiberoptic intubation using topical benzocaine as local anesthetic of the oropharynx, Daniela Ferrer Gonzalez and Afshin Heidari (Oral/Podium Presentation)
No differences in pain scores and treatment response in patients from different socioeconomic areas within the city of Chicago, Scott M. Fisher, Ryan Jacobs, Iulia Pirvulescu, et al. (Article)
Subcutaneous emphysema during robotic inguinal hernia repair, Artush Grigoryan and Simin Saatee (Oral/Podium Presentation)
The Neurostimulation Appropriateness Consensus Committee (NACC): Recommendations for surgical technique for spinal cord stimulation, Timothy R. Deer, Marc A. Russo, Jay S. Grider, et al. (Article)
Utility of cervical sympathetic block in treating post-traumatic stress disorder in multiple cohorts: A retrospective analysis, Eugene G. Lipov, Ryan Jacobs, Shauna Springer, et al. (Article)
Works from 2021
Factors associated with implantable pulse generator site pain: A multicenter cross-sectional study, Heejung Choi, Rishi Gaiha, Susan M. Moeschler, et al. (Article)
C-reactive protein and procalcitonin after congenital heart surgery utilizing cardiopulmonary bypass: When should we be worried?, Juan S Farias, Enrique G Villarreal, Janhavi Dhargalkar, et al. (Article)
Assessment of anesthesia practice patterns for endovascular therapy for acute ischemic stroke: A Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesiology and Critical Care (SNACC) member survey, Deborah A. Rusy, Adam Hofer, Mads Rasmussen, et al. (Article)
A comparative systematic review and meta-analysis of 3 routes of administration of epidural injections in lumbar disc herniation, Laxmaiah Manchikanti, Emilija Knezevic, Nebojsa Nick Knezevic, et al. (Article)
Epidural injections for lumbar radiculopathy or sciatica: a comparative systematic review and meta-analysis of cochrane review, Laxmaiah Manchikanti, Emilija Knezevic, Nebojsa Nick Knezevic, et al. (Article)
Low back pain, Nebojsa Nick Knezevic, Kenneth Candido, Johan W S Vlaeyen, et al. (Article)
Left ventricular strain rate for intraoperative evaluation of cardiac diastolic function by transesophageal echocardiography: the correlation between late diastolic peak longitudinal strain rate and the severity of diastolic dysfunction, Farzad Ebrahimi, Mohammad Hadi Gharedaghi, Hamed Shafaroodi, et al. (Article)
Role of percutaneous neurolysis in lumbar disc herniation: systematic review and meta-analysis, Laxmaiah Manchikanti, Emilija Knezevic, Nebojsa Nick Knezevic, et al. (Article)
Treatment of painful diabetic neuropathy-a narrative review of pharmacological and interventional approaches, Mayank Gupta, Nebojsa Nick Knezevic, Alaa Abd-Elsayed, et al. (Article)
Comparative safety review of current treatment options for chronic low back pain and unmet needs: a narrative review, Filip Jovanovic, Iulia Pirvulescu, Emilija Knezevic, et al. (Article)
A novel checklist for anesthesia in neurosurgical cases, Ramsis F. Ghaly, Mikhail Kushnarev, Iulia Pirvulescu, et al. (Article)
2021 MARC Award, 2nd place in Air Category, Behdad Jahromi and Simin Saatee (Award)
Anesthetic considerations of a failed and high block associated with epidural and spinal anesthesia: A case report, Mehrak Moaddab and Aladino De Ranieri (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular rate in elderly patient after urgent hip fracture nailing, Lacey Wood and Gilka Lara (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Gabapentinoid plus opioids compared to opioid monotherapy for pain relief in patients with chronic neck and low back pain, Alvaro Camacho-Ortega and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Genetic factors influencing chronic low back pain development, Vladislav Suntsov and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Immunomodulatory effects of the stellate ganglion block: A literature review, Dillon Tinevez and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Ludwig’s Angina: One of the most difficult airways, Behdad Jahromi and Simin Saatee (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Management of suspected malignant hyperthermia in a patient undergoing CABG and aortic valve replacement, Sai Prashanth Beeraka and Eugene Villa (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Management of suspected malignant hyperthermia in a patient undergoing CABG and aortic valve replacement, Muhammad Zubair and Eugene Villa (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Management of unanticipated difficult airway in a patient with a laryngeal mass, Vladislav Suntsov and Ramsis Ghaly (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Neuropathic pain: Preclinical and early clinical progress with voltage-gated sodium channel blockers, Mikhail Kushnarev and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Risk factors for developing unpleasant paraesthesia after implantation of permanent spinal cord stimulator, Nektarios Mastoris and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Oral/Podium Presentation)
The role of perioperative analgesia in developing chronic pain after total knee arthroplasty: Long term follow up after randomized controlled trial, Eileen Bui and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Timely, efficient and protective blood volume replacement is the key to combat deleterious cascade of hemorrhagic shock in OB MTP, Sai Prashanth Beeraka and Ramsis F Ghaly (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Two-year history of confused diagnosis of Cauda Equina Syndrome with neuropathy and vasculopathy of lower extremities, Afshin Heidari and Ramsis F Ghaly (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Unilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve paresis after air Q LMA placement, Eileen Bui and Aladino De Ranieri (Oral/Podium Presentation)
How to proceed with general anesthesia in a patient with a strong family history of Myotonic Dystrophy, Behdad Jahromi, Antony Tharian, Kenneth D. Candido, et al. (Poster)
Ludwig's Angina: One of the most difficult airways, Behdad Jahromi, Simin Saatee, and Kenneth D. Candido (Poster)
Insulin resistance is associated with central pain in patients with fibromyalgia, Miguel A Pappolla, Laxmaiah Manchikanti, Kenneth Candido, et al. (Article)
Subarachnoid hemorrhage in C57BL/6J mice increases motor stereotypies and compulsive-like behaviors, Danop Nanegrungsunk, Michael E. Ragozzino, Hao-Liang Xu, et al. (Article)
Herbal medicine for pain management: efficacy and drug interactions, Behdad Jahromi, Iulia Pirvulescu, Kenneth Candido, et al. (Article)
Cricoid pressure: Do no harm, but do it correctly, Arjang Khorasani, M Ramez Salem, Ahed Zeidan, et al. (Article)
A retrospective analysis of gabapentinoid and opioids to opioid monotherapy for pain relief in patients with chronic neck and low back pain, Nebojsa Nick Knezevic, Tabish Aijaz, Alvaro Ortega-Camacho, et al. (Article)
Methodology for evidence synthesis and development of comprehensive evidence-based guidelines for interventional techniques in chronic spinal pain, Laxmaiah Manchikanti, Sairam Atluri, Mark V Boswell, et al. (Article)
Works from 2020
Innovative overhead transparent plastic barrier with powered suction technique intended to limit coronavirus disease 2019 aerosols spread during fiber-optic intubation and throughout the surgery, Ramsis F. Ghaly, Zinaida Perciuleac, Ana Pleasca, et al. (Article)
Interventionist performs a "sham" lumbar microdiscectomy should interventionalists be performing spinal surgery, Ramsis F. Ghaly, Zinaida Perciuleac, Kenneth Candido, et al. (Article)
How does stellate ganglion block alleviate immunologically-linked disorders?, Eugene Lipov, Vicko Gluncic, Ivan K Lukić, et al. (Article)
Neuromuscular block monitoring in patients with facial rejuvenation: A case report, Behdad Jahromi and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Case Report)
Regional anesthesia: Options for the pediatric patient, Nisha Pinto, Amod Sawardekar, and Santhanam Suresh (Article)
Management of CRPS secondary to preganglionic C8 nerve root avulsion: a case report and literature review, Ramsis F. Ghaly, Armen Haroutunian, Gevorg Grigoryan, et al. (Article)
Speckle- tracking echocardiography for the staging of diastolic dysfunction: the correlation between strain-based indices and the severity of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction, Farzad Ebrahimi, Mohammad Hadi Gharedaghi, Muhammad Zubair, et al. (Article)
Recent decline in the use of invasive neurocritical care monitoring for traumatic brain injury: A case report, Ramsis F. Ghaly, Armen Haroutanian, Parnia Khamooshi, et al. (Article)
Does epidural bupivacaine with or without steroids provide long-term relief? A systematic review and meta-analysis, Laxmaiah Manchikanti, Nebojsa Nick Knezevic, Allan Parr, et al. (Article)
Pulmonary complications after hip and knee arthroplasty in the united states, 2004-2014, Tennison L Malcolm, Nebojsa Nick Knezevic, Carole C Zouki, et al. (Article)
SNI case of the week: Initial concomitant use of gabapentin, clonidine, and prednisone may enhance suicidal ideation: A case report, Ramsis F. Ghaly, Ana Plesca, Kenneth D. Candido, et al. (Article)