{"title":"Comparison of the Stress Responses After TAP Block and Epidural Anesthesia in Patients Undergoing Elective Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Under General Anesthesia: Randomized Clinical Trial.","authors":"Piroozeh Taheri, Zeinab Moinfar, Hesam A Varpaei","doi":"10.1097/AJP.0000000000001117","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/AJP.0000000000001117","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Major surgeries and the accompanied acute stress response are associated with poor immune system function and extensive immunologic changes. This study was conducted to compare postsurgery stress responses after transversus abdominis plane (TAP) blocks and epidural anesthesia in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy under general anesthesia.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>Sixty patients who were candidates for laparoscopic cholecystectomy were enrolled in this randomized controlled trial. After randomly assigning patients into 2 groups (30 patients in epidural anesthesia and 30 patients in the TAP block group), the degree of pain and stress responses (serum level of blood glucose, C-reactive protein [CRP], interleukin-1, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, cortisol) of patients were measured preoperatively and at 6 and 24 hours after surgery.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Mean blood glucose, serum cortisol, CRP, and white blood cell decreased significantly 6 and 24 hours after the intervention in both groups and differed significantly between the 2 groups ( P -value <0.05). The proportion of patients with a pain score greater than 3 at 6 and 12 hours after surgery was significantly higher in the Epidural group compared with the TAP block group, although this figure was significantly higher in the TAP block group 24 hours after surgery.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>A significant decrease in the mean blood sugar, serum cortisol, CRP, and white blood cell in both groups at 6 and 24 hours after the surgery was noted. The pain score decreased 24 hours after surgery in the epidural anesthesia group and increased in the TAP block group.</p>","PeriodicalId":50678,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Journal of Pain","volume":"39 7","pages":"319-325"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9680849","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Samantha P Bento, Catherine Stewart, Caitlin Conroy, Allison Smith, Leah Reece, Kelsey Jervis, Yasmin Cole-Lewis, Deirdre Logan, Edin T Randall
{"title":"The Telehealth Tradeoff: A Multimethod Study of the Benefits and Challenges Associated With Maintaining Treatment Outcomes Using a Hybrid Model of Pediatric Intensive Interdisciplinary Pain Treatment.","authors":"Samantha P Bento, Catherine Stewart, Caitlin Conroy, Allison Smith, Leah Reece, Kelsey Jervis, Yasmin Cole-Lewis, Deirdre Logan, Edin T Randall","doi":"10.1097/AJP.0000000000001120","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/AJP.0000000000001120","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The COVID-19 pandemic required intensive interdisciplinary pain treatment (IIPT) programs to shift to virtual models of care. This study used a multimethod approach to examine outcomes of a pediatric hybrid IIPT program (50% in-person treatment and 50% synchronous video-based telehealth) and assessed staff experiences while treating within this model.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>Patients (M=14.73, SD=2.04; 79% female) reported pain intensity, functional disability, and psychological factors (anxiety, depressive symptoms, fear of pain, pain catastrophizing, social functioning) at admission, discharge, and short-term follow-up. Differences in treatment outcomes at discharge and short-term follow-up between patients who participated in the hybrid IIPT model (n=42) during the pandemic and those who participated in the traditional in-person model before the pandemic (n=42) were examined. Quantitative assessments of staff burnout and perceived effort and qualitative assessments exploring staff perspectives about the challenges and advantages of the hybrid IIPT model were gathered.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Youth in both groups made significant improvements across the majority of treatment outcomes; however, the hybrid group reported higher levels of pain at discharge and anxiety at follow-up. The majority of IIPT staff reported moderate to high levels of overall burnout, and almost half reported high levels of emotional exhaustion. Staff highlighted various challenges and benefits associated with treating within the hybrid model.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>When considering telehealth as a treatment tool for youth with complex chronic pain, it is crucial to leverage its benefits while addressing its challenges for patients and providers.</p>","PeriodicalId":50678,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Journal of Pain","volume":"39 7","pages":"307-318"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9671787","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Miranda G DiLorenzo-Klas, Jordana A Waxman, David B Flora, Louis A Schmidt, Hartley Garfield, Dan Flanders, Eitan Weinberg, Deena Savlov, Rebecca R Pillai Riddell
{"title":"Caregiver and Child Distress as Predictors of Dyadic Physiological Attunement During Vaccination.","authors":"Miranda G DiLorenzo-Klas, Jordana A Waxman, David B Flora, Louis A Schmidt, Hartley Garfield, Dan Flanders, Eitan Weinberg, Deena Savlov, Rebecca R Pillai Riddell","doi":"10.1097/AJP.0000000000001125","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/AJP.0000000000001125","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Previous research discerned 3 groups of caregiver-toddler dyads that differed in their physiological coregulatory patterns, also known as physiological attunement, during routine vaccinations in the second year of life. One group of dyads (80% of sample) displayed an attuned regulatory pattern, and 2 groups of dyads (20% of sample) showed maladaptive attunement patterns (ie, a lack of attunement or misattunement). The objective of the current study was to examine how well the pain-related distress of children and caregivers during vaccination predicted these patterns.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Caregiver-toddler dyads (N = 189) were part of a longitudinal cohort observed at either 12-, 18-, or 24-month vaccination appointments. The caregiver's self-report of worry was assessed before and after the needle, and the child behavioral pain-related distress was also measured during the vaccination appointment. Logistic regression was used to determine how well these variables predicted caregiver-child physiological attunement patterns, as indexed by high-frequency heart rate variability.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Higher behavioral pain-related distress at various timepoints after the needle were associated with membership in the dyad groups that showed misattunement or lack of attunement. Further, caregivers with higher preneedle worry and lower postneedle worry had a greater likelihood of belonging to groups that showed a maladaptive attunement pattern.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Findings suggest that caregivers who experience distress associated with their toddlers' vaccination experience more difficulty coregulating with their child during vaccination, and these children are at risk of experiencing higher levels of pain-related distress. This research highlights the need to help caregivers support their children's regulation during vaccination.</p>","PeriodicalId":50678,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Journal of Pain","volume":"39 7","pages":"340-348"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9736790","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ultrasound Findings and Procedures for Knee and Distal Femur Pathologies","authors":"Seok Kang","doi":"10.35827/cp.2023.22.1.14","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35827/cp.2023.22.1.14","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50678,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Journal of Pain","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74651643","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Painful Chronic Expanding Hematoma of the Transtibial Amputation Stump","authors":"Son Mi Lee, D. Shin, Jongkyu Kim","doi":"10.35827/cp.2023.22.1.48","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35827/cp.2023.22.1.48","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50678,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Journal of Pain","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81842512","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Atypical May-Thurner Syndrome Caused by Bone Spur of the L4~5 Lumbar Vertebrae","authors":"Gyoung Ho Nam, JiYun Hwang","doi":"10.35827/cp.2023.22.1.57","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35827/cp.2023.22.1.57","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50678,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Journal of Pain","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86098994","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ultrasound Guided Therapeutic Medial Branch Block for the Facet Joint Pain","authors":"Yongbum Park, Jun Hyeong Song","doi":"10.35827/cp.2023.22.1.33","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35827/cp.2023.22.1.33","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50678,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Journal of Pain","volume":"65 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76314113","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Usefulness of Ultrasound for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Proven in Meta-Analysis Studies","authors":"Sang Chul Lee","doi":"10.35827/cp.2023.22.1.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35827/cp.2023.22.1.9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50678,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Journal of Pain","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87788988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Effects of Online-Based Interventions for Chronic Low Back Pain Patients: A Clinical Trial","authors":"Dong Jin Heo, Jaewon Kim, Jae Min Kim","doi":"10.35827/cp.2023.22.1.38","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35827/cp.2023.22.1.38","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50678,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Journal of Pain","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89760708","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}