Ellen Hay, Tara Kelly, Bethany J Wolf, Erik Hansen, Andrew Brown, Carla Lautenschlager, Sylvia H Wilson
{"title":"Comparison of pericapsular nerve group and lateral quadratus lumborum blocks on cumulative opioid consumption after primary total hip arthroplasty: a randomized controlled trial.","authors":"Ellen Hay, Tara Kelly, Bethany J Wolf, Erik Hansen, Andrew Brown, Carla Lautenschlager, Sylvia H Wilson","doi":"10.1136/rapm-2024-105875","DOIUrl":"10.1136/rapm-2024-105875","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Both the quadratus lumborum block (QLB) and the pericapsular nerve group (PENG) block provide effective postoperative analgesia after hip surgery while minimizing the impact on motor function. This study aimed to compare QLB and PENG in patients undergoing primary total hip arthroplasty (THA).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This superiority trial randomized patients scheduled for elective THA to receive a lateral QLB or a PENG with a lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (LFC) block for postoperative analgesia. Perioperative analgesic protocols were standardized. The primary outcome was postoperative cumulative opioid consumption measured over time up to 72 hours. Secondary outcomes included postoperative pain scores in the first 72 hours, time to ambulation, length of stay, and patient-reported functional outcome measures (Hip disability and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score for Joint Replacement and Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Information System-10 scores).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>This trial consented and randomized 106 subjects and 101 were included in the analysis: PENG (n=50), QLB (n=51). Mean (95% CI) opioid consumption in intravenous morphine milligram equivalents differed at 36 hours (mean difference (95% CI), 18.0 (0.80, 35.1); p<i>=</i>0.040), 48 hours (23.0 (5.20, 40.8); p=0.011), 60 hours (28.0 (9.24, 46.7); p=0.004), and 72 hours (33.0 (13.0, 53.0); p=0.001). There were no significant differences between treatment arms in average resting pain score, time to ambulation, rate of same-day discharge, length of stay, or patient-reported functional outcomes.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>While both lateral QLB and PENG block+LFC block are effective analgesic methods for patients undergoing THA, patients receiving lateral QLB had decreased cumulative opioid consumption from 36 to 72 hours postoperative and lower pain scores with movement compared with patients receiving PENG+LFC blocks.</p><p><strong>Trial registration number: </strong>NCT05710107.</p>","PeriodicalId":54503,"journal":{"name":"Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142401996","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Daniel B Larach, Kaixing Liu, Tracie D Baker, Gail Mayo, David A Edwards, Benjamin French, Sarah Osmundson, Chad M Brummett, Stephen Bruehl
{"title":"Providing surgeons with feedback on their patients' postoperative home opioid consumption to limit postsurgical opioid prescribing and reduce unused pills: a pilot randomized clinical trial.","authors":"Daniel B Larach, Kaixing Liu, Tracie D Baker, Gail Mayo, David A Edwards, Benjamin French, Sarah Osmundson, Chad M Brummett, Stephen Bruehl","doi":"10.1136/rapm-2024-105976","DOIUrl":"10.1136/rapm-2024-105976","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54503,"journal":{"name":"Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142395260","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Benjamin Sands Brooke, Kimberlee Bayless, Zachary Anderson, Teryn A Holeman, Chong Zhang, Julie Hales, Michael J Buys
{"title":"Opioid tapering after surgery and its association with patient-reported outcomes and behavioral changes: a mixed-methods analysis.","authors":"Benjamin Sands Brooke, Kimberlee Bayless, Zachary Anderson, Teryn A Holeman, Chong Zhang, Julie Hales, Michael J Buys","doi":"10.1136/rapm-2023-104807","DOIUrl":"10.1136/rapm-2023-104807","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Opioid tapering after surgery is recommended among patients with chronic opioid use, but it is unclear how this process affects their quality of life. The objective of this study was to evaluate how opioid tapering following surgery was associated with patient-reported outcome measures related to pain control and behavioral changes that affect quality of life.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted an explanatory sequential mixed-methods study at a VA Medical Center among patients with chronic opioid use who underwent a spectrum of orthopedic, vascular, thoracic, urology, otolaryngology, and general surgery procedures between 2018 and 2020. Patients were stratified based on the extent that opioid tapering was successful (complete, partial, and no-taper) by 90 days after surgery, followed by qualitative interviews of 10 patients in each taper group. Longitudinal patient-reported outcome measures related to pain intensity, interference, and catastrophizing were compared using Kruskal Wallis tests over the 90-day period after surgery. Qualitative interviews were conducted among patients in each taper group to identify themes associated with the impact of opioid tapering after surgery on quality of life.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We identified 211 patients with chronic opioid use (92% male, median age 66 years) who underwent surgery during the time period, including 42 (20%) individuals with complete tapering, 48 (23%) patients with partial tapering, and 121 (57%) patients with no taper of opioids following surgery. Patients who did not taper were more likely to have a history of opioid use disorder (10%-partial, 2%-complete vs 17%-no taper, p<0.05) and be discharged on a higher median morphine equivalent daily dose (52-partial, 30-complete vs 60-no taper; p<0.05) than patients in the partial and complete taper groups. Pain interference (-7.2-partial taper and -9.8-complete taper vs -3.5-no taper) and pain catastrophizing (-21.4-partial taper and -16.5-complete taper vs -1.7-no taper) scores for partial and complete taper groups were significantly improved at 90 days relative to baseline when compared with patients in the no-taper group (p<0.05 for both comparisons), while pain intensity was similar between groups. Finally, patients achieving complete and partial opioid tapering were more likely to report improvements in activity, mood, thinking, and sleep following surgery as compared with patients who failed to taper.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Partial and complete opioid tapering within 90 days after surgery among patients with chronic opioid use was associated with improved patient-reported measures of pain control as well as behaviors that impact a patient's quality of life.</p>","PeriodicalId":54503,"journal":{"name":"Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"699-707"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49685047","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Behind the curtain: conflicts of interest in spinal cord stimulation trials-an infographic.","authors":"Ryan S D'Souza, Johana Klasova, Nasir Hussain","doi":"10.1136/rapm-2024-106069","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/rapm-2024-106069","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54503,"journal":{"name":"Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142395258","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alejandro Hallo-Carrasco, Jason Eldrige, David Anthony Provenzano, Alexei Gonzalez-Estrada, Tesneem Abdel-Latif, Johana Klasova, Laura Furtado-Pessoa-de-Mendonca, Dan Yan, Christine Hunt
{"title":"Hidden risk of gadolinium-based contrast agents during interventional pain medicine procedures: a retrospective chart review.","authors":"Alejandro Hallo-Carrasco, Jason Eldrige, David Anthony Provenzano, Alexei Gonzalez-Estrada, Tesneem Abdel-Latif, Johana Klasova, Laura Furtado-Pessoa-de-Mendonca, Dan Yan, Christine Hunt","doi":"10.1136/rapm-2023-104952","DOIUrl":"10.1136/rapm-2023-104952","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Epidural steroid injections and epidural blood patches commonly involve the injection of a small amount of radiocontrast media under fluoroscopy to properly identify the target tissue or anatomic space and prevent off-target or intravascular delivery of therapeutic or diagnostic drugs. Iodinated low osmolar non-ionic contrast media is the standard preparation used as it is considered safe and cost-effective, but gadolinium-based preparations have been used as an alternative for patients with an 'iodine'-related or radiocontrast media allergy label to prevent hypersensitivity reactions. The risk of neurotoxic events when gadolinium is inadvertently injected into the intrathecal space has been reported in recent years, raising concerns when gadolinium-based contrast media is used in lieu of iodinated low osmolar non-ionic contrast media.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A retrospective review was conducted of patients who received gadolinium-based contrast media for procedures with risk of inadvertent intrathecal access from January 1, 2019 to May 1, 2022. Information on patient demographics, allergy label information, and procedure description was documented for all patients who received <u>g</u>adolinium-based contrast media for axial spine procedures (including epidural steroid injections, epidural blood patch procedures, and selective nerve root blocks), and all side effects reported within 1 month of the procedure were recorded. Saved fluoroscopy images of all procedures for which there was concern for possible gadolinium-based contrast media-related side effect were reviewed for evidence of inadvertent intrathecal gadolinium-based contrast media administration. Descriptive statistical analysis was performed using REDCap and IBM SPSS Statistics V.28.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We identified 508 patients who received gadolinium-based contrast media during a fluoroscopically guided axial spine procedure. These patients underwent 697 epidural procedures and 23 patients were identified as experiencing an adverse event that could be consistent with possible, probable, or clear signs of exposure to intrathecal gadolinium. Our calculated adverse event rate was 3.3%. Ten patients required additional medical evaluation or treatment.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Almost all patients in our cohort had an allergy label on their chart that guided the provider to switch to gadolinium-based contrast media, but most were incomplete, ill-defined, or related to allergy to iodine but not iodinated contrast media. Such practice is not recommended based on current guidelines. The current study raises concern regarding the use of gadolinium-based contrast media in axial spine procedures, with the risk of potential severe adverse events, without evidence-based need for avoiding iodinated contrast media.</p>","PeriodicalId":54503,"journal":{"name":"Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"751-756"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89720609","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Denis Dupoiron, Florent Bienfait, Gabriel Carvajal, Valerie Seegers, Thomas Douillard, Sabrina Jubier-Hamon, Thierry Delorme, Arthur Julienne, Yves Marie Pluchon, Nicolas Ribault, Edmond Nader, Nathalie Lebrec
{"title":"Intrathecal cervical analgesia for cancer pain: a 12-year follow-up study in a comprehensive cancer center.","authors":"Denis Dupoiron, Florent Bienfait, Gabriel Carvajal, Valerie Seegers, Thomas Douillard, Sabrina Jubier-Hamon, Thierry Delorme, Arthur Julienne, Yves Marie Pluchon, Nicolas Ribault, Edmond Nader, Nathalie Lebrec","doi":"10.1136/rapm-2023-104961","DOIUrl":"10.1136/rapm-2023-104961","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Intrathecal analgesia plays a key role for patients suffering refractory cancer pain. Nevertheless, intrathecal drug delivery systems (IDDS), requiring a cervical catheter tip implantation, have been poorly described in medical literature.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>A monocentric retrospective follow-up study was designed to evaluate results of cervical IDDS for cancer pain.</p><p><strong>Patients and methods: </strong>From January 2010 to December 2022, all intrathecal-treated patients were prescribed a combined intrathecal analgesics regimen through a catheter placed in the cervical vertebral canal. Post-implant assessment of pain was determined using a numeric rating scale (NRS). Patients were followed via day-hospital visits and telephone calls at least monthly. Pain scores were compared using the Wilcoxon's signed rank test.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Ninety-eight patients were included in this study; all received intrathecal treatments. Implanted patients suffered from severe pain (mean presurgical maximum numerical rating score 8.02±0.24 despite a mean 562.56±127.72 mg of oral morphine equivalent daily dose). Mean survival time after intrathecal treatment start was 208.48±67 days. Intrathecal drug delivery systems provided pain relief compared with initial pain score with a significant statistical difference after 1 week, 1 month, 2 and 3 months (p<0.01). A 50% reduction in initial pain level was achieved in 93% of cases during the first week of intrathecal implant.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Results suggest that long-term intrathecal treatment using a multidrug regimen for cancer-related pain through cervical intrathecal catheters was suitable and safe in our study population. We demonstrated a clinically and statistically significant pain reduction in patients using mainly a percutaneous lumbar approach.</p>","PeriodicalId":54503,"journal":{"name":"Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"757-763"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136400348","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
David M Dickerson, Edward R Mariano, Joseph W Szokol, Michael Harned, Randall M Clark, Jeffrey T Mueller, Ashley M Shilling, Mercy A Udoji, S Bobby Mukkamala, Lisa Doan, Karla E K Wyatt, Jason M Schwalb, Nabil M Elkassabany, Jean D Eloy, Stacy L Beck, Lisa Wiechmann, Franklin Chiao, Steven G Halle, Deepak G Krishnan, John D Cramer, Wael Ali Sakr Esa, Iyabo O Muse, Jaime Baratta, Richard Rosenquist, Padma Gulur, Shalini Shah, Lynn Kohan, Jennifer Robles, Eric S Schwenk, Brian F S Allen, Stephen Yang, Josef G Hadeed, Gary Schwartz, Michael J Englesbe, Michael Sprintz, Kenneth L Urish, Ashley Walton, Lauren Keith, Asokumar Buvanendran
{"title":"Multiorganizational consensus to define guiding principles for perioperative pain management in patients with chronic pain, preoperative opioid tolerance, or substance use disorder.","authors":"David M Dickerson, Edward R Mariano, Joseph W Szokol, Michael Harned, Randall M Clark, Jeffrey T Mueller, Ashley M Shilling, Mercy A Udoji, S Bobby Mukkamala, Lisa Doan, Karla E K Wyatt, Jason M Schwalb, Nabil M Elkassabany, Jean D Eloy, Stacy L Beck, Lisa Wiechmann, Franklin Chiao, Steven G Halle, Deepak G Krishnan, John D Cramer, Wael Ali Sakr Esa, Iyabo O Muse, Jaime Baratta, Richard Rosenquist, Padma Gulur, Shalini Shah, Lynn Kohan, Jennifer Robles, Eric S Schwenk, Brian F S Allen, Stephen Yang, Josef G Hadeed, Gary Schwartz, Michael J Englesbe, Michael Sprintz, Kenneth L Urish, Ashley Walton, Lauren Keith, Asokumar Buvanendran","doi":"10.1136/rapm-2023-104435","DOIUrl":"10.1136/rapm-2023-104435","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Significant knowledge gaps exist in the perioperative pain management of patients with a history of chronic pain, substance use disorder, and/or opioid tolerance as highlighted in the US Health and Human Services Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force 2019 report. The report emphasized the challenges of caring for these populations and the need for multidisciplinary care and a comprehensive approach. Such care requires stakeholder alignment across multiple specialties and care settings. With the intention of codifying this alignment into a reliable and efficient processes, a consortium of 15 professional healthcare societies was convened in a year-long modified Delphi consensus process and summit. This process produced seven guiding principles for the perioperative care of patients with chronic pain, substance use disorder, and/or preoperative opioid tolerance. These principles provide a framework and direction for future improvement in the optimization and care of 'complex' patients as they undergo surgical procedures.</p>","PeriodicalId":54503,"journal":{"name":"Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"716-724"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10243661","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comments on: Incidence of persistent opioid use following traumatic injury.","authors":"Joyce Lee, Amir L Butt, Aimee Pak","doi":"10.1136/rapm-2023-104879","DOIUrl":"10.1136/rapm-2023-104879","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54503,"journal":{"name":"Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"774"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41166583","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Martin Vedel Nielsen, Katrine Tanggaard, Sophie Bojesen, Amanda de la Fuente Birkebæk, Anne Sofie Therkelsen, Herman Sørensen, Cecilie Klementsen, Christian Hansen, Mojgan Vazin, Troels Dirch Poulsen, Jens Børglum
{"title":"Efficacy of the intertransverse process block: single or multiple injection? A randomized, non-inferiority, blinded, cross-over trial in healthy volunteers.","authors":"Martin Vedel Nielsen, Katrine Tanggaard, Sophie Bojesen, Amanda de la Fuente Birkebæk, Anne Sofie Therkelsen, Herman Sørensen, Cecilie Klementsen, Christian Hansen, Mojgan Vazin, Troels Dirch Poulsen, Jens Børglum","doi":"10.1136/rapm-2023-104972","DOIUrl":"10.1136/rapm-2023-104972","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The intertransverse process block is increasingly used to ameliorate postoperative pain following a plethora of surgical procedures involving the thoracic wall. Nevertheless, the optimal approach and cutaneous extent of the sensory block are currently unknown. We aimed to further describe the intertransverse process block, single injection versus multiple injection, and we hypothesized that the single-injection intertransverse process block is a non-inferior technique.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Twelve healthy male volunteers were cross-over randomized to receive either single-injection intertransverse process block with 21 mL ropivacaine 7.5 mg/mL, including two sham injections, at the thoracic level T4/T5 or multiple-injection intertransverse process block with three injections of 7 mL ropivacaine 7.5 mg/mL at the thoracic levels T2/T3, T4/T5 and T6/T7 at the first visit. At the second visit, the other technique was applied on the contralateral hemithorax. A non-inferiority margin of 1.5 anesthetized thoracic dermatomes was chosen.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The mean difference (95% CI) in the number of anesthetized thoracic dermatomes was 0.82 (-0.41 to 2.05) p<sub>non-inf</sub><0.01 indicating non-inferiority favoring the single-injection technique.Both techniques anesthetized the ipsilateral thoracic wall and demonstrated contralateral cutaneous involvement to a variable extent. The multiple-injection intertransverse process block anesthetized a significantly larger cutaneous area on the posterior hemithorax and decreased mean arterial pressure at 30 and 60 min postblock application. Thoracic thermography showed no intermodality temperature differences yet compared with baseline temperatures both techniques showed significant differences.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Single-injection intertransverse process block is non-inferior to multiple injection in terms of anesthetized thoracic dermatomes. Both techniques generally anesthetize the hemithoracic wall to a variable extent.</p><p><strong>Eu clinical trials register: </strong>2022-501312-34-01.</p>","PeriodicalId":54503,"journal":{"name":"Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"708-715"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71488984","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparative dose-response study of intrathecal hyperbaric ropivacaine for cesarean delivery in preterm singleton versus twin pregnancies.","authors":"Miao Zhu, Ju-Jun Liu, Yan-Ping Shen, Zheng-Bin Pan, Chang-Cheng Lv, Wen-Din Chen, Xiaowei Qian","doi":"10.1136/rapm-2023-104875","DOIUrl":"10.1136/rapm-2023-104875","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Previously, we demonstrated that patients with full-term singletons and preterm twins require similar dose of intrathecal hyperbaric ropivacaine. However, these findings may be attributable to enrolled patients with preterm twin pregnancies. In this study, we aimed to determine the intrathecal dose requirements of hyperbaric ropivacaine for twins and singletons at equal gestational ages.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We enrolled 75 patients with preterm singletons and 75 patients with preterm twins scheduled for cesarean delivery under combined spinal-epidural anesthesia in this two-arm parallel, randomized, double-blind, dose-response study. Patients with singletons and twins were randomly assigned to receive one of five different doses of hyperbaric ropivacaine: 10, 12, 14, 16, or 18 mg. A probit regression model was used to determine the dose effective in 50% of patients (ED<sub>50</sub>) and dose effective in 90% of patients (ED<sub>90</sub>) values. The relative median potency was calculated to compare the ED<sub>50</sub> between patients with twins and singletons.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Intrathecal ropivacaine ED<sub>50</sub> and ED<sub>90</sub> (with 95% CI) in patients with preterm singletons were 9.9 (7.2 to 11.5) mg and 16.8 (14.5 to 22.9) mg, respectively. In patients with preterm twins, these values were 9.2 (95% CI 6.4 to 10.8) mg and 15.6 (95% CI 13.6 to 20.6) mg. Between patients with preterm twins and preterm singletons, the relative potency (ED<sub>50</sub> ratios) was 0.933 (95% CI 0.72 to 1.15).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>During preterm gestation, intrathecal hyperbaric ropivacaine dose requirements for scheduled cesarean delivery were not different between patients with twins and singletons.</p><p><strong>Trial registration number: </strong>ChiCTR2100051382.</p>","PeriodicalId":54503,"journal":{"name":"Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"764-769"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11503145/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71415298","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}