Nathalie M Malewicz-Oeck, Jana L Aulenkamp, Sebastian Oeck, Claudia Scheffzük, Peter K Zahn, Wiebke Hansen, Alexander Schramm, Christine H Meyer-Frießem
{"title":"The Relationship Between Chronic Postoperative Pain and Circulating Inflammatory Biomarkers (CC-Chemokine Ligand 5, Adiponectin, and Resistin) After Fracture-Related Surgery in Pain Chronification.","authors":"Nathalie M Malewicz-Oeck, Jana L Aulenkamp, Sebastian Oeck, Claudia Scheffzük, Peter K Zahn, Wiebke Hansen, Alexander Schramm, Christine H Meyer-Frießem","doi":"10.1213/ANE.0000000000007504","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1213/ANE.0000000000007504","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>After fracture-related surgery, chronic posttraumatic and/or postsurgical pain (CPSP) has a high incidence rate of up to 43% a year after surgery. Yet the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. Murine and clinical evidence suggest immunological modulation of postsurgical pain. However, the specific cytokine profiles of patients who develop CPSP after fracture-related surgery remain to be determined. Therefore, we analyzed in an exploratory manner cytokines, chemokines and adipocytokines in patients with and without CPSP up to 1 year after fracture-related surgery.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A prospective longitudinal serum profiling of 30 patients with traumatic fractures that required osteosynthesis was conducted on the first day (D1), at 6 weeks (W6) and 1 year after surgery (Y1). Patients with CPSP at Y1 were compared to those who did not develop CPSP. A total of 22 pro- and anti-inflammatory serum cytokines, including adipocytokines, were quantified using Luminex technology. Statistical analyses included χ² test, t test, and Mann-Whitney U test, Spearman's rank correlations, and repeated-measures mixed models with Bonferroni correction for cytokine differences between patients with and without CPSP. Receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) curves evaluated the discriminatory ability of specific cytokines regarding the development of CPSP.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Patients with CPSP 1 year after surgery (n = 12/30, 40%) exhibited elevated resistin levels at Y1 (CPSP: 1.04 ± 1.04 vs no-CPSP: 0.41 ± 0.31 pg/mL; P < .001) as well as higher adiponectin levels at Y1 (CPSP: 9.37 ± 8.23 vs no-CPSP: 5.57 ± 2.75 μg/mL; P = .008). Patients with CPSP had higher Rantes/CCL5 (CC-chemokine ligand 5) levels immediately after surgery on D1 than patients without CPSP (mean difference [MD] = 5.5, confidence interval [CI], 1.7-9.3 ng/mL; P = .014). At W6 and Y1, adiponectin and CCL5 levels correlated with pain intensity in patients with CPSP (adiponectin: r = 0.50, P = .03; CCL5: r = -0.50, P = .03). Across the entire patient population, resistin levels were correlated with pain intensity (r = 0.34, P < .001; D1-Y1).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our explorative cytokine analysis uncovered an imbalance in serum cytokines and chemokines during the chronification process in patients who developed CPSP 1 year after surgically treated fractures. In particular, adiponectin and resistin were noted to be novel biomarkers for CPSP development. These data provide preliminary insight into a potential unexplored crosstalk between chronic postoperative pain and adipocytokines in the chronification of CPSP, which remains to be further analyzed.</p>","PeriodicalId":7784,"journal":{"name":"Anesthesia and analgesia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143708157","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":"When Words Fail: Bridging the Gap in Pain Management for Limited English Proficiency Patients.","authors":"Beshoy A Abdelmessih, Jack Iasiello","doi":"10.1213/ANE.0000000000007493","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1213/ANE.0000000000007493","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7784,"journal":{"name":"Anesthesia and analgesia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143708175","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}
Vicente Garcia-Tomas, Honorio T Benzon, Feyce M Peralta
{"title":"Air or Saline? Unlocking the Best Approach for Loss-of-Resistance During Epidural Space Access.","authors":"Vicente Garcia-Tomas, Honorio T Benzon, Feyce M Peralta","doi":"10.1213/ANE.0000000000007484","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1213/ANE.0000000000007484","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7784,"journal":{"name":"Anesthesia and analgesia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143673166","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":"Bridging the Gap: Clinical Application of Remimazolam Across Borders.","authors":"Shinju Obara, Jacob Brandenburg","doi":"10.1213/ANE.0000000000007481","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1213/ANE.0000000000007481","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7784,"journal":{"name":"Anesthesia and analgesia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143673168","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}
Bryant W Tran, Janey R Phelps, Tracy Wester, Monika Nanda
{"title":"Curb Appeal and Fellowship Training: How Can We Improve?","authors":"Bryant W Tran, Janey R Phelps, Tracy Wester, Monika Nanda","doi":"10.1213/ANE.0000000000007338","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1213/ANE.0000000000007338","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7784,"journal":{"name":"Anesthesia and analgesia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143630019","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}
Laila Collier, Ameer S-J Hohlfeld, Bruce M Biccard
{"title":"Mapping Perioperative Care Randomized Controlled Trials in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Scoping Review.","authors":"Laila Collier, Ameer S-J Hohlfeld, Bruce M Biccard","doi":"10.1213/ANE.0000000000007460","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1213/ANE.0000000000007460","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The World Health Organization has recognized surgical and anesthesia care as integral components of universal health coverage. In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), 93% of the population lacks access to essential surgical services. Postsurgery mortality in Africa is double the global average. The involvement of anesthesia providers is crucial for improved outcomes. Perioperative research can produce context-specific solutions to challenges faced in the perioperative period. SSA conducts fewer randomized controlled trials (RCTs) than high-income countries, limiting its contribution to global evidence. Our primary objectives were to document the geographical distribution of included RCTs, describe their characteristics, and evaluate the reporting quality using the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT)-2010 checklist. We followed the PRISMA Scoping Reviews (PRISMAScR) Checklist. We searched MEDLINE, the Cochrane Library, and Scopus. We identified perioperative care RCTs within SSA published from 2000 to 2022. Two independent reviewers screened potential studies and extracted data in duplicate, with disagreements resolved through consensus or a third reviewer. Quantitative analysis was done with STATA 16, and data were summarized narratively. We compared RCT quality pre-CONSORT-2010 to post-CONSORT-2010, using Pearson's χ2 test or Fisher exact test (as applicable), considering P < .05 as statistically significant. Of 3319 records, 169 eligible RCTs were identified, randomizing 45,376 participants, with a mean sample size of 98. Between the years 2000 and 2022, there was an exponential trend towards an increasing number of RCTs in SSA (y = 1,5619e0,1051x). The RCTs were from 16 countries in SSA. Most studies were single-country, single-center, led by authors from Nigeria (63/169, 37.3 %) and South Africa (41/169, 24.3%). Most interventions were conducted intraoperatively (n = 125/169, 74%). Pharmacotherapy interventions were most investigated (n = 64/169, 37.9%), followed by analgesic interventions (n = 42/169, 24.9%). The surgical discipline most investigated was obstetrics (n = 51/169, 30.2%). The reporting quality was generally poor, with most RCTs not adhering to CONSORT guidelines and failing to register on a trial registry. This scoping review provides a comprehensive overview of perioperative care RCTs in SSA, highlighting limitations such as small sample sizes, under-representation of high surgical burden disciplines, and poor outcome reporting. Clinical trial capacity is limited to a few countries and institutions, and methodological quality remains poor despite reporting guidelines. There is an opportunity to enhance context-appropriate RCTs in SSA by prioritizing high-quality research through collaborative efforts. Our findings serve as a resource for researchers, funders, and policymakers in perioperative care research in Africa to improve future RCT designs and reporting.</p>","PeriodicalId":7784,"journal":{"name":"Anesthesia and analgesia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143623243","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}
Arthur Kwizera, Laura A Hobbs, Daphne Kabatoro, Tom Bashford
{"title":"Bridging the Gap: The Challenge of Conducting Clinical Trials in Sub-Saharan Africa.","authors":"Arthur Kwizera, Laura A Hobbs, Daphne Kabatoro, Tom Bashford","doi":"10.1213/ANE.0000000000007461","DOIUrl":"10.1213/ANE.0000000000007461","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7784,"journal":{"name":"Anesthesia and analgesia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7617508/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143623242","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}
Akihisa Taguchi, Shinichi Kai, Shino Matsukawa, Hideya Seo, Moritoki Egi
{"title":"Volatile Anesthetic-Induced Skeletal Muscle Atrophy in Mice and Murine-Derived Myotubes: The Role of the Akt Pathway.","authors":"Akihisa Taguchi, Shinichi Kai, Shino Matsukawa, Hideya Seo, Moritoki Egi","doi":"10.1213/ANE.0000000000007466","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1213/ANE.0000000000007466","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Volatile anesthetics are gaining attention as sedatives in intensive care units. Sedation is a significant risk factor for skeletal muscle atrophy and weakness in critically ill patients; however, volatile anesthetics' influence on skeletal muscle atrophy remains unclear. Therefore, we investigated their effects on skeletal muscle mass using a murine-derived muscle cell line and mice.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>C2C12 myotubes were exposed to isoflurane or sevoflurane. Myotube diameter was assessed using immunofluorescence. The expression levels of Atrogin-1, MuRF1, and LC3-II and phosphorylation levels of p70 S6K and Akt were analyzed to evaluate protein degradation and synthesis. To determine whether these effects were mediated through the Akt pathway, experiments with insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) were performed. Furthermore, mice skeletal muscle exposed to isoflurane or sevoflurane were compared with control mice and short-term immobility mice induced by sciatic nerve denervation (DN) or hindlimb suspension (HS).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Exposure of C2C12 myotubes to 2.8% isoflurane or 5.0% sevoflurane reduced the myotube diameter by 14.4 µm (95% confidential interval [CI], 11.7-17.1, P < .001) and 13.2 µm (95% CI, 10.1-16.2, P < .001), respectively. Exposure to 2.8% isoflurane increased the expressions of Atrogin-1 (2.9-fold [95% CI, 2.1- to 3.8-fold], P < .001), MuRF1 (3.1-fold [95% CI, 2.4- to 3.8-fold], P < .001), and LC3-II (1.6-fold [95% CI, 1.4- to 1.8-fold], P < .001), whereas decreasing phosphorylation of p70 S6K (0.3-fold [95% CI, 0.2- to 0.4-fold], P < .001) and Akt (0.4-fold [95% CI, 0.3- to 0.5-fold], P < .001). Exposure to 5.0% sevoflurane resulted in similar effects. Additionally, IGF-1 counteracted the effects of isoflurane on myotube mass. In mice skeletal muscle, exposure to 1% isoflurane or 1.5% sevoflurane decreased Akt phosphorylation (isoflurane: 0.4-fold [95% CI, 0.1- to 0.8-fold], P = .003; sevoflurane: 0.5-fold [95% CI, 0.4- to 0.6-fold], P = .011) and increased the expression levels of Atrogin-1 (isoflurane: 4.1-fold [95% CI, 3.2- to 5.1-fold], P < .001; sevoflurane: 2.3-fold [95% CI, 1.1- to 3.5-fold], P = .026), MuRF1 (isoflurane: 2.7-fold [95% CI, 1.3- to 4.1-fold], P = .01; sevoflurane: 2.3-fold [95% CI, 1.0- to 3.7-fold], P = .022), and LC3-II (isoflurane: 1.9-fold [95% CI, 0.9- to 3.0-fold], P = .045; sevoflurane: 1.5-fold [95% CI, 1.4- to 1.6-fold], P < .001) while decreasing p70 S6K phosphorylation (isoflurane: 0.5-fold [95% CI, 0.4- to 0.6-fold], P = .013; sevoflurane: 0.7-fold [95% CI, 0.6- to 0.8-fold], P = .008) compared with DN. Similar results were observed when comparing between isoflurane or sevoflurane exposure and HS.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Volatile anesthetics induce skeletal muscle atrophy by downregulating the Akt pathway, suggesting they may exacerbate skeletal muscle atrophy beyond immobility effects.</p>","PeriodicalId":7784,"journal":{"name":"Anesthesia and analgesia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143623245","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}