Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (APM) is the official scientific journal of Korean Society of Neuroscience in Anesthesiology and Critical Care (KSNACC), The Korean Society for Anesthetic Pharmacology (KSAP), The Korean Society of Obstetric Anesthesiologists (KSOA), The Korean Society of Pediatric Anesthesiologists (KSPA), Korean Neuromuscular Research Society (KNRS), Korean Society of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesiologists (KSCVA), Korean Society of Transplantation Anesthesiologists (KSTA), The Korean Spinal Pain Society (KSPS), Korean Society of Regional Anesthesia (KSRA), and Korean Society for Airway Management (KSAM). The abbreviated title is "Anesth Pain Med". It is published four times a year on the last day of January, April, July, and October in English.

Review

October 31, 2023

A comprehensive review of difficult airway management strategies for patient safety

Hoon Jung

Anesth Pain Med. 2023;18(4):331-339.

Difficult airway management is critical to ensuring patient safety. It involves addressing the challenges and failures that can occur, even with skilled healthcare providers, during face mask ventilation, intubation, supraglottic...

Review

October 30, 2023

Does adding muscle relaxant make post-operative pain better? a narrative review of the literature from US and European studies

Ricardo Verdiner, Narjeet Khurmi, Christopher Choukalas, et al.

Anesth Pain Med. 2023;18(4):340-348.

Centrally acting skeletal muscle relaxants (CASMR) are widely prescribed as adjuncts for acute and chronic pain. Given the recent interest in multimodal analgesia and reducing opioid consumption, there has been...

Review

October 30, 2023

Spinal anesthesia in elective lumbar spinal surgery

Nicholas S. Hernandez, Benayas Begashaw, Ron I. Riesenburger, et al.

Anesth Pain Med. 2023;18(4):349-356.

Spinal anesthesia (SA) is gaining recognition as a safe and efficacious regional alternative to general anesthesia for elective lumbar surgery. However, unfamiliarity with management issues related to its use has...

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