The analgesic efficacy of local infiltration analgesia vs femoral nerve block after total knee arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis

E Albrecht, O Guyen, A Jacot-Guillarmod… - BJA: British Journal …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Many consider femoral nerve block the gold standard in pain management following knee
arthroplasty. Local infiltration analgesia is an alternate approach that applies the concept of …

The analgesic efficacy of ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane block in adult patients: a meta-analysis

M Baeriswyl, KR Kirkham, C Kern… - Anesthesia & …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Previous meta-analyses of the transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block
have examined a maximum of 12 articles, including fewer than 650 participants, and have …

The impact of analgesic modality on early ambulation following total knee arthroplasty

A Perlas, KR Kirkham, R Billing, C Tse… - Regional Anesthesia & …, 2013 - rapm.bmj.com
Introduction Total knee arthroplasty is associated with moderate to severe pain, and effective
analgesia is essential to facilitate postoperative recovery. This retrospective cohort study …

De-implementing wisely: developing the evidence base to reduce low-value care

JM Grimshaw, AM Patey, KR Kirkham… - BMJ quality & …, 2020 - qualitysafety.bmj.com
Choosing Wisely (CW) campaigns globally have focused attention on the need to reduce
low-value care, which can represent up to 30% of the costs of healthcare. Despite early …

Low‐versus high‐dose intraoperative opioids: A systematic review with meta‐analyses and trial sequential analyses

E Albrecht, S Grape, J Frauenknecht… - Acta …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Opioid‐induced hyperalgesia is a state of nociceptive sensitisation secondary
to opioid administration. The objective of this meta‐analysis was to test the hypothesis that …

Ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block for laparoscopic gastric-bypass surgery: a prospective randomized controlled double-blinded trial

E Albrecht, KR Kirkham, RVW Endersby, VWS Chan… - Obesity surgery, 2013 - Springer
Background Despite the laparoscopic approach, patients can suffer moderate to severe pain
following bariatric surgery. This randomized controlled double-blinded trial investigated the …

Preoperative testing before low-risk surgical procedures

KR Kirkham, DN Wijeysundera, C Pendrith, R Ng… - Cmaj, 2015 - Can Med Assoc
Background: There is concern about increasing utilization of low-value health care services,
including preoperative testing for low-risk surgical procedures. We investigated temporal …

[PDF][PDF] Gabapentin reduces preoperative anxiety and pain catastrophizing in highly anxious patients prior to major surgery: a blinded randomized placebo-controlled …

H Clarke, KR Kirkham, BA Orser, R Katznelson… - 2013 - yorkspace.library.yorku.ca
Gabapentin is increasingly being used for the treatment of postoperative pain and a variety
of psychiatric diseases, including chronic anxiety disorders. Trials have reported mixed …

The analgesic efficacy of transversus abdominis plane block after bariatric surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis

S Grape, KR Kirkham, E Albrecht - Obesity surgery, 2020 - Springer
The transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block has been used to relieve pain after bariatric
surgery but with conflicting data on its analgesic efficacy. We conducted this systematic …

[PDF][PDF] The Maximum Effective Needle-to-Nerve Distance for Ultrasound-Guided Interscalene Block: An Exploratory Study

E Albrecht, KR Kirkham, P Taffé… - … Anesthesia and Pain …, 2014 - researchgate.net
METHODS Recruitment The study protocol was approved by the University Health Network
Research Ethics Board, and the trial was prospectively registered on clinicaltrials. gov …