Research priorities in regional anaesthesia: where should we focus?

Stuart A Grant; Sandy Kopp; Eric Albrecht

doi:10.1016/j.bja.2024.04.009

Research priorities in regional anaesthesia: where should we focus?

Br J Anaesth. 2024 Jul;133(1):1-2. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2024.04.009. Epub 2024 May 2.

Authors

Stuart A Grant¹, Sandy Kopp², Eric Albrecht³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. Electronic address: stuart_grant@med.unc.edu.
² Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
³ Department of Anesthesiology Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.

PMID: 38702237
DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2024.04.009

Abstract

Using a modified Delphi technique, an international group of regional anaesthetists generated a list of top research priorities in regional anaesthesia. The list of unanswered research questions was created from a questionnaire completed by >500 anaesthetists and distilled into 11 priorities grouped into four themes: clinical practice and efficacy, pain management, technology and equipment, and training and assessment.

Keywords: nerve blocks; pain management; perioperative outcome; rebound pain; regional anaesthesia.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Anesthesia, Conduction* / methods
Anesthesiology
Biomedical Research
Delphi Technique*
Humans
Pain Management / methods
Research
Surveys and Questionnaires