ASRA RAPP

Raj Gupta (@dr_rajgupta), Gary Schwartz (@garyschwartzmd) recap some of the days activities, lectures, and workshops with a collection of friends that come by the Internet Chat Room Booth at the Opening Ceremony of the Exhibit Hall. Recorded live from the ASRA Fall 2018 Pain Meeting in San Antonio Texas. Recorded 11/16/2018.

Make sure to check out the next ASRA meeting #ASRASpring19 by going to www.asra.com for all the details.

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Thanks to The Preps from Philadelphia, PA for the music: “The Grind (9 to 5)" and "Unknown Night". The band features Steve Breslin on vocals/guitars, Bryan Schwenk on guitars/vocals, Jeff Frederick on bass, and Eric Schwenk on drums.

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Raj Gupta (@dr_rajgupta) and Eric Schwenk (@ESchwenkMD) discuss the value of IV ketamine infusion for the management of chronic refractory migraine headaches. This podcast is a joint effort with the ASRA Headache Special Interest Group (SIG). Recorded 11/07/2018.

Guests

• Lynn Kohan, MD (@KohanLynn)- Chair of the ASRA Headache SIG. Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine; Director, Pain Fellowship; University of Virginia
• Clinton Lauritsen, MD (@ClintLauritsen) - Clinical instructor in Neurology and Headache Specialist, Director of the Inpatient Headache unit, Thomas Jefferson University; Jefferson Headache Center

Make sure to check out the next two ASRA meetings #ASRAFall18 and #ASRASpring19 by going to www.asra.com/meetings for all the details.

Reference

• Schwenk ES, Dayan AC, Rangavajjula A, Torjman MC, Hernandez MG, Lauritsen CG, Silberstein SD, Young W, Viscusi ER: Ketamine for refractory headache: A retrospective analysis. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2018; 43:875–9

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Thanks to The Preps from Philadelphia, PA for the music: “The Grind (9 to 5)" and "Unknown Night". The band features Steve Breslin on vocals/guitars, Bryan Schwenk on guitars/vocals, Jeff Frederick on bass, and Eric Schwenk on drums.

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Raj Gupta (@dr_rajgupta) and Eric Schwenk (@ESchwenkMD) talk about how ketamine has made a resurgence in acute and chronic pain medicine with guest Dr. Danielle Ludwin, associate professor of anesthesiology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York. They also discuss the recent Consensus Guidelines on the Use of Intravenous Ketamine Infusions for Acute Pain Management. 

Make sure to check out the next two ASRA meetings #ASRAFall18 and #ASRASpring19 by going to www.asra.com for all the details.

Selected References: 

1. Schwenk ES, Viscusi ER, Buvanendran A, et al. Consensus guidelines on the use of intravenous ketamine infusions for acute pain management from the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, the American Academy of Pain Medicine, and the American Society of Anesthesiologists. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2018; 43:456–66. 
2. Cohen SP, Bhatia A, Buvanendran A, et al. Consensus guidelines on the use of intravenous ketamine infusions for chronic pain from the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, the American Academy of Pain Medicine, and the American Society of Anesthesiologists. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2018; 43:521–46.

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Thanks to The Preps from Philadelphia, PA for the music: “The Grind (9 to 5)" and "Unknown Night". The band features Steve Breslin on vocals/guitars, Bryan Schwenk on guitars/vocals, Jeff Frederick on bass, and Eric Schwenk on drums.

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Raj Gupta (@dr_rajgupta) discusses the exciting lecture and workshop program for ASRA's 17th Annual Pain Medicine Meeting being held November 15-17, 2018, in San Antonio, TX. He is joined by Asokumar Buvanendran (@Kumar_asra), Max Eckmann (@eckmann_max), and Ameet Nagpal (@Sympathy4TheDr, https://www.facebook.com/ameet.nagpal.121). Recorded 07/29/2018.

The deadline to submit abstracts is September 5, 2018.
Early-bird registration ends September 28, 2018.
Find out all the details about ASRA's 17th Annual Pain Medicine Meeting at: https://www.asra.com/pain
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Thanks to The Preps from Philadelphia, PA for the music: “Winter Wonderland". The band features Steve Breslin on vocals/guitars, Bryan Schwenk on guitars/vocals, Jeff Frederick on bass, and Eric Schwenk on drums.

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Raj Gupta (@dr_rajgupta) and Eric Schwenk (@ESchwenkMD) discuss the role of ASRA's Education in Regional Anesthesia Special Interest Group (SIG) and the current state of education in regional anesthesia. Recorded 05/29/2018.

Guests
- Colin McCartney (@colinjmccartney) - Chair of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at University of Ottawa, ON, Canada
- Danielle Ludwin - Associate Professor of Anesthesiology; Columbia University Irving Medical Center
- Jaime Ortiz (@JaimeOrtizMD) - Associate Professor of Anesthesiology; Baylor College of Medicine

Make sure to check out the next two ASRA meetings #ASRAFall18 and #ASRASpring19 by going to www.asra.com for all the details.

Selected References

• Choi S. & McCartney CJ. Evidence base for the use of ultrasound for upper extremity blocks: 2014 update. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2016; 41(2), 242-50.
• Helwani MA, Saied NN, Asaad B, Rasmussen S, & Fingerman ME. The current role of ultrasound use in teaching regional anesthesia: a survey of residency programs in the United States. Pain Med. 2012;13(10),1342–6.
• Liu SS. Evidence basis for ultrasound-guided block characteristics onset, quality, and duration. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2016;41(2), 205–20.
• Lerman IR, Souzdalnitski D, Halaszynski T, Dai F, Guirguis M, Narouze SN. Ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia simulation and trainee performance. Technique Reg Anesth Pain Manage. 2014;18(4)110-7.

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Thanks to The Preps from Philadelphia, PA for the music: “The Grind (9 to 5)" and "Unknown Night". The band features Steve Breslin on vocals/guitars, Bryan Schwenk on guitars/vocals, Jeff Frederick on bass, and Eric Schwenk on drums.

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Raj Gupta (@dr_rajgupta), Eric Schwenk (@ESchwenkMD), Gary Schwartz (@garyschwartzmd) and many of our friends from around the globe stop by the Exhibit Hall to discuss their second day experience at the ASRA World Congress 2018.  There’s definitely a lot of excitement in the air!  Recorded 04/20/2018.

Hashtags:

• #ASRAWorld18
• #ASRALive

Make sure to check out the next two ASRA meetings #ASRAFall18 and #ASRASpring19 by going to www.asra.com for all the details.

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Raj Gupta (@dr_rajgupta), Eric Schwenk (@ESchwenkMD), Gary Schwartz (@garyschwartzmd) and many of our friends from around the globe stop by the Exhibit Hall to discuss their first day experience at the ASRA World Congress. There’s definitely a lot of excitement in the air!  Recorded 04/19/2018.

Hashtags:

• #ASRAWorld18
• #ASRALive

Make sure to check out the next two ASRA meetings #ASRAFall18 and #ASRASpring19 by going to www.asra.com for all the details.

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Thanks to The Preps from Philadelphia, PA for the music: “The Grind (9 to 5)" and "Unknown Night". The band features Steve Breslin on vocals/guitars, Bryan Schwenk on guitars/vocals, Jeff Frederick on bass, and Eric Schwenk on drums. 

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Raj Gupta (@dr_rajgupta), Eric Schwenk (@ESchwenkMD), and Anne Snively (@ASRA_Society) discuss all of the plans for Social Media, online meeting streaming, and in-person get togethers for the ASRA World Congress meeting starting April 18, 2018 in New York City. Recorded 04/03/2018.

Follow these Hashtags during the meeting:

• #ASRAWorld18
• #ASRALive
• #ASRAOpioidCrisis
• #ASRAInnovation

Find all of the Social Media Ambassadors to follow during the meeting at: http://www.asra.com/social

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Raj Gupta (@dr_rajgupta) and Eric Schwenk (@ESchwenkMD) discuss management of LAST with the authors of the 2018 updated checklist and guidelines. They are joined by Guy Weinberg (@lipidguy) and Joe Neal (@josephmnealmd). Recorded 02/20/2018.

Resources:

• ASRA LAST Checklist
  (https://www.asra.com/advisory-guidelines/article/3/checklist-for-treatment-of-local-anesthetic-systemic-toxicity)
• LipidRescue.org
• #ASRAWorld18 
• Call for Videos for World Congress
  (https://www.asra.com/page/1532/call-for-videos)

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Thanks to The Preps from Philadelphia, PA for the music: “The Grind (9 to 5)" and "Unknown Night". The band features Steve Breslin on vocals/guitars, Bryan Schwenk on guitars/vocals, Jeff Frederick on bass, and Eric Schwenk on drums. 

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Raj Gupta (@dr_rajgupta) and Eric Schwenk (@ESchwenkMD) are joined by Tina Doshi (@dr_tinadoshi), Andrea Nicol (@andreanicolmd), and Dan Warren (@DanWarrenMD).   Recorded 01/07/2018.

Resources:

• Women in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Special Interest Group
  (https://www.asra.com/page/1529/women-in-regional-anesthesia-and-pain-medicine)
• Supporting Women in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (WRAPM): Why You Should Join the Newest ASRA Special Interest Group
  (https://www.asra.com/news/180/supporting-women-in-regional-anesthesia)

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Thanks to The Preps from Philadelphia, PA, for the music: “The Grind (9 to 5)" and "Unknown Night". The band features Steve Breslin on vocals/guitars, Bryan Schwenk on guitars/vocals, Jeff Frederick on bass, and Eric Schwenk on drums. 

Support the show

Twitter: @ASRA_Society, @dr_rajgupta