Opioid-Free Cardiac Surgery: A Multimodal Pain Management Strategy With a Focus on Bilateral Erector Spinae Plane Block Catheters

Nabil K Thalji; Saumil Jayant Patel; John G Augoustides; Robin J Schiller; Adam A Dalia; Yinghui Low; Rawad I Hamzi; Rohesh J Fernando

doi:10.1053/j.jvca.2022.09.002

Opioid-Free Cardiac Surgery: A Multimodal Pain Management Strategy With a Focus on Bilateral Erector Spinae Plane Block Catheters

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2022 Dec;36(12):4523-4533. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2022.09.002. Epub 2022 Sep 8.

Authors

Nabil K Thalji¹, Saumil Jayant Patel¹, John G Augoustides¹, Robin J Schiller², Adam A Dalia², Yinghui Low², Rawad I Hamzi³, Rohesh J Fernando⁴

Affiliations

¹ Cardiovascular and Thoracic Division, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
² Department of Anesthesiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
³ Department of Anesthesiology, Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston Salem, NC.
⁴ Department of Anesthesiology, Cardiothoracic Section, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston Salem, NC. Electronic address: rfernan@wakehealth.edu.

No abstract available

Keywords: adult cardiac surgery; continuous erector spinae plane block; opioid free; opioid sparing; postoperative pain; regional anesthesia for cardiac surgery.

MeSH terms

Analgesics, Opioid
Cardiac Surgical Procedures* / adverse effects
Catheters
Humans
Nerve Block*
Pain Management
Pain, Postoperative / etiology
Pain, Postoperative / prevention & control

Substances

Analgesics, Opioid

Grants and funding

T32 GM112596/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States