Dr. Susanne Muehlschlegel and Dr. José Suarez attended the ANIM 2026 (anim.de) annual meeting of the German Neurointensive Care Society in Dortmund, Germany. Dr Suarez presented on autoregulation and taught the ENLS course together with other member of the Neurocritical Care Society. Dr. Muehlschlegel presented 2 posters and 2 platform presentations on behalf of her students and lab members. A posters on Nudging during clinician-family meetings in the NCCU was awarded a poster prize.
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APPOINTMENTS
Dr. Kellie Jaremko has been appointed Co-Chair of the Membership Committee for the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA)
Dr. Christopher Robinson Selected as Chair for Regenerative Medicine for American Society of Pain and Neuroscience.
Dr. Christopher Robinson and Dr. Paul Christo were Selected as Chairs on Panel for International Pain & Spine Intervention Society Panel on Regenerative Medicine.
Dr. Eellan Sivanesan was invited to serve as a member of the Blaustein Endowment Pain Research & Education Scientific Advisory Board. He was also invited to join the editorial board of Molecular Pain.
ANNOUNCEMENTS & UPCOMING EVENTS
ACCM faculty who have developed educational materials and tech: John Hopkins Technology Ventures (JHTV) can assist with copyright, patent applications, and more!
https://ventures.jhu.edu/collaborations/corporate-partnerships/industry-proposals/
The deadline for applications for the Spring cycle ACCM StAAR (Stimulating and Advancing ACCM Research) awards is Wednesday, April 15, 2026. Research applications are encouraged from all discovery areas.
StAAR Website (access through JH network computer or while logged in to Safe desktop): https://aceweb.win.ad.jhu.edu/staar/staar.cfm
ACCM faculty are encouraged to attend the 16th Annual Conference on Health IT and Analytics at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center, 555 Pennsylvania Avenue. The Doctoral Consortium will take place on May 7, 2026, followed by the main conference on May 8–9, 2026. Find information and event details by following the link:
https://cdhai.carey.jhu.edu/cdhai-events/conference-on-health-it-and-analytics-chita/
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AWARDS AND HONORS
Dr. Steve Frank gave a talk at the Global Alliance for Patient Access conference in Washington DC titled “Case Study on Barriers to Prioritizing Blood Health: The Johns Hopkins Experience”.
Dr. Christopher Robinson served as Guest Editor for Pain Research and Management, Section Editor for Interventional Pain Medicine for Biologics/Regenerative Medicine, and Guest Editor for Cephalalgia
Dr. Kara Segna and Dr. Richard Barnhart received a Presidential Commendation in Recognition of Outstanding Contributions from the American Academy of Pain Medicine.
ARTICLES PUBLISHED
AI Technology and Engineering
Debebe F, Weldetsadik AY, Laytin A, Goffi A, Hassen G, Sultan M, Beza L, Merahi MK, Zewdie A, Firissa Y, Waganew W, Shimber ET, Adhikari N. Development and pilot testing of the AMPS model for predicting ICU mortality in low and middle income countries. Sci Rep. 2026 Feb 26. doi: 10.1038/s41598-026-41056-7. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41748852.
Hsu J, Kim H, Gong K, Harris C, Azad TD, Stevens RD. A Machine Learning Model to Predict Treatment Effect Associated with Targeted Temperature Management After Cardiac Arrest. Neurocrit Care. 2026 Feb;44(1):115-123. doi: 10.1007/s12028-025-02299-w. Epub 2025 Jun 9. PMID: 40490603.
Lo Bianco G, Therond A, D’angelo F.P., Kapural L, Diwan S, Staats P, Li S, Christo PJ, Deer TR, Robinson CL. Smart Processing and Intelligent Navigation for Evaluation (SPINE): Comparing Clinicians and AI Language Model (GPT-4) in Spinal Cord Stimulation Candidate Selection. J Pain Res. 2026:19:1–8
Rapuri S, Gong K, Harris C, Stevens RD. A machine learning model to identify pulmonary embolism in patients admitted to intensive care. Comput Biol Med. 2026 Mar;204:111548. doi: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2026.111548. Epub 2026 Feb 13. PMID: 41690253.
Silva-Ortiz VM, Bernal-Vargas MP, Bernal-Martinez AV, Sandoval-Orozco RX, Robinson C. The role of smartphone-based functional metrics in pain medicine. Interv Pain Med. 2026 Jan 8;5(1):100735. doi: 10.1016/j.inpm.2025.100735. PMID: 41567995; PMCID: PMC12818123.
Basic and Translational Research
Chauhan A, Lee EA, Patel RB, Kumskova M, Leira EC, Chauhan AK, Shi Y, Cao S, Koehler RC, Dhandapani KM, Khan MB, Kamat PK, Arbab A, Hess DC, Herman AL, Boisserand L, Sansing LH, Morais A, Jin X, Aykan S, Imai T, Ayata C, Nagarkatti KA, Lamb J, Diniz MA, Lyden PD, McCullough LD, Aronowski J. Evaluating tocilizumab in ischemic stroke: Findings from the SPAN multicenter trial. Neuropharmacology. 2026 Mar 1;285:110801. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2025.110801. Epub 2025 Dec 5. PMID: 41354124.
Thériault S, Holdcraft JA, Sharipova D, Faucherre A, Debiec RM, Peloso GM, Al-Kassou B, Aranki S, Ashikhmina Swan E, Ballotta A, Bellino M, Björck HM, Boureau AS, Braund PS, Corriveau F, Dagenais F, Folkersen L, Forte A, Francke MD, Frigiola A, Gorbatov S, Guo D, Habchi KM, Heydarpour M, Isselbacher EM, Jopling C, Laporte F, Le Scouarnec S, Li Z, Lichtner P, Maj C, Manikpurage HD, Nelson CP, Nguyen TB, Norris RA, Ong CS, Pibarot P, Roychowdhury T, Sarubbi B, Simonet F, Sundt T, Surakka I, Tessler I, Willer CJ, Wittmann S, Yang B, Berezovets I, Doppler SA, Dreßen M, Knoll K, Puehler T, Schunkert H, Avierinos JF, Bissell MM, Bolger AP, Bossé Y, Bossone E, Brion M, Citro R, de Vincentiis C, Deeb GM, Della Corte A, Dina C, Durst R, Ensminger S, Eriksson P, Evangelista A, Franco-Cereceda A, Gilon D, Giusti B, Hetherington SL, Huggins GS, Krane M, Le Tourneau T, Limongelli G, Mathieu P, Messika-Zeitoun D, Michelena HI, Milewicz D, Muehlschlegel JD, Murdock DR, Nickenig G, Nistri S, Nöthen MM, Pluchinotta F, Prakash SK, Samani NJ, Schott JJ, Webb TR, Zaffran S, Abdelilah-Seyfried S, Eagle K, Schumacher J, Trenkwalder T, Body S. Genome and Transcriptome-Wide Analyses Identify Multiple Candidate Genes and a Significant Polygenic Contribution in Bicuspid Aortic Valve. Circulation. 2026 Feb 6. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.125.074752. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41645906.
Tucker EW, Kim J, Erice C, Sharma A, Damiba NNL, Ordonez AA, Allende Labastida J, Sah N, Mota F, de Jesus P, Saini R, Schiaffino KF, Jain SK, Kannan RM, Kannan S. Host-directed nanotherapy for the treatment and imaging of tuberculous meningitis. Theranostics. DOI: 10.7150/thno.125729. Epub ahead of print.
Vyas P, Khoury ES, Sah N, Sharma A, Allende Labastida J, Wilkinson EL, Lac K, Damiba NNL, Fowler A, Liu J, Bedner A, Majer P, Tichý T, Thomas AG, Rais R, Slusher BS, Kannan RM, Kannan S. Dendrimer-Conjugated Glutamine Antagonist, D-TTM020, Ameliorates Brain Immune Dysregulation and Improves Neurobehavioral Deficits in the Mecp2-Deficient Mouse Model. Cells. 2026 Feb 1;15(3):272. doi: 10.3390/cells15030272. PMID: 41677636; PMCID: PMC12897355.
Zhang R, Shi Y, Cao S, Koehler RC, Yang ZJ. Sex-dependent role of 20-HETE synthesis in outcome from ischemic stroke in rats. Physiol Rep. 2026 Feb;14(3):e70762. doi: 10.14814/phy2.70762. PMID: 41634982; PMCID: PMC12868388.
Zou Y, Dong Y, Wan J, Lu J, Jiang S, Koehler RC, Zhou J. Detection Accuracy of Ischemia and Neuroinflammation in Traumatic Brain Injury in Rats Using Amide Proton Transfer-Weighted MRI. NMR Biomed. 2026 Feb;39(2):e70229. doi:10.1002/nbm.70229.
Clinical Research
Austin ED, Mullen MP, Avitabile CM, Krishnan US, Rosenzweig EB, Keller RL, Kinsella JP, Yung D, Steffes L, Bates A, Elia EG, Romer LH, McGrath-Morrow S, Bernier ML, Mandl KD, Raj JU, Sleeper LA, Abman SH; Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension Network (PPHNet) Investigators. Pulmonary Hemodynamics and Long-Term Outcomes in Children with Pulmonary Hypertension-Associated Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. J Pediatr. 2026 Feb;289:114869. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2025.114869. Epub 2025 Oct 24. PMID: 41139016; PMCID: PMC12905831.
Chauhan A, Lee EA, Patel RB, Kumskova M, Leira EC, Chauhan A, Shi Y, Cao S, Koehler RC, Dhandapani KM, Khan MB, Kamat PK, Arbab A, Hess DC, Herman AL, Boisserand L, Sansing LH, Morais A, Jin X, Aykan S, Imai T, Ayata C, Nagarkatti KA, Lamb J, Diniz MA, Lyden PD, Aronowski J, McCullough LD. Exploring Sex Differences in Stroke Outcomes: A Comprehensive Analysis From the SPAN 1 Trial. J Am Heart Assoc. 2026 Feb 17;15(4):e043220. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.125.043220. Epub 2026 Feb 3. PMID: 41631765.
Coca KM, Fierstein JL, Manipadam J, Ignjatovic V, Johnson J, Puchalski M, Morrison JM, Ng B. Child Opportunity, Race, and Language in Congenital Cardiac Surgery Outcomes. Pediatr Cardiol. 2026 Jan 22. doi: 10.1007/s00246-026-04159-6. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41569376.
Freire G, Thieu N, Diaz ME, Komarlu R, Vernon MM, Ikemba CM, Michelfelder EC, Samai C, Kovalchin JP, Tworetzky W, Huhta J, Wilhm M, Fierstein JL, Freud LR. Cardiovascular Profile Score and Perinatal Survival Among Fetuses With Ebstein’s Anomaly or Tricuspid Valve Dysplasia: A Multi-Center Retrospective Cohort Study. Prenat Diagn. 2026 Feb;46(2):210-218. doi: 10.1002/pd.70071. Epub 2026 Jan 13. PMID: 41531123.
Friedman ML, Bell MJ, Brooks BA, Himebauch AS, Kamerkar A, LaRovere K, Loftis LL, Pineda JA, Said A, Sandhu HS, Stengelin M, Demos C, Wainwright MS, West AN, Barnes A, Everett AD, Felling RJ, Hong SJ, Roem JL, Salorio CF, Ng DK, Bembea MM; Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI) Network. Plasma Biomarkers of Brain Injury in Critically Ill Children Receiving Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. JAMA Pediatr. 2026 Mar 2. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2026.0015. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41770542.
Hannum S, Marsteller J, Gurses AP, Cosgrove SE, Shpitser I, Guo H, Phung T, Oladapo-Shittu O, Klein EY, Keller SC; Home Infusion CLABSI Prevention Collaborative. Reducing home infusion CLABSI through a dashboard and toolkit implementation. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2026 Jan 21:1-8. doi: 10.1017/ice.2025.10385. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41560365; PMCID: PMC12885047.
Kalvas LB, Dawkins-Henry OS, Ordway MR, Kudchadkar SR, Asaro LA, Wypij D, Curley MAQ. Sleep Health in Critically Ill Children With Acute Respiratory Failure. AACN Adv Crit Care. 2026 Mar 15;37(1):107-121. doi: 10.4037/aacnacc2026606. PMID: 41758709.
Leon DA, Wend CM, Arciaga Z, Bradshaw J, Frank SM, Stevens KA, Crowe EP, Levy MJ. One year of low titer whole blood resuscitation at an academic level 1 trauma center. Cureus. 2026;18:e100699.
Meurer KJ, Presciutti AM, Bannon SM, Kubota R, Baskaran N, Kim J, Zhang Q, Reichman M, Fishbein NS, Lichstein K, Motta M, Muehlschlegel S, Reznik ME, Jaffa MN, Creutzfeldt CJ, Fehnel CR, Tomlinson AD, Williamson CA, Vranceanu AM, Hwang DY; COMA-F Investigators. Characterizing Stressors and Coping Strategies Among Caregivers of Patients with Severe Acute Brain Injury by Level of Distress. Neurocrit Care. 2026 Feb;44(1):95-104. doi: 10.1007/s12028-025-02294-1. Epub 2025 Jun 6. PMID: 40481284.
Okum SE, Mehta A, Lunardi N, Byrne JP, Haut ER, Efron DT, Sakran JV. Could We Have Stopped the Bleed? An Examination of 5,765 Homicide Autopsies Across 13 Years. J Am Coll Surg. 2026 Mar 1;242(3):562-571. doi: 10.1097/XCS.0000000000001695. Epub 2026 Feb 13. PMID: 41701567.
Parimi N, Vanderhoek SM, Arcara K, Wolf RM. Use of Automated Insulin Delivery Systems Following Pediatric Total Pancreatectomy and Islet Auto Transplantation. Diabetes Technol Ther. 2026 Feb 6:15209156261420197. doi: 10.1177/15209156261420197. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41652832.
Qureshi AI, Baskett W, Martin RH, Lakhani P, Bhatti IA, El Sabae H, Al-Mufti F, Gomes JA, Seifi A, Rabinstein AA, Suarez JI, Steiner T, Shyu CR, Anderson CS. Systolic Blood Pressure Reduction with Stability as a New Therapeutic Goal in Patients with Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Results of the Pooled Analysis of ATACH 2 and INTERACT 2 Trials. Neurocrit Care. 2026 Feb;44(1):18-26. doi: 10.1007/s12028-025-02277-2. Epub 2025 May 20. PMID: 40394357.
Scheiber CJ, Glier S, Magin J, Hanlon M, Vander Ploeg M, Obika B, Freeman H, Dave O, Tolksdorf A, Neading RD, Doyal A, Smeltz A. Non-Anticoagulated Fresh Whole Blood Syringe Transfusion as an Alternative for Military Hemorrhage Resuscitation in Austere Environments. Mil Med. 2026 Jan 27:usaf564. doi: 10.1093/milmed/usaf564. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41591871.
Shah MM, Jay MS, Zhao X, Yang VB, Muquit ST, Pasrija C, Polanco A, Whitman G, Kim BS, Cho SM, Shafiq B, Shu HT. Laboratory factors and diagnostic aids for compartment syndrome in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: An exploratory single-center study. Perfusion. 2026 Jan 23:2676591261420646. doi: 10.1177/02676591261420646. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41575012.
Sochet AA, Le MQ, Goldenberg NA, Betensky M. Thrombolytic Instillation for Central Venous Catheter Dysfunction and Venous Thromboembolism Risk Among Critically Ill Children. Semin Thromb Hemost. 2026 Mar;52(2):248-255. doi: 10.1055/a-2734-3037. Epub 2025 Oct 30. PMID: 41167603.
Sun LR, Gatti JR, Ahmad SA, Yedavalli V, Ziai W, Gottesman RF, Jordan LC. Transcranial Doppler is associated with future ischemic events in moyamoya arteriopathy. Pediatr Res. 2026 Feb 13. doi: 10.1038/s41390-026-04827-6. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41688713.
Torrie AM, O’Hara NN, Ryan KA, Henneghan T, Mathur V, O’Toole RV, Slobogean GP, Falvey J. Long-Term Outcomes Associated With Peripheral Nerve Blocks for Hip Fracture Surgery: A Retrospective Comparison of Medicare Data. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2026 Feb 15. doi: 10.1111/jgs.70340. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41691536.
Williams AC, Martinez Yus M, Santhanam L, Alexander LM. Attenuated cyclooxygenase-mediated vasodilation in cutaneous microvasculature with no difference in platelet aggregation in women with endometriosis. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2026 Mar 1;140(3):652-663. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00865.2025. Epub 2026 Jan 30. PMID: 41615377.
Vattipally VN, Maroufi SF, Elshareif M, Kramer P, Jo J, Suarez JI, Sakran JV, Haut ER, Huang J, Bettegowda C, Azad TD. Incidence and outcomes of unplanned escalation-of-care complications for patients with traumatic brain injury. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2026 Feb 9;264:109341. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2026.109341. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41690238.
Vattipally VN, Ran KR, Myneni S, Liu J, Jo J, Mukherjee D, Suarez JI, Haut ER, Sakran JV, Huang J, Bettegowda C, Byrne JP, Azad TD. Interhospital Variation in Operative Intervention for Firearm-Related Penetrating Traumatic Brain Injury and Associations With Inpatient Mortality. Neurosurgery. 2026 Mar 1;98(3):608-616. doi: 10.1227/neu.0000000000003623. Epub 2025 Jul 17. PMID: 40673687.
Yang J, Crigger CB, Robey C, Heap D, Maxon V, Vecchione T, George J, Hunsberger J, Gearhart JP, Di Carlo HN. Early findings on OnabotulinumtoxinA for postoperative pain control in bladder exstrophy. J Pediatr Urol. 2026 Feb;22(1):105434. doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2025.05.005. Epub 2025 May 9. PMID: 40447504.
Ziai WC, Yarava A, Gruber JB, Li Y, Walborn N, Rizzutti N, Hildreth M, Awad I, Hanley DF. Impact of Minimally Invasive Surgery on Midline Shift and Outcomes in Large Supratentorial Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Post Hoc Analysis of MISTIE III. Neurocrit Care. 2026 Feb;44(1):261-272. doi: 10.1007/s12028-025-02371-5. Epub 2025 Sep 16. PMID: 40958054.
Editorials, Literature Reviews and Technical Guides
Agyekum R, Chidiac C, Layoun CJ, Ntow S, Siddiqui Z, El-Bassiri M, Slidell MB, Haut ER, Nasr IW. Comparative analysis of outcomes in pediatric traumatic brain injury at urban teaching versus nonteaching hospitals across the United States. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2026 Feb 10. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000004923. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41705899.
Benzon HT, FitzGerald J, Flaherty JP, Cohen SP, Doshi TL, Mina M, Abdi S, Abd-Elsayed A, Chadwick A, Eckmann MS, Elmofty D, Hirsch JA, Hoang T, Hunt C, Manchikanti L, Nagpal A, Nelson AM, Pino C, Provenzano DA, Rana M, Rivera J, Shah S, Shankar H, Shanthanna H, Schneider B, Souza D, Stout A, Wasan AD, Narouze S, Maus T. Multisociety multispecialty position statement on corticosteroid injections and influenza and COVID-19 vaccine administration. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2026 Feb 27:rapm-2025-107556. doi: 10.1136/rapm-2025-107556. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41760373.
Beshr MS, Shembesh RH, Salama AH, Kara AO, Arora RC, Abuajamieh M, Arhaym E, Grant MC, Gregory AJ, Elhadi M. Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs as Part of a Multimodal Postoperative Pain Management Strategy in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: A Meta-Analysis of 11 Randomized Clinical Trials. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2026 Feb;40(2):699-709. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2025.09.041. Epub 2025 Sep 23. PMID: 41107165.
Birlea M, Robinson CL, Mama E, Stark-Inbar A, Ironi A, Atashsokhan D, Berk T. The Mechanism of Action of Remote Electrical Neuromodulation (REN) in Treating Migraine and Potentially Other Idiopathic Pain Conditions. Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2025 Nov 27;29(1):116
Bradshaw JC, Lester L, Leon DA. Suzetrigine for Acute Pain in the Emergency Department: A First-in-Class NaV1.8 Blocker. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open. 2026 Feb 19;7(2):100337. doi: 10.1016/j.acepjo.2026.100337. PMID: 41767204; PMCID: PMC12936932.
Farrokh S, Cook A, Feldman R, George P, Sarwal A, Mirski M, Shah V. Pharmacologic and toxicologic confounders in brain death determination: a multidisciplinary guide. Crit Care. 2026 Jan 20;30(1):77. doi: 10.1186/s13054-025-05833-6. PMID: 41559743; PMCID: PMC12895928.
GBD 2023 Chagas Disease and RAISE Study Collaborators. Global, regional, and national burden of Chagas disease, 1990-2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023. Lancet Infect Dis. 2026 Mar;26(3):284-301. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(25)00562-6. Epub 2025 Nov 4. PMID: 41202826.
Lam CM, Robinson CL, Kuester K, Tate JL, Patel K, Latif U. Minimally Invasive Interventional Management of Pudendal Neuralgia: A Narrative Review. Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2026 Jan 19;30(1):22.
Lam CM, Robinson CL, Aiyer R, Mata R, Xie K, Slitzky M, Latif H, Braun EB, Schatman ME, Gilligan C, Soin A, Latif U. Review of Physiology, Pathology, and Pharmacology of Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels in Regards to the Potential Role of NaV 1.8 Selective Agonist, Suzetrigine, for Chronic Pain Management. J Pain Res. 2026;19:577002
Milam AJ, Barnes J, Walpole J. The use of methadone in cardiac surgery: resurgence of an old drug? Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2026 Feb 1;39(1):52-58. doi: 10.1097/ACO.0000000000001600. Epub 2025 Dec 3. PMID: 41384774.
Nadkarni AS, Hwang L, Shaffner DH, Garcia AV, Lobner K, Bembea MM. Characteristics, management, and outcomes of perioperative cardiac arrest in children undergoing noncardiac surgery procedures: a scoping review. Resusc Plus. 2026 Feb 5;28:101258. doi: 10.1016/j.resplu.2026.101258. PMID: 41767207; PMCID: PMC12936754.
Occhigrossi F, Mosca J, Micheli F, Gazzeri R, Robinson CL, Lo Bianco G. Pulsed Radiofrequency and Epigenetic Modulation of Pain Pathways: A Systematic Review Based on Preclinical Evidence. J Pain Res. 2026 Feb 17;19:582117. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S582117. PMID: 41737301; PMCID: PMC12927815.
Rosenthal JW, Goldberg D, Haut ER, Dimick JB, Kelz RR. Surgeon Compensation Models: A Systematic Review. JAMA Surg. 2026 Feb 25. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2025.6834. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41739486.
Silva-Ortiz VM, López-Uribe AG, Pozo-Flores SA, Robinson CL. S1 foraminal neuroplasty using a reference spinal needle. A technical note. Interventional Pain Medicine. 2026;5(1):100731.
Vecchione T, Kudchadkar SR. Addressing Postoperative Pain for Infants in the NICU. Neonatal Netw. 2026 Feb 25;45(1):7-8. doi: 10.1891/NN-2025-0066. PMID: 41748212.
Xie K, Robinson CL, Yong RJ. Reviewing Current Trends: Private Equity in Anesthesiology. Anesthesiology. 2026 Feb 13. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000005918. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41685772.
Quality Improvement, Safety and Health Systems
Austin JM, Arnold J. Putting It Out There: An Overview of Public Reports of Perinatal and Women’s Health Indicators in the United States. Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am. 2026 Mar;53(1):187-203. doi: 10.1016/j.ogc.2025.11.003. Epub 2025 Dec 15. PMID: 41692538.
Benzon HT, Doshi TL, Maus T, FitzGerald J, Hoang TD, Shankar H, Mina M, Chadwick A, Eckmann MS, Elmofty D, Hunt C, Nagpal A, Nelson AM, Pino C, Rana M, Rivera J, Schneider B, Souza D, Stout A, Shanthanna H, Narouze S, Wasan AD, Provenzano DA, Cohen SP. Multisociety multispecialty consensus recommendations on corticosteroid injections for facet joint and sacroiliac joint pain. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2026 Jan 27:rapm-2025-107347. doi: 10.1136/rapm-2025-107347. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41571428.
Bradshaw JC, Lester L, Kirk G, Leon DA. Emergency Department Extubation Collaboration to Bridge Training Gaps. Ann Emerg Med. 2026 Mar;87(3):400-401. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2025.09.042. PMID: 41722928.
Budd AN, Kertai MD, Wyler von Ballmoos MC, Raphael J, Ghadimi K, Levy JH, Shore-Lesserson LJ, Mazzeffi MA, Sniecinski RM, Tanaka KA, Bolliger D, Abdalla M, Ural KG, Upchurch PA, Rozental O, Hunter CB, Seibert AR, Klick JC, Carroll D, Lobner K, Hensley NB. Management of Direct Oral Anticoagulants in Adult Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: A Joint Consensus Statement by the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists and The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Ann Thorac Surg. 2026 Jan 29:S0003-4975(26)00082-2. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2026.01.005. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41609547.
Cohen PD, Boss RD, McKinney RL, Kudchadkar SR. Non-Emergent Neonatal ICU-to-PICU Transfers in the United States: Cross-Sectional Survey of Neonatologists and Pediatric Intensivists. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2026 Feb 24. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000003920. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41733417.
Donovan J, Cresswell FV, Tucker EW, Davis AG, Rohlwink UK, Huynh J, Solomons R, Seddon JA, Bahr NC, van Laarhoven A, Anderson ST, Jain SK, Chow FC, Pattison S, Scriven JE, Singh G, Aarnoutse RE, Alffenaar JC, Dian S, Manesh A, Basu Roy R, Singh V, van Toorn R, Upton CM, van Crevel R, Dooley KE, Gibb D, Meya D, Wilkinson RJ, Rogozińska E, Misra UK, Figaji A, Thwaites GE. A clinical practice guideline for tuberculous meningitis. Lancet Infect Dis. 2026 Feb;26(2):e96-e111. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(25)00364-0. Epub 2025 Aug 18. Erratum in: Lancet Infect Dis. 2025 Dec;25(12):e684. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(25)00660-7. PMID: 40840485; PMCID: PMC12419961.
Gish B, Al-Asadi Z, Tisler AT, Mata R, Chopra H, Garcia RA, Schatman ME, Tieppo Francio V, AlFarra T, Bracero L, Karcz M, Robinson CL, Shah A, Moreira A, Sciascia AD, Deer T. Factors in Surgical Placement and System Design to Reduce Pocket Awareness and Optimize the User Experience of Spinal Cord Stimulators – A Comprehensive Review. J Pain Res. 2025;18:6749-6768
Griffey RT, Unbeck M, Stockwell DC, Adler LM, Ancona R, Classen D, Schneider RM, Rutjes AWS, Carpenter CR; SESAME Development Team. Standard Elements in Studies of Adverse Events and Medical Error: the SESAME statement. BMJ Qual Saf. 2026 Jan 23:bmjqs-2025-019458. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2025-019458. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41577438.
Hamilton S, Tackett S, Joo HH, Cofrancesco J, Bienstock JL. Assessing the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education’s Clinician Educator Milestones. Acad Med. 2026 Feb 1;101(2):181-187. doi: 10.1093/acamed/wvaf044. PMID: 41685756.
Hoydonckx Y, Feoktistov A, Amoozegar F, Anderson CC, Barad M, Burke E, Chitsantikul P, Doshi TL, Englesakis M, Goel A, Gupta H, Kissoon N, Kirschner A, Kohan L, Lauritsen CG, Miller F, Monsour D, Nader A, Ogunlaja O, Schuster N, Schwenk ES, Silberstein SD, Souza D, Yuan H, Narouze S. Practice advisory for intravenous management of headache disorders in hospitalized patients: a review of the evidence and consensus recommendations. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2026 Feb 5;51(2):117-131. doi: 10.1136/rapm-2025-106718. PMID: 40602807; PMCID: PMC12911631.
John PR, Chen VY, Shay JE. Preoperative Evaluation of Patients Undergoing Cataract Surgery: Recommendations, Challenges, and Ethical Considerations. Anesthesiology. 2026 Jan 26. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000005883. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41586508.
Krbec BA, Casey D, Ethier BG, Dekermanji A, Dakhlian M, Manning MJ, Kudchadkar SR, Leeman KT. Adapting PICU UP! to Enhance Early Mobility in a Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Quality Improvement Project. Pediatr Qual Saf. 2026 Feb 23;11(1):e862. doi: 10.1097/pq9.0000000000000862. PMID: 41737568; PMCID: PMC12928853.
Long JB, Houck CS, Varughese AM; Section on Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. Critical Elements for the Pediatric Periprocedural Anesthesia Environment: Policy Statement. Pediatrics. 2026 Mar 1;157(3):e2025075746. doi: 10.1542/peds.2025-075746. PMID: 41724193.
Manrriquez A, Chen HA, Klein MJ, Rake A, Greenman J, Winter MC, Arora G. Mock No Code: A simulation curriculum for responding to patients with varying goals of care. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2026 Feb 17:S0885-3924(26)00072-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2026.02.008. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41713666.
Nadir, Z. S., Hofkamp, M. P., Wolpaw, J. T., & Mootz, A. A. (2026). Identification of opportunities for strategic expansion of anesthesiology training programs. Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings, 39(2), 359– 64.https://doi.org/10.1080/08998280.2025.2611216
Pittman E, Jones MR, Hoops K, Kane A, Brant K, Green A, Kachalia A, Perno J, Nazarian J, Abele J, Rohatgi A, Cheely G, Herzke C, Hill P, Stockwell D. An Observational Study of Disparities in Voluntary Event Reporting in a Large Academic Health System. J Patient Saf. 2026 Mar 2. doi: 10.1097/PTS.0000000000001474. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41769948.
Socal MP, Sun Y, Ballreich J, Acha J, Yazdi MA, Dai T, Dada M. Potential impact of tariffs on active pharmaceutical ingredients on the price of US-made generic drugs. Health Aff Sch. 2025 Dec 23;4(2):qxaf247. doi: 10.1093/haschl/qxaf247. PMID: 41646835; PMCID: PMC12868979.
Steinberg A, Case N, Yang Y, Fischhoff B, Callaway CW, Coppler PJ, Barsan WG, Diaz-Arrastia R, Geocadin R, Okonkwo DO, Shutter L, Silbergleit R, Meurer WJ, Yeatts SD, Elmer J. Clinicians’ Approaches to Prognostication After Traumatic Brain Injury and Cardiac Arrest: A Multi-Hospital, Qualitative Study. Neurocrit Care. 2026 Feb 12. doi: 10.1007/s12028-026-02452-z. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41680356.
Torrie AM, Neuman MD, Sprague S, Borges FK, Scott-Herring M, Jaremko K, Samet RE, Mulazzani F, O’Hara NN, Slobogean GP; Survey Respondents. Anesthesia clinicians’ perspectives on peripheral nerve blocks for hip fractures in older adults. BMC Anesthesiol. 2026 Feb 18. doi: 10.1186/s12871-026-03691-5. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41709152.
Whitworth H, Branchford B, Faustino EV, Huibonhoa R, Kulkarni K, Raffini L, Rajpurkar M, Rodriguez V, Sochet AA, Valenti G, Zimowski KL, Jaffray J. Research Priorities for Pediatric Venous Thromboembolism Prevention: Communication from the ISTH SSC Subcommittee on Pediatric and Neonatal Thrombosis and Hemostasis. J Thromb Haemost. 2026 Feb 9:S1538-7836(26)00070-X. doi: 10.1016/j.jtha.2026.01.014. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41672376.
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