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ANZCA signs first no-cost open-access publishing agreement

ANZCA has signed an agreement with Springer Medicine publishing which provides ANZCA researchers with the opportunity to publish their articles at no-cost in Springer/Palgrave hybrid journals. This includes such journals as: Journal of Anesthesia, Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Intensive Care Medicine and Die Anaesthesiologie, plus many many more.

ANZCA: Open access publishing via ANZCA
This guide provides details of the Open Access (OA) publishing options available through the college.

Exploring AI in Pain Research and Management by Marco Cascella The book presents a unique and structured interdisciplinary approach, integrating insights from medicine, computer science, bioengineering, and other relevant fields. Due to this distinctive feature, the book offers a comprehensive exploration of the intricate relationship between potential AI applications and pain research and management. For example, one of its key aims is to provide valuable knowledge about AI for clinicians who may have limited familiarity with the subject, as well as for professionals in computer science and engineering. This approach is aimed at bridging the existing gap between these fields, offering clinicians insights into AI's potential applications, and providing computer scientists and engineers with a translational perspective on the practical needs in the clinical context. As widely demonstrated, the practical application of research faces a serious obstacle related to the limited communication and collaboration between research areas that are often very distant from each other. Therefore, this dual perspective could be useful to collocate the book as a valuable tool for fostering collaboration and understanding between these traditionally distinct domains. Furthermore, the structured framework of the book could not only facilitate learning but also serve as a foundation for future projects in the realm of AI and medicine. Specifically, it will be developed by following a framework useful for additional editorial projects, focusing more acutely on AI applications in anesthesia and critical care. By doing so, the book aims to contribute to the ongoing discourse and advancements in these specialized areas, filling a gap in the current literature. Therefore, the book seeks to make a meaningful contribution to the integration of AI in pain medicine, but also in other medical fields.
ISBN: 9783031788321
Publication Date: 2025-01-25

Special Issue: Optimisation of orphenadrine therapy in the management of myofascial pain and muscle spasm (Research Review™: Speaker Series)
2025

Glasbey J, Webb SA, Peel T, Pinkney TD, Myles PS. Global collaboration between platform trials in surgery and anaesthesia. Br J Anaesth. 2025 Feb;134(2):259-262. Keywords: adaptive trials; anaesthesia; collaborative research; perioperative care; platform trials; surgery; surgical site infection.
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Abstract
Large, randomised trials are the bedrock of evidence-based medicine, but the resources required to complete such trials greatly limit the number of important clinical questions that can be addressed within a reasonable period of time. Adaptive platform trials can identify effective, ineffective, or harmful treatments faster. These trials have been shown to deliver rapid evidence through the COVID-19 pandemic and are now being adopted across surgery and anaesthesia, with many opportunities for surgeons, anaesthetists, and other perioperative physicians to conduct and collaborate in platform trials.

FPM Research Webinar: How to Successfully Publish your Research

Title: "How to successfully publish your research"

This webinar guides you through the steps to publishing a research paper.

Presented by: Nikki Frescos, Prof Peter Drummond and Anne Austin
Presented: 29 August 2024
Duration: 57 mins

NEJM Evidence now available

NEJM Evidence offers a behind-the-scenes view of clinical trials that enables readers to develop a deeper understanding of the statistical methods used in trials, to become more sophisticated evaluators of medical evidence, and to learn from trial participants whose stories can help shape and inform the future direction of clinical trial design.

NEJM Evidence
Online: Vol. 1, 1977 - Vol. 46, 2022
>> Alternate/direct access via NEJM.
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NEJM Evidence offers a behind-the-scenes view of clinical trials that enables readers to develop a deeper understanding of the statistical methods used in trials, to become more sophisticated evaluators of medical evidence, and to learn from trial participants whose stories can help shape and inform the future direction of clinical trial design.

Research Review Spotlight

New Zealand Anaesthesia and Pain Management Research Review - Issue 28 (2023)
- O2 administration during surgery and postoperative organ injury
- Remifentanil vs. NMB during rapid sequence intubation in patients at aspiration risk
- Surgeon-delivered nerve block after lumbosacral spine surgery
- Predicting massive transfusion during surgery
- Impact of intraoperative esketamine on PSD after gynaecological laparoscopy
- Pain science education + exercise for chronic Achilles tendinopathy
- Cortical function and sensorimotor plasticity associated with future LBP after acute episode
- Structural imaging studies in chronic pain
- Prognostic factors for quality of life after interdisciplinary pain rehabilitation for chronic pain
- Health coaching for LBP and hip/knee OA
Pain Management Research Review - Issue 65 (April 2022)
- Dose reductions among chronic opioid therapy recipients
- Enhanced mindfulness-based stress reduction in episodic migraine
- Effect of relevant education on long-term opioid use before spinal surgery
- Education of opioid use risk prior to elective lower-extremity surgery
- ‘Embodied’ VR intervention for low back pain
- Mindfulness-oriented recovery enhancement in patients misusing opioids for chronic pain
- Wearable TENS for knee OA pain
- ESPB for pain control after spinal surgery
- Closed-loop SCS for chronic back and leg pain: clinical and QOL outcome durability
- SCS-related adverse events reported to TGA
Anaesthesia Research Review - Issue 25 (2022)
- Situational awareness of opioid consumption
- Bolus lidocaine to prevent tourniquet-induced hypertension
- Transversus abdominis plane block vs wound infiltration after hernia repairs
- Antithrombotic drugs and the risk of bloody punctures
- Arthroscopic shoulder surgery interscalene block with levobupivacaine
- Ketamine vs dexmedetomidine plus total IV anaesthesia
- Rhomboid intercostal, erector spinae plane, or serratus plane block
- Anaesthesiologist staffing ratio and patient morbidity and mortality
- Carbetocin vs oxytocin: Low- and high-dose regimens
- General endotracheal anaesthesia vs sedation in infants
- Patient-centred surgical care for older patients

ANZCA: Research Support Essentials
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