Browsing Anesthesiology, Department of by Author "Lollo, Loreto"
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Advanced Pain Life Support (APLS) Simulation Training for Interventional Pain Physicians
Trescot, Andrea; Lollo, Loreto; Stogicza, Agnes (MedEdPortal, 2012-09-25)Educational interventions including pre- and post-tests, didactic lectures, and simulation/learner feedback increase the interventional pain physician's knowledge, skills, and attitudes related to responding appropriately ... -
Combined Saphenous-Sciatic Nerve Blockade Superior to Femoral-Sciatic Nerve Blockade for Postoperative Analgesia Following Foot and Ankle Surgery
Lollo, Loreto; Stogicza, Agnes (Journal of Anesthesia & Critical Care: Open Access, 2015-10-29)Introduction: Femoral nerve blockade combined with sciatic nerve blockade has been reported to be an effective treatment regimen for postoperative analgesia following lower extremity surgery.Saphenous nerve blockade ... -
Comparison of Analgesic Outcomes Following Sciatic Nerve Blockade Performed by Resident Trainees and Nurse Anesthetists
Lollo, Loreto; Stogicza, Agnes (Journal of Anesthesia & Critical Care: Open Access, 2015-08-06)Background and objectives: Peripheral nerve blockade requires regional anesthesia skills that are taught in several formats and assessing technical proficiency has shifted from fulfillment of quotas to comprehensive ... -
Differences in analgesia in opioid naïve and tolerant patients with sciatic nerve blockade following elective foot and ankle surgery
Lollo, Loreto; Stogicza, Agnes (International Archives of Clinical Anesthesia Research, 2014-09-24)1.1 Introduction and Purpose: Adequate postoperative analgesia in the opioid tolerant with chronic non-malignant pain is challenging. Multimodal pain relief regimens include regional anesthesia but opioid tolerant ... -
Inferior Hypogastric Plexus Block Affects Sacral Nerves and the Superior Hypogastric Plexus
Stogicza, Agnes; Trescot, A M; Lollo, Loreto; Racz, E (International Scholarly Research Network ISRN Anesthesiology, 2012-09-06)Background. The inferior hypogastric plexus mediates pain sensation through the sympathetic chain for the lower abdominal and pelvic viscera and is thought to be a major structure involved in numerous pelvic and perineal ... -
Low Cost, High Fidelity Ultrasound Phantom Gels for Regional Anesthesia Training Programs
Lollo, Loreto; Stogicza, Agnes (MedEdPortal, 2012-05-04)This is a regional anesthesia training curriculum using low cost high fidelity phantom gels that can be inexpensively produced and reused. These gels mimic the anatomic structures pertinent to performance of upper and lower ... -
MEDIAL TECHNIQUE FOR COMBINED POPLITEAL SCIATIC AND SAPHENOUS NERVE BLOCKADE
Lollo, Loreto; Stogicza, Agnes (Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, 2012-09)Background and aims: Combined popliteal sciatic and saphenous nerve blockade for lower extremity anesthesia is a widely accepted practice. Combined sciatic and saphenous nerve blockade under ultrasound guidance from the ... -
Patient Variability in Sciatic Nerve Branch Point Distance Using Ultrasound Guided Localization
Lollo, Loreto; Stogicza, Agnes (Austin Journal of Anesthesia and Analgesia, 2014-07-01)Background and Objectives: Improved ultrasound and needle technology make popliteal sciatic nerve blockade a popular anesthetic technique and imaging to localize the branch point of the common peroneal and posterior ... -
Post-Operative Pain Scores and Level of Regional Anesthesia Expertise: Using Clinical Outcomes to Assess Procedural Proficiency
Lollo, Loreto; Stogicza, Agnes (Austin Journal of Anesthesia and Analgesia, 2014-12-03)Background and Objectives: Peripheral nerve blockade requires regional anesthesia skills that trainees learn in several formats. Technical proficiency has shifted from a quota to comprehensive procedural evaluation. ... -
Postoperative Analgesia Following Sciatic Nerve Blockade Administered by Nurse Anesthetists Supervised by Regional Anesthesia Faculty in an Academic Hospital
Lollo, Loreto; Stogicza, Agnes (British Journal of Medicine & Medical Research, 2015-08-23)Introduction: Assessment of expertise in regional anesthesia techniques is traditionally based upon quota fulfillment of procedures during training. Validation of practitioner proficiency in performing procedures in ... -
Postoperative sciatic and femoral or saphenous nerve blockade for lower extremity surgery in anesthetized adults
Lollo, Loreto; Bhananker, Sanjay; Stogicza, Agnes (International Journal of Critical Illness and Injury Science, 2015-12-01)Background: Guidelines warn of increased risks of injury when placing regional nerve blocks in the anesthetized adult but complications occurred in patients that received neither sedation nor local anesthetic. This restriction ... -
Prolonged Duration of Sciatic Nerve Blockade in the Elderly after Foot and Ankle Surgery
Lollo, Loreto; Stogicza, Agnes (International Archives of Clinical Anesthesia Research, 2014-09-24)1.1 Background and Objectives: Perioperative morbidity related to anesthesia renders elderly patients vulnerable because age related factors affect medication effects, clearance and metabolism. Regional anesthesia within ... -
Propofol infusion syndrome in a super morbidly obese patient (BMI = 75)
Ramaiah, Ramesh; Lollo, Loreto; Brannan, Douglas; Bhananker, Sanjay (International Journal of Critical Illness and Injury Science, 2011-01)Propofol infusion syndrome (PRIS) is a rare but often fatal complication as a result of large doses of propofol infusion (4–5 mg/kg/hr) for a prolonged period (>48 h). It has been reported in both children and adults. Besides ... -
A Rare Complication of Tracheal Intubation: Tongue Perforation
Lollo, Loreto; Meyer, Tanya; Grabinsky, Andreas (Case Reports In Anesthesiology, 2012)Aim. To describe the subsequent treatment of airway trauma sustained during laryngoscopy and endotracheal intubation. Methods. A rare injury occurring during laryngoscopy and endotracheal intubation that resulted in ... -
Regional Anesthesia in TraumaMedicine
Wu, Janice J; Lollo, Loreto; Grabinsky, Andreas (Anesthesiology Research and Practice, 2011-10-01)Regional anesthesia is an established method to provide analgesia for patients in the operating room and during the postoperative phase.While regional anesthesia offers unique advantages, as shown by the recent military ... -
Stand-alone regional anesthesia service increases nerve block procedural volume in an academic hospital
Lollo, Loreto (European Journal of Anaesthesiology, 2012-06)Background and Goal of Study: Successfully placing peripheral nerve blocks without delays in operating room turnover time is imperative. A successful regional anesthesia (RA) service requires faculty with advanced RA and ... -
Two Cases of Lower Extremity Compartment Syndrome after Posterior Urethroplasty
Lollo, Loreto; Ivashkov, Yulia; Grabinsky, Anderas; Ramaiah, Ramesh (International Journal of Anesthesiology & Research (IJAR), 2015-09-23)Acute lower extremity compartment syndrome following surgery in the lithotomy position is uncommon but is a surgical emergency causing irreversible damage if suspected and requires emergent decompressive fasciotomy. This ... -
Ultrasound Guided Lateral Infra-trochanteric Sciatic Nerve Blockade for Proximal Tibial Surgery: A Novel Technique
Lollo, Loreto; Stogicza, Agnes; Estebe, Jean Pierre (Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, 2011)The lateral infratrochanteric SNB provides anesthesia of the proximal tibial structures innervated by the sciatic nerve to the same degree as other proximal SNB techniques, therefore it is suitable for the anesthesia for ... -
Ultrasound Guided Trans-sartorial Continuous Saphenous Nerve Blockade: A Technique for Relief of Postoperative Medial Incisional Foot and Ankle Pain
Lollo, Loreto; Edwards, W Thomas (Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, 2011)Introduction:The saphenous nerve (SaN) innervates the region from the upper medial thigh to the medial aspect of the foot and ankle. A femoral nerve block (FNB) is effective for blockade of the SaN but this causes quadriceps ... -
Ultrasound Mapping of Nerve Stimulator Response during Sciatic Nerve Blockade and Relation to Postoperative Pain Scores
Lollo, Loreto; Stogicza, Agnes (International Archives of Clinical Anesthesia Research, 2014-09-24)1.1 Background and Purpose: Ultrasound guided sciatic nerve blockade has rapid onset but at 24 hours pain is greater than nerve stimulator techniques. Injection of the nerve branches or trunk and sub-sheath blockade ...