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| Michael A ErdekSummaryAffiliation: Johns Hopkins University Country: USA Publications
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Spinal cord stimulation for angina pectoris and peripheral vascular diseaseMichael A Erdek
Division of Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 550 N Broadway, Suite 301, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Anesthesiol Clin North America 21:797-804. 2003..SCS is clearly an option for the improvement of pain and the quality of life in this carefully selected subset of patients...
Improving assessment and treatment of pain in the critically illMichael A Erdek
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N Wolfe Street, Halsted 842, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Int J Qual Health Care 16:59-64. 2004..We sought to improve pain assessment and treatment in patients in a surgical intensive care unit at an academic medical center...
Chronic pain and thoracic surgeryMichael A Erdek
Division of Pain Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 550 North Broadway, Suite 301, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Thorac Surg Clin 15:123-30. 2005..The employment of multidisciplinary strategies of pharmacologic, behavioral, and interventional procedural techniques provides the current foundation for the management of this challenging condition...
Assessment of celiac plexus block and neurolysis outcomes and technique in the management of refractory visceral cancer painMichael A Erdek
School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Pain Med 11:92-100. 2010..To assess demographic and clinical factors associated with celiac plexus neurolysis outcomes...
Effect of MRI on treatment results or decision making in patients with lumbosacral radiculopathy referred for epidural steroid injections: a multicenter, randomized controlled trialSteven P Cohen
Department of Anesthesiology, Johns Hopkins Schoolof Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Arch Intern Med 172:134-42. 2012..The objective of this study was to determine whether magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) improves outcomes or affects decision making in patients with lumbosacral radiculopathy referred for ESI...
Occipital nerve pulsed radiofrequency treatment: a multi-center study evaluating predictors of outcomeJulie H Y Huang
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21029, USA
Pain Med 13:489-97. 2012....
A multi-center analysis evaluating factors associated with spinal cord stimulation outcome in chronic pain patientsKayode A Williams
Pain Medicine Division, Department of Anesthesiology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
Pain Med 12:1142-53. 2011..These disparate findings argue strongly for the refinement of selection criteria. The purpose of this study is to identify correlates of outcome for SCS...
Pain management for hepatobiliary cancerDaniel Halpert
Division of Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Curr Treat Options Oncol 9:234-41. 2008..We review the pathophysiology of pain, the approach to correctly diagnosing the different types of pain, the appropriate treatment recommendations, and how to avoid and address the common side effects resulting from these treatments...
Outcome predictors for sacroiliac joint (lateral branch) radiofrequency denervationSteven P Cohen
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Reg Anesth Pain Med 34:206-14. 2009..The purpose of this study was to determine whether any demographic or clinical variables can be used to predict SI joint RF denervation outcome...
A prospective, observational study of the relationship between body mass index and depth of the epidural space during lumbar transforaminal epidural steroid injectionChad M Brummett
Division of Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Reg Anesth Pain Med 34:100-5. 2009..There are no published studies examining the depth of epidural space using a transforaminal approach. We investigated the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and the depth of the epidural space during lumbar transforaminal ESIs...
