Perioperative Pain Management

• A comparison of the analgesic efficacy of local infiltration analgesia versus intrathecal morphine for total knee arthoplasty.

• Fascial layers influence the spread of injectate during ultrasound guided infraclavicular brachial plexus block – a cadaver study.

• Efficacy of axillary versus infraclavicular brachial plexus block in preventing tourniquet pain.

• EFIC-PAIN OUT Project addressing quality of post-operative pain management in Europe by continuous quality improvement and peer review.
• A sonoanatomical and cadaveric study of the ultrasound guided retrolaminar paravertebral block.

• Potential association with gut microbiome diversity and persistent postoperative pain in patient undergoing breast cancer surgery.

• Characterization of rebound pain following peripheral nerve block and its association with gut microbiome diversity.

Evidence based training of doctors

• Does targeted educational intervention based on psychometric screening improve ultrasound-guided regional anaesthesia performance?

• Performance and error metrics for ultrasound guided popliteal nerve block.

• Effect of proficiency-based progression training on failure rate for ultrasound-guided axillary brachial plexus block.

• A proficiency-based progression simulation programme improves ISBAR performance compared to standard training. A randomised control trial. 

• Construct validity of metrics for internal jugular central access insertion. Joint project with the College of Anaesthetists of Ireland and ASSERT Centre UCC.

• Effects of metrics-based vs. standard (non metric based) feedback to novices learning to perform ultrasound-guided nerve blockade, in terms of performance of ultrasound guided needle advancement and injection in a simulated setting.

Other

• Peri-interventional Outcome Study in the Elderly (POSE). Investigator: Peter Lee Site lead with European Society of Anaesthesologists. 

• Prospective validation of CriSTAL (Criteria for Screening and Triaging to Appropriate alternative care). Investigator: Dorothy Breen Site lead.