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Clinical Diagnosis and Management in Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
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Clinical Diagnosis and Management in Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

A special issue of Diagnostics (ISSN 2075-4418). This special issue belongs to the section "Clinical Diagnosis and Prognosis".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2025 | Viewed by 554

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Jamal Hasoon

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McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
Interests: peripheral nerve stimulation; spinal cord stimulation; interventional pain procedures; prescription patterns in pain medicine; practice patterns in pain medicine
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Advancements in anesthesia and pain medicine have led to a refined approach to managing complex medical conditions, improving patient outcomes and quality of life. Despite these advancements, there remains a critical need for further understanding of diagnostic approaches and management strategies in pain medicine and anesthesia subspecialties. This Special Issue focuses on exploring clinical insights, innovative techniques, and outcomes associated with the diagnosis and management of medical conditions in anesthesiology and pain medicine.

The aim of this Special Issue is to create a comprehensive platform for practitioners and researchers to discuss current practices, emerging techniques, diagnostic modalities, and treatment options across all aspects of anesthesiology and pain management. This collection will cover a wide variety of topics related to all subspecialties of anesthesiology and pain medicine.

We invite original research articles and reviews that provide insights into evolving trends and offer evidence-based recommendations for patient-centered, interventional care.

Dr. Jamal Hasoon
Guest Editor

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Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Diagnostics is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • anesthesia and pain medicine
  • interventional pain management
  • regional anesthesia
  • neuromodulation
  • treatment outcomes
  • clinical practice patterns
  • diagnosis
  • prognosis

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Preprocedural Imaging Review Before Performing Epidural Steroid Injections: Analysis of Physician Practice Parameters
by Jamal Hasoon, Aila Malik, Christopher L. Robinson, Grant H. Chen and Jatinder Gill
Diagnostics 2025, 15(6), 729; https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics15060729 - 14 Mar 2025
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Introduction: Epidural steroid injections (ESIs) are a common interventional treatment for managing spinal pain complaints. Despite their widespread use, practice patterns among physicians performing ESIs vary significantly. This study aimed to evaluate preprocedural imaging review by pain physicians who perform ESIs in the [...] Read more.
Introduction: Epidural steroid injections (ESIs) are a common interventional treatment for managing spinal pain complaints. Despite their widespread use, practice patterns among physicians performing ESIs vary significantly. This study aimed to evaluate preprocedural imaging review by pain physicians who perform ESIs in the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine. Methods: A survey was distributed to a cohort of physicians who regularly perform ESIs. The survey comprised questions regarding preprocedural imaging review before performing ESIs in the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine. The respondents included a diverse group of pain management physicians from various specialties and practice settings. Results: The results revealed that the majority of interventional pain management physicians personally interpret their own imaging, followed by a significant percentage of physicians who rely on the radiology reports. There were no physicians who did not perform any imaging review prior to ESIs. Whereas all respondents reported some form of imaging review, only 63.86%, 53.75%, and 64.44% reviewed the actual images prior to cervical, thoracic, and lumbar access, respectively. Conclusions: This survey provides initial data regarding imaging reviews among physicians who perform ESIs. Our results demonstrate that physicians treat imaging review as an essential component of the preprocedural process for performing ESIs, as all physicians reported that they perform some form of imaging review before performing ESIs. However, there is only partial adherence to the multidisciplinary working group opinion that segmental imaging should be reviewed for adequacy of space prior to cervical epidural access. Full article
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