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 [https://rapm.bmj.com/content/rapm/43/3/263.full.pdf Regional Anesthesia in the Patient Receiving Antithrombotic or Thrombolytic Therapy American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Evidence-Based Guidelines]
+[https://www.bjanaesthesia.org/article/S0007-0912(23)00567-6/fulltext Peripheral regional anaesthesia and outcomes: a narrative review of the literature from 2013 to 2023]
+[https://journals.lww.com/clinicalpain/fulltext/2024/02000/perioperative_regional_anesthesia_pain_outcomes_in.2.aspx Perioperative  Regional Anesthesia Pain Outcomes in Children: A Retrospective Study of 3160 Regional Anesthetics in Routine Practice]
+[https://www.bjanaesthesia.org/article/S0007-0912(24)00262-9/fulltext The educational impact of technology-enhanced learning in regional anaesthesia: a scoping review]
+[https://journals.lww.com/anesthesia-analgesia/fulltext/9900/perioperative_regional_anesthesia_on_persistent.928.aspx Perioperative Regional Anesthesia on Persistent Opioid Use and Chronic Pain after Noncardiac Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials]
+[https://www.bjanaesthesia.org/article/S0007-0912(24)00549-X/fulltext Classification system for failed peripheral nerve blocks]
+[https://rapm.bmj.com/content/early/2025/01/14/rapm-2024-105651 ASRA Pain Medicine consensus practice infection control guidelines for regional anesthesia and pain medicine]
+[https://rapm.bmj.com/content/early/2025/07/21/rapm-2025-106770 Infographics]
+[https://rapm.bmj.com/content/early/2024/12/31/rapm-2024-105862 Risk profiles of common brachial plexus block sites: results from the net-ra registry]
+[https://rapm.bmj.com/content/early/2025/01/21/rapm-2024-105766 Regional anesthesia in the patient receiving antithrombotic or thrombolytic therapy: American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Evidence-Based Guidelines (fifth edition)]
+[https://rapm.bmj.com/content/early/2025/03/31/rapm-2025-106434 Baby steps to mastery: building blocks for novices in pediatric regional anesthesia]
+[https://journals.lww.com/anesthesiology/fulltext/9900/pediatric_regional_anesthesia__a_practical.702.aspx Pediatric Regional Anesthesia: A Practical Guideline for Daily Clinical Practice]  [https://journals.lww.com/anesthesiology/fulltext/9900/pediatric_regional_anesthesia__comment.870.aspx Comment]   [https://journals.lww.com/anesthesiology/fulltext/9900/pediatric_regional_anesthesia__reply.872.aspx   Reply]
+[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pan.70000 Regional Anesthesia in Resource-Constrained Settings: A Chance to Ameliorate Pediatric Perioperative Care]
+[https://associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/anae.16691 Regional anaesthesia for awake surgery in children: we can, but should we?]
+[https://rapm.bmj.com/content/early/2025/07/21/rapm-2025-106770 ASRA Pain Medicine Consensus Practice Infection Control guidelines]
+[https://associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/anae.16781 Towards a comprehensive and efficient assessment of regional anaesthesia competency]
+[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31573994 Variation Between and Within Hospitals in Single Injection Caudal Local Anesthetic Dose: A Report From the Pediatric Regional Anesthesia Network]
+[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30074928 Complications in Pediatric Regional Anesthesia: An Analysis of More than 100,000 Blocks from the Pediatric Regional Anesthesia Network]
+[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24918334 Asleep versus awake: does it matter?: Pediatric regional block complications by patient state: a report from the Pediatric Regional Anesthesia Network]
+[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22696610 Pediatric Regional Anesthesia Network (PRAN): a multi-institutional study of the use and incidence of complications of pediatric regional anesthesia]
+Ecoffey C, Bosenberg A, Lonnqvist PA, Suresh S, Delbos A, Ivani G. Practice advisory on the prevention and management of complications of pediatric regional anesthesia. J Clin Anesth. 2022 Aug; 79: 110725. PMID: 35313269
+Chlorhexidine gluconate (topical): pediatric drug information. In: UpToDate. Waltham, MA: UpToDate. Topic last updated December 6, 2022.
+[https://associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/anae.70090 Towards a dedicated quality of recovery scale for regional anaesthesia]