Professor, Anesthesiology, Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center
Anesthesiology
Asokumar Buvanendran, MB
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Asokumar Buvanendran works in the field of Anesthesiology. He graduated from Rush Medical College. He received awards:"CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification" and "Top MD". Asokumar Buvanendran is also published. He has 63 publications published. The lastest publication: "Evolving Definitions and Pharmacologic Management of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.' He accepts all Medicare patients.
Publications
- Evolving Definitions and Pharmacologic Management of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.
- The Communal Coping Model of Pain Catastrophizing in Daily Life: A Within-Couples Daily Diary Study.
- An International Survey to Understand Infection Control Practices for Spinal Cord Stimulation.
- The Shortened Infusion Time of Intravenous Ibuprofen, Part 2: A Multicenter, Open-label, Surgical Surveillance Trial to Evaluate Safety.
- Safeguards to Prevent Neurologic Complications after Epidural Steroid Injections: Consensus Opinions from a Multidisciplinary Working Group and National Organizations.
- Short-Term Glycemic Control Is Effective in Reducing Surgical Site Infection in Diabetic Rats.
- Use of a Quantitative Platelet Function Test to Guide Epidural Catheter Removal in a Patient Who Inadvertently Received Clopidogrel.
- Ultrasound versus Fluoroscopy in Image-guided Pain Treatment: Use Caution.
- Safety of local anesthetics administered intrathecally in diabetic rats.
- Recent advances in multimodal analgesia.
- Cerebrospinal Fluid Neurotransmitter Changes During the Perioperative Period in Patients Undergoing Total Knee Replacement: A Randomized Trial.
- Multimodal systemic and intra-articular analgesics.
- Characterization of a new animal model for evaluation and treatment of back pain due to lumbar facet joint osteoarthritis.
- Uncomplicated removal of epidural catheters in 4365 patients with international normalized ratio greater than 1.4 during initiation of warfarin therapy.
- Preoperative and postoperative anesthetic and analgesic techniques for minimally invasive surgery of the spine.
- Does manipulating local surgical wound cytokines improve surgical outcomes?
- Development of a severity score for CRPS.
- A prospective randomized trial of mini-incision posterior and two-incision total hip arthroplasty.
- Can a single dose of 300 mg of pregabalin reach acute antihyperalgesic levels in the central nervous system?
- Brain activity associated with chronic cancer pain.
- Validation of proposed diagnostic criteria (the "Budapest Criteria") for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.
- Local anesthetic sciatic nerve block and nerve fiber damage in diabetic rats.
- Absorption and distribution of etoricoxib in plasma, CSF, and wound tissue in patients following hip surgery--a pilot study.
- Perioperative oral pregabalin reduces chronic pain after total knee arthroplasty: a prospective, randomized, controlled trial.
- Multimodal analgesia for controlling acute postoperative pain.
- Cytokine gene expression after total hip arthroplasty: surgical site versus circulating neutrophil response.
- Where in the world is ASRA AcutePOP?
- Occult cervical (C1-2) dural tear causing bilateral recurrent subdural hematomas and repaired with cervical epidural blood patch.
- Early use of memantine for neuropathic pain.
- A new knee surgery model in rats to evaluate functional measures of postoperative pain.
- Efficacy of transverse tripolar spinal cord stimulator for the relief of chronic low back pain from failed back surgery.
- Why does the pain specialist not meet the needs of the referring physicians?
- Upregulation of dorsal horn microglial cyclooxygenase-1 and neuronal cyclooxygenase-2 after thoracic deep muscle incisions in the rat.
- Peripheral nerve stimulator for the treatment of supraorbital neuralgia: a retrospective case series.
- The use of brain positron emission tomography to identify sites of postoperative pain processing with and without epidural analgesia.
- Preoperative cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor treatment reduces the incidence of heterotopic ossification after hip arthroplasty: six-month follow-up.
- Response of chronic pain patients to terrorism: the role of underlying depression.
- Preventing the development of chronic pain after orthopaedic surgery with preventive multimodal analgesic techniques.
- Useful adjuvants for postoperative pain management.
- Lumiracoxib.
- The analgesic efficacy of celecoxib, pregabalin, and their combination for spinal fusion surgery.
- COX-2 inhibitors in sports medicine: utility and controversy.
- Upregulation of cerebrospinal fluid and peripheral prostaglandin E2 in a rat postoperative pain model.
- Anesthetic techniques for minimally invasive total knee arthroplasty.
- Postoperative modulation of central nervous system prostaglandin E2 by cyclooxygenase inhibitors after vascular surgery.
- Upregulation of prostaglandin E2 and interleukins in the central nervous system and peripheral tissue during and after surgery in humans.
- Characterization of pain and pharmacologic responses in an animal model of lumbar adhesive arachnoiditis.
- Cerebrospinal fluid and plasma pharmacokinetics of the cyclooxygenase 2 inhibitor rofecoxib in humans: single and multiple oral drug administration.
- Ethnic similarities and differences in the chronic pain experience: a comparison of african american, Hispanic, and white patients.
- Characterization of a new animal model for evaluation of persistent postthoracotomy pain.
- Clonidine prolongation of lidocaine analgesia after sciatic nerve block in rats Is mediated via the hyperpolarization-activated cation current, not by alpha-adrenorece...
- Perioperative management with epidural anesthesia for a parturient with superior vena caval obstruction.
- Focus on the COX-1 and COX-2 agents: renal events of nonsteroidal and anti-inflammatory drugs-NSAIDs.
- Upregulation of spinal cyclooxygenase-2 in rats after surgical incision.
- Effects of perioperative administration of a selective cyclooxygenase 2 inhibitor on pain management and recovery of function after knee replacement: a randomized cont...
- Postoperative pain and analgesic responses are similar in male and female Sprague-Dawley rats.
- Cyclooxygenase-2 inhibition potentiates morphine antinociception at the spinal level in a postoperative pain model.
- Intrathecal magnesium prolongs fentanyl analgesia: a prospective, randomized, controlled trial.
- The mechanisms of intracranial pressure modulation by epidural blood and other injectates in a postdural puncture rat model.
- Reply to Drs Guffey and Fingerman.
- Reply to Dr Norris.
- Anti-cytokine autoantibodies in postherpetic neuralgia.
Doctors Specialties
- Anesthesiology
- Pain Medicine Anesthesiology
Accepted Insurances
- Aetna
- Assurant Health
- Bakery & Confectionary Union Plan
- Cigna
- Commercial Insurance Company
- Choice Care PPO
- Preferred PPO
- Medicare MCR
- Medico
- Pipefitters
- Sagamore Plus
- Choice Plus POS
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Options PPO
- United Healthcare
Awards
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Top MD
Education
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Rush University Medical Center -
Rush Medical College
Hospital
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Rush Oak Park Hospital -
Rush University Medical Center
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1598781676 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | BUVANENDRAN | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | ASOKUMAR | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 606123833 | |
| NPPES Provider State | IL | |
| Specialty Description | Anesthesiology | |
| Total Claim Count | 1319.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 9.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 638.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 48.37 |
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1598781676 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | BUVANENDRAN |
| First Name Of The Provider | ASOKUMAR |
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