Use of corticosteroids for adult chronic pain interventions: sympathetic and peripheral nerve blocks, trigger point injections – guidelines from the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, the American Academy of Pain Medicine, the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, the International Pain and Spine Intervention Society, and the North American Spine Society

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Benzon HT, Elmofty D, Shankar H, Rana M, Chadwick AL, Shah S, Souza D, Nagpal AS, Abdi S, Rafla C, Abd-Elsayed A, Doshi TL, Eckmann MS, Hoang TD, Hunt C, Pino CA, Rivera J, Schneider BJ, Stout A, Stengel A, Mina M, FitzGerald JD, Hirsch JA, Wasan AD, Manchikanti L, Provenzano DA, Narouze S, Cohen SP, Maus TP, Nelson AM, Shanthanna H. Use of corticosteroids for adult chronic pain interventions: sympathetic and peripheral nerve blocks, trigger point injections - guidelines from the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, the American Academy of Pain Medicine, the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, the International Pain and Spine Intervention Society, and the North American Spine Society. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2024 Jul 16:rapm-2024-105593. doi: 10.1136/rapm-2024-105593. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39019502.

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