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#SONAR intraooperative pain during caesarean with regional anaesthesia NIHR portfolio study. Funded by @OAAinfo @psrc_cl Sponsor @UCL Contact @Jamesocarroll

[SONAR @ObsQor]

The final data 6 week follow up data are coming in to the SONAR study database! Thank you to all our PIs, collaborators and patients. Here is a map of all the UK hospitals involved!

[@CarolineThomas @DrCRThomas]

Recruitment in Leeds to the Sonar-1 @ObsQor study is flying along! Looking forward to our second week and second site! @LeedsResearch

[Ramani @rmoonesinghe]

@ObsQor @PSRC_CL @OAAinfo @robertcraig123 @CarvalB @PervezSultanMD @noolslucas @OAATrainee @RCoANews @RCoA_CRI @SusannaStanford @Jamesocarroll Amazing work by @Jamesocarroll and team - thanks so much to you, every local investigator and every patient who has helped with this important work - keep going team!

[SONAR @ObsQor]

Welcome to our 131st UK site!!! Now more than 70% of obstetric units. Amazing work!!! Thank you to the research admin staff, anaesthetists, clinicians, midwives, nurses and of course patients for taking part in this study. @PSRC_CL @OAAinfo

[SONAR @ObsQor]

As we approach the Easter Holiday weekend…..

We are please to welcome our 115th centre to the SONAR study!

We are grateful to all the patients, our collaborators and our funders @OAAinfo @PSRC_CL

[SONAR @ObsQor]

Conducted by a number of our study team with collaboration around the world. A systematic review and meta-analysis of patient reported pain during caesarean delivery.

Well worth taking a read….

[James O'Carroll @Jamesocarroll]

How common is pain during cesarean under neuraxial? Our review, published in @_Anesthesiology showed it to be v common, overall 17% (95%CI: 13% – 22%. Spinal anesthesia had the lowest pooled incidence of 14% (95%CI: 10% – 20% Epidural top-up highest of 33% (95%CI: 17% - 54%

[SONAR @ObsQor]

100 UK centres up and running our study! We are grateful to each and every one of those sites working hard to get local approvals, organising their team and starting data collection @OAATrainee @OAAinfo @PSRC_CL

[SONAR @ObsQor]

Another 40 centres have been given the Greenlight this week around the UK! @PSRC_CL @OAAinfo

[SONAR @ObsQor]

Wonderful to have your collaboration on this study!! 💪 Great work and Happy recruiting!!!!!! @CHFTNHS @CHFTResearch @OAAinfo @PSRC_CL

[SONAR @ObsQor]

More than 60 sites have now started their hard work around the UK collecting data!

Many thanks to all involved in this
@OAAinfo and @PSRC_CL sponsored study!

[SONAR @ObsQor]

More greenlights for centres to start their data collection next week.

Keep them coming in!
As ever, grateful for the support @OAA @PSRC_CL

[SONAR @ObsQor]

It’s a greenlight tomorrow AM for our first centres!!! Good luck and happy recruiting! @OAAinfo @PSRC_CL @Jamesocarroll @noolslucas @rmoonesinghe

[𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘢 @Anaes_Journal]

Racial and ethnic disparities exist in obstetric anaesthesia.

Patients categorised as Asian or Black had lower odds of receiving neuraxial analgesia when compared with those from White backgrounds.

#anaesthesia #obstetrics #pain #regionalanaesthesia

@robertcraig123 @prenataltherapy @AllisonLeeNYC @rmoonesinghe @carvalb @jamesocarroll

https://t.co/Zlfh7iFNZO

[SONAR @ObsQor]

Our second of 3 possible SIVs for participating sites is starting soon 1500 GMT!! See you soon!!!

[SONAR @ObsQor]

We had our 1st site webinar this week with over 200 attendees from across the U.K. Two further possible webinars coming up! Excited to get started!

Sites can choose any 7-day period from 17th March to 17th May

[SONAR @ObsQor]

And we are go!
Sites should have received their study packs
We look forward to opening recruitment 17th March 2025
@OAAinfo @Jamesocarroll @rmoonesinghe @noolslucas @PSRC_CL

[SONAR @ObsQor]

@megs_hornsby @NIHRresearch @OAAinfo @OAATrainee @rmoonesinghe About the study? Email s.study@nhs dot net
For details about the Ass PI scheme go to https://t.co/HOmO3kisNx

[SONAR @ObsQor]

We are now happy to announce we are enrolled in the @NIHRresearch Associate PI scheme. For more info get in touch.

[SONAR @ObsQor]

@RainShouting Good idea, should we join?!

[SONAR @ObsQor]

Another busy few days at SONAR HQ with more sites joining our collaboration. Get in touch if your centre isn't marked to join our study looking at pain during caesarean delivery under neuraxial anaesthesia.