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Robert W. Hurley MD, PhD

Adjunct Professor of Anesthesiology and CTSI

Institution: Medical College of Wisconsin
Department: Anesthesiology
Division: Clinical
Program: Pain Management

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Publications (123)

Promoting Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity in Pain Science. (Palermo TM, Davis KD, Bouhassira D, Hurley RW, Katz JD, Keefe FJ, Schatman M, Turk DC, Yarnitsky D) J Pain 2023 Feb;24(2):187-191 PMID: 36463026 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85143283915 12/04/2022 4 Citations

Assessing the use of a clinical decision support tool for pain management in primary care. (Apathy NC, Sanner L, Adams MCB, Mamlin BW, Grout RW, Fortin S, Hillstrom J, Saha A, Teal E, Vest JR, Menachemi N, Hurley RW, Harle CA, Mazurenko O) JAMIA Open 2022 Oct;5(3):ooac074 PMID: 36128342 PMCID: PMC9476612 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85144919557 09/22/2022 2 Citations

Considerations for Lumbar Medial Branch Nerve Radiofrequency at Spinal Motion Segments Adjacent to a Fusion Construct. (Turtle J, Miller S, Yang A, Hurley RW, Spina N, McCormick ZL) Pain Med 2023 Feb 01;24(2):165-170 PMID: 35946682 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85147234893 08/11/2022 1 Citation

Study protocol for a type III hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial to evaluate scaling interoperable clinical decision support for patient-centered chronic pain management in primary care. (Salloum RG, Bilello L, Bian J, Diiulio J, Paz LG, Gurka MJ, Gutierrez M, Hurley RW, Jones RE, Martinez-Wittinghan F, Marcial L, Masri G, McDonnell C, Militello LG, Modave F, Nguyen K, Rhodes B, Siler K, Willis D, Harle CA) Implement Sci 2022 Jul 15;17(1):44 PMID: 35841043 PMCID: PMC9287973 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85134246869 07/16/2022 4 Citations

A Standardized Emergency Department Order Set Decreases Admission Rates and In-Patient Length of Stay for Adults Patients with Sickle Cell Disease. (Wachnik AA, Welch-Coltrane JL, Adams MCB, Blumstein HA, Pariyadath M, Robinson SG, Saha A, Summers EC, Hurley RW) Pain Med 2022 Dec 01;23(12):2050-2060 PMID: 35708651 PMCID: PMC9714532 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85143200757 06/17/2022 2 Citations

Evaluation of electronic recruitment efforts of primary care providers as research subjects during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Mazurenko O, Sanner L, Apathy NC, Mamlin BW, Menachemi N, Adams MCB, Hurley RW, Erazo SF, Harle CA) BMC Prim Care 2022 Apr 28;23(1):95 PMID: 35484491 PMCID: PMC9047458 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85128936823 04/29/2022 4 Citations

Consensus practice guidelines on interventions for cervical spine (facet) joint pain from a multispecialty international working group. (Hurley RW, Adams MCB, Barad M, Bhaskar A, Bhatia A, Chadwick A, Deer TR, Hah J, Hooten WM, Kissoon NR, Lee DW, Mccormick Z, Moon JY, Narouze S, Provenzano DA, Schneider BJ, van Eerd M, Van Zundert J, Wallace MS, Wilson SM, Zhao Z, Cohen SP) Pain Med 2021 Nov 26;22(11):2443-2524 PMID: 34788462 PMCID: PMC8633772 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85135166638 11/18/2021 16 Citations

Consensus practice guidelines on interventions for cervical spine (facet) joint pain from a multispecialty international working group. (Hurley RW, Adams MCB, Barad M, Bhaskar A, Bhatia A, Chadwick A, Deer TR, Hah J, Hooten WM, Kissoon NR, Lee DW, Mccormick Z, Moon JY, Narouze S, Provenzano DA, Schneider BJ, van Eerd M, Van Zundert J, Wallace MS, Wilson SM, Zhao Z, Cohen SP) Reg Anesth Pain Med 2022 Jan;47(1):3-59 PMID: 34764220 PMCID: PMC8639967 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85122166671 11/13/2021 33 Citations

The Evolution of Radiofrequency Denervation for Pain Indications. (McCormick ZL, Hurley R) Pain Med 2021 Jul 25;22(7):1465-1467 PMID: 34051101 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85112483547 05/30/2021 2 Citations

The Use of Contrast Agents in Interventional Pain Procedures: A Multispecialty and Multisociety Practice Advisory on Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis, Gadolinium Deposition in the Brain, Encephalopathy After Unintentional Intrathecal Gadolinium Injection, and Hypersensitivity Reactions. (Benzon HT, Maus TP, Kang HR, Provenzano DA, Bhatia A, Diehn F, Nelson A, McCormick ZL, Liu BP, de Andres Ares J, Anitescu M, Blackham K, Bhaskar A, Brill S, Collins J, Gulve A, Hurley RW, Jeon YH, Moon JY, Rauck RL, Rodes M, Lee RK, Shah V, Shanthanna H, van Zundert J, Huntoon M, Rathmell JP, Borges MS, Cohen SP, Greenberger PA) Anesth Analg 2021 Aug 01;133(2):535-552 PMID: 33755647 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85109709234 03/24/2021 8 Citations

Positive Disruption: A New Era for Pain Medicine. (Hurley RW) Pain Med 2021 Apr 20;22(4):771-772 PMID: 33690857 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85105692258 03/11/2021

Implementation of Individualized Pain Care Plans Decreases Length of Stay and Hospital Admission Rates for High Utilizing Adults with Sickle Cell Disease. (Welch-Coltrane JL, Wachnik AA, Adams MCB, Avants CR, Blumstein HA, Brooks AK, Farland AM, Johnson JB, Pariyadath M, Summers EC, Hurley RW) Pain Med 2021 Aug 06;22(8):1743-1752 PMID: 33690845 PMCID: PMC8346918 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85114064834 03/11/2021 7 Citations

Update from the Editors: Addressing the Needs of Our Authors and Patients. (Hurley RW, Harden RN, Gallagher RM) Pain Med 2020 Dec 25;21(12):3251 PMID: 33450749 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85099171669 01/16/2021

Addressing Opioid Misuse among Veterans: A Peer-Delivered Opioid Prevention Curriculum (Pazdera M, Lor KB, Winstead O, Hamberger LK, Curry B, Franco Z, O'Connor S, Gollin-Graves M, Hurley R, Gray T, Ahmed SM) International Journal for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement 2021;9(1) SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85129935874 01/01/2021 2 Citations

Update from the Editors: Addressing the Needs of Our Authors and Patients. (Hurley RW, Harden RN, Gallagher RM) Pain Med 2020 Dec 25;21(12):3251 PMID: 33180930 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85099171669 11/13/2020

AAAPT Diagnostic Criteria for Acute Low Back Pain with and Without Lower Extremity Pain. (Nicol AL, Adams MCB, Gordon DB, Mirza S, Dickerson D, Mackey S, Edwards D, Hurley RW) Pain Med 2020 Nov 01;21(11):2661-2675 PMID: 32914195 PMCID: PMC8453619 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85101399490 09/12/2020 8 Citations

Primary Care Clinicians' Beliefs and Strategies for Managing Chronic Pain in an Era of a National Opioid Epidemic. (Militello LG, Hurley RW, Cook RL, Danielson EC, Diiulio J, Downs SM, Anders S, Harle CA) J Gen Intern Med 2020 Dec;35(12):3542-3548 PMID: 32909230 PMCID: PMC7728906 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85090796631 09/11/2020 11 Citations

American Society of Hematology 2020 guidelines for sickle cell disease: management of acute and chronic pain. (Brandow AM, Carroll CP, Creary S, Edwards-Elliott R, Glassberg J, Hurley RW, Kutlar A, Seisa M, Stinson J, Strouse JJ, Yusuf F, Zempsky W, Lang E) Blood Adv 2020 Jun 23;4(12):2656-2701 PMID: 32559294 PMCID: PMC7322963 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85086768915 06/20/2020 161 Citations

Consensus practice guidelines on interventions for lumbar facet joint pain from a multispecialty, international working group. (Cohen SP, Bhaskar A, Bhatia A, Buvanendran A, Deer T, Garg S, Hooten WM, Hurley RW, Kennedy DJ, McLean BC, Moon JY, Narouze S, Pangarkar S, Provenzano DA, Rauck R, Sitzman BT, Smuck M, van Zundert J, Vorenkamp K, Wallace MS, Zhao Z) Reg Anesth Pain Med 2020 Jun;45(6):424-467 PMID: 32245841 PMCID: PMC7362874 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85083196290 04/05/2020 150 Citations

Factors That Influence Changes to Existing Chronic Pain Management Plans. (Diiulio J, Militello LG, Andraka-Christou BT, Cook RL, Hurley RW, Downs SM, Anders S, Mamlin BW, Danielson EC, Harle CA) J Am Board Fam Med 2020;33(1):42-50 PMID: 31907245 PMCID: PMC7301400 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85077546759 01/08/2020 8 Citations

A Pain eHealth Platform for Engaging Obese, Older Adults with Chronic Low Back Pain in Nonpharmacological Pain Treatments: Protocol for a Pilot Feasibility Study. (Brooks AK, Miller DP Jr, Fanning JT, Suftin EL, Reid MC, Wells BJ, Leng X, Hurley RW) JMIR Res Protoc 2020 Jan 02;9(1):e14525 PMID: 31895042 PMCID: PMC6966554 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85078213536 01/03/2020 2 Citations

An Analysis of Primary Care Clinician Communication About Risk, Benefits, and Goals Related to Chronic Opioid Therapy. (Danielson EC, Mazurenko O, Andraka-Christou BT, DiIulio J, Downs SM, Hurley RW, Harle CA) MDM Policy Pract 2019;4(2):2381468319892572 PMID: 31853506 PMCID: PMC6906357 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85080037237 12/20/2019 9 Citations

Decision-Centered Design of Patient Information Visualizations to Support Chronic Pain Care. (Harle CA, DiIulio J, Downs SM, Danielson EC, Anders S, Cook RL, Hurley RW, Mamlin BW, Militello LG) Appl Clin Inform 2019 Aug;10(4):719-728 PMID: 31556075 PMCID: PMC6760988 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85072653894 09/27/2019 11 Citations

Opportunities and challenges for junior investigators conducting pain clinical trials. (Adams MCB, Bicket MC, Murphy JD, Wu CL, Hurley RW) Pain Rep 2019;4(3) PMID: 31372584 PMCID: PMC6675408 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85071129468 08/03/2019 4 Citations

Chronic pain in adults with sickle cell disease is associated with alterations in functional connectivity of the brain. (Karafin MS, Chen G, Wandersee NJ, Brandow AM, Hurley RW, Simpson P, Ward D, Li SJ, Field JJ) PLoS One 2019;14(5):e0216994 PMID: 31107926 PMCID: PMC6527293 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85066063764 05/21/2019 18 Citations

American Society for Enhanced Recovery and Perioperative Quality Initiative Joint Consensus Statement on Perioperative Opioid Minimization in Opioid-Naïve Patients. (Wu CL, King AB, Geiger TM, Grant MC, Grocott MPW, Gupta R, Hah JM, Miller TE, Shaw AD, Gan TJ, Thacker JKM, Mythen MG, McEvoy MD, Fourth Perioperative Quality Initiative Workgroup) Anesth Analg 2019 Aug;129(2):567-577 PMID: 31082966 PMCID: PMC7261519 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85070024705 05/15/2019 81 Citations

American Society for Enhanced Recovery and Perioperative Quality Initiative-4 Joint Consensus Statement on Persistent Postoperative Opioid Use: Definition, Incidence, Risk Factors, and Health Care System Initiatives. (Kent ML, Hurley RW, Oderda GM, Gordon DB, Sun E, Mythen M, Miller TE, Shaw AD, Gan TJ, Thacker JKM, McEvoy MD, POQI-4 Working Group) Anesth Analg 2019 Aug;129(2):543-552 PMID: 30897590 PMCID: PMC6640123 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85070023913 03/22/2019 92 Citations

UNDERSTANDING HOW PRIMARY CARE CLINICIANS MAKE SENSE OF CHRONIC PAIN. (Militello LG, Anders S, Downs SM, Diiulio J, Danielson EC, Hurley RW, Harle CA) Cogn Technol Work 2018 Nov;20(4):575-584 PMID: 30842708 PMCID: PMC6398613 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85047782892 03/08/2019 15 Citations

Perioperative buprenorphine: are we asking the right questions? (Hurley RW) Reg Anesth Pain Med 2019 May;44(5):537-539 PMID: 30819839 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85065337487 03/02/2019 2 Citations

Information Needs and Requirements for Decision Support in Primary Care: An Analysis of Chronic Pain Care. (Harle CA, Apathy NC, Cook RL, Danielson EC, DiIulio J, Downs SM, Hurley RW, Mamlin BW, Militello LG, Anders S) AMIA Annu Symp Proc 2018;2018:527-534 PMID: 30815093 PMCID: PMC6371256 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85062377514 03/01/2019 12 Citations

American Society for Enhanced Recovery and Perioperative Quality Initiative Joint Consensus Statement on Perioperative Management of Patients on Preoperative Opioid Therapy. (Edwards DA, Hedrick TL, Jayaram J, Argoff C, Gulur P, Holubar SD, Gan TJ, Mythen MG, Miller TE, Shaw AD, Thacker JKM, McEvoy MD, POQI-4 Working Group) Anesth Analg 2019 Aug;129(2):553-566 PMID: 30768461 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85063371163 02/16/2019 62 Citations

Consensus Guidelines on the Use of Intravenous Ketamine Infusions for Chronic Pain From the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, the American Academy of Pain Medicine, and the American Society of Anesthesiologists. (Cohen SP, Bhatia A, Buvanendran A, Schwenk ES, Wasan AD, Hurley RW, Viscusi ER, Narouze S, Davis FN, Ritchie EC, Lubenow TR, Hooten WM) Reg Anesth Pain Med 2018 Jul;43(5):521-546 PMID: 29870458 PMCID: PMC6023575 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85049403759 06/06/2018 203 Citations

Consensus Guidelines on the Use of Intravenous Ketamine Infusions for Acute Pain Management From the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, the American Academy of Pain Medicine, and the American Society of Anesthesiologists. (Schwenk ES, Viscusi ER, Buvanendran A, Hurley RW, Wasan AD, Narouze S, Bhatia A, Davis FN, Hooten WM, Cohen SP) Reg Anesth Pain Med 2018 Jul;43(5):456-466 PMID: 29870457 PMCID: PMC6023582 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85049388488 06/06/2018 289 Citations

Predictive factors of daily opioid use and quality of life in adults with sickle cell disease. (Karafin MS, Singavi A, Hussain J, Wandersee N, Heinrich T, Hurley RW, Zhang L, Simpson P, Field JJ) Hematology 2018 Dec;23(10):856-863 PMID: 29848208 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85047906072 06/01/2018 22 Citations

Re-assessing the Validity of the Opioid Risk Tool in a Tertiary Academic Pain Management Center Population. (Clark MR, Hurley RW, Adams MCB) Pain Med 2018 Jul 01;19(7):1382-1395 PMID: 29408996 PMCID: PMC7191882 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85055317466 02/07/2018 19 Citations

Cervical radicular pain (Hurley RW, Chang JL) Fundamentals of Pain Medicine 1 January 2018:187-194 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85047045354 01/01/2018 1 Citation

Alternatives to Opioids in the Pharmacologic Management of Chronic Pain Syndromes: A Narrative Review of Randomized, Controlled, and Blinded Clinical Trials. (Nicol AL, Hurley RW, Benzon HT) Anesth Analg 2017 Nov;125(5):1682-1703 PMID: 29049114 PMCID: PMC5785237 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85032442295 10/20/2017 34 Citations

The ACTTION-APS-AAPM Pain Taxonomy (AAAPT) Multidimensional Approach to Classifying Acute Pain Conditions. (Kent ML, Tighe PJ, Belfer I, Brennan TJ, Bruehl S, Brummett CM, Buckenmaier CC 3rd, Buvanendran A, Cohen RI, Desjardins P, Edwards D, Fillingim R, Gewandter J, Gordon DB, Hurley RW, Kehlet H, Loeser JD, Mackey S, McLean SA, Polomano R, Rahman S, Raja S, Rowbotham M, Suresh S, Schachtel B, Schreiber K, Schumacher M, Stacey B, Stanos S, Todd K, Turk DC, Weisman SJ, Wu C, Carr DB, Dworkin RH, Terman G) J Pain 2017 May;18(5):479-489 PMID: 28495013 PMCID: PMC7323793 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85019127586 05/13/2017 42 Citations

The ACTTION-APS-AAPM Pain Taxonomy (AAAPT) Multidimensional Approach to Classifying Acute Pain Conditions. (Kent ML, Tighe PJ, Belfer I, Brennan TJ, Bruehl S, Brummett CM, Buckenmaier CC 3rd, Buvanendran A, Cohen RI, Desjardins P, Edwards D, Fillingim R, Gewandter J, Gordon DB, Hurley RW, Kehlet H, Loeser JD, Mackey S, McLean SA, Polomano R, Rahman S, Raja S, Rowbotham M, Suresh S, Schachtel B, Schreiber K, Schumacher M, Stacey B, Stanos S, Todd K, Turk DC, Weisman SJ, Wu C, Carr DB, Dworkin RH, Terman G) Pain Med 2017 May 01;18(5):947-958 PMID: 28482098 PMCID: PMC5431381 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85043364753 05/10/2017 40 Citations

The effect of EHR-integrated patient-reported outcomes on satisfaction with chronic pain care. (Harle CA, Marlow NM, Schmidt SO, Shuster JJ, Listhaus A, Fillingim RB, Hurley RW) Am J Manag Care 2016 Dec 01;22(12):e403-e408 PMID: 27982672 PMCID: PMC5460672 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85007621898 12/17/2016 11 Citations

Collecting, Integrating, and Disseminating Patient-Reported Outcomes for Research in a Learning Healthcare System. (Harle CA, Lipori G, Hurley RW) EGEMS (Wash DC) 2016;4(1):1240 PMID: 27563683 PMCID: PMC4975567 08/27/2016

A prospective time-series quality improvement trial of a standardized analgesia protocol to reduce postoperative pain among neurosurgery patients. (Titsworth WL, Abram J, Guin P, Herman MA, West J, Davis NW, Bushwitz J, Hurley RW, Seubert CN) J Neurosurg 2016 Dec;125(6):1523-1532 PMID: 26967774 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85018514165 03/12/2016 24 Citations

The Development and Validation of a Quality Assessment and Rating of Technique for Injections of the Spine (AQUARIUS). (Bicket MC, Hurley RW, Moon JY, Brummett CM, Hanling S, Huntoon MA, van Zundert J, Cohen SP) Reg Anesth Pain Med 2016;41(1):80-5 PMID: 26655218 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84952342618 12/15/2015 17 Citations

Placebo Use in Pain Management: A Mechanism-Based Educational Intervention Enhances Placebo Treatment Acceptability. (Kisaalita NR, Hurley RW, Staud R, Robinson ME) J Pain 2016 Feb;17(2):257-69 PMID: 26604097 PMCID: PMC4738022 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84959294561 11/26/2015 11 Citations

Cognitive-Motivational Influences on Health Behavior Change in Adults with Chronic Pain. (Anderson RJ, Hurley RW, Staud R, Robinson ME) Pain Med 2016 Jun;17(6):1079-1093 PMID: 26441145 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85010888171 10/07/2015 13 Citations

Overcoming barriers to implementing patient-reported outcomes in an electronic health record: a case report. (Harle CA, Listhaus A, Covarrubias CM, Schmidt SO, Mackey S, Carek PJ, Fillingim RB, Hurley RW) J Am Med Inform Assoc 2016 Jan;23(1):74-9 PMID: 26159464 PMCID: PMC5009936 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84959563290 07/15/2015 50 Citations

Teaching a Machine to Feel Postoperative Pain: Combining High-Dimensional Clinical Data with Machine Learning Algorithms to Forecast Acute Postoperative Pain. (Tighe PJ, Harle CA, Hurley RW, Aytug H, Boezaart AP, Fillingim RB) Pain Med 2015 Jul;16(7):1386-401 PMID: 26031220 PMCID: PMC4504764 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84947133089 06/03/2015 46 Citations

Chronic pain management: legal and licensure issues. (Chang KL, Fillingim R, Hurley RW, Schmidt S) FP Essent 2015 May;432:39-42 PMID: 25970871 05/15/2015

Chronic pain management: pharmacotherapy for chronic pain. (Chang KL, Fillingim R, Hurley RW, Schmidt S) FP Essent 2015 May;432:27-38 PMID: 25970870 05/15/2015

Chronic pain management: nonpharmacological therapies for chronic pain. (Chang KL, Fillingim R, Hurley RW, Schmidt S) FP Essent 2015 May;432:21-6 PMID: 25970869 05/15/2015

Chronic pain management: evaluation of chronic pain. (Chang KL, Fillingim R, Hurley RW, Schmidt S) FP Essent 2015 May;432:11-20 PMID: 25970868 05/15/2015

Decision support for chronic pain care: how do primary care physicians decide when to prescribe opioids? a qualitative study. (Harle CA, Bauer SE, Hoang HQ, Cook RL, Hurley RW, Fillingim RB) BMC Fam Pract 2015 Apr 14;16:48 PMID: 25884340 PMCID: PMC4399157 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84927931172 04/18/2015 53 Citations

Stellate ganglion local anesthetic blockade and neurolysis for the treatment of refractory ventricular fibrillation. (Hulata DF, Le-Wendling L, Boezaart AP, Hurley RW) A A Case Rep 2015 Mar 01;4(5):49-51 PMID: 25730409 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84938904791 03/03/2015 16 Citations

Pneumocephalus after lumbar epidural steroid injection: a case report and review of the literature. (Verdun AV, Cohen SP, Williams BS, Hurley RW) A A Case Rep 2014 Jul 01;3(1):9-13 PMID: 25612267 01/23/2015

Occipital neuralgia as a sequela of sports concussion: a case series and review of the literature. (Zaremski JL, Herman DC, Clugston JR, Hurley RW, Ahn AH) Curr Sports Med Rep 2015 Jan;14(1):16-9 PMID: 25574876 PMCID: PMC4475344 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84925441733 01/13/2015 18 Citations

Sedation for diagnostic injections: prioritizing patient interests. (Cohen SP, Hameed H, Pasquina PF, Hurley RW) Pain Med 2014 Nov;15(11):1980-1 PMID: 25287941 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84911986928 10/08/2014 1 Citation

Placebo use in pain management: The role of medical context, treatment efficacy, and deception in determining placebo acceptability. (Kisaalita N, Staud R, Hurley R, Robinson M) Pain 2014 Dec;155(12):2638-2645 PMID: 25267208 PMCID: PMC4250369 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84922825155 10/01/2014 24 Citations

Resistance exercise, disability, and pain catastrophizing in obese adults with back pain. (Vincent HK, George SZ, Seay AN, Vincent KR, Hurley RW) Med Sci Sports Exerc 2014 Sep;46(9):1693-701 PMID: 25133997 PMCID: PMC4137474 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84906736896 08/19/2014 60 Citations

Complete coverage of phantom limb and stump pain with constant current SCS system: a case report and review of the literature. (Bunch JR, Goldstein HV, Hurley RW) Pain Pract 2015 Jan;15(1):E20-6 PMID: 24919840 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84921868710 06/13/2014 9 Citations

The effect of sedation on the accuracy and treatment outcomes for diagnostic injections: a randomized, controlled, crossover study. (Cohen SP, Hameed H, Kurihara C, Pasquina PF, Patel AM, Babade M, Griffith SR, Erdek ME, Jamison DE, Hurley RW) Pain Med 2014 Apr;15(4):588-602 PMID: 24524866 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84897992830 02/15/2014 23 Citations

Geospatial analysis of hospital consumer assessment of healthcare providers and systems pain management experience scores in U.S. hospitals. (Tighe PJ, Fillingim RB, Hurley RW) Pain 2014 May;155(5):1016-1026 PMID: 24525273 PMCID: PMC4086258 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84898599155 02/15/2014 11 Citations

Epidural lysis of adhesions. (Lee F, Jamison DE, Hurley RW, Cohen SP) Korean J Pain 2014 Jan;27(1):3-15 PMID: 24478895 PMCID: PMC3903797 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84891821167 01/31/2014 71 Citations

Back strength predicts walking improvement in obese, older adults with chronic low back pain. (Vincent HK, Vincent KR, Seay AN, Conrad BP, Hurley RW, George SZ) PM R 2014 May;6(5):418-26 PMID: 24211698 PMCID: PMC4013252 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84901291736 11/12/2013 31 Citations

Examination of publications from academic anesthesiology faculty in the United States. (Hurley RW, Zhao K, Tighe PJ, Ko PS, Pronovost PJ, Wu CL) Anesth Analg 2014 Jan;118(1):192-9 PMID: 24149582 10/24/2013

Musculoskeletal pain, fear avoidance behaviors, and functional decline in obesity: potential interventions to manage pain and maintain function. (Vincent HK, Adams MC, Vincent KR, Hurley RW) Reg Anesth Pain Med 2013;38(6):481-91 PMID: 24141874 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84890065525 10/22/2013 49 Citations

Neuropathic pain: treatment guidelines and updates. (Hurley RW, Adams MC, Benzon HT) Curr Opin Anaesthesiol 2013 Oct;26(5):580-7 PMID: 23995060 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84888291606 09/03/2013 31 Citations

Functional pain severity and mobility in overweight older men and women with chronic low-back pain--part I. (Vincent HK, Seay AN, Montero C, Conrad BP, Hurley RW, Vincent KR) Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2013 May;92(5):430-8 PMID: 23478453 PMCID: PMC3676903 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84876882554 03/13/2013 24 Citations

Kinesiophobia and fear-avoidance beliefs in overweight older adults with chronic low-back pain: relationship to walking endurance--part II. (Vincent HK, Seay AN, Montero C, Conrad BP, Hurley RW, Vincent KR) Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2013 May;92(5):439-45 PMID: 23478452 PMCID: PMC3647684 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84876852185 03/13/2013 35 Citations

Chronic pain management (Benzon HT, Hurley RW, Deer T, Buvanendran A) Clinical Anesthesia: Seventh Edition 1 March 2013 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84976572351 03/01/2013 3 Citations

Neuraxial agents (Hurley RW, Anderson D, Cohen SP) Practical Management of Pain: Fifth Edition 1 January 2013:582.e5-595.e5 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85077472910 01/01/2013

Membrane stabilizers for the treatment of pain (Hurley RW, McGeeney BE, Argoff CE) Practical Management of Pain: Fifth Edition 1 January 2013:543.e2-552.e2 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85077446069 01/01/2013

Neuropathic pain syndromes (Hurley RW, Henriquez OH, Wu CL) Practical Management of Pain: Fifth Edition 1 January 2013:346.e4-360.e4 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85077435454 01/01/2013

Spinal cord and peripheral nerve stimulation (Hurley RW, Burton AW) Practical Management of Pain: Fifth Edition 1 January 2013:939.e2-952.e2 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85076998127 01/01/2013

Future directions and trends in pain medicine (Hurley RW, Benzon HT, Turk DC) Practical Management of Pain: Fifth Edition 1 January 2013:1078.e3-1086.e3 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85076989972 01/01/2013

Chemical neurolytic blocks (Adams MCB, Benzon HT, Hurley RW) Practical Management of Pain: Fifth Edition 1 January 2013:784.e2-793.e2 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85076978508 01/01/2013

Membrane Stabilizers for the Treatment of Pain (Hurley RW, McGeeney BE, Argoff CE) Practical Management of Pain: Fifth Edition September 2013:543-552 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84904239030 01/01/2013

Neuropathic Pain Syndromes (Hurley RW, Henriquez OH, Wu CL) Practical Management of Pain: Fifth Edition September 2013:346-360 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84904237615 01/01/2013 2 Citations

Practical Management of Pain: Fifth Edition (Benzon HT, Rathmell JP, Wu CL, Turk DC, Argoff CE, Hurley RW) Practical Management of Pain: Fifth Edition September 2013:1-1115 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84904236019 01/01/2013 4 Citations

Chemical Neurolytic Blocks (Adams MCB, Benzon HT, Hurley RW) Practical Management of Pain: Fifth Edition September 2013:784-793 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84904232333 01/01/2013 4 Citations

Neuraxial Agents (Hurley RW, Anderson D, Cohen SP) Practical Management of Pain: Fifth Edition September 2013:582-595 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84904229379 01/01/2013

Future Directions and Trends in Pain Medicine (Hurley RW, Benzon HT, Turk DC) Practical Management of Pain: Fifth Edition September 2013:1078-1086 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84904227772 01/01/2013

Preface (Benzon HT, Rathmell JP, Wu CL, Turk DC, Argoff CE, Hurley RW) Practical Management of Pain: Fifth Edition September 2013 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84904224721 01/01/2013

Spinal Cord and Peripheral Nerve Stimulation (Hurley RW, Burton AW) Practical Management of Pain: Fifth Edition September 2013:939-952 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84904223361 01/01/2013 1 Citation

Obesity and weight loss in the treatment and prevention of osteoarthritis. (Vincent HK, Heywood K, Connelly J, Hurley RW) PM R 2012 May;4(5 Suppl):S59-67 PMID: 22632704 PMCID: PMC3623013 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84861416455 06/01/2012 147 Citations

The effectiveness of repeat celiac plexus neurolysis for pancreatic cancer: a pilot study. (McGreevy K, Hurley RW, Erdek MA, Aner MM, Li S, Cohen SP) Pain Pract 2013 Feb;13(2):89-95 PMID: 22568823 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84873450781 05/10/2012 46 Citations

Preemptive analgesia (Hurley RW, Enneking FK) Essentials of Pain Medicine 2011:200-205 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84882547905 12/01/2011

Functional impairment in obesity: a focus on knee and back pain. (Vincent HK, Vincent KR, Seay AN, Hurley RW) Pain Manag 2011 Sep;1(5):427-39 PMID: 24645710 09/01/2011

Painful peripheral neuropathies (Hurley RW, Goldstein HV, Rathmell JP) Essentials of Pain Medicine 1 January 2011:386-394 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84882499598 01/01/2011

Central and peripheral neurolysis (Hurley RW, Ellis N, Adams MCB) Essentials of Pain Medicine 1 January 2011:531-538 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84882497532 01/01/2011 1 Citation

Membrane stabilizers (Hurley RW, Goldstein HV) Essentials of Pain Medicine 1 January 2011:123-129 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84882459660 01/01/2011

Postmeningeal puncture headache and spontaneous intracranial hypotension (Hurley RW, Jerman JD, Benzon HT) Essentials of Pain Medicine 1 January 2011:272-277 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84880602357 01/01/2011 2 Citations

Crossroads of pain and addiction. (Bailey JA, Hurley RW, Gold MS) Pain Med 2010 Dec;11(12):1803-18 PMID: 21040437 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-78650099644 11/03/2010 36 Citations

Methodological quality of randomized controlled trials of postoperative epidural analgesia: validation of the Epidural Analgesia Trial Checklist as a specific instrument to evaluate methodology. (Liu SS, Togioka BM, Hurley RW, Vu CM, Hanna MN, Murphy JD, Wu CL) Reg Anesth Pain Med 2010;35(6):549-55 PMID: 20975473 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-78149248543 10/27/2010 12 Citations

A prospective, observational study of the relationship between body mass index and depth of the epidural space during lumbar transforaminal epidural steroid injection. (Brummett CM, Williams BS, Hurley RW, Erdek MA) Reg Anesth Pain Med 2009;34(2):100-5 PMID: 19282707 PMCID: PMC2715548 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-62949099667 03/14/2009 17 Citations

Patient perception of pain care in hospitals in the United States. (Gupta A, Daigle S, Mojica J, Hurley RW) J Pain Res 2009 Nov 13;2:157-64 PMID: 21197302 PMCID: PMC3004628 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-77953417913 01/01/2009 57 Citations

Neurosurgical treatment of cancer pain (Hurley RW, Lenz FA) Cancer Pain: Assessment and Management, Second Edition 1 January 2009:329-340 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84927068290 01/01/2009

Reply to Dr. Manchikanti (Cohen SP, Dragovich A, Hurley R, Bajwa ZH) Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine January 2009;34(1):82-83 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-60749136113 01/01/2009 1 Citation

Neuropathic Pain Syndromes (Williams KA, Hurley RW, Lin EE, Wu CL) Raj's Practical Management of Pain 2008:427-443 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84882896507 12/01/2008 7 Citations

Neuraxial Agents (Hurley RW, Cohen SP) Raj's Practical Management of Pain 2008:699-713 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84882832595 12/01/2008

Pregabalin as a treatment for painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy: a meta-analysis. (Hurley RW, Lesley MR, Adams MC, Brummett CM, Wu CL) Reg Anesth Pain Med 2008;33(5):389-94 PMID: 18774507 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-50649099070 09/09/2008 33 Citations

Randomized placebo-controlled study evaluating lateral branch radiofrequency denervation for sacroiliac joint pain. (Cohen SP, Hurley RW, Buckenmaier CC 3rd, Kurihara C, Morlando B, Dragovich A) Anesthesiology 2008 Aug;109(2):279-88 PMID: 18648237 PMCID: PMC2666931 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-48849083307 07/24/2008 260 Citations

Sex, gender, and pain: an overview of a complex field. (Hurley RW, Adams MC) Anesth Analg 2008 Jul;107(1):309-17 PMID: 18635502 PMCID: PMC2715547 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-49849083933 07/19/2008 194 Citations

The ability of diagnostic spinal injections to predict surgical outcomes. (Cohen SP, Hurley RW) Anesth Analg 2007 Dec;105(6):1756-75, table of contents PMID: 18042881 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-36549089554 11/29/2007 73 Citations

Factors predicting success and failure for cervical facet radiofrequency denervation: a multi-center analysis. (Cohen SP, Bajwa ZH, Kraemer JJ, Dragovich A, Williams KA, Stream J, Sireci A, McKnight G, Hurley RW) Reg Anesth Pain Med 2007;32(6):495-503 PMID: 18035295 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-36148955446 11/24/2007 95 Citations

Lumbar zygapophysial (facet) joint radiofrequency denervation success as a function of pain relief during diagnostic medial branch blocks: a multicenter analysis. (Cohen SP, Stojanovic MP, Crooks M, Kim P, Schmidt RK, Shields CH, Croll S, Hurley RW) Spine J 2008;8(3):498-504 PMID: 17662665 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-43049106496 07/31/2007 78 Citations

A double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-response pilot study evaluating intradiscal etanercept in patients with chronic discogenic low back pain or lumbosacral radiculopathy. (Cohen SP, Wenzell D, Hurley RW, Kurihara C, Buckenmaier CC 3rd, Griffith S, Larkin TM, Dahl E, Morlando BJ) Anesthesiology 2007 Jul;107(1):99-105 PMID: 17585221 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-34250830225 06/23/2007 89 Citations

Mechanisms responsible for the enhanced antinociceptive effects of micro-opioid receptor agonists in the rostral ventromedial medulla of male rats with persistent inflammatory pain. (Sykes KT, White SR, Hurley RW, Mizoguchi H, Tseng LF, Hammond DL) J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2007 Aug;322(2):813-21 PMID: 17494863 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-34547119288 05/15/2007 31 Citations

Clinical predictors of success and failure for lumbar facet radiofrequency denervation. (Cohen SP, Hurley RW, Christo PJ, Winkley J, Mohiuddin MM, Stojanovic MP) Clin J Pain 2007 Jan;23(1):45-52 PMID: 17277644 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-33847117056 02/06/2007 127 Citations

Postoperative Pain Management and Patient Outcome (Wu CL, Hurley RW) Postoperative Pain Management 2006:71-83 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84882865811 12/01/2006 2 Citations

Pulsed radiofrequency of the dorsal root ganglia is superior to pharmacotherapy or pulsed radiofrequency of the intercostal nerves in the treatment of chronic postsurgical thoracic pain. (Cohen SP, Sireci A, Wu CL, Larkin TM, Williams KA, Hurley RW) Pain Physician 2006 Jul;9(3):227-35 PMID: 16886031 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-33747169881 08/04/2006 124 Citations

The analgesic effects of perioperative gabapentin on postoperative pain: a meta-analysis. (Hurley RW, Cohen SP, Williams KA, Rowlingson AJ, Wu CL) Reg Anesth Pain Med 2006;31(3):237-47 PMID: 16701190 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-33646399146 05/17/2006 261 Citations

Analgesics (Wu CL, Hurley RW, Stauffer JW) Clinical Trials of Drugs and Biopharmaceuticals 19 September 2005:423-441 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-67649095522 09/19/2005 1 Citation

Effect of postoperative epidural analgesia on morbidity and mortality following surgery in medicare patients. (Wu CL, Hurley RW, Anderson GF, Herbert R, Rowlingson AJ, Fleisher LA) Reg Anesth Pain Med 2004;29(6):525-33; discussion 515-9 PMID: 15635510 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-11144260953 01/07/2005 124 Citations

Mechanism-based therapies for pain. (Block BM, Hurley RW, Raja SN) Drug News Perspect 2004 Apr;17(3):172-86 PMID: 15179452 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-2942710020 06/05/2004 9 Citations

Persistent inflammatory nociception increases levels of dynorphin 1-17 in the spinal cord, but not in supraspinal nuclei involved in pain modulation. (Parra MC, Nguyen TN, Hurley RW, Hammond DL) J Pain 2002 Aug;3(4):330-6 PMID: 14622757 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0036342448 11/19/2003 18 Citations

Spinal pharmacology of antinociception produced by microinjection of mu or delta opioid receptor agonists in the ventromedial medulla of the rat. (Hurley RW, Banfor P, Hammond DL) Neuroscience 2003;118(3):789-96 PMID: 12710986 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0037466781 04/25/2003 42 Citations

Gabapentin and pregabalin can interact synergistically with naproxen to produce antihyperalgesia. (Hurley RW, Chatterjea D, Rose Feng M, Taylor CP, Hammond DL) Anesthesiology 2002 Nov;97(5):1263-73 PMID: 12411814 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0036840787 11/02/2002 148 Citations

Chemokines and glycoprotein120 produce pain hypersensitivity by directly exciting primary nociceptive neurons. (Oh SB, Tran PB, Gillard SE, Hurley RW, Hammond DL, Miller RJ) J Neurosci 2001 Jul 15;21(14):5027-35 PMID: 11438578 PMCID: PMC6762869 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0035878073 07/05/2001 422 Citations

A cellular mechanism for the antinociceptive effect of a kappa opioid receptor agonist. (Ackley MA, Hurley RW, Virnich DE, Hammond DL) Pain 2001 Apr;91(3):377-388 PMID: 11275396 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0035076328 03/29/2001 51 Citations

Contribution of endogenous enkephalins to the enhanced analgesic effects of supraspinal mu opioid receptor agonists after inflammatory injury. (Hurley RW, Hammond DL) J Neurosci 2001 Apr 01;21(7):2536-45 PMID: 11264327 PMCID: PMC6762402 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0035313099 03/27/2001 86 Citations

The analgesic effects of supraspinal mu and delta opioid receptor agonists are potentiated during persistent inflammation. (Hurley RW, Hammond DL) J Neurosci 2000 Feb 01;20(3):1249-59 PMID: 10648729 PMCID: PMC6774182 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0034143366 01/29/2000 183 Citations

Supraspinal and spinal delta(2) opioid receptor-mediated antinociceptive synergy is mediated by spinal alpha(2) adrenoceptors. (Grabow TS, Hurley RW, Banfor PN, Hammond DL) Pain 1999 Oct;83(1):47-55 PMID: 10506671 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0032847514 10/03/1999 31 Citations

Interaction between medullary and spinal delta1 and delta2 opioid receptors in the production of antinociception in the rat. (Hurley RW, Grabow TS, Tallarida RJ, Hammond DL) J Pharmacol Exp Ther 1999 May;289(2):993-9 PMID: 10215679 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0032932714 04/24/1999 29 Citations

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