Publications

Journal Publications

 ·  Gillett JL, Karadag P, Themelis K, Li Y, Lemola S, Balasubramanian S et al. Investigating mental defeat in individuals with chronic pain: Protocol for a longitudinal experience sampling study BMJ Open 2023;13:e066577. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066577

.  Kapur S, Dunham R, Balasubramanian S. Pain and Placebo. J Pain Relief 2021; 10: 370.

.  Sandhu H, Abraham C, Alleyne S, Balasubramanian S, Betteley L, Booth K et al. Testing a support programme for opioid reduction for people with chronic non-malignant pain: The I-WOTCH randomised controlled trial protocol. BMJ Open. 2019 Jun 12.

·   Wall PD, Parsons NR, Parsons H, Achten J, Balasubramanian S, et al. A pragmatic randomised controlled trial comparing the efficacy of a femoral nerve block and periarticular infiltration for early pain relief following total knee arthroplasty. Bone Joint J 99.7 (2017): 904-911.

·   Ellard DR, Underwood M, Achana F, Antrobus JHL, Balasubramanian S, et al. Facet joint injections for people with persistent non-specific low back pain (Facet Injection Study): a feasibility study for a randomised controlled trial. Health Technol Assess 2017; 21(30)

·   Nowicka A, Ungureanu N, Balasubramanian S, Mendonca C. Tracheal Extubation of Patients With Cervical Spine Injury: A Case Report and Review of Literature Anesthesia & Analgesia Case Reports 2017; 8(2): 21-25

·   Wall PD, Sprowson AP, Parsons N, Parsons H, Achten J, Balasubramanian S, Costa ML. Protocol for a single-centre randomised controlled trial of multimodal periarticular anaesthetic infiltration versus single-agent femoral nerve blockade as analgesia for total knee arthroplasty: Perioperative Analgesia for Knee Arthroplasty (PAKA). BMJ Open. 2015 Dec 21; 5(12)

·   Sandhu H, Ellard DR, Achana F, Antrobus JH, Balasubramanian S et al. Facet-joint injections for people with persistent non-specific low back pain (FIS): study protocol for a randomised controlled feasibility trial. Trials. 2015 Dec 24; 16(1):588.

·   Balasubramanian S. Ultrasound-guided Lumbar Facet Nerve Block: Sonoanatomy and Technique. Int J Periop Ultrasound Appl Technol 2013; 2(3):131-134.

·   Balasubramanian S, Spurgeon P. Integrated care for chronic pain management in National Health Service: barriers and possibilities for service development – a survey. International Journal of Clinical Leadership 2013; 17 (4) 201-10

·   Gohil S, Balasubramanian S. Case report and literature review of chronic neuropathic pain associated with peripheral venous cannulation. Anaesthesia 2012; 67: 1395-7

·   Wallace D, Emmett S, Kang K, Chalal G, Balasubramanian S et al. The safety of peri-articular local anaesthetic injection for patients undergoing total knee replacement with autologous blood transfusion: a randomised trial. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 2012; 94-B:1632–6

·   Jarvi K, Bowditch J, Hasan N, Balasubramanian S. Chronic pain following caesarean section and vaginal delivery: a retrospective survey of 200 patients. International Journal of Obstetrics Anaesthesia 2011; 20(5): S46

·   Perry J, Balasubramanian S, Imray C. Systemic capillary leak syndrome resulting in compartment syndrome and the requirement for a surgical airway. Anaesthesia 2009 64(6):679-682

·   Dhir S, Balasubramanian S, Ross D. Ultrasound-guided peripheral regional blockade in patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease: a review of three cases. Can J Anesth 2008; 55(8): 515-520

·   Balasubramanian S, Hadi I. Perioperative acute pain management in patients with chronic pain: Review. CPD Anaesthesia 2006; 8(3): 109-113

·   Balasubramanian S, Morley-Forster P. Chronic pelvic pain due to peripheral neuropathy: A Case Report. J Obstet Gynaecol Can 2006; 28(7): 603–607

·   Balasubramanian S, Morley-Forster P. Persistent post-surgical breast pain: A Review. CPD Anaesthesia, 2006; 8(2): 62-67

·   Balasubramanian S, Morley-Forster P, Bureau Y. Opioids and Brain Imaging: Review. Journal of Opioid Management 2006; 2(3): 147-154

·   Balasubramanian SS, Bose D. Adrenal crisis presenting as acute abdomen. Anaesthesia 2006; 61(4): 413-414

Book publications

·  Author of the book ‘Chronic Pain Management’ (ISBN-10: 191007991X Vasu T, Balasubramanian S, et al TFM publishing Ltd, UK 2020)

·   Author of the book Essence of Anaesthesia and Pain Management for Medical Students. (Ibrahim Hadi, A Al-Quattan, Shyam Balasubramanian Sultan Publications, 2009)

·   Author of the book ‘The Objective Structured Clinical Examination in Anaesthesia’ (ISBN-10: 1903378567 Mendonca C, Balasubramanian S, Tfm publishers Ltd 2007)

·   Author of the book ‘The Structured Oral Examination in Anaesthesia’ (ISBN-10: 0521680506 Balasubramanian S, Mendonca C, Pinnock C, Cambridge University Press 2006). 

Chapter Publications

·   Balasubramanian S, Beard L, Dorgham M, Guru R, Stangoe D, a Tameem A. Thorax and Abdomen. Essential Notes in Pain Medicine. 2022 May 23:315.

·   Jack J, Kapur S, Rudiger J, a Tameem A. Sabina Bachtold, Shyam Balasubramanian, Rahul Guru, Katharine Howells. Clinical pharmacology. Essential Notes in Pain Medicine. 2022 May 23:263.

·   Author of the chapter ‘Pain Management’ for Care of Critically Ill Surgical Patient 4th Edition, (Royal College of Surgeons 2017).

·   Balasubramanian S, Rayen AA. The use of ultrasound in pain management. Ultrasound in Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Management with Online Resource. 2017 Mar 2:332.

·   Bandikatla VB, Narayanan S, Balasubramanian S. Introduction to Ultrasound-guided Blocks. Interventional Pain Management: A Practical Approach. 2016 Feb 29:431.

·   Bandikatla VB, Narayanan S, Balasubramanian S. Ultrasound-guided Greater Occipital and Third Occipital Nerve Block. Interventional Pain Management: A Practical Approach. 2016 Feb 29:434.

·   Bandikatla VB, Narayanan S, Balasubramanian S. Ultrasound-guided Thoracic Interventions: Paravertebral Blocks. Interventional Pain Management: A Practical Approach. 2016 Feb 29:449.

·   Bandikatla VB, Narayanan S, Balasubramanian S. Cervical Medial Branch Block. Interventional Pain Management: A Practical Approach. 2016 Feb 29:439.

·   Balasubramanian S, Bandikatla VB, Narayanan S. Ultrasound-guided Lumbar Medial Branch Block. Interventional Pain Management: A Practical Approach. 2016 Feb 29:455.

·   Author of the chapter ‘Basic Principles and Monitoring’ for ‘Oxford Specialist Handbook of Spinal Interventions in Pain Management’ (ISBN 9780199586912; Editor, Simpson et al, Oxford University Press, 2012).

·   Author of the chapter ‘Anaesthesia for the malnourished’ in the book ‘Anaesthesia for the high risk patient’ 2nd Edition (ISBN-10: 1841102261 Editor: Ian McConachie, Greenwich Medical Media Ltd 2008)

National guidelines

·   Gupta, S., Baranidharan, G., Thomson, S. and Balasubramanian, S., 7.3 Interventional Techniques in Pain Management. Core Standards for Pain Management Services, p.108, Faculty of Pain Medicine, 2021

·   Author: Chapter ‘Pain Management in Adults’. UK Ambulance Services Clinical Practice Guidelines, Joint Royal Colleges Ambulance Liaison Committee, 2017

·   Contributing author: Chapter 7.3 ‘Interventional Techniques in Pain Management’. Core Standards for Pain Management Services in the UK, Faculty of Pain Medicine, 2015

·   Working party: ‘Standards of good practice for spinal interventional procedures in pain medicine’, British Pain Society & Faculty of Pain Medicine, April 2015

·   Working party: ‘Standards of good practice for medial branch block injections and radiofrequency denervation for low back pain’, British Pain Society & Faculty of Pain Medicine, March 2014