Richa Wardhan

Richa Wardhan, MD

Associate Professor Of Anesthesiology

Department: MD-ANEST-ACUTE PAIN SERVICE
Business Phone: (352) 273-8954
Business Email: rwardhan@anest.ufl.edu

About Richa Wardhan

Dr. Wardhan came to us from Yale University School of Medicine where she was an Assistant Professor and Fellowship Director of Regional Anesthesia. She developed and implemented both clinical and educational components at Yale and the Saint Raphael Campuses of the Yale Department of Anesthesiology Regional Subdivision.

Dr. Wardhan earned her Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery at Gandhi Medical College in Bhopal M.P., India, and a Medical Degree at PT. Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Medical College in Raipur, India. She completed her internship in internal medicine at Griffin Hospital in Derby, Connecticut, an anesthesiology residency at Yale University School of Medicine, and a fellowship in regional anesthesiology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Dr. Wardhan is a member of the American Board of Anesthesiology and the International Anesthesia Research Society. She has made a great number of contributions to publications, peer-reviewed educational material, and abstracts.

Board Certifications

  • Anesthesiology
    American Board of Anesthesiology

Clinical Profile

Specialties
  • Anesthesiology

Publications

2023
Does an Epidural Blood Patch (EBP) for Postdural Puncture Headache (PDPH) From a Lumbar Spinal Drain Necessitate a Distinct Approach?
Cureus. 15(2) [DOI] 10.7759/cureus.35098. [PMID] 36945261.
2023
Letter to the Editor: Preoperative Peripheral Nerve Blocks in Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery: A Guide to Diagnosis-Based Treatment.
The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. 31(9):e459-e460 [DOI] 10.5435/JAAOS-D-22-00151. [PMID] 36107120.
2023
Pain Control with Regional Anesthesia in Patients at Risk of Acute Compartment Syndrome: Review of the Literature and Editorial View.
Journal of pain research. 16:635-648 [DOI] 10.2147/JPR.S397428. [PMID] 36891457.
2023
Qualitative fit test outcomes for N95 filtering facepiece respirators in health care workers.
American journal of infection control. 51(2):194-198 [DOI] 10.1016/j.ajic.2022.05.022. [PMID] 35659562.
2023
Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management for Adult Patients with Burns.
Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association. 44(4):791-799 [DOI] 10.1093/jbcr/irad069. [PMID] 37191659.
2022
A multisociety organizational consensus process to define guiding principles for acute perioperative pain management.
Regional anesthesia and pain medicine. 47(2):118-127 [DOI] 10.1136/rapm-2021-103083. [PMID] 34552003.
2022
Are the Placement, Maintenance, and Removal of Femoral and Sciatic Catheters Associated With Bleeding Complications in Vascular Patients on Antithrombotics? A Single-Center, Retrospective Cohort Study.
Anesthesia and analgesia. 134(1):188-193 [DOI] 10.1213/ANE.0000000000005743. [PMID] 34591797.
2022
Gas Pressure From the Endoscope: An Unexplored Contributor to Morbidity and Mortality?
Cureus. 14(11) [DOI] 10.7759/cureus.31779. [PMID] 36569698.
2022
Prevention of pulmonary complications in sedated patients undergoing interventional procedures in the nonoperating room anesthesia setting.
Current opinion in anaesthesiology. 35(4):493-501 [DOI] 10.1097/ACO.0000000000001158. [PMID] 35787534.
2022
Quantifying drysuit seal pressures in non-immersed scuba divers.
Diving and hyperbaric medicine. 52(2):103-107 [DOI] 10.28920/dhm52.2.103-107. [PMID] 35732282.
2021
Letter & Response: Consideration of the numerous etiologies of carbon monoxide exposures: Letter.
Undersea & hyperbaric medicine : journal of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, Inc. 48(4) [PMID] 34847310.
2021
Letter: Impact of anesthetic drugs on venous filtration of intravascular gas.
Undersea & hyperbaric medicine : journal of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, Inc. 48(2) [DOI] 10.22462/03.04.2021.12. [PMID] 33975412.
2021
Paravertebral catheter study leaves questions unanswered.
Regional anesthesia and pain medicine. 46(10):931-932 [DOI] 10.1136/rapm-2020-102273. [PMID] 33268461.
2021
Patient and Procedural Determinants of Postoperative Pain Trajectories.
Anesthesiology. 134(3):421-434 [DOI] 10.1097/ALN.0000000000003681. [PMID] 33449996.
2020
A Miss is as Good as a Mile: Ultrasound Estimation of Needle Angulation Cannot be Overlooked in Paramedian Spinal Approach.
Anesthesia and analgesia. 131(1) [DOI] 10.1213/ANE.0000000000004835. [PMID] 32759619.
2020
Bloody Cerebrospinal Fluid Drainage.
Anesthesiology. 133(1) [DOI] 10.1097/ALN.0000000000003334. [PMID] 32349071.
2020
Does a Modified Adhesive Respirator Improve the Face Seal for Health Care Workers Who Previously Failed a Fit Test?: A Pilot Study During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic.
A&A practice. 14(8) [DOI] 10.1213/XAA.0000000000001264. [PMID] 32643906.
2020
Iatrogenic Dural Puncture-induced Abducens Nerve Palsy: Treatment with Epidural Blood Patch.
Cureus. 12(1) [DOI] 10.7759/cureus.6622. [PMID] 31966940.
2020
Suture-catheters Compared with Traditional Catheters: Comment.
Anesthesiology. 133(4):951-952 [DOI] 10.1097/ALN.0000000000003471. [PMID] 32773680.
2020
The Challenges of Ultrasound-guided Thoracic Paravertebral Blocks in Rib Fracture Patients.
Cureus. 12(4) [DOI] 10.7759/cureus.7626. [PMID] 32292684.
2020
Ultrasound-Guided Upper Trunk Perineural Catheter for Shoulder Surgery: A Description of Catheter Technique.
Cureus. 12(10) [DOI] 10.7759/cureus.11095. [PMID] 33123419.
2019
Is continuous proximal adductor canal analgesia with a periarticular injection comparable to continuous epidural analgesia for postoperative pain after Total Knee Arthroplasty? A retrospective study.
Romanian journal of anaesthesia and intensive care. 26(1):9-15 [DOI] 10.2478/rjaic-2019-0002. [PMID] 31111090.
2017
Recent advances in acute pain management: understanding the mechanisms of acute pain, the prescription of opioids, and the role of multimodal pain therapy.
F1000Research. 6 [DOI] 10.12688/f1000research.12286.1. [PMID] 29225793.
2015
Update on paravertebral blocks.
Current opinion in anaesthesiology. 28(5):588-92 [DOI] 10.1097/ACO.0000000000000235. [PMID] 26308511.
2014
Is L2 paravertebral block comparable to lumbar plexus block for postoperative analgesia after total hip arthroplasty?
Clinical orthopaedics and related research. 472(5):1475-81 [DOI] 10.1007/s11999-013-3393-9. [PMID] 24390828.
2013
Assessment and management of rib fracture pain in geriatric population: an ode to old age.
Current opinion in anaesthesiology. 26(5):626-31 [DOI] 10.1097/01.aco.0000432516.93715.a7. [PMID] 23995061.
2012
Using time-frequency analysis of the photoplethysmographic waveform to detect the withdrawal of 900 mL of blood.
Anesthesia and analgesia. 115(1):74-81 [DOI] 10.1213/ANE.0b013e318256486c. [PMID] 22543068.
2009
Peripheral venous pressure waveform.
Current opinion in anaesthesiology. 22(6):814-21 [DOI] 10.1097/ACO.0b013e328332a343. [PMID] 19844178.
2008
Understanding anesthesia through functional imaging.
Current opinion in anaesthesiology. 21(5):530-6 [DOI] 10.1097/ACO.0b013e32830edbf3. [PMID] 18784475.

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