Pain Management
Critics Slam Updated Infection Control Recommendations for Hospitals
Health care workers worry whether the guidelines are protecting a hospital's bottom line rather than worker health
American Society of Anesthesiologists, Oct. 13 to 17
Acupuncture Aids Outcomes After Heart Valve Surgery
Reduction seen in pain, nausea, stress, and anxiety, as well as incidence of atrial fibrillation
Adverse Childhood Experiences Linked to Headache in Adulthood
Odds of primary headache increase as the number of adverse childhood experiences increases
ASA: Deep Learning Model Can Improve Pain Assessment
Model performed with accuracy of 88 percent for Critical Care Pain Observation Tool, 66 percent for visual analog scale
Affording Health Care Now a Struggle for Half of Americans: Poll
More than half delayed or skipped care because of concerns about costs
Health Care Workers Reported More Days of Poor Mental Health in 2022
2018 to 2022 saw increase in days of poor mental health and in percentage reporting feeling burnout very often
Unique Workplace Concerns Tied to Health Worker Depression, Anxiety During Pandemic
Associations seen for working on the hospital unit, mood disturbances, and sleep disturbances with depression, anxiety
Georgia to Be First State to Let Pharmacies Sell Low-Dose Cannabis
Meanwhile, the sale of marijuana is still illegal on a federal level
Opioid Use Down With High-Frequency Electrical Stimulation Device After C-Section
Less opioid medication used prior to discharge and fewer MME prescribed at discharge in the functional versus sham device group
