Tag: Pain
Less Than Half of Women Report Pregnancy-Related Lumbopelvic Pain to Providers
Providers should ask about pregnancy-related lumbopelvic pain and treat if interfering with activities of daily living
Pain at One Year Post-MI Linked to Increased Risk for Mortality
Hazard ratios were 1.35 and 2.06 for moderate and extreme pain measured at one year after hospital discharge
Recommendations Developed for Acetaminophen Poisoning
Recommendations include criteria for ED triage, laboratory evaluation and monitoring parameters, management of acetylcysteine treatment
High-Dose VX-548 Reduces Acute Pain Over 48 Hours
Study shows reduction in acute pain for high- but not low-dose VX-548
$11 Million Awarded to Family of Woman Who Died After Taking Kratom
Kratom does not have U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval, but is sold online and at convenience stores
Maternal Labor Epidural Analgesia May Be Linked to Autism in Children
Risk increased with labor epidural analgesia alone and labor epidural analgesia and oxytocin compared with no exposure
Initiating Patient-Controlled Epidural in OR Beneficial for Pain Control
Patients also required fewer opioids when initiating patient-controlled epidural anesthesia in operating room
Multiple Myeloma Symptoms Are Generally Nonspecific
Vertebral fractures, underrecognized as pathological, were main cause of irreversible organ damage
Study Links Greater Number of Chronic Pain Sites to Risk for Dementia
Greater number of chronic pain sites linked to increased incident all-cause dementia, Alzheimer disease but not vascular and frontotemporal dementia
Medical Cannabis Laws Seem Not to Have Affected Opioid, Nonopioid Therapy
No impact on receipt of opioid or nonopioid pain treatment seen among patients with chronic noncancer pain
