COVID-19 Incidence Not Increased With Corticosteroid Injections
Incidence of COVID-19 lower for adults receiving image-guided corticosteroid injections for pain management
Corticosteroid Injections Plus Exercise Ease Achilles Tendinopathy
Reduction in symptoms at six months greater for corticosteroid injections, versus placebo injections, in combination with exercise therapy
Model Can Predict Chronic Postsurgical Pain
Approximately one-fourth of patients experience chronic pain after surgery
PT Noninferior to Arthroscopic Surgery for Meniscal Tear
Exercise-based physical therapy noninferior to arthroscopic surgery for degenerative meniscal tear with regard to patient-reported knee function
Resilience and Stress Management Program Aids Health Care Workers
Improvements seen in resilience, stress, anxiety, and burnout-exhaustion after the six-week program
Impact of Affiliation Mixed for Rural U.S. Hospitals
Benefits seen for financially distressed hospitals, but affiliation increases risk for closure among financially stable hospitals
Experts Address Managing Cancer-Related Pain in Setting of Opioid Abuse, Misuse
Palliative and addiction medicine specialists provide consensus-based guidance for three common clinical scenarios
Framework Issued for Developing Living Practice Guidelines
Framework addresses planning, production, reporting, and dissemination processes, as well as provides definitions
Doctors May Under-Prescribe Pain Meds During Night Shifts
Physicians less likely to prescribe an analgesic during night shifts versus daytime shifts
NHS Privatization Tied to Increase in Treatable Mortality
Annual increase of 1 percent of outsourcing to the private for-profit sector linked to annual increase of 0.38 percent in treatable mortality
