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Pain Management

Serious Illness: Advance Care Planning

Feb 06, 2023

The following is a summary of "Advance Care Planning in Serious Illness: A Narrative Review," published in the January 2023 issue of Pain Management by Rosa, et al. By soliciting patient prefer...

Systematic Review of Uremic Pruritus Acupuncture

Feb 06, 2023

The following is a summary of "Acupuncture for Uremic Pruritus: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis," published in the January 2023 issue of Pain Management by Zhang, et al. A chronic conditi...

AI Algorithm Predicts Headache Surgical Outcomes From Pain Patterns

Feb 04, 2023

FRIDAY, Feb. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm can correlate pain patterns drawn by patients with headache surgical outcome, according to a study published in the F...

Evidence for Efficacy of Antidepressants for Pain Is Limited

Feb 03, 2023

THURSDAY, Feb. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Evidence for the efficacy of antidepressants for pain is limited and often inconclusive, according to research published online Feb. 1 in The BMJ.Giovanni E....

Inflation Reduction Act Estimated to Yield Billions in Drug Savings

Feb 03, 2023

THURSDAY, Feb. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A new simulation suggests Medicare drug savings from the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 will be substantial, according to a study published online Jan. 27 i...

Effects of Education Program and Remote-Based Monitoring on Cancer Pain Management in Outpatient Pain Clinic

Feb 01, 2023

The following is the summary of “Effect of Remote-Based Monitoring and Education Program on Cancer Pain Management in an Outpatient Pain Clinic” published in the December 2022 issue of Pain Manage...

COVID-19 Pandemic Pain-related Variables in COPD Patients

Jan 31, 2023

The following is the summary of “Cross-sectional study of pain-related variables before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in patients with COPD”  published in the December 2022 issue of Pain manag...

Persistent Pain Treatment: An Interdisciplinary, Nurse Co-Led Model for Primary Care

Jan 30, 2023

The following is the summary of “Treating Persistent Pain: A Nurse Co-Led, Interdisciplinary Model for Primary Care” published in the December 2022 issue of Pain management by Benes, et al. ...

FDA Says No to Regulating CBD Products as Supplements

Jan 30, 2023

FRIDAY, Jan. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it cannot regulate cannabidiol (CBD) supplements because there is not enough evidence on their safety. The...

Obesity Trends Among US Elderly Adults in the Last Two Years of Life

Jan 27, 2023

The following is a summary of "Trends in Obesity Prevalence among US Older Adults in the Last Two Years of Life, 1998–2018," published in the November 2022 issue of Pain Management by Harris, et al....

Taxonomy of Spiritual Suffering, Grief/Loss, and Coping Strategies of HD Caregivers

Jan 25, 2023

The following is a summary of "Layers of Loss: A Scoping Review and Taxonomy of HD Caregivers’ Spiritual Suffering, Grief/Loss and Coping Strategies," published in the January 2023 issue of Pain Man...

Treatment of Non-cancer Fatigue and Cancer Fatigue with Bupropion

Jan 24, 2023

The following is a summary of "Cancer and Non-cancer Fatigue Treated With Bupropion: A Systematic Review," published in the January 2023 issue of Pain Management by Correa-Morales, et al. There...

Dietary Fiber Intake Tied to Incidence of Migraine

Jan 23, 2023

MONDAY, Jan. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Increased dietary fiber intake is associated with a decreased incidence of migraine, according to a study published online Jan. 4 in Frontiers in Nutrition.Ha...

Code Status Conversation Patterns and Communication Training by Emergency Clinicians

Jan 23, 2023

The following is a summary of "Communication Training and Code Status Conversation Patterns Reported by Emergency Clinicians," published in the January 2023 issue of Pain Management by Prachanukool, e...

Rate of Opioid Rx at Discharge From Emergency Department Declining

Jan 22, 2023

FRIDAY, Jan. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- From 2017-2018 to 2019-2020, there has been a decrease in opioid prescribing at discharge from the emergency department, according to a January data brief pu...

Racial, Ethnic Inequities Seen in Opioid Access for Patients Dying of Cancer

Jan 19, 2023

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients dying of cancer, racial and ethnic inequities in opioid access are substantial and persistent, according to a study published online Jan. 10 i...

Acupuncture, Acupressure Beneficial in Gynecologic Cancer Surgery Setting

Jan 17, 2023

TUESDAY, Jan. 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Preoperative touch/relaxation and intraoperative acupuncture treatments are effective for reducing anxiety and pain in the gynecological oncology surgical se...

Telehealth-Delivered Inpatient Palliative Care: Assessing the Quality During Early COVID-19

Jan 16, 2023

The following is a summary of "Quality of Telehealth-Delivered Inpatient Palliative Care During the Early COVID-19 Pandemic," published in the JANUARY 2023 issue of Pain and Symptom Management by Soli...

Interpreting the Findings of a Systematic Review on the Use of MCIDs in Palliative Research

Jan 16, 2023

The following is a summary of "Application of Minimal Clinically Important Differences in Palliative Research: Interpretation of Results of a Systematic Review," published in the December 2022 issue o...

Patients With Intellectual Disability: Barriers to Palliative Care Access

Jan 16, 2023

The following is a summary of "Barriers to Palliative Care Access in Patients With Intellectual Disability: A Scoping Review," published in the December 2022 issue of Pain and Symptom Management by Ve...

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