Mar 22, 2021

Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD) are a group of antibody-mediated chronic inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system. Rituximab is a monoclonal antibody that leads to a reducti...

Mar 22, 2021

Several new therapeutic drugs are now available for the management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Given that RA has been associated with an increased risk of certain cancers like lymphoma and lung canc...

Mar 18, 2021

Despite application of multimodal pain management strategies, patients undergoing spinal fusion surgery frequently report severe postoperative pain. Methadone and ketamine, which are N-methyl-d-aspart...

Mar 18, 2021

Opioids are a mainstay of pain management. To limit the use of opioids, enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocols implement multimodal approaches to treat postoperative pain.This paper aims to ...

Mar 18, 2021

A previous Delphi survey from the Rational Use of Analgesics (RUA) project involving Italian palliative care specialists revealed some discrepancies between current guidelines and clinical practice wi...

Mar 18, 2021

To investigate perceived expressed emotion (EE) and self-esteem in adolescents with primary headaches and to assess the psychologic factors, especially perceived EE, that may play a mediating role in ...

Mar 18, 2021

Monoclonal antibodies targeting CGRP or its receptor (anti-CGRP mAbs) are proven to be effective treatments in migraine prevention. Real-world evidence studies assessing their efficacy are scarce.Our ...

Mar 18, 2021

. The evaluation of individuals with fibromyalgia is challenging. Electroencephalography is a promising resource for identifying physiological biomarkers in fibromyalgia, contributing to its diagnosis...

Mar 18, 2021

This study aimed to estimate the economic burden of fibromyalgia (FM) in 6 months, using a cost-diary, and to evaluate its relationship with the disease severity.This is a prospective cost-of-illness...

Mar 18, 2021

The dense reconstruction of neuronal wiring diagrams from volumetric electron microscopy data has the potential to generate fundamentally new insights into mechanisms of information processing and sto...

Mar 18, 2021

The objective was to identify the impact of social distance in the management of noncommunicable diseases (NCD) in the adult population from the state of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil. This is an...

Mar 18, 2021

Although pulmonary involvement is the most common extra-articular manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), traditional pulmonary function tests (PFTs) do not show a good correlation with the field ...

Mar 18, 2021

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients often report lacking information on medication side effects. The aims of this study were to observe how rheumatology healthcare providers deliver medication informat...

Mar 18, 2021

This narrative review represents an output from the International Association for the Study of Pain's global task force on the use of cannabis, cannabinoids, and cannabis-based medicines (CBM) for pai...

Mar 18, 2021

Identifying genetic risk factors for lumbar spine disorders may lead to knowledge regarding underlying mechanisms and the development of new treatments. We conducted a genome-wide association study in...

Mar 18, 2021

Concerns have been raised regarding the misuse of opioids among patients with chronic pain. Although a number of factors may contribute to opioid misuse, research has yet to examine if the hedonic and...

Mar 15, 2021

Fentanyl test strip (FTS) programs are designed to promote fentanyl awareness and reduce overdose risk by providing people who use drugs (PWUD) with a method of testing drugs for the presence of fenta...

Mar 15, 2021

Surgical exploration of retained air rifle bullet at the neck region is challenging because it is difficult to find bullets during exploration and prevent damage to vital structures. A bedside real-ti...

Mar 15, 2021

Population-based clinical studies in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) and epidemiological and clinical comparisons of White ethnicities are missing. In a large population-based internati...

Mar 15, 2021

In the current study, the N-benzylidene-4-((2-hydroxynaphthalene-1-yl) diazenyl) hydrazides (NCHDH and NTHDH) were evaluated against the Carrageenan- and CFA-induced models. During the preliminary in...