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Pain Management

Hospitalized Oncology Patients Receiving Palliative Care

Feb 21, 2023

The following is a summary of "Delivering Palliative Care to Hospitalized Oncology Patients: A Scoping Review," published in the FEBRUARY 2023 issue of Pain Management by Han, et al. Early, con...

Stakeholder Viewpoints on Assisted Dying and Dignity

Feb 20, 2023

The following is a summary of "A Systematic Review of Stakeholder Perspectives of Dignity and Assisted Dying," published in the February 2023 issue of Pain Management by Quah, et al. With the a...

Transcendental Meditation Helps to Alleviate Burnout in Academic Physicians

Feb 16, 2023

THURSDAY, Feb. 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Transcendental Meditation (TM) is a viable and effective intervention to decrease burnout and depression among academic physicians, according to a study pub...

Features of Family Doctors Who Conduct Home Visits

Feb 16, 2023

The following is a summary of "Characteristics of Family Physicians Delivering Home Visits: A Canadian Retrospective Cohort Study," published in the February 2023 issue of Pain Management by Scott, et...

Prior Paid Medical Malpractice Claims Predict Future Claims Risk

Feb 16, 2023

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A single prior paid medical malpractice claim is associated with substantial, long-lived higher future claim risk, according to a study published online Fe...

Identifying Different Clinical Profiles of Advanced Heart Failure Patients Using Latent Class Analysis

Feb 15, 2023

The following is a summary of "Using Latent Class Analysis to Identify Different Clinical Profiles Among Patients With Advanced Heart Failure," published in the February 2023 issue of Pain Management ...

Initiation of Opioids Not Recommended for Chronic Pain

Feb 15, 2023

TUESDAY, Feb. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- In a synopsis of the latest U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) clinical practice guideline, published online Feb. ...

10 Percent of New Drugs Approved Without Meeting Primary Efficacy End Points

Feb 15, 2023

TUESDAY, Feb. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- From 2018 to 2021, 10 percent of drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration were based on pivotal studies with null findings for one or more pri...

Study on Pediatric Pectus Excavatum Repair Pain Quality

Feb 14, 2023

The following is the summary of “Pain Quality After Pediatric Pectus Excavatum Repair”  published in the December 2022 issue of Pain Management by Manworren, et al. In multimodal postopera...

Opioid Tapering May Have Unintended Negative Consequences

Feb 14, 2023

MONDAY, Feb. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients prescribed long-term opioid therapy (LTOT), opioid tapering may have unintended negative consequences, including more emergency department visits...

Children's Persistent Post-Operative Pain: An Argument for Pediatric Transitional Pain Services

Feb 13, 2023

The following is the summary of “Persistent Post-Operative Pain in Children – An Argument for a Transitional Pain Service in Pediatrics”  published in the December 2022 issue of Pain Management...

Youth With Hematologic, Oncologic Conditions Benefit From Massage

Feb 10, 2023

FRIDAY, Feb. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Clinical massage therapy benefits youth with hematologic and oncologic conditions, according to a study published online Feb. 1 in Pediatric Blood & Cance...

Medical Cannabis Tied to Lessening of Opioid Dosages

Feb 10, 2023

FRIDAY, Feb. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Among patients taking long-term opioid therapy, medical cannabis is associated with reductions in opioid dosages, according to a study published online Jan. 3...

Implementing and Developing an Online Continuing Education Program for Pain Management

Feb 10, 2023

The following is the summary of “Development and Implementation of an Online Pain Management Continuing Education Program” published in the December 2022 issue of Pain Management by Richardson, et...

Pediatric Palliative Care and Immunization-Preventable Diseases

Feb 08, 2023

The following is a summary of "Vaccine Preventable Diseases in Pediatric Palliative Care – A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study," published in the February 2023 issue of Pain Management by Vaillant, ...

Palliative Care Patient-Reported Quality Measures

Feb 08, 2023

The following is a summary of "Patient-Reported Quality Measures for Palliative Care: The Time is now," published in the February 2023 issue of Pain Management by Walling, et al. There needed t...

Assessment of Pediatric Complex Care Providers' Palliative Care Needs

Feb 07, 2023

The following is a summary of "Palliative Care Needs Assessment for Pediatric Complex Care Providers," published in the February 2023 issue of Pain Management by DiDomizio, et al. Pediatric tea...

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...

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