Pain Medicine
RCT: Sub dissociative dose of ketamine with haloperidol vs. fentanyl on pain reduction in patients with acute pain in the emergency department.
21 Feb, 2022 | 08:37h | UTCSub dissociative dose of ketamine with haloperidol versus fentanyl on pain reduction in patients with acute pain in the emergency department; a randomized clinical trial – The American Journal of Emergency Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Review: Drug treatment of cluster headache.
17 Feb, 2022 | 08:18h | UTCDrug Treatment of Cluster Headache – Drugs
Expert Consensus: Exercise for Neuropathic Pain.
16 Feb, 2022 | 08:25h | UTCExercise for Neuropathic Pain: A Systematic Review and Expert Consensus – Frontiers in Medicine
Cost-effectiveness of physical therapy vs. intra-articular glucocorticoid injection for knee osteoarthritis: a secondary analysis from a randomized clinical trial.
16 Feb, 2022 | 08:24h | UTC
RCT: In patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty, two doses of dexamethasone reduced pain intensity and consumption of morphine.
11 Feb, 2022 | 08:41h | UTC
Podcast: Chronic pelvic pain.
11 Feb, 2022 | 08:27h | UTCChronic Pelvic Pain – The Curbsiders
Short Review: Biologics for episodic and chronic migraines.
10 Feb, 2022 | 08:40h | UTCBiologics for episodic and chronic migraines – Canadian Family Physician
M-A: Pain management in acute pancreatitis.
10 Feb, 2022 | 08:29h | UTC
Randomized crossover study shows regular use of Paracetamol increases systolic blood pressure by approximately 5 mm Hg when compared with placebo in hypertensive individuals.
8 Feb, 2022 | 10:11h | UTCRegular Acetaminophen Use and Blood Pressure in People With Hypertension: The PATH-BP Trial – Circulation (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries:
Regular paracetamol use linked to higher blood pressure, study finds – University of Edinburg
Blood pressure warning over long-term paracetamol use – BBC
Expert panel consensus on management of advanced cancer–related pain in individuals with opioid use disorder.
8 Feb, 2022 | 08:49h | UTCCommentaries:
Guidance Offered for Managing Pain in Patients With Cancer and OUD – HealthDay
The CanPain SCI clinical practice guidelines for rehabilitation management of neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury.
8 Feb, 2022 | 08:47h | UTC
Hyaluronic acid injections have increased for knee arthritis in the US, despite guideline recommendations against their use.
4 Feb, 2022 | 08:32h | UTCHyaluronic Acid Injections for Knee Osteoarthritis: Has Utilization Among Medicare Beneficiaries Changed Between 2012 and 2018? – The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
News Release: Hyaluronic acid injections have increased for knee arthritis – despite recommendations against their use
Related Guideline: Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Knee: Evidence-Based Guideline, 2nd Edition – Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
RCT: In patients with complex regional pain syndrome, lumbar sympathetic ganglion block with botulinum toxin type A may reduce pain intensity.
3 Feb, 2022 | 08:25h | UTC
WHO systematic review and meta-analysis: efficacy and safety of pharmacological, physical, and psychological interventions for the management of chronic pain in children.
28 Jan, 2022 | 08:27h | UTC
Evidence-Based Guidelines for Prehospital Pain Management.
28 Jan, 2022 | 08:24h | UTC
Review: Postoperative pain management in enhanced recovery pathways.
27 Jan, 2022 | 09:24h | UTCPostoperative Pain Management in Enhanced Recovery Pathways – Journal of Pain Research
RCT: In patients undergoing laparoscopic colectomy, intraperitoneal infusion of lidocaine reduced postoperative opioid consumption compared to intravenous infusions of lidocaine.
27 Jan, 2022 | 09:17h | UTCIntravenous Local Anesthetic Compared With Intraperitoneal Local Anesthetic in Laparoscopic Colectomy: A Double-blind Randomized Controlled Trial – Annals of Surgery (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
An updated overview of low back pain management.
21 Jan, 2022 | 09:23h | UTCAn Updated Overview of Low Back Pain Management – Asian Spine Journal
RCT: Lidocaine spray may reduce pain during radial arterial puncture.
21 Jan, 2022 | 09:19h | UTCEffectiveness of lidocaine spray on radial arterial puncture pain: A randomized double-blind placebo controlled trial – The American Journal of Emergency Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Review: Cannabis-based medicines and medical cannabis for chronic neuropathic pain.
20 Jan, 2022 | 08:39h | UTCCannabis-Based Medicines and Medical Cannabis for Chronic Neuropathic Pain – CNS Drugs
Related:
Living Systematic Review on Cannabis and Other Plant-Based Treatments for Chronic Pain.
Cannabis products are being sold as sleep remedies – here’s the evidence about their effectiveness.
Guideline: Medical cannabis or cannabinoids for chronic pain.
NICE Guideline: Cannabis-Based Medicinal Products
Short Review: Drug Interactions with Cannabinoids
Meta-Analysis: Cannabinoids Not Effective for Cancer-Related Pain
M-A: Evaluation of interventions to reduce opioid prescribing for patients discharged from the emergency department.
19 Jan, 2022 | 08:13h | UTCInvited commentary: Optimizing Opioid Prescriptions for Patients in the Emergency Department—How Much Is Almost Never? – JAMA Network Open
Commentary on Twitter
This meta-analysis of 63 studies showed that most interventions were able to reduce opioid prescription rates but not the prescribed opioid quantity for ED-discharged patients. Almost no data on patients-centered outcomes were assessed in these studies. https://t.co/Cd1D7EjCkI
— JAMA Network Open (@JAMANetworkOpen) January 13, 2022
Global, regional, and national burdens of hip osteoarthritis from 1990 to 2019: estimates from the 2019 Global Burden of Disease Study.
18 Jan, 2022 | 09:27h | UTC
Cluster randomized trial: no added value of duloxetine for patients with chronic pain due to hip or knee osteoarthritis.
16 Jan, 2022 | 22:59h | UTC
Review: Migraine.
14 Jan, 2022 | 08:16h | UTCMigraine – Nature Reviews Disease Primers (if the link is paywalled, try this one)
Infographic: Migraine (if the link is paywalled, try this one)
AAN Guideline: Oral and topical treatment of painful diabetic polyneuropathy.
8 Jan, 2022 | 23:18h | UTCNews Release: AAN Issues Guideline for Treatment of Painful Diabetic Neuropathy – American Academy of Neurology