OrthoDx: Peripelvic Pain Following Motorcycle Accident
A 22-year-old woman presents to the emergency room with severe pain in the pelvis after a motorcycle accident. What is the best treatment option?
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OrthoDx: Mid-Back Pain After Kyphoplasty
A 90-year-old woman presents to the office 2 weeks after undergoing kyphoplasty for the treatment of vertebral compression at T12. The patient reports increasing mid-back pain and difficulty ambulating. What is the most likely diagnosis?
Pain Management Education for APRNs Is Still Lacking
The majority of APRNs report low levels of preparedness in caring for patients with basic chronic or acute pain management needs in their first year of practice.
Opioid Guideline Resources for Nurse Practitioners
The CDC offers 4 resources to support Nurse Practitioners in implementing opioid guidelines.
NSAIDs Better Than Codeine for Outpatient Postoperative Pain
Global assessments at six and 24 hours better with NSAID use, and fewer adverse effects, including bleeding events, reported
Getting Ahead of Migraines With Current and Emerging Approaches
Besides acetaminophen, NSAIDs, triptans, ergot alkaloids, and adjunct antiemetics, gepants and ditans are recently approved for migraine patients.
Spinal Cord Stimulation May Provide Relief in Painful Diabetic Neuropathy
At follow-up, 65.9% of the treatment group and 8.5% of the control cohort exhibited improvements in painful diabetic neuropathy.
Migraine Linked to Hypertension in Menopausal Women
Slightly stronger association was seen for ever users of menopausal hormone therapy than never users.
Premature Mortality Not Associated With Chronic or Increasing Pain Among Patients With Psoriatic Arthritis
Researchers sought to determine if a higher cumulative pain intensity is associated with premature mortality risk in patients with PsA.
Case Report: Pain Med Dose Linked to Patient’s Sleepwalking
The patient, who had suffered a traumatic brain injury approximately 8 months prior, presented to the emergency department complaining of increasing dizziness as well as sleepwalking frequency.
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