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With Stephanie Studenski, MD; Daniel White, PT, ScD, MSc; Devyani Misra, MBBS, and Dorothy Dunlop, PhD The urgency for pain specialists and primary care practitioners to prescribe physical activity to patients with rheumatic diseases was emphasized as a key recommendation by a panel of experts at the 2017 annual meeting of the American College of […]
Read MorePerioperative aspirin seems beneficial for high-risk patients undergoing noncardiac surgery who’ve previously undergone percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), according to a subanalysis from the POISE-2 trial. The findings were published in the Annals of Internal Medicine and presented at the American Heart Association conference on Monday. In POISE-2, 10,000 adults with or at risk for atherosclerotic disease who […]
Read MoreIbuprofen and opioids are similarly effective for short-term relief of acute extremity pain when combined with acetaminophen, according to a JAMA study. Some 400 adults presenting to the emergency department with moderate-to-severe acute extremity pain (e.g., from sprain or fracture) were randomized to one of four single-dose oral treatments: Ibuprofen (400 mg) and acetaminophen (1000 mg) […]
Read MoreAuthors: Rebecca L. Johnson, MD, et al. “Continuous Posterior Lumbar Plexus Nerve Block Versus Periarticular Injection with Ropivacaine or Liposomal Bupivacaine for Total Hip Arthroplasty. A Three-Arm Randomized Clinical Trial” Li, Xinning MD JBJS: November 01, 2017 – Volume 99 – Issue 21 – p e117 Total joint replacement is projected to become the most common […]
Read MoreA study, presented at Anesthesiology 2017, examined the effectiveness of spinal and general anesthesia in spine surgery patients, Medscape reports. New York City-based Montefiore Medical Center’s Matthew Morris, MD, and colleagues conducted the study. Researchers examined demographic and clinical data for 188 patients who underwent a lumbar laminectomy or a discectomy procedure between 2012 and 2016. They […]
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