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Uncategorized Published - 23 November, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Study Finds Connection Between Chronic Pain, Anxiety Disorders

New research provides insight into a long-observed, but little-understood connection between chronic pain and anxiety and offers a potential target for treatment. The findings, published in Biological Psychiatry, showed that increased expression of a peptide neurotransmitter the body releases in response to stress — pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide (PACAP) — is also increased in […]

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Uncategorized Published - 23 November, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Review Finds Nondrug Approaches Effective for Treatment of Common Pain Conditions

Data from a review of US-based clinical trials published today in Mayo Clinic Proceedings suggest that some of the most popular complementary health approaches appear to be effective tools for helping to manage common pain conditions. The review was conducted by a group of scientists from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), […]

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Uncategorized Published - 23 November, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Which level is responsible for gluteal pain in lumbar disc hernia?

BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2016; 17(1): 356. Authors: Guofang Fang, et al There are many different reasons why patients could be experiencing pain in the gluteal area. Previous studies have shown an association between radicular low back pain (LBP) and gluteal pain (GP). Studies locating the specific level responsible for gluteal pain in lumbar disc hernias […]

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Uncategorized Published - 23 November, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Near Miss for Wrong-Sided Block Illustrates Importance of Protocols

The Case of the Sweaty Patient: Despite a zero-tolerance policy at many institutions and organizations, wrong-sided blocks still occur, although many go unreported. Yet as a near miss at Duke University Medical Center helps illustrate, implementation of an anesthesiologist-led block protocol helps prevent such accidents from taking place. “We’ve always had an institutional guideline for […]

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Uncategorized Published - 22 November, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Device for Identifying Epidural Space Shows Promise

Preliminary analysis of data from an ongoing multicenter trial suggests that epidural analgesia may be about to take its most radical turn in more than a century. The analysis found that a novel computerized injection pump technology is as successful in identifying the epidural space as are fluoroscopy and loss of resistance, which one of […]

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