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Editor’s Memo from March, 2016 By Forest Tennant, MD, DrPH For many years, I’ve had my two local papers, The Los Angeles Times and San Gabriel Valley Tribune, delivered to my door early each morning. The San Gabriel Valley is just east of downtown Los Angeles and consists of two-dozen bedroom communities. Both newspapers delivered a shock on the […]
Read MoreNew insights from Roger B. Fillingim, PhD, into why the sexes experience pain differently By Kristin Della Volpe Q Why is research into sex and gender differences in the assessment and treatment of pain so important? Dr. Fillingim: This area of research may help us understand why men and women seem to have different pain experiences. If […]
Read MorePatients who misuse opioids may be recreational users, patients with the disease of addiction, patients who suffer from pain seeking more relief, and/or patients escaping emotional pain. By David Cosio, PhD and Erica H. Lin, PharmD, BCACP The topic of opioid misuse and abuse (and the rising heroin epidemic) has dominated headlines lately, but what does this really […]
Read More“Equality consists in the same treatment of similar persons.” —Aristotle By Kern A. Olson, PhD Do men and women perceive and react to pain differently? Do men and women use different coping strategies when they experience recurrent or chronic pain? These questions are relevant to pain management providers when they assess and develop treatment plans for […]
Read MoreAuthors: Tommaso Mauri, M.D. et Anesthesiology published on 03 2016. Background: The amount of extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal may influence respiratory drive in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) patients undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). The authors evaluated the effects of different levels of extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal in patients recovering from severe ARDS undergoing pressure support ventilation […]
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