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Uncategorized Published - 13 October, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
Mindfulness-Based Group Therapy for Geriatric Chronic Pain Management

Author: Kathleen Doheny Practical Pain Management Volume 23 Issue 4 Eight weekly sessions, each 2.5 hours, helped older adults develop a “friendlier” relationship with chronic pain. Mindfulness meditation has been recommended as a nonpharmacological approach to managing chronic pain, but there has been a lack of evidence in older adults. A University of Michigan study […]

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Uncategorized Published - 12 October, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
Analgesic Effectiveness of Motor-sparing Nerve Blocks for Total Knee Arthroplasty

Authors: Nasir Hussain, M.D., M.Sc. et al  Anesthesiology October 2023, Vol. 139, 444–461. Background The analgesic effectiveness of contemporary motor-sparing nerve blocks used in combination for analgesia in total knee arthroplasty is unclear. This network meta-analysis was conducted to evaluate the analgesic effectiveness of adding single-injection or continuous adductor canal block (ACB) with or without infiltration […]

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Uncategorized Published - 12 October, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
A Preventable Airway Management Disaster

Author: Felipe Urdaneta, MD, FASA Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Oct 2023 There has been tremendous growth and progress in airway management in the past four decades, despite an increase in high-risk groups such as patients of extreme size and weight, trauma, and obstructive sleep apnea, to name a few.1 The introduction and refinement and widespread adoption […]

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Uncategorized Published - 12 October, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
Chronic Pain and PTSD Treatment: Social Support Matters

Author: Amy Demyan, PhD, RYT et al Practical Pain Management Volume 23 Issue 4 Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) often occurs in individuals with chronic pain at a greater rate compared to individuals without pain.1,2 A key factor known to increase the risk of the development of PTSD in people with chronic pain is trauma exposure in […]

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Uncategorized Published - 12 October, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
Polypharmacy in Pain Management: A Clinical Primer to Drug Interactions

Author: Mark Garofoli, PharmD, MBA, BCGP, CPE Pain Management Pharmacist Practical Pain Management Volume 23 Issue 4 A patient is taking more than one medication, what could possibly go wrong? Back in the day, pharmacists had a reputation for adding drugs to a patient’s ever-growing list of maintenance medications. But these days, most pharmacists are […]

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