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The implementation of an evidence-based, multimodal pain regimen after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB) was associated with a significant decrease in narcotic requirements as well as maximum postoperative pain scores, according to a study presented here on November 1 at Obesity Week 2016, the Annual Meetings of the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) […]
Read MoreA study of children born in Sweden suggests a small association between exposure to anesthesia for surgery before the age 4 with slightly lower school grades at age 16 and slightly lower IQ scores at 18. For the study, published online by JAMA Pediatrics, Pia Glatz, MD, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, and colleagues conducted a […]
Read MoreApproximately 7% of people with Alzheimer’s disease use opioids for non-cancer pain for a period longer than 6 months, according to a study published in the journal Pain. One third of people initiating opioid use became long-term users, and long-term use was heavily associated with transdermal opioid patches. Researchers from the University of Eastern Finland, […]
Read MoreAuthors: He H et al BMC Infectious Diseases 16 (1), 579 (Oct 2016) BACKGROUND Acute transverse myelitis is uncommon and presumably results from an autoimmune process or a preceding infection. Most cases of bacterial myelitis are due to hematogenous dissemination from urinary or respiratory tract infections or contiguous spreading from a neighboring infected structure. A […]
Read MoreAuthors: Segar A et al Spine 41 (20), E1237-E1243 (Oct 2016) STUDY DESIGN A prospective observational study. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to identify the relationship between obesity, quantified by body mass index (BMI), and both back and leg pain in spinal patients. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Obesity and back pain are […]
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