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This was a presentation at the ASA national meeting. According to this year’s Severinghaus Lecturer, the labeling approved by the Food and Drug Administration for methadone is wrong. So are the published clinical guidelines for the use of methadone to treat pain and drug addiction in both adult and pediatric patients. The short explanation is […]
Read MoreI realize this is written about the ER however I thought our readers who practice pain management would like to read it. Published in Am J Emerg Med. 2014 Sep;32(9):1055-9 Authors: Craven P et al INTRODUCTION: Hispanic ethnicity has been reported as an independent risk factor for oligoanalgesia in the emergency department (ED). OBJECTIVES: The […]
Read MorePublished in J Gen Intern Med. 2014 Sep 13 Authors: Turner JA et al BACKGROUND: Urine drug tests (UDTs) are recommended for patients on chronic opioid therapy (COT). Knowledge of the risk factors for aberrant UDT results could help optimize their use. OBJECTIVE: To identify primary care COT patient and opioid regimen characteristics associated with […]
Read MorePublished in Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014 Sep 10;9 Authors: Prasad M BACKGROUND: Status epilepticus is a medical emergency associated with significant mortality and morbidity that requires immediate and effective treatment. OBJECTIVES: (1) To determine whether a particular anticonvulsant is more effective or safer to use in status epilepticus compared to another and compared to […]
Read MorePublished in Am J Emerg Med. 2014 Sep;32(9):1011-5 Authors: Farahmand S et al OBJECTIVE: Intravenous morphine has been used as a common method of pain control in emergency care. Nebulized fentanyl is also an effective temporary substitute. This study was designed to compare the effectiveness of nebulized fentanyl with intravenous (IV) morphine on management of acute […]
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