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Uncategorized Published - 28 September, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Long COVID Clinics May Offer a Model for Chronic Pain Management

Author: Goldenberg DL. Pract Pain Manag. 2022 September/October;22(5) As with many chronic, poorly understood illnesses, long COVID and chronic pain do not fit classic biomedical disease models. There is an enormous need for patient-centric, biopsychosocial approaches to assessment and treatment – and care should begin with primary care and PM&R specialists. Long COVID in 2022 […]

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Uncategorized Published - 27 September, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Walk a Tightrope or Burn a Bridge?: Sedation versus General Anesthesia for Intubation of a Pediatric Difficult Airway

Authors: Allan F. Simpao, M.D., M.B.I. et al  Anesthesiology October 2022, Vol. 137, 384–386. Children—and their airways—come in all shapes and sizes, and the most seasoned pediatric anesthesiologists can share harrowing stories of patients who were difficult to ventilate or intubate. In 2012, a special interest group in the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia created the Pediatric […]

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Uncategorized Published - 27 September, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Deep Brain Stimulation for Chronic Pain

Practical Pain Management 2022 September/October;22(5) Studies on brain stimulation for pain began in the 1950s, when researchers looked at its potential for treating pain associated with spinal cord and back injuries. While some findings on the use of brain stimulation for pain have been promising, results have been mixed, and in the US, deep brain […]

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Uncategorized Published - 27 September, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Remifentanil as a Soft Drug Prototype

Radius Anesthesia A “soft drug” is an active compound that can easily be transformed into an inactive metabolite in the body [1]. Anesthesiology requires careful consideration of three axes: safety, effectiveness, and efficiency [2]. In medical practice, the third axis (efficiency) is often less prioritized; however, anesthesia must be readily produced and reversed on demand [3]. “Soft […]

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Uncategorized Published - 27 September, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
10 Ways to Improve Patient Engagement in Pain Treatment Plans

Authors: Cosio D, Demyan A. Pract Pain Manag. 2022 September/October;22(5). Interdisciplinary, biopsychosocial treatments are the gold standard for the self-management of chronic pain. Non-traditional interventions, such as psychological and complementary and integrative health (CIH) approaches, appear to be unequivocally effective and often come with lower risk. Patients, however, often expect traditional interventions, such as pharmacological, […]

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