Author: Heidi Splete Practical Pain Management Feb 2023 Vol 23 Issue 1 Individuals with musculoskeletal pain and sleep disturbance showed significant improvements on both fronts after a 12-week remote digital pain management program, according to a new study of more than 5,000 individuals.¹ Previous research supports the effectiveness of remote digital therapy for musculoskeletal (MSK) […]
Read MoreAuthor: Amarquaye W. Chronic Pain Management at the Pharmacy: Patient’s Online Research Makes Him Reluctant to Take New Medication. Pract Pain Manag. 2023 January/February;23(1). Patient Reluctant to Take New Medication Due to Listed Side Effects The Patient A 42-year-old patient called the pharmacy and expressed extreme hesitation about taking his new medication, nintedanib (Ofev), which […]
Read MoreAuthors: Lin Hou, M.D. et al Anesthesiology February 2023. Background Radial artery cannulation in young children is challenging. Here, we invented a single-operator laser-assisted ultrasound-guidance system projecting the path of the target artery on the skin surface and hypothesized that this system would improve the first-attempt success rate of radial arterial cannulation in young pediatric […]
Read MoreAuthors: Nir Hoftman, M.D.; Soban Umar, M.D., Ph.D. Anesthesiology February 2023. To the Editor: We read with great interest the review paper by Walsh et al. published recently in Anesthesiology, which concluded that utilizing low tidal volume settings in non–acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) intensive care unit (ICU) or thoracic surgery patients did not change clinical outcomes. Although the Acute […]
Read MoreAuthors: Spencer P. Walsh, M.D.; David Shaz, M.D.; David Amar, M.D. Anesthesiology February 2023. In Reply: We thank Dr. Hoftman and Dr. Umar for their comments and their interest in our focused review. In their letter to the editor, they refer to their interesting work on the utility of vital capacity to estimate tidal volume in contrast […]
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