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Continuing a series begun last year, we asked D. John Doyle, MD, PhD, a member of the Anesthesiology News advisory board, to pose 7 questions to an international airway management roundtable, whose members he picked. The responses, including those of Dr Doyle, follow. John Doyle, MD, PhD Chief of General Anesthesiology Anesthesiology Institute Cleveland Clinic […]
Read MoreWith a new push to combat the opioid abuse epidemic, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has launched a new smartphone app providing essential resources for health care providers. The recent push to get more patients access to medication assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid addiction, and more doctors trained to provide it, […]
Read MoreThree months of osteopathic manipulative treatment has been shown to be effective for chronic low back pain, with improved results lasting up to 1 year. By Leonard B. Goldstein, DDS, PhD, Victoria A. Troncoso, DO, Deborah Heath, DO, Katrina Wilson, OMS-IV and Roya Vahdatinia, OSM-IV Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most prevalent […]
Read MoreRates of the primary outcome — a 50% or greater relative reduction in the number of headache days — were similar in the amitriptyline, topiramate, and placebo groups (52%, 55%, and 61%). The groups also did not differ significantly in the change in headache-related disability, change in number of headache days, or incidence of serious […]
Read MoreStacie Deiner, M.D., M.S.: ‘One of the things we anesthesiologists might not do as well as we should is give a drug and wait for it to work. There is a benefit in that for the elderly.’ There is a “silver tsunami” of growing evidence that anesthesia could pose a greater risk of cognitive side […]
Read MoreBy Thomas G. Ciccone Interview with Peter Pryzbylkowski, MD Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is a therapy in which doctors inject patients with a highly concentrated plasma solution in order to promote natural healing of damaged tissue. Although its first use dates back to the 1950s, PRP’s growing popularity in recent years has led to a serious assessment of […]
Read MoreBy Thomas G. Ciccone Interview with Lawrence Kei, MD At the CHANGEpain Clinic (CpC), a community based chronic pain center based in Vancouver, Canada, clinicians have taken a layered approach to myofascial pain care, using a first-line approach of self-management therapies. The treatment approach focuses on helping patients improve their diet, stress levels, and sleep before employing more […]
Read MoreBy Thomas G. Ciccone Interview with Kathryn Schopmeyer, DPT, CPE, CSCS Clinicians treating patients for nonspecific low back pain may want to consider how they communicate to patients about the condition. A real language barrier can exist between clinicians and patients, something clinicians may be unaware of or simply overlook, according to Kathryn Schopmeyer, DPT, CPE, CSCS, physical […]
Read MoreBy Thomas G. Ciccone Interview with Alexis LaPietra, DO Renal colic (RC), or kidney stone pain, is a common pain condition seen in emergency departments (ED), with some 1.2 million patients hospitalized every year for the condition.1 Lidocaine, a local anesthetic, can be an effective intravenous (IV) agent for the treatment of both acute and chronic pain conditions,2-5 but […]
Read MoreBy Thomas G. Ciccone Interview with Michael M. Bottros, MD The importance of incorporating alternative treatment modalities received a great deal of focus during the conference, especially with regard to treating acute pain in the emergency care setting. Epidural local anesthetics are one such example of an alternative modality clinicians have found useful. Epidurals have the potential […]
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