Trajectory of pain threshold and its association with acute pain after thoracic surgery: a prospective observational study by Fei Wang, Meng-Chan Ou, Yi-Hao Zhu, Tao Zhu, Xue-Chao Hao

“…We hypothesized that the PT is correlated with postoperative pain and can thus be used to guide postoperative pain management. Methods This study involved 93 patients who underwent thoracoscopic surgery from December 2019 to February 2020. …”
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Association between sarcopenia and prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Chuan Jiang, Yanyan Wang, Wei Fu, Guozhuan Zhang, Xiaoshan Feng, Xing Wang, Fang Wang, Le Zhang, Yang Deng

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The miR 495-UBE2C-ABCG2/ERCC1 axis reverses cisplatin resistance by downregulating drug resistance genes in cisplatin-resistant non-small cell lung cancer cellsResearch in context by Jiwei Guo, Dan Jin, Yan Wu, Lijuan Yang, Jing Du, Kaikai Gong, Weiwei Chen, Juanjuan Dai, Shuang Miao, Sichuan Xi

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Inter-rater and test-retest reliabilities of lumbar stiffness measurement in the postero-anterior direction using a portable algometer and the Kinovea program by Wantanee Yodchaisarn, Sunthorn Rungruangbaiyok, Maria de Lourdes Pereira, Chadapa Rungruangbaiyok

“…The measurement of spinal stiffness can be utilized as a promising tool to guide therapeutic decisions regarding physical therapy that result in effective back pain management. This study aimed to determine the reliability of instrumented postero-anterior (PA) stiffness assessment of the lumbar spine in asymptomatic participants by novice assessors using a portable algometer and the Kinovea program. …”
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Specialized Pediatric Palliative Care Services in Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Centers by Hilda Mekelenkamp, Teija Schröder, Eugenia Trigoso, Daphna Hutt, Jacques-Emmanuel Galimard, Anne Kozijn, Arnaud Dalissier, Marjola Gjergji, Sarah Liptrott, Michelle Kenyon, John Murray, Selim Corbacioglu, Peter Bader, on behalf of the EBMT-Nurses Group, Paediatric Diseases Working Party

“…Nearly all professionals indicated that HSCT patients should have access to SPPCS, especially for pain management, but less than half routinely referred to this service at an early stage. …”
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Early Functional Outcomes in Low Back Pain Subjects with a Novel Interspinous Fusion Device: REFINE Study 6-Month Results by Falowski SM, Raso LJ, Mangal V, Nairizi A, Patterson DG, Danko MD, Justiz R, Vogel RS, Koga S, Josephson Y, Pope JE, Raji OR

“…Steven M Falowski,1,* Louis J Raso,2 Vipul Mangal,3 Ali Nairizi,4 Denis G Patterson,5 Michael D Danko,6 Rafael Justiz,7 Rainer S Vogel,8 Sebastian Koga,9 Yousseff Josephson,10 Jason E Pope,11,* Oluwatodimu Richard Raji12 1Argires-Marotti Neurosurgical Associates of Lancaster, Lancaster, PA, USA; 2Jupiter Medical Center, Jupiter, FL, USA; 3National Spine and Pain Centers, Oxon Hill, MD, USA; 4Reno Tahoe Pain Associates, Reno, NV, USA; 5Nevada Pain Specialists, Reno, NV, USA; 6Premier Pain Treatment Institute, Loveland, OH, USA; 7Oklahoma Pain Physicians, Oklahoma City, OK, USA; 8Comprehensive and Interventional Pain Management, Henderson, NV, USA; 9Koga Neurosurgery, Covington, LA, USA; 10National Spine and Pain Centers, Voorhees, NJ, USA; 11Evolve Restorative Center, Santa Rosa, CA, USA; 12Medical Device Development, San Francisco, CA, USA*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Oluwatodimu Richard Raji, Medical Device Development, 2390 Mission Street, Suite 8, San Francisco, CA, 94110, USA, Tel +15105707741, Email richardraji@mdevdev.comPurpose: Lumbar interlaminar decompression with interspinous fixation is an established safe and effective treatment for spinal stenosis. …”
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Evidence based medicine in physical medicine and rehabilitation (English version) by Helmut Kern, Stefan Loefler, Veronika Fialka-Moser, Tatjana Paternostro-Sluga, Richard Crevenna, Samantha Burggraf, Hannah Fruhmann, Christian Hofer, Claudia Burmester, Benjamin Süsoy, Eva-Maria Strasser, Markus Praschak, Wolfgang Grestenberger, Friedrich Hartl, Gerold Ebenbichler, Günther Wiesinger, Thomas Bochdansky, Christian Wiederer, Michael Quittan

“…This problem becomes even greater the more social insurance institutions, public healthcare providers and politicians use external evidence alone as a main guideline for financing therapies in physical medicine and general rehabilitation without taking into account the physician’s expertise and the patient’s needs.The wrong interpretation of EBM can lead to the following problems: well established clinical therapies are either questioned or not granted and are therefore withheld from patients (for example physical pain management). Absence of evidence for individual therapy methods does not prove their ineffectiveness! …”
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Enhanced recovery after cardiac surgery protocol reduces perioperative opioid useCentral MessagePerspective by Chelsea M. Loria, MD, Kirsten Zborek, MD, James B. Millward, PA-C, Matthew P. Anderson, BS, Cynthia M. Richardson, RN, Niharika Namburi, MHA, Zainab Faiza, MBBS, Lava R. Timsina, PhD, Lawrence S. Lee, MD, MBA

“…Conclusions: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery protocols with an emphasis on multimodal pain management throughout perioperative care are associated with a significant reduction in the postoperative use of opioid analgesics.…”
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Dose-dependent consequences of sub-chronic fentanyl exposure on neuron and glial co-cultures by Doris Lam, Aimy Sebastian, Chandrakumar Bogguri, Nicholas R. Hum, Alexander Ladd, Jose Cadena, Carlos A. Valdez, Nicholas O. Fischer, Gabriela G. Loots, Heather A. Enright

“…Fentanyl is one of the most common opioid analgesics administered to patients undergoing surgery or for chronic pain management. While the side effects of chronic fentanyl abuse are recognized (e.g., addiction, tolerance, impairment of cognitive functions, and inhibit nociception, arousal, and respiration), it remains poorly understood what and how changes in brain activity from chronic fentanyl use influences the respective behavioral outcome. …”
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Complex surgical reconstruction for spinopelvic instability caused by a giant Tarlov cyst eroding the sacrum: A case report by Jorge F. Urquiaga, MD, Kazimir Bagdady, BS, Justin K. Zhang, BS, Philippe J. Mercier, MD, PhD, Tobias A. Mattei, MD

“…Six weeks of conservative management consisting of physical therapy and pain management was unsuccessful, and the patient reported worsening pain. …”
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Multidisciplinary non-pharmacological treatments with effects on pain modulation and functioning in spondyloarthropathies – a systematic review by Adelina Elena Ungureanu, Liliana-Elena Stanciu, Andreea-Bianca Uzun, Emma Gheorghe, Loredana Pazara, Steliana-Roxana Miclaus, Viorela-Mihaela Ciortea, Andra-Iulia Suceveanu, Madalina Gabriela Iliescu

“…Treatment for chronic rheumatic diseases, included various modalities for pain management and for functioning modulation, has the main gole to increase the quality of life and to improve also the activities of daily living. …”
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Racial Disparities in Opioid Analgesia Administration Among Adult Emergency Department Patients with Abdominal Pain by Angela F. Jarman, Alexander C. Hwang, Julia P. Schleimer, Roderick W. Fontenette, Bryn E. Mumma

“…Introduction: Racial disparities in pain management have been reported among emergency department (ED) patients. …”
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Acceptability and Feasibility of a Patient-Oriented Music Intervention to Reduce Pain in the Intensive Care Unit: Protocol for a Crossover Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial by Melissa Richard-Lalonde, Nancy Feeley, Sylvie Cossette, Linda L Chlan, Céline Gélinas

“…Previous research has focused on postoperative ICU patients able to self-report, which is underrepresentative of the ICU population that might benefit from a music intervention for pain management. We developed a new patient-oriented music intervention (POMI) that incorporates features based on theoretical, empirical, and experiential data intended to be used in the ICU. …”
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Mechanistic evaluation of antiarthritic and anti-inflammatory effect of campesterol ester derivatives in complete Freund’s adjuvant-induced arthritic rats by Sarwat Nazir, Ishtiaq Ahmad, Aisha Mobashar, Ali Sharif, Arham Shabbir, Waqas Ashraf Chaudhary

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Multimodal Chronic Pain Therapy for Adults via Smartphone: Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial by Yolanda Morcillo-Muñoz, Antonio José Sánchez-Guarnido, Silvia Calzón-Fernández, Isabel Baena-Parejo

“…The control group only had access to the Find out more section of the app, which contained audiovisual material for pain management based on a self-help approach. The primary outcome was catastrophizing measured using the Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS). …”
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Successful treatment of chronic knee pain following localization by a sigma-1 receptor radioligand and PET/MRI: a case report by Cipriano PW, Lee SW, Yoon D, Shen B, Tawfik VL, Curtin CM, Dragoo JL, James ML, McCurdy CR, Chin FT, Biswal S

“…Case presentation: A 50-year-old woman with a 7-year history of refractory, left-knee pain of unknown origin was referred to our pain management team. Over the past several years, she had undergone multiple treatments, including a lateral retinacular release, radiofrequency ablation of a peripheral nerve, and physical therapy. …”
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Continuous field flooding versus final one-shot CO2 insufflation in minimally invasive mitral valve repair by Giuseppe Nasso, Ignazio Condello, Giuseppe Santarpino, Nicola Di Bari, Marco Moscarelli, Felice Eugenio Agrò, Roberto Lorusso, Giuseppe Speziale

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Investigating Predictive Factors of Dysphagia and Treatment Prolongation in Patients with Oral Cavity or Oropharyngeal Cancer Receiving Radiation Therapy Concurrently with Chemothe... by Petros Alexidis, Pavlos Kolias, Vaia Mentesidou, Maria Topalidou, Efstathios Kamperis, Vasileios Giannouzakos, Konstantinos Efthymiadis, Petros Bangeas, Eleni Timotheadou

“…Elderly patients or those that are considered at high risk for dysphagia manifestation are more likely to experience treatment prolongation ≥ 7 days and they should be closely monitored during treatment course for nutritional support and pain management.…”
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Assessment of hepatitis C monitoring adherence after viral eradication in veterans with substance use to improve care and surveil reinfection by Miranda L. Stratton, PharmD, Elayne D. Ansara, PharmD, BCPS, BCPP, Amanda P. Ifeachor, PharmD, MPH, BCPS, Kelly K. Houck, PharmD, BCPS, Suthat Liangpunsakul, MD, MPH, Katie J. Binger, PharmD, BCPP

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Postoperative Pain in Outpatient Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Trauma Surgery Patients by Frederic J. Washburn DO, Emily S. Benson, Damayea Hargett, Emerald Chiang

“…This data may be utilized by orthopedic surgeons in providing safe, effective, and evidence-based pain management prescribing practices in anticipating postoperative pain and anxiety.…”
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