Consensus Guidelines on Interventional Therapies for Knee Pain (STEP Guidelines) from the American Society of Pain and Neuroscience by Hunter CW, Deer TR, Jones MR, Chang Chien GC, D'Souza RS, Davis T, Eldon ER, Esposito MF, Goree JH, Hewan-Lowe L, Maloney JA, Mazzola AJ, Michels JS, Layno-Moses A, Patel S, Tari J, Weisbein JS, Goulding KA, Chhabra A, Hassebrock J, Wie C, Beall D, Sayed D, Strand N

“…Corey W Hunter,1,2 Timothy R Deer,3 Mark R Jones,4 George Chiang Chien,5 Ryan S D’Souza,6 Timothy Davis,7 Erica R Eldon,2 Michael F Esposito,8 Johnathan H Goree,9 Lissa Hewan-Lowe,2 Jillian A Maloney,10 Anthony J Mazzola,2 John S Michels,4 Annie Layno-Moses,7 Shachi Patel,11 Jeanmarie Tari,1 Jacqueline S Weisbein,12 Krista A Goulding,13 Anikar Chhabra,13 Jeffrey Hassebrock,13 Chris Wie,10 Douglas Beall,14 Dawood Sayed,15 Natalie Strand10 1Ainsworth Institute of Pain Management, New York, NY, USA; 2Department of Rehabilitation & Human Performance, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA; 3The Spine and Nerve Center of the Virginias, Charleston, WV, USA; 4Interventional Spine and Pain, Dallas, TX, USA; 5County Medical Center, Ventura, CA, USA; 6Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA; 7Source Healthcare, Santa Monica, CA, USA; 8Interventional Spine and Pain Institute, Vero Beach, FL, USA; 9Department of Anesthesiology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA; 10Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Pain Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, USA; 11Delmarva Pain and Spine Center, Newark, DE, USA; 12Napa Valley Orthopaedic Medical Group, Napa, CA, USA; 13Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, USA; 14Comprehensive Specialty Care, Oklahoma City, OK, USA; 15Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Pain Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USACorrespondence: Corey W Hunter, Email chunter@ainPain.comAbstract: Knee pain is second only to the back as the most commonly reported area of pain in the human body. …”
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The effect of an anti-inflammatory diet on chronic pain: a pilot study by Marta Sala-Climent, Teresa López de Coca, Teresa López de Coca, María Dolores Guerrero, Francisco Javier Muñoz, Francisco Javier Muñoz, María Amparo López-Ruíz, Lucrecia Moreno, Lucrecia Moreno, Mónica Alacreu, Mónica Alacreu, María Auxiliadora Dea-Ayuela

“…Thus, it is hoped that the use of an anti-inflammatory diet for pain management might result in improved quality of life. …”
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Community Opioid Dispensing After Injury (CODI): Protocol for a Population-Based Data Linkage Study by Cate M Cameron, Victoria McCreanor, Rania Shibl, Tanya Smyth, Melanie Proper, Jacelle Warren, Kirsten Vallmuur, Natalie Bradford, Hannah Carter, Nicholas Graves, Bill Loveday

“…The findings of this study will be used to inform key stakeholders as well as clinicians and pain management services. International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID)RR1-10.2196/36357…”
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A Digital Health Intervention for Stress and Anxiety Relief in Perioperative Care: Protocol for a Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial by Haridimos Kondylakis, Irene Alice Chicchi Giglioli, Dimitrios G Katehakis, Hatice Aldemir, Paul Zikas, George Papagiannakis, Santiago Hors-Fraile, Pedro L González-Sanz, Konstantinos C Apostolakis, Constantine Stephanidis, Francisco J Núñez-Benjumea, Rosa M Baños-Rivera, Luis Fernandez-Luque, Angelina Kouroubali

“…ConclusionsThis manuscript details a comprehensive protocol for a study that will provide valuable information about the intervention program, such as the measurement of comparative intervention effects on stress; anxiety and pain management; and usability by patients, caregivers, and health care professionals. …”
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Development and Feasibility Testing of an Animated Cartoon-Based Self-Care Application for Low-Back Pain – a Pilot Study by Chidozie Emmanuel Mbada, Tobiloba Samuel Isatayo, John Oluwatosin Omole, Adesola Christiana Odole, Olusola Ayanniyi, Olumide Olatunbosun Dada, Ishaya Peni Gambo, Clara Toyin Fatoye, Adekola Ademoyegun, Oluwatobi Ademola Sonuga, Francis Fatoye

“…Objectives: The use of animated cartoons for pain management is an emerging area, however, in no study has it been explored as a digital platform for the rehabilitation of low-back pain (LBP). …”
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The Emerging Era of Interventional Imaging in Rheumatology: An Overview During the Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic by Fotouh AA, Hamdy M, Ali F, Mohamed EF, Allam A, Hassan WA, Elsaman A, El-Najjar A, Amer MA, Mosad D, Tharwat S, El Bakry SA, Saleh H, Zaghloul A, Mahmoud M, Mohammed RHA, El-Saadany H, Fathi HM, Hammam N, Raafat HA, Moharram AN, Gheita TA

“…Adham Aboul Fotouh,1 Mona Hamdy,2 Fatma Ali,2 Eman F Mohamed,3 Abdallah Allam,4 Waleed A Hassan,5 Ahmed Elsaman,6 Amany El-Najjar,7 Marwa A Amer,8 Doaa Mosad,9 Samar Tharwat,10 Samah A El Bakry,11 Hanan Saleh,12 Ahmed Zaghloul,13 Mostafa Mahmoud,14 Reem HA Mohammed,15 Hanan El-Saadany,4 Hanan M Fathi,16 Nevin Hammam,17 Hala A Raafat,15 Ashraf N Moharram,14 Tamer A Gheita15 On behalf of the Egyptian College of Rheumatology (ECR) Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Study Group1Cairo University Hospital, Cairo, Egypt; 2Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Minia, Egypt; 3Internal Medicine Department, Rheumatology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, AlAzhar Girls, Cairo, Egypt; 4Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt; 5Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Benha University, Banha, Egypt; 6Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt; 7Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt; 8Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt; 9Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt; 10Internal Medicine Department, Rheumatology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt; 11Internal Medicine Department, Rheumatology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt; 12Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt; 13Interventional Pain Management and Anesthesia, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt; 14Orthopedic and Microsurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt; 15Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt; 16Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Fayoum University, Fayoum, Egypt; 17Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, EgyptCorrespondence: Tamer A Gheita, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, Tel +20 1004567975, Email gheitamer@hotmail.comAbstract: Imaging has long been taking its place in the diagnosis, monitor, and prognosis of rheumatic diseases. …”
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Integrated medical and nursing ward rounds in a case of severe pneumonia (医护一体化护理查房在1例重症肺炎患者中的应用) by LI Ying (李影), TANG Ling (唐玲), E Haiyan (鄂海燕), LI Ye (李野), SUN Lei (孙磊), HOU Pengxiao (候朋晓), ZHANG Chunyan (张春艳), REN Yaxing (任亚星), WANG Jin (王晶), FENG Yajing (冯亚静), ZHOU Jie (周洁), HAN Jianping (韩建萍)

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Social network analysis of Staphylococcus aureus carriage in a general youth population by Dina B. Stensen, Rafael A. Nozal Cañadas, Lars Småbrekke, Karina Olsen, Christopher Sivert Nielsen, Kristian Svendsen, Anne Merethe Hanssen, Johanna U. Ericson, Gunnar Skov Simonsen, Lars Ailo Bongo, Anne-Sofie Furberg

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Meeting high-risk patient pain care needs through intensive primary care: a secondary analysis by Evelyn T Chang, Donna M Zulman, Lisa V Rubenstein, Alicia A Bergman, Susan Stockdale, Matthew D McCaa, Karleen F Giannitrapani, Jesse R Holliday, Marian L Katz

“…IM team member-identified themes were that IM improved pain care coordination, facilitated non-opioid pain management options and mitigated provider compassion fatigue. …”
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Effectiveness of Preoperative Immunonutrition in Improving Surgical Outcomes after Radical Cystectomy for Bladder Cancer: Study Protocol for a Multicentre, Open-Label, Randomised T... by Valentina Da Prat, Lucia Aretano, Marco Moschini, Arianna Bettiga, Silvia Crotti, Francesca De Simeis, Emanuele Cereda, Amanda Casirati, Andrea Pontara, Federica Invernizzi, Catherine Klersy, Giulia Gambini, Valeria Musella, Carlo Marchetti, Alberto Briganti, Paolo Cotogni, Richard Naspro, Francesco Montorsi, Riccardo Caccialanza

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DNA Directed Pro-Dopamine Regulation Coupling Subluxation Repair, H-Wave^® and Other Neurobiologically Based Modalities to Address Complexities of Chronic Pain in a Femal... by Anish Bajaj, Kenneth Blum, Abdalla Bowirrat, Ashim Gupta, David Baron, David Fugel, Ayo Nicholson, Taylor Fitch, B. William Downs, Debasis Bagchi, Catherine A. Dennen, Rajendra D. Badgaiyan

“…This case study documents the progression of a patient dealing with the complexities of an injury, pain management, cognitive impairment, anxiety, depression, and the application of universal health principles towards correction versus palliative care.…”
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Use of analgesics before and after total joint replacement in working-age Japanese patients with knee and hip osteoarthritis: A retrospective database study by Nozomi Ebata, Takashi Sakai, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Tetsumi Toyoda, Kanae Togo, Masataka Deie

“…Pre-operative analgesic use associated with continued use after surgery. Optimal pain management before and immediately after TJR is important to reduce post-operative analgesic use, especially opioids.…”
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Results of Shoulder Adhesive Capsulitis Treatment With the Use of Platelet Rich Plasma and Nucleotide Drugs: A Comparative Study by Alexey V. Lychagin, Viktor B. Bogatov, Evgeniya Yu. Tselishcheva, Alexey V. Muzychenkov

“…The results were assessed 1 week, 1 month, 3 months after the start of the treatment. Evaluation of pain management efficacy was carried out using the visual-analog scale (VAS). …”
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Leriche Syndrome Misdiagnosed as Complex Regional Pain Syndrome in a Patient with Neuropathic Pain Caused by a Chip Fracture: A Case Report by Byeong-Cheol Lee, Dae-Seok Oh, Hyun-Seong Lee, Se-Hun Kim, Jae-Hong Park, Ki-Hwa Lee, Hyo-Joong Kim, Ji-Hyun Yang, Sang-Eun Lee

“…However, multiple pain management techniques were insufficient in controlling the symptoms. …”
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Lacosamide for neuropathic pain and fibromyalgia in adults. by Hearn, L, Derry, S, Moore, R

“… BACKGROUND: Antiepileptic drugs have been used in pain management since the 1960s; some seem to be especially useful for neuropathic pain. …”

Efficacy of liposomal bupivacaine and bupivacaine hydrochloride vs bupivacaine hydrochloride alone as a periarticular anesthetic for patients undergoing knee replacement by Hamilton, T, Knight, R, Stokes, J, Rombach, I, Cooper, C, Davies, L, Dutton, S, Barker, K, Cook, J, Lamb, S, Murray, D, Poulton, L, Wang, A, Strickland, L, Van Duren, B, Leal, J, Beard, D, Pandit, H

“…</p> <p><strong>Objective:</strong> To evaluate the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of periarticular liposomal bupivacaine for recovery and pain management after knee replacement.</p> <p><strong>Design, Setting, and Participants:</strong> This multicenter, patient-blinded, pragmatic, randomized clinical superiority trial involved 533 participants at 11 institutions within the National Health Service in England. …”

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for pain in women with endometriosis by Brown, J, Crawford, T, Allen, C, Hopewell, S, Prentice, A

“…</p><p> OBJECTIVES: To assess effects of NSAIDs used for management of pain in women with endometriosis compared with placebo, other NSAIDs, other pain management drugs or no treatment.</p><p> SEARCH METHODS: We searched the Cochrane Gynaecology and Fertility Group Specialised Register of Controlled Trials (October 2016), published in the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) in the Cochrane Library, as well as MEDLINE (January 2008 to October 2016), Embase (date limited from 1 January 2016 to 19 October 2016, as all earlier references are included in CENTRAL output as a result of the Embase project), registers of ongoing trials and the reference lists of relevant publications. …”

Analgesic efficacy of systemic ketamine and lignocaine for pre-emptive multimodal analgesia in dogs by Kaka, Ubedullah

“…Opioids being frontline drugs for postoperative pain management possess clinically significant side effects such as respiratory depression, vomiting, bradycardia and vasodilation. …”
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Evaluation of antinociceptive and analgesic properties of tramadol in cats by Basiri, Bita

“…The results of these studies supported the use of tramadol for acute pain management in cats. Tramadol at 4 mg/kg provided more profound and longer analgesic effect than 2 mg/kg. …”
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Formulation of lipsome-encapsulated diclofenac for improved anti-inflammatory efficacy and reduced systemic toxicity by Goh, Jun Zheng

“…Diclofenac, a frequently prescribed nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug for the treatment of various musculoskeletal disorders and pain management therapies, is frequently associated with low bioavailability and delay onset of therapeutic activities. …”
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