Tag: Pain
January 2018 Briefing – Pain Management
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Pain Management for January 2018. This roundup includes the...
Persistent Pain Common 1 Month After Elective Pediatric Surgery
Prevalence of patients with pain at one, three, and six months is 24, 6, and 4 percent, respectively
Weight Loss Among Obese Tied to Improvements in Chronic Pain
Calorie-restriction intervention tied to improvements in spatial distribution of pain, depression
Pain Self-Efficacy Questionnaire Helps to Evaluate Migraine Pain
Commonly used pain survey better assesses migraine patients' pain-coping ability and function
December 2017 Briefing – Pain Management
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Pain Management for December 2017. This roundup includes the...
Increase Seen in Gabapentinoid Use From 2002 to 2015
More than three-fold increase in percentage of adults using gabapentin and/or pregabalin
Gene Polymorphisms Linked to Risk of Chronic Post-Op Pain
Genetic variations, age, gender, history of chronic pain all associated with risk
No Link Between Pre-Op Cholesterol, Post-Op Pain
Findings based on patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery for gastric cancer
Gabapentin Doesn’t Cut Time to Pain Cessation After Surgery
But perioperative gabapentin is linked to increase in rate of opioid cessation after surgery
Evidence-Based Guidelines Cut Postoperative Opioid Use
Drop in opioids prescribed without increasing need for refills after laparoscopic cholecystectomy
