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Pain Management

Rapid Point of Care Test for Detecting Urogenital Chlamydia Trachomatis Infection

Jan 30, 2020

Chlamydia trachomatis (C trachomatis) is one of the most frequent sexually transmitted infections and a source of deleterious effects on the reproductive health of men and women. Because this infectio...

Skin Infections and Outpatient Burn Management: Outpatient Burn Management.

Jan 30, 2020

Burns, whether caused by thermal, chemical, or electrical exposure, are common and often preventable. Burn injuries are most common in children. All patients with burns should undergo primary and seco...

Evaluating lactate prognostic value in children suspected of acetaminophen-induced liver failure in Liberia.

Jan 30, 2020

The prognostic significance of hyperlactatemia in young children with liver injury suspected to be attributed to repeated supratherapeutic doses of acetaminophen remain understudied.We conducted a ret...

A Narrative Pharmacological Review of Buprenorphine: A Unique Opioid for the Treatment of Chronic Pain.

Jan 30, 2020

Buprenorphine is a Schedule III opioid analgesic with unique pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic properties that may be preferable to those of Schedule II full μ-opioid receptor agonists. The structu...

Anti-inflammatory and metabolic reprogramming effects of MENK produce antitumor response in CT26 tumor-bearing mice.

Jan 30, 2020

Methionine enkephalin (MENK), an endogenous opioid peptide, has a role in nervous system, immune system, and anticancer therapy. Inflammation, metabolism and cancer are closely intertwined with each o...

The identification of risk factors contributing to accidental opioid poisonings in companion dogs using data from a North American poison control center (2006-2014).

Jan 30, 2020

In the last decade, there has been a marked increase in opioid-related human deaths in the U.S. However, the effects of the growth in opioid use on vulnerable populations, such as pet dogs, are largel...

Association between Adult Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Intravenous Misuse of Opioid and Benzodiazepine in Patients under Opioid Maintenance Treatment: A Cross-Sectional Multicentre Study.

Jan 30, 2020

Intravenous misuse and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are common in patients under opioid maintenance treatment (OMT), who often misuse benzodiazepine (BZD).To explore the rate of adu...

Change Healthcare Study Reveals Impact of Payment Audits on Payer-Provider Relationships

Jan 27, 2020

Media contact: Change Healthcare Kerry Kelly External Communications 339-236-2756 kerry.kelly@changehealthcare.com   Study finds audits process poses significant costs and administrati...

Effects of oxycodone and diazepam alone and in combination on operant nociception.

Jan 24, 2020

Developing effective analgesics with fewer unwanted side effects is a pressing concern. Due to a lack of effective nonopioid options currently available, an alternative approach termed opioid-sparing ...

Evaluating preterm care across Europe using the eNewborn European Network database.

Jan 24, 2020

The inefficiency of recording data repeatedly limits the number of studies conducted. Here we illustrate the wider use of data captured as part of the European eNewborn benchmarking programme.We extra...

Use and Misuse of Opioids After Endocrine Surgery Operations.

Jan 24, 2020

To examine the rate of new and persistent opioid use after endocrine surgery operations SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:: A global epidemic of opioid misuse and abuse has been evolving over the past 2 deca...

Anabolic androgenic steroid dependence is associated with executive dysfunction.

Jan 24, 2020

Anabolic androgenic steroid (AAS) dependence is associated with a high prevalence of intra- and interpersonal problems, hence it is central to identify cognitive factors related to the development and...

[From body to mind: the psychoanalytic approach to patients with chronic pain].

Jan 23, 2020

Psychosomatic Medicine in Germany is a very sophisticated and elaborated disciplin in the health care system. The system of psychosomatic care in Germany is organized from the basic care of the genera...

Side effects and complications of injection laryngoplasty for treatment of congenital type 1 laryngeal clefts.

Jan 23, 2020

Injection laryngoplasty (IL) is a brief, minimally invasive procedure involving injection of agents to augment the interarytenoid space. It was initially described as a diagnostic and temporizing meas...

Injury Occurrence in Male Handball Players and its Impact on Physical Constitution.

Jan 23, 2020

In male handball, limited knowledge exists about the body posture and postural control in correlation to their injury occurrence and their impact on physical constitution. 91 male handball players par...

Duloxetine and pregabalin in neuropathic pain of lung cancer patients.

Jan 23, 2020

Neuropathic pain occurs in 1% of the population and is difficult to manage. This chronic pain causes psychological distress and impacts patient's quality of life, especially in cancer patients. The ai...

A Novel Approach to Opioid Disposal

Jan 10, 2020

Current estimates suggest that 70-90% of opioids prescribed after surgery go unused, with most patients not disposing these medications that can become a common source of misuse and abuse, explains Ch...

FDA Approves Ubrelvy for Acute Migraine Treatment

Jan 08, 2020

Significantly more patients treated with Ubrelvy versus placebo achieved pain freedom two hours post-treatment TUESDAY, Dec. 24, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Ubrelvy (ubrogepant) tablets have been ap...

Number of Children With Opioid Poisonings Increasing

Jan 07, 2020

Percentage of critical care admissions and suicidal intent increased in each era. MONDAY, Dec. 30, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- The severity of pediatric admissions for acute opioid ingestions, especia...

Overdose, Relapse After Buprenorphine Discontinuation High

Dec 27, 2019

The longer patients continue with buprenorphine treatment, the lower their risk of adverse outcomes.   THURSDAY, Dec. 26, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Buprenorphine treatment may be needed ...

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