Pain
From the Journals
Black patients less likely to receive opioids for advanced cancer
Black patients were more likely to undergo urine drug screening despite being less likely to receive any opioids for pain management.
Guidance for Practicing Primary Care
Is the American Venous Forum consensus statement on lymphedema helpful?
Patients receiving treatments rarely become symptom free.
Case Reports
14-year-old boy • aching midsternal pain following a basketball injury • worsening pain with direct pressure and when the patient sneezed • Dx?
► Aching midsternal pain following a basketball injury
► Worsening pain with direct pressure and when the patient sneezed
Case Reports
42-year-old man • altered mental status • vomiting • agitation • Dx?
► Altered mental status
► Vomiting
► Agitation
From the Journals
‘Very doable’ low-dose workout enough to treat knee OA
Exercise helps patients with knee osteoarthritis, but more isn’t necessarily better, a new study found.
Feature
A patient named ‘Settle’ decides to sue instead
His suit seeks not only compensatory damages and other relief but also punitive damages.
Feature
Singer is paralyzed after delay in care; hospital must pay
In a suit, the singer alleged that a doctor had probably ‘nicked a blood vessel’ during an epidural steroid injection procedure, causing...
From the Journals
Long COVID comes into focus, showing older patients fare worse
The findings of new research help define long COVID, according to the investigators.
From the Journals
Chronic pain patients swapping opioids for medical cannabis
Using cannabis also led to decreased use of physical therapy among more than a third of respondents to a survey.
From the Journals
Screen all patients for cannabis use before surgery: Guideline
Patients who regularly use cannabis may experience worse pain and nausea after surgery and may require more opioid analgesia.
From the Journals
Two exercise interventions may ease acute, subacute spine pain
Compared to usual primary care, both interventions reduced pain-related disability at 3 months and these changes were sustained.