Patients with advanced cancer receiving outpatient palliative care preferred telehealth over in-person visits even after the COVID-19 pandemic ended. Even after the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine against COVID-19 ...
A 1-level increase in leisure time physical activity decreased the odds of long-term chronic pain by 5% in a subset of Tromsø Study participants. By increasing tolerance to cold pain, physical ...
The effects of age and medication intake on headache disorder disability were differentiated using PROMS and a unique coefficient. Reference values for common patient-reported outcome measures ...
Credit: Getty Images Preventing compassion fatigue or managing it when it occurs can be difficult in the high stress environment of the medical field. In the demanding and emotionally-charged field of ...
Implementation of the 2016 CDC Guideline for Opioid Prescriptions for Chronic Pain was linked to an increase in vaso-occlusive crises in SCD patients. The 2016 Centers for Disease Control and ...
RFA to a target of 90°C provided a longer duration of pain relief than 80°C RFA in patients undergoing neurotomy for lumbar facetogenic back pain. During neurotomy for lumbar facetogenic back pain ...
Between 2008 and 2020, inpatient hospice and palliative medicine services rose from 47% to 68%, and outpatient services dropped from 37% to 19%. While the number of US Medicare hospice and ...
Integration of PDMP with an EHR system in Massachusetts had no significant effect on prescription of opioids or morphine milligram equivalents. Integration of data from a prescription drug ...
The CDC released a 6-step guide for hospitals to reduce the risk for burnout among health care workers. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Institute for Occupational ...