clinicalpainadvisor.com13d
Chronic Postoperative Pain Remains Common Despite Multimodal Analgesia
Nearly all patients (n=342) received intravenous patient-controlled analgesia with opioids following the procedure. The researchers noted significant reductions in postoperative opioid use over the ...
clinicalpainadvisor.com6d
Patient-Controlled Epidural Analgesia Reduces Postoperative Pain Intensity After TKA
a common side effect of opioids for postoperative analgesia. All patients, including those on patient-controlled analgesia, reported increased pain intensity at 48 hours following TKA. The highest ...
El Mundo on MSN18h
US approves a new painkiller with less risk of addiction than opioids and equally potent
The suzetrigine, which only acts on pain neurons, is the first innovation in analgesia in the last 20 years. "It stands out ...
Medscape2d
Eradicating Analgesic Use of Meperidine in a Hospital
The form for patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) was updated to offer ... prepared pharmacists for discussions with physicians about opioid analgesics. Phase 3 centered on an automatic interchange ...
Nature20d
Breast Surgery Anesthesia Techniques
These studies aim to identify the best practices for minimizing opioid consumption and enhancing patient comfort during ... techniques for postoperative analgesia in patients undergoing major ...
Frontiers10d
Association of Mu-Opioid Receptor Expression With Long-Term Survival and Perineural Nerve Invasion in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Ovarian Cancer
Background: Opioids are widely used during primary debulking ... After surgery, patients received patient-controlled epidural analgesia (PCEA, 0.1% ropivacaine and 0.5 µg/ml sufentanil, basal infusion ...
BMJ7d
Does pain optimisation impact delirium outcomes in critically ill patients? A systematic review and meta-analysis protocol
Methods and analysis MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, the Cochrane Central Register of controlled ... differences among: patient diagnostic classification (medical vs surgical); methods for reporting pain ...
Medscape7d
Medication Errors Involving Patient-controlled Analgesia
Purpose: The magnitude, frequency, and nature of nonharmful and harmful medication errors associated with patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) were studied. Methods: A retrospective analysis of ...
MedCity News6d
The End of Corporate-Controlled Care? AI and Patient Access Fuel Personalized Medical Intelligence
The $5 trillion cost of healthcare has pushed Americans to the brink. Despite calls for consumers to take a more active role in reducing healthcare costs, the ugly truth is that the information ...
Pharm Exec13d
FDA Approves Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ First-in-Class Non-Opioid Journavx for Moderate-to-Severe Acute Pain
The FDA has approved Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ Journavx (suzetrigine), a first-in-class, non-opioid pain signal inhibitor for adults ... double-blind, placebo-controlled trials involving patients ...
CBS News26d
Justice Department lawsuit accuses Walgreens of filling millions of unlawful opioid prescriptions
"These practices allowed millions of opioid pills and other controlled substances to flow illegally out of Walgreens stores." Walgreens pharmacists filled these unlawful prescriptions despite ...