Published in Irish journal of medical science
Pain can be considered an early sign of COVID-19 infection. There are no studies that specifically investigate the frequency, characteristics, and presentation patterns of pain in COVID-19 infection. Our aim is to evaluate the frequency, localization, and severity of pain among the presenting signs and symptoms in patients with COVID-19. Patients w...
Published in Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.)
Examine how interventional pain physicians navigated the early phase of reopening practices during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. In June/July 2020, Spine Intervention Society members were queried about practice demographics, perception of COVID-19 prevalence, financial impact, and implementation of new tools and procedures when ...
Published in Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.)
Published in Injury Epidemiology
BackgroundNon-medical use of prescription opioids (NMUPO), defined as taking an opioid in a manner or dose other than prescribed, taking someone else’s, or for the feelings that it produces, has been reported by 5 to 20% of adolescents, and is associated with a two fold increase in suicidal behaviors among adolescents. Adolescents with long-term he...
Published in BMC Pulmonary Medicine
BackgroundPain is a common but underappreciated symptom experienced by people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). The relationships between pain and physical activity (PA) and exercise capacity are poorly understood.MethodsThis retrospective secondary analysis includes three cohorts of Veterans with COPD who participated in longitudi...
Published in Medical Oncology
Many oncology centers provide integrative oncology (IO) care, many within palliative care settings. The primary study objective was to examine the impact of IO-palliative patient-tailored program on quality of life (QoL) among patients with advanced cancer. In this pragmatic prospective controlled study, patients with advanced cancer undergoing che...
Published in Current Pain and Headache Reports
Purpose of ReviewThis article is a systematic review of data from 2018 to 2020 regarding information from publications on epidemiologic, diagnostic, and therapeutic advancements in human immunodeficiency virus–associated peripheral neuropathy.Recent FindingsThe epidemiology/pathology of HIV neuropathy is discussed. Diagnostics includes skin wrinkli...
Published in Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes
BackgroundPatients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) commonly experience pain despite the availability of disease-modifying treatments. Sleep disturbances are frequently reported in RA, with pain often a contributing factor. The Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Pain Interference and Sleep Disturbance item banks were in...
Published in European child & adolescent psychiatry
Knowledge is scarce on the course of psychiatric disorders in adolescence. We aimed to assess changes in the frequency of psychiatric disorders, somatic disorders, pain, and substance use in a clinical psychiatric cohort from adolescence to young adulthood. This study is part of the Health Survey in Department of Children and Youth, St. Olavs Hospi...
Published in Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer
Pain is a serious adverse event which frequently accompanies hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). The safety and efficacy of NSAIDS during HSCT is currently unknown. Salsalate is a platelet-sparing NSAID with a favorable toxicity profile compared with other NSAIDS. We report the safety and efficacy of salsalate for different types of pai...
