Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation
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Arch Phys Med Rehabil · Dec 2005
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter StudyEfficacy and safety of oxymorphone immediate release for the treatment of mild to moderate pain after ambulatory orthopedic surgery: results of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
To assess the analgesic efficacy and safety of 5 mg of oxymorphone immediate release (IR) for mild to moderate pain. ⋯ Five milligrams of oxymorphone IR was well tolerated and effective at relieving mild or moderate postsurgical pain after outpatient knee surgery.
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Arch Phys Med Rehabil · Dec 2005
ReviewManagement of diabetes during acute stroke and inpatient stroke rehabilitation.
To summarize evidence on the impact of hyperglycemia on stroke outcomes and to present therapy algorithms for inpatient management in diabetic stroke patients. ⋯ To achieve inpatient glycemic management targets, use of clinical management algorithms, self-management tools, and systems approaches such as diabetes management teams are useful.
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Arch Phys Med Rehabil · Dec 2005
Multicenter StudyCharacterizing speech and language pathology outcomes in stroke rehabilitation.
Hatfield B, Millet D, Coles J, Gassaway J, Conroy B, Smout RJ. Characterizing speech and language pathology outcomes in stroke rehabilitation. ⋯ The results challenge common clinical practice by suggesting that use of high-level cognitively and linguistically complex SLP activities early in a patient's stay may result in more efficient practice and better outcomes regardless of the patient's functional communication severity level on admission.
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Arch Phys Med Rehabil · Dec 2005
Venous thromboembolism after spinal cord injury: incidence, time course, and associated risk factors in 16,240 adults and children.
To analyze the incidence of venous thromboembolism (VTE) after spinal cord injury (SCI). ⋯ The incidence of VTE in SCI patients in California did not change between 1991 and 2001. We identified specific risk factors for VTE. Further studies are needed to determine if prompt initiation of medical prophylaxis in high risk subjects reduces the incidence of symptomatic VTE.
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Arch Phys Med Rehabil · Dec 2005
Health status rated with the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey after spinal cord injury.
To describe the health status of Australians with spinal cord injury (SCI). ⋯ Using the SF-36, Australians with SCI rate their physical (not mental) health status as worse than the general population.