Pain physician
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Randomized Controlled Trial
The Associations Between Cognitive Dysfunction, Stress Biomarkers, and Administered Anesthesia Type in Total Knee Arthroplasties: Prospective, Randomized Trial.
Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) is a serious complication associated with total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and has been shown to increase the length of hospital stay, cause functional impairment, and morbidity. ⋯ Cognitive dysfunction, stress biomarkers, acute pain, regional anesthesia, spinal anesthesia.
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The role of patient satisfaction continues to play an important role in health care quality measures. The use of online review platforms has been adopted by patients to share their perceptions about the quality of care provided by physicians. Chronic pain practice has unique challenges regarding patient satisfaction. ⋯ Chronic pain practice, online review, patient review, patient satisfaction.
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Beta-blocker Use is Associated with a Reduction in Opioid Use 30 Days After Total Knee Arthroplasty.
Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) can lead to chronic pain and prolonged postoperative opioid use. There are few evidence-based interventions to prevent these outcomes. Recently, beta-blockers have emerged as possible novel analgesics. ⋯ Analgesics, opioid, arthroplasty, replacement, knee, adrenergic beta-antagonists, pain management.
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Percutaneous radiofrequency thermocoagulation (PRFT) has been widely used to treat trigeminal neuralgia. By querying MEDLINE, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library, no study has reported the long-term outcome of PRFT for tumor-related trigeminal neuralgia (TRTN). ⋯ Pain, secondary trigeminal neuralgia, radiofrequency thermocoagulation, trigeminal neuralgia.