Pain physician
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Pain control is strongly correlated with the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) quality-of-care domains and overall hospital experience. Prior research implicates several factors in the variability of patients' pain management satisfaction scores, including but not limited to racial diversity, ethnic diversity, gender, socioeconomic status, and other cultural factors. ⋯ Pain, HCAHPS, patient reported outcome measures, patient satisfaction, ethnicity, race.
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Although percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) can effectively relieve the pain for patients with acute osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs), many patients still complain of mild back pain in the early postoperative period. ⋯ Osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures, percutaneous vertebroplasty, Numeric Rating Scale, vertebral height, responders, low responders, limited activity, complications.
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The cost of chronic pain in the United States is extremely high. Opioids are one of the most common medications prescribed for the treatment of chronic pain, and their misuse and addiction have been of concern. It has been found that opioids are frequently abused and negatively impact the American workforce. ⋯ Prescription drugs, US workforce, chronic pain.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Effects of Intraoperative Low-Dose Ketamine on Persistent Postsurgical Pain after Breast Cancer Surgery: A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled, Double-Blind Study.
Compared to acute postsurgical pain, studies regarding the role of ketamine in persistent postsurgical pain (PPSP) are limited. ⋯ Analgesia, breast cancer, chronic pain, ketamine, mastectomy, morphine, pain, postoperative, propofol.