An evidence-based guideline for the comprehensive management of osteoarthritis , including educational, behavioral, psychosocial, and physical interventions, as well as pharmacologic therapies from the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) and the Arthritis Foundation.
The 11th edition of the International Classification of Diseases includes chronic pain in the “Symptoms, Signs or Clinical Findings” category.
Patients with chronic migraine and comorbidities incur nearly 2 times the health care costs of patients with migraine alone.
Identifying the cause of chronic pain can be challenging, particularly because it can have myriad causes, some of which might not be obvious. When the cause of pain is not apparent and proper investigations into its etiology are not conducted, a diagnosis of complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) might be made. CRPS is divided into…
It’s just a typical Saturday, you’re riding your horse-drawn cart into town when suddenly you have a noncollision accident which throws you to the ground. You lie there, and for the life of you, you can’t remember the ICD-10 code for this very scenario. Well, we’ve got you covered. Peruse our list of obscure…
Chronic pain is often associated with a range of comorbidities that are either not recognized or treated separately from the pain. Failure to adequately treat pain comorbidities results in a soaring of pain scores, adding to the challenge of managing chronic pain.
“The I-PREP intervention substantially improved pain management in older adults in the emergency department with moderate-to-severe musculoskeletal or abdominal pain,.”
With the rise of the opioid epidemic and the ever-increasing prevalence of chronic pain resulting from conditions ranging from musculoskeletal disorders to neuropathies, efforts geared at developing non-opioid and non-pharmacologic treatment strategies are essential. Multimodal approaches to the management of chronic pain are favored by pain specialists, as all aspects of the biopsychosocial model…
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