The majority of existing clinical guidelines and consensus statements on pain management at the end of life in the intensive care unit agree on a set of recommendations that include the use of high doses of opioid.
Verum acupuncture was found to be more effective than sham acupuncture in improving pain, sleep quality, and general status recovery, but not fatigue in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome.
Economic hardship was defined as having an equivalized household disposable income <60% of the median disposable income of the population of Denmark that year.
Increases in functional connectivity between pro-nociceptive brain areas may correlate with higher levels of peripheral inflammation in individuals with rheumatoid arthritis \ and comorbid fibromyalgia.
Simple Fibromyalgia Assessment Screening Tool indices may facilitate the diagnosis of fibromyalgia in the routine care of patients with other rheumatic diseases.
The levels of urine C-telopeptide of cross-linked collagen type II were found to be independently associated with pain intensity and radiographic severity in patients with osteoarthritis.
More men with long-term opioid use are screened for low testosterone than men taking opioids for a short period of time; however, given the known link between opioid use and low testosterone, these rates were still lower than expected.
