Search results for "Pain Management"
Opioids may be associated with increased risk for serious invasive pneumococcal infections
Patients with invasive pneumococcal disease had significantly greater odds than control participants of being current opioid users, and associations were strongest for long-acting opioids, high-potency opioids, and high-dose opioids.
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2018/02/13/1.htm
13 Feb 2018
In the News
The latest news and clinical studies affecting internal medicine, from the files of ACP InternistWeekly.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2009/06/in-the-news.htm
1 Jun 2009
Latest updates on ACP's priorities, initiatives
ACP Spotlight offers readers a look at ACP's current top priorities and initiatives, as well as highlights from our e-newsletter, ACP Internist Weekly.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2020/05/latest-updates-on-acps-priorities-initiatives.htm
1 May 2020
Acupuncture, electrotherapy after knee replacement associated with reduced, delayed opioid use
Very low-certainty evidence showed that cryotherapy was associated with a reduction in opioid consumption and pain improvement, while low-certainty or very low-certainty evidence showed that continuous passive motion and preoperative exercise offered no pain improvement or reduction in opioid consumption.
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2017/08/22/1.htm
22 Aug 2017
‘Mastering Medicine Together’ at ACP's annual meeting
ACP's annual Internal Medicine Meeting brings internists together in Los Angeles for the first time.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2020/03/mastering-medicine-together-at-acps-annual-meeting.htm
1 Mar 2020
In the News
New opioid therapy guidelines released; PFO closure may help migraines.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2009/04/in-the-news.htm
1 Apr 2009
Internal Medicine 2012 coverage highlights core topics
Wrap-up coverage of ACP's annual meeting covers how to make opiates safer and more efficient, how to address the sensitive topics of sexual history and an inability to drive, and what are the worst drugs to come to market, among other topics.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2012/06/editors.htm
1 Jun 2012
Carve out cancer patients from opioid restriction programs, ASCO says
The society does not support prescription limits that would artificially impede access to medically necessary treatment for patients with cancer, but does support existing exemptions to prescribing limits for cancer patients.
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2016/06/07/2.htm
7 Jun 2016
CDC proposes 12 draft recommendations for prescribing opioids
The agency is accepting public comment until Jan. 13.
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2015/12/22/2.htm
22 Dec 2015
What's new in other College publications
ACP Hospitalist, ACP mobile content, ACP Press, and ACP QI programs.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2008/11/highlights.htm
1 Nov 2008