Geriatric Patients
Geriatric Patients Calvin H. Hirsch, MD Samir J. Sheth, MD FAST FACTS Chronic pain in the elderly is very common and exacerbated by age-related physiologic changes. Geriatric pain assessment taking…
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Health Disparities in Pain Management
Health Disparities in Pain Management Efrain Talamantes, MD, MBA, MS FAST FACTS African Americans are subject to racial health disparities, but there is increasing evidence that Asian and Hispanic populations…
Rational Analgesic Polypharmacotherapy: A Novel Treatment Approach in Pain Management
Rational Analgesic Polypharmacotherapy: A Novel Treatment Approach in Pain Management Joseph Solberg, DO Hunter Vincent, DO FAST FACTS 1. Rational analgesic polypharmacotherapy (RAPP) is a novel multidimensional approach to combination…
Motivational Interviewing
Motivational Interviewing Shelly Henderson, PhD Amir Ramezani, PhD FAST FACTS Motivational interviewing (MI) is more than the use of a set of techniques or strategies. It is characterized by a…
Targeted Pain Interview
Targeted Pain Interview Charles De Mesa, DO, MPH Dustin Ward, MD INTRODUCTION Communication is key in the interview process. Listen and pause to gain a sense of the context of…
Pain Anatomy and Physiology
Pain Anatomy and Physiology Damoon Rejaei, MD Samir J. Sheth, MD FAST FACTS Pain transmission and sensation is a complex phenomenon composed of multiple components including nociceptor activation, ascending spinal…
Essential Tools of Primary Care Pain Medicine
Essential Tools of Primary Care Pain Medicine Catherine Platt, MD Samir J. Sheth, MD Ian J. Koebner, PhD, MSc, MAOM Anthony DiGirolamo, DO Charles De Mesa, DO, MPH INTRODUCTION Pain…
Spasmodic Torticollis
ICD-10 CODE G24.8 The Clinical Syndrome Spasmodic torticollis is a rare condition characterized by involuntary movement of the head. It is classified as a focal or segmental dystonia and occurs…
Clival Chordoma Syndrome
ICD-10 CODE D16.4 The Clinical Syndrome Clival chordoma is a rare neoplasm that arises from embryological remnants of the notochord along the spinal axis. Clival chordomas are usually benign, although…
Nummular Headache
Abstract: Nummular headache is an uncommon chronic headache syndrome characterized by constant localized pain with superimposed paroxysms of stabbing jabs and jolts of mild to moderate intensity that occur in…
