Use of red flags to screen for vertebral fractures in people with low back pain
The Cochrane Library contains many reviews relevant to the management of low back pain, one of the common health problems in the world. This includes reviews of what to look out for when someone presents with low back pain and the review of red flags that would highlight the need to screen for a spinal fracture was updated in August 2023. Here ’s Chris Han from the Institute for Musculoskeletal Health and the University of Sydney in Australia to describe the latest findings. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - February 12, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
Which treatments are effective for the management of complex regional pain syndrome in adults?
For some health conditions, there are multiple Cochrane reviews, each looking at the effects of a different intervention. Overviews of reviews are intended to help users to consider all interventions together and one of these overviews, for treating pain and disability in adults with complex regional pain syndrome was updated in June 2023. Here ' s lead author, Michael Ferraro from Neuroscience Research Australia, to describe the findings. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - October 11, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
Cannabis-based medicines for cancer pain
Effective management of a patient ' s pain is a key part of cancer care and various medicines have been suggested to help with this. These include cannabis-based medicines and medical cannabis, and in June 2023, we published a new Cochrane review of their effects. Here ' s one of the authors, Andrew Moore, a retired scientist formerly at the University of Oxford speaking from the depths of Devon in the UK, to tell us about the review ' s findings. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - September 13, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
SCCM Pod-454 PCCM: PANDEM Guidelines
The PANDEM guidelines evaluate current practices and provide recommendations for management of pain, agitation, iatrogenic withdrawal, neuromuscular blockade, delirium, ICU environment, and early mobility in critically ill infants and children. Host Margaret M. Parker, MD, MCCM, is joined by Heidi A. B. Smith, MD, MSCI, FAAP, to discuss the guidelines. (Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care)
Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care - December 21, 2022 Category: Intensive Care Authors: The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Tags: Medicine Source Type: podcasts
SCCMPod-454 PCCM: PANDEM Guidelines
The PANDEM guidelines evaluate current practices and provide recommendations for management of pain, agitation, iatrogenic withdrawal, neuromuscular blockade, delirium, ICU environment, and early mobility in critically ill infants and children. Host Margaret M. Parker, MD, MCCM, is joined by Heidi A. B. Smith, MD, MSCI, FAAP, to discuss the guidelines. (Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care)
Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care - March 22, 2022 Category: Intensive Care Authors: The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Tags: Medicine Source Type: podcasts
Talk Evidence - Bones, nutrition, pain relief, and overdiagnosis.
In this month ’s Talk evidence, we’re going back to our roots and avoiding covid - so sit back and listen to Helen Macdonald and Joe Ross discuss a new nutrition study to prevent fractures in older adults by eating dairy, and a meta-analysis which helps you choose pain relief medications for management of ost eoarthritis.
We’ll hear from Steven Woloshin about the virtual Overdiagnosis conference, and why he’s so excited about a new category in the National Library of Medicine.
Finally, we have a study on urinary retention and risk of cancer that has been over 25 years in the making.
Reading list;
Effect of di...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - November 5, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Talk Evidence - Bones, nutrition, pain relief, and overdiagnosis.
In this month’s Talk evidence, we’re going back to our roots and avoiding covid - so sit back and listen to Helen Macdonald and Joe Ross discuss a new nutrition study to prevent fractures in older adults by eating dairy, and a meta-analysis which helps you choose pain relief medications for management of osteoarthritis.
We’ll hear from Steven Woloshin about the virtual Overdiagnosis conference, and why he’s so excited about a new category in the National Library of Medicine.
Finally, we have a study on urinary retention and risk of cancer that has been over 25 years in the making.
Reading list;
Effect of dieta...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - November 5, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Postoperative pain management and opioids
Inappropriate use of opioids after surgery has contributed substantially to the global opioid epidemic. Lead author Paul Myles (Alfred Hospital and Monash University, Melbourne, Australia) discusses a newLancet Series that proposes alternative approaches for pain management after surgery. (Source: Listen to The Lancet)
Source: Listen to The Lancet - April 12, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Lancet Source Type: podcasts
SCCM Pod-376 2018 PADIS Guidelines
Kyle B. Enfield, MD, speaks with John W. Devlin, PharmD, FCCM, about the article: Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Pain, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobility, and Sleep Disruption in Adult Patients in the ICU (Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care)
Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care - January 16, 2019 Category: Intensive Care Authors: The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Tags: Medicine Source Type: podcasts
Medicare's HRRP and Mortality, Knee Arthritis Pain Control, Management of In-Flight Medical Emergencies, Best of Graphic Medicine 2018, and more
Editor's Summary by Howard Bauchner, MD, Editor in Chief of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the December 21, 2018 issue (Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary)
Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary - December 21, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Sanford M. Silverman - The Role of Abuse-Deterrent Therapies in a Multimodal Approach to Chronic Pain Management: Improving Outcomes and Averting Medication Misuse
The Role of Abuse-Deterrent Therapies in a Multimodal Approach to Chronic Pain Management: Improving Outcomes and Averting Medication Misuse (Source: PeerView CME/CE Audio Podcast - Primary Care)
Source: PeerView CME/CE Audio Podcast - Primary Care - October 26, 2018 Category: Primary Care Authors: PVI, PeerView Institute for Medical Education Tags: Science, Medicine Source Type: podcasts
