Pain Management After Orthopedic Trauma: Guidelines From the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma and the Orthopaedic Trauma Association
Am Fam Physician. 2024 Apr;109(4):376-377.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38648845 (Source: American Family Physician)
Source: American Family Physician - April 22, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Pamela R Hughes Gregorio Climaco Source Type: research

Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: Diagnosis and Management
Am Fam Physician. 2024 Apr;109(4):350-359.ABSTRACTLumbar spinal stenosis is a clinical syndrome that affects more than 200,000 people in the United States annually. It is a common cause of chronic insidious low back pain, especially in older patient populations (mean age = 64 years). Lumbar spinal stenosis is a degenerative condition of the spine leading to narrowing in the spaces around the neurovascular bundles and the classic symptom of low back pain that radiates to the buttocks and lower extremities bilaterally. It is typically a progressive waxing and waning process that may deteriorate over years. The pain is typica...
Source: American Family Physician - April 22, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Charles W Webb Kenneth Aguirre Peter H Seidenberg Source Type: research

Anxiety, depression and quality of life in patients with head and neck cancer undergoing laryngectomy: A long-term prospective evaluation
CONCLUSION: Anxiety, depression and QoL in laryngectomised patients improved at 1 year after surgery and were maintained for up to 5 years.WHAT THIS PAPER ADDS: What is already known on the subject Laryngectomy is associated with prolonged functional and psychological effects and has a major impact on patient quality of life (QoL). Several prospective studies evaluating the QoL in laryngectomised patients have been reported, in which significant deterioration in social functioning was found even 1 year after surgery. What this paper adds to existing knowledge One year is not a sufficient period for laryngectomised patients...
Source: International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders - April 22, 2024 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Nobuaki Mukoyama Naoki Nishio Hiroyuki Kimura Tatsuya Tokura Shinichi Kishi Kazuyoshi Ogasawara Hidenori Tsuzuki Sayaka Yokoi Akihisa Wada Mayu Shigeyama Norio Ozaki Yasushi Fujimoto Michihiko Sone Source Type: research

Pain Management After Orthopedic Trauma: Guidelines From the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma and the Orthopaedic Trauma Association
Am Fam Physician. 2024 Apr;109(4):376-377.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38648845 (Source: American Family Physician)
Source: American Family Physician - April 22, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Pamela R Hughes Gregorio Climaco Source Type: research

Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: Diagnosis and Management
Am Fam Physician. 2024 Apr;109(4):350-359.ABSTRACTLumbar spinal stenosis is a clinical syndrome that affects more than 200,000 people in the United States annually. It is a common cause of chronic insidious low back pain, especially in older patient populations (mean age = 64 years). Lumbar spinal stenosis is a degenerative condition of the spine leading to narrowing in the spaces around the neurovascular bundles and the classic symptom of low back pain that radiates to the buttocks and lower extremities bilaterally. It is typically a progressive waxing and waning process that may deteriorate over years. The pain is typica...
Source: American Family Physician - April 22, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Charles W Webb Kenneth Aguirre Peter H Seidenberg Source Type: research