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221 Shared Decision-Making in the Selection of Outpatient Analgesics for Older Individuals in the Emergency Department Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, April 17, 2013 Clinical Article

222 Lumbar Discogenic Pain: State-of-the-Art Review Pain Medicine, April 17, 2013 Review Article

223 A 2-year follow-up of quality of life, pain, and psychosocial factors in patients with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome and their spouses World Journal of Urology, April 17, 2013 Clinical Article

224 Effect of Therapeutic Exercise on Pain and Disability in the Management of Chronic Nonspecific Neck Pain: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials Physical Therapy, April 17, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine Review Article Clinical Article

225 A nationwide population-based study on bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis and ED International Journal of Impotence Research: The Journal of Sexual Medicine, April 17, 2013 Clinical Article

226 An unusual presentation of chest pain: Needle perforation of the right ventricle Heart & Lung; The Journal of Acute and Critical Care, April 17, 2013

227 The Efficacy of Yoga as an Intervention for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, April 17, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine Review Article Clinical Article

228 Value of serum pregnancy-associated plasma protein A for predicting cardiovascular events among patients presenting with cardiac chest pain Canadian Medical Association Journal, April 16, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine

229 Inability to self-report pain after a stroke: a population-based study Pain, April 16, 2013 Clinical Article

230 Prediction of headache severity (density and functional impact) after traumatic brain injury: A longitudinal multicenter study Cephalalgia, April 16, 2013 Clinical Article

231 Migraine, headache, and the risk of depression: Prospective cohort study Cephalalgia, April 16, 2013 Clinical Article

232 Different levels of cortical excitability reflect clinical fluctuations in migraine Cephalalgia, April 16, 2013 Clinical Article

233 Risk Factors for Headache in the UK Military: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Analyses Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain, April 16, 2013 Clinical Article

234 Noninvasive Pulsed Radio Frequency Energy in the Treatment of Occipital Neuralgia with Chronic, Debilitating Headache: A Report of Four Cases Pain Medicine, April 16, 2013

235 Prevalence and burden of primary headache disorders among a local community in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Full Text The Journal of Headache and Pain, April 16, 2013 Clinical Article

236 Long-term morbidities in stroke survivors: a prospective multicenter study of Thai stroke rehabilitation registry Full Text BMC Geriatrics, April 16, 2013 Clinical Article

237 Facilitated temporal processing of pain and defective supraspinal control of pain in cluster headache Pain, April 16, 2013 Clinical Article

238 Reflex receptive fields are enlarged in patients with musculoskeletal low back and neck pain Pain, April 15, 2013 Clinical Article

239 Migraine, headache and development of metabolic syndrome: An 11 year follow-up in the HUNT Study Pain, April 15, 2013 Clinical Article

240 Topiramate modulates habituation in migraine: evidences from nociceptive responses elicited by laser evoked potentials The Journal of Headache and Pain, April 15, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine Clinical Article

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Vitamin D deficiency is more common with non-Caucasian patients, and those with lower social support, no insurance, diabetes, lower activity levels, higher parathyroid hormone levels, and higher body mass indexes
Eating an early breakfast and dinner when taking PPIs can lower FSSG scores and improve GERD symptoms. (Factors leading to increased FSSG scores were female gender, inadequate sleep, lack of breakfast, antihypertensive agent non-users and dinner just before bedtime.)
No single method of contraception is contraindicated by age alone, but caution should be exercised with estrogen-containing preparations in obese women over 40

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Vitamin D deficiency is associated with increased mortality in ICU patients

Among 130 patients requiring mechanical ventilation, 107 were vitamin D-deficient (< 20 ng/ml). Of the patients who did not survive, the length of survival was shorter in the vitamin D-deficient patients (15.3 vs. 24.2 days, respectively).

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Coronary artery calcium increases cardiovascular risk in patients with T2DM and HTN

Researchers at Tel-Aviv University have conducted a study to determine the value of coronary artery calcium (CAC) measurements in cardiovascular risk stratification in patients with T2DM and HTN. The study involved 423 patients enrolled in the International Nifedipine Study: Intervention as Goal for Hypertension Therapy. The patients had baseline CT scans for CAC measurement at baseline and were shown to be free of disease. Follow-up CT scans were performed at 3 and 15 years. Cardiovascular events (CVEs) occurred in 41 of 423 patients at 3 years and 111 of 268 patients at 15 years of follow-up. CVEs occurred in 15% and 52% (CAC+) and 7% and 32% (CAC-) of patients with T2DM at 3 and 15 years of follow-up, respectively. Compared to patients without T2DM and no CAC, the HRs for a CVE were 6.6 and 3.9 in T2DM patients with and without CAC, respectively.

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CAC scores add predictability to Framingham

Researchers at Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam have evaluated 12 measures (N-terminal fragment of prohormone B-type natriuretic peptide levels, von Willebrand factor antigen levels, fibrinogen levels, chronic kidney disease, leukocyte count, C-reactive protein levels, homocysteine levels, uric acid levels, coronary artery calcium [CAC] scores, carotid intima–media thickness, peripheral arterial disease, and pulse wave velocity), in addition to Framingham risk scores for predicting coronary heart disease. Only the CAC was shown to add significantly to the Framingham risk score in predicting coronary heart disease.

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1 The prevalence of widespread central hypersensitivity in chronic pain patients European Journal of Pain, May 24, 2013

2 Enhanced sensitivity to punctate painful stimuli in female patients with chronic low back pain BMC Neurology, September 25, 2012 Free full text

3 Practice Patterns and Perceptions About Parenteral Hydration in the Last Weeks of Life: A Survey of Palliative Care Physicians in Latin America Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, August 12, 2011

4 Migraine: possible role of shear-induced platelet aggregation with serotonin release Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain, May 11, 2012

5 Comparison of work-related fear-avoidance beliefs across different anatomical locations with musculoskeletal pain Journal of Pain Research, September 2, 2011 Free full text

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Internal Medicine - Pain Management News & Articles

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Clinical Pearls in Internal Medicine

Highlights in Internal Medicine

Vitamin D deficiency is associated with increased mortality in ICU patients

Coronary artery calcium increases cardiovascular risk in patients with T2DM and HTN

CAC scores add predictability to Framingham

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