Search results for "Back pain"
Screening for lung cancer can be easier said than done
This issue also covers sexual harassment in medicine, women's health, and reducing alcohol-related traffic fatalities.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/05/screening-for-lung-cancer-can-be-easier-said-than-done.htm
1 May 2018
Yoga may be beneficial in chronic low back pain
Yoga improved chronic low back pain compared to usual care, a new randomized trial has shown.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/11/01/4.htm
1 Nov 2011
MKSAP Quiz: Low back pain
A 32-year-old man is evaluated for a 10-year history of low back pain and stiffness that are alleviated with exercise and hot showers. In addition to starting an NSAID and physical therapy, what is the most appropriate treatment for this patient?
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/02/01/3.htm
1 Feb 2011
MKSAP Quiz: low back pain of 3 months' duration
A 52-year-old man is evaluated for low back pain of 3 months' duration that is nonradiating, progressive, and worse with ambulation. He reports no preceding injury. Medical history is notable for smoldering multiple myeloma diagnosed 1 year ago; he has been stable since that time. His only medication is as-needed acetaminophen. Following a physical exam and lab results, what is the most appropriate management?
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2016/05/24/3.htm
24 May 2016
CMS criteria for appropriate use of cardiac imaging create confusion around reimbursement
The appropriate use criteria for imaging for coronary artery disease are heterogeneous and sometimes discrepant, creating substantial potential for uncertainty about reimbursement among clinicians seeking to provide their patients with appropriate tests, an analysis found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/08/22/2.htm
22 Aug 2023
No additional benefit for low back pain when naproxen is combined with adjunct treatment, study finds
Adding a muscle relaxant or an opioid plus acetaminophen to naproxen did not appear to improve pain or functional outcomes at 1 week in patients who presented to an ED with low back pain.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2015/10/27/5.htm
27 Oct 2015
PERSPECTIVES 4 ACP Internist Last November, the debate over ...
Put words in our mouth. “So your back pain isbecause you.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/04/acpi-201704-dynamed_t1.pdf
23 Mar 2017
Glucocorticoid injection provides only short-term relief from chronic low back pain
Patients who received a single intradiscal glucocorticoid injection reported positive effects on pain at one month compared with the control group, but the groups did not differ in low back pain intensity at 12 months and in most secondary outcomes at one and 12 months.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2017/03/21/1.htm
21 Mar 2017
PERSPECTIVES 4 ACPINTERNIST Most patients and physicians are very ...
This issue’s second cover story, meanwhile, addresses back pain, one of the mostcommon reasons patients visit internists’ offices and potentially one of the most frus-trating problems to treat. ... She has nomuscle pain, weakness, or joint pain.Pertinent family history includes breastcancer in her mother and ovarian cancerin her grandmother.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/11/acpi-201311-puzzle_t1.pdf
1 Nov 2013
PERSPECTIVES 4 ACPINTERNIST Major guidelines on hypertension released last ...
MKSAP Quiz: ED evaluation for midsternal pain. A59-year-old woman is evaluated inthe emergency department for mid-sternal chest pain. ... The pain abatedspontaneously after approximately 45minutes. She had no further chest painuntil several hours later, when itrecurred unprovoked by exertion.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/04/acpi-201404-puzzle_t1.pdf
25 Mar 2014