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Remifentanil Linked to Adverse Events in Patients Dependent On Opioids
Case Study Raises Concerns for Severe Post-op Pain
ISSUE: JUNE, 2009
Remifentanil, a short-acting opioid commonly used for surgical anesthesia, may cause severe opioid-induced hyperalgesia and acute opioid tolerance in patients who are dependent on opiates.
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A Care With Words: Exploring the Effects Of Clinician Comments on Patients
ISSUE: JUNE, 2009
linicians often speak to patients in ways that appear accurate and informative to them but are wholly insensitive, overly paternalistic and sometimes, frankly, wrong.
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Preserving Pain Medicine as Reimbursement Falls
ISSUE: JUNE, 2009
Reimbursement by Medicare and other payers for pain services has dropped precipitously in recent memory, and according to experts, that trend will continue in earnest over the next few years.
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