adverse events
Female Patients More Likely to Fare Worse When Operated on by Men, Large Study Shows
Female patients are more likely to experience adverse outcomes when they are operated on by a male surgeon than a ...
MAY 17, 2022
Opioid Use After Hospitalization, Risk for Adverse Events Need Close Monitoring
Of hospitalized patients who filled one or more opioid prescriptions within three months after discharge, roughly ...
OCTOBER 15, 2021
Study Compares Efficacy, Adverse Event Profiles of Spinal Cord Injury Pain Treatments
A new meta-analysis has concluded that while pharmacologic management can prove effective in chronic spinal cord ...
APRIL 30, 2021
IBD Patients Report Their Reactions To Biological Therapies
When IBD patients self-report their adverse reactions to biological therapies, they could provide insights that ...
APRIL 26, 2021
Surveying Existing Practice Composition And Complication Rates at Acute Pain Services
With an anonymous survey to acute pain services in North America, we hypothesized that independent services would ...
APRIL 12, 2021
Patients Report Worse Outcomes With Higher Opioid Doses
Concerns with the safety and adverse effects of opioids have grown with increases in prescribing and dose, and ...
APRIL 10, 2017
Study Finds Post-op Cessation of Opioids Vastly Varies
Higher preoperative levels of opioid use are linked to progressively longer times to cessation postoperatively, a ...
JUNE 23, 2016
OTC Antacids Containing Aspirin Linked to Serious Bleeding Risk
The FDA is still receiving reports of this serious side effect, even though the label warns of bleeding risk. The ...
JUNE 14, 2016
Sale of Migraine Patch Suspended Due to Risk for Burns, Scars
The Zecuity patch is a single-use, battery-powered patch that is wrapped around the upper arm or thigh. Adverse ...
JUNE 13, 2016
Stratification Tool for Opioid Risk Mitigation Helps Predict and Prevent Adverse Events
The Stratification Tool for Opioid Risk Mitigation is a safer, more effective approach to managing pain, with and ...
MAY 9, 2016
FDA Finds 97% Increase in Medical Device Recalls in Past Decade
Between 2003 and 2012, the annual number of medical device recalls had increased by 97%. Recalls almost doubled ...
APRIL 29, 2016