Leading across boundaries: establishment of the UCLH community outreach intrathecal baclofen refill service [PDF]
BMJ Open QualityBackground Intrathecal baclofen (ITB) is a recognised treatment for severe spasticity. ITB users need to attend a specialist clinic regularly for their pump to be refilled and reprogrammed.
Valerie Stevenson +7 more
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Baclofen Modulates Neural Intrinsic Functional Connectivity in Treatment-Seeking Individuals With Alcohol Use Disorder. [PDF]
Alcohol Clin Exp Res (Hoboken)In a randomized, double‐blind study of individuals with alcohol use disorder, high‐dose baclofen (75 mg/day) compared with placebo was associated with differences in resting‐state functional connectivity, with higher connectivity in reward and stress‐related regions and lower connectivity in attentional and salience networks.
Logge WB +5 more
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Utilizing combination intrathecal baclofen and analgesic medication to manage spasticity and pain in patients with pediatric-onset disability: Case series [PDF]
Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation MedicinePURPOSE: The use of intrathecal medications for the management of spasticity and various pain syndromes in the adult population has been previously reported. However, no evidence-based guidelines currently exist in the pediatric population.
Denesh Ratnasingam +6 more
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Blessing or burden? Long‐term maintenance, complications and clinical outcome of intrathecal baclofen pumps [PDF]
Surgical Practice, 2018 Wai Sang Poon
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Effect of Intrathecal Baclofen Pump on Scoliosis in Children With Cerebral Palsy: A Meta-Analysis [PDF]
Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2023 Objective To systematically review the effect of intrathecal baclofen pump insertion in children with cerebral palsy (CP) with respect to scoliosis. Methods A systematic literature search was conducted in PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, and Google ...
Soolim Lee +5 more
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Caring for patients with intrathecal baclofen pumps [PDF]
CmajArchibold K, Whelan A.
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Spinal anesthesia for cesarean section in a woman with an intrathecal baclofen pump
JA Clinical Reports, 2022 Background Intrathecal baclofen pumps are commonly used for the management of lower extremity spasticity in the setting of spinal cord injury. There have been no reports of the performance of spinal anesthesia in patients with a pre-existing intrathecal ...
Heath Allen, Ryu Komatsu, Hani El-Omrani
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Characteristics of Changes in Intrathecal Baclofen Dosage over Time due to Causative Disease
Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica, 2023 Intrathecal baclofen (ITB) therapy effectively treats spasticity caused by brain or spinal cord lesions. However, only a few studies compare the course of treatment for different diseases. We investigated the change in daily dose of baclofen per year and
Yuki KIMOTO +14 more
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JEM Reports, 2023 Background: Bupivacaine, an amide local anesthetic, is commonly used in intrathecal pumps (IT) for pain and spasticity disorders. Pump malfunctions place patients at risk of bupivacaine overdose and local anesthetic systemic toxicity (LAST); however ...
Michael L. Behal +2 more
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Psychosocial and medical factors associated with intrathecal baclofen pump explants: A case series
Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine, 2023 PURPOSE: The goal of this retrospective chart review study was to explore factors that contributed to consideration of or actual pump explantation in pediatric patients with intrathecal baclofen (ITB) pumps.
Fabiola I. Reyes +4 more
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