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Clinical Significance of Therapeutic Drug Level Monitoring for Mycophenolate in Patients With Extrarenal Systemic Lupus Erythematosus—A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Clinical response to mycophenolic acid (MPA) is highly heterogeneous; thus, therapeutic drug level monitoring (TDM) may help improve treatment efficacy. This systematic review and meta‐analysis examined therapeutic ranges for MPA levels associated with better outcomes and safety in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE ...
Zahraa Qamhieh   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analyzing the Effect of Intraoperative Stimulation Voltage on Facial Numbness Following Radiofrequency Thermocoagulation in the Treatment of Idiopathic Trigeminal Neuralgia

open access: yesPain and Therapy
Introduction Radiofrequency thermocoagulation (RFT) effectively alleviates idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia (ITN); however, postoperative facial numbness poses a significant challenge.
Aitao Wang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Management of cancer pain : knowledge and attitudes of healthcare professionals [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Includes bibliographical references.The control of pain is an important aspect of patient care for physicians who deal with cancer and has significant impact on the quality of life of patients.
Rodrigues, S D S
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Developing and Evaluating a Laboratory‐Based Frailty Index for the Prediction of Long‐Term Health Outcomes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We aimed to construct and evaluate the first laboratory‐based frailty index (FI‐Lab) for predicting adverse outcomes in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and to compare its predictive ability to that of an existing clinical FI. Methods We used data from a single‐center prospective cohort of adult patients with SLE whose baseline visit ...
Grace Burns   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Oxymatrine Alleviates Central Post-Stroke Pain in Rats by Reducing the Inflammatory Response

open access: yesJournal of Pain Research
Hai-Li Li,1– 3 Xing-Ping Tan,1,3 Xiao-Die Wang,1,3 Ren-Tian Guo,1,3 Jiang-Lin Wang1,3,4 1Department of Pain Management, The Affiliated Hospital, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Anesthesiology, The ...
Li HL, Tan XP, Wang XD, Guo RT, Wang JL
doaj  

High Health Care Utilization Preceding Diagnosis With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Although early diagnosis improves long‐term outcomes, patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) often experience prolonged, circuitous paths to diagnosis. To inform diagnostic improvement, we sought to characterize health care utilization in the year preceding diagnosis. Methods We identified 10,021 patients with an incident diagnosis
Anna Costello   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Primer on Anatomy, Biophysics, Pathology, Imaging and Treatment of the Intervertebral Disc and the Anterior Spinal Column: The Discogenic, Intervertebral, Spinal Column (DISC) ASPN Workgroup

open access: yesJournal of Pain Research
Jay S Grider,1 Timothy R Deer,2 Douglas P Beall,3 Melissa Z Murphy,4 Jacob W Fleming,5 Steven M Falowski,6 Christopher J Mallard,7 Hamzah A Ramawad,8 Rosa Amelia Garcia,9 Usman Latif,10 Chau M Vu,11 Anne Christopher,12 Michael E Harned,7 Raj G Patel,13 ...
Grider JS   +31 more
doaj  

Adult Pain Management [PDF]

open access: yes, 1988
Research undertaken by Dodd (1986) showed that a significant number of post-operative patients had unacceptably high levels of pain indicating under treatment, and that patients and nurses held conflicting expectations of who should initiate the request ...
Barbara Murphy
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Integrating Patient‐Reported Quality Measures in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Development of the American College of Rheumatology Implementation Guide

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective To support high‐quality, patient‐centered care for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) developed evidence‐based measures incorporating clinical and patient‐reported outcome measures (PROMs). Using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR), we conducted semistructured interviews ...
Catherine Nasrallah   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Trajectories of Physical Function in Canadian Children With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We describe trajectories of physical function in children newly diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and identify trajectories with persisting functional impairments and associated baseline characteristics. Methods We included patients enrolled in the Canadian Alliance of Pediatric Rheumatology Investigators (CAPRI) Registry ...
Clare Cunningham   +81 more
wiley   +1 more source

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