Articles Tagged With: musculoskeletal
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Statin Use with Daptomycin: Do We Finally Have a Definitive Answer?
A meta-analysis on published literature and a disproportionality analysis using Food and Drug Administration data found that statin use was associated with the occurrence of daptomycin-induced musculoskeletal adverse events. In most cases, statin use should be discontinued while patients are on daptomycin.
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Do Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Cause More Chronic Pain?
Acute inflammation may protect against the development of chronic pain through neutrophil activation. Using nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs may blunt that response and contribute to chronic pain.
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Is Metformin a Wonder Drug?
An analysis of patients taking metformin for diabetes showed they were less likely to report back, knee, neck/shoulder, or multisite musculoskeletal pain.
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Pediatric Musculoskeletal Point-of-Care Ultrasound: Everything but the Bones
Ultrasound is an incredible tool that keeps becoming more valuable. In this article, the authors show how point-of-care ultrasound of the musculoskeletal system can help clinicians identify a diversity of diseases, including soft tissue infections, abscesses, and foreign bodies! In a later issue, the authors explore the use of ultrasound to identify bone and joint issues.
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Guideline: Clinicians Should Use NSAIDs for Acute Musculoskeletal Pain
Orgs call for topical treatment as first-line agent for acute pain from non-low back-related injuries that lasts no more than four weeks.
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AORN Offers Safe Patient Handling Guidance
Perioperative nurses often sustain musculoskeletal injuries from lifting and moving patients. This is a problem that poses even more risks in a society with an obesity epidemic.