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Pain Management Trajectories in Parkinson’s Disease

Physician's Weekly

Mild opioids, including tramadol and codeine, were most frequently initiated, with the largest gap seen 6 months before diagnosis. In contrast, stronger opioids showed increased use only after diagnosis. 70056 The post Pain Management Trajectories in Parkinson’s Disease first appeared on Physician's Weekly.

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A podcast on the evaluation and management of penetrating neck injuries in children

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In this episode of PEM Currents: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Podcast, we explore the clinical pearls behind “no-zone” management, how to distinguish hard and soft signs, when to image versus operate, and why airway always comes first. Management of penetrating neck injury in children: A review of the National Trauma Data Bank.

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Hydrops MRI Accurately Differentiates Meniere Disease, Vestibular Migraine

Physician's Weekly

MONDAY, June 23, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The combination of cochlear endolymphatic hydrops (CEH) and vestibular endolymphatic hydrops (VEH) on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) accurately diagnoses Meniere disease (MD) and vestibular migraine (VM), according to a study published online May 13 in Frontiers in Neurology.

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Dual-Energy CT Advances Arthritis Imaging

Physician's Weekly

Contrast-enhanced dual-energy CT improves diagnosis and guided management of suspected inflammatory arthritis of the hand. The CE-DECT findings matched the final diagnosis in 119 patients (87.5%). Diagnosis changed after CE-DECT in 67 patients (49.2%). and its impact on patient management at 8.4 (SD

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Orthopedic Pain Management: When to Skip the Specialist

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member login CONTACT US About Us Concierge Medicine Services Our Physicians Locations Member Login Contact Us L Orthopedic Pain Management: When to Skip the Specialist January 21, 2025 Orthopedic pain management is a guessing game. An MRI augments and adds confidence to our clinical diagnosis.

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Mixed Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia Clinical Profile and Treatment

Physician's Weekly

The following is a summary of “Mixed Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia: A Systematic Review of Epidemiology, Clinical Characteristics, Therapies, and Outcomes,” published in the May 2025 issue of American Journal of Hematology by Jacobs et al. Source: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajh.27721

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Long-Term Cancer Risk After Active Surveillance

Physician's Weekly

The following is a summary of “Active surveillance of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2 is not associated with an increased risk of non-cervical anogenital HPV-related cancer and precancer a population-based cohort study,” published in the June 2025 issue of American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology by ERIKSEN et al.