Background Ensuring safe and effective analgesic use in residential aged care services is
important because older adults are susceptible to analgesic-related adverse drug events …

Background and aims Opioid use in heart failure (HF) management is controversial, and
whether rapid symptomatic relief outweighs the risks of opioid use in HF remains unknown …

Background. Druginduced acute kidney injury (DAKI) is increasingly common and can
extend the hospital length of stay and increase mortality. This study is aimed at analyzing the …

This retrospective analysis of insurance claims evaluated real-world trends in prescription
fills among patients treated with balloon kyphoplasty (N= 6,656) or vertebroplasty (N= 2,189) …

Ethnopharmacological relevance The increasing incidence of osteoarthritis (OA), especially
among the elderly population, highlights the need for more efficacious treatments that go …

Methods Data were collected from a convenience sample of 698 patients admitted from
August 2017 to May 2019 into an intensive 2-day Fibromyalgia Treatment Program at a …

Purpose We sought to understand the beliefs and practices of Canadian intensivists
regarding their use of ketamine as a sedative in critically ill patients and to gauge their …

Background and Objectives: Opioid use in Korea is lower than in other developed countries.
However, recent studies have reported an increase in opioid prescriptions and the number …

(1) Background: A major problem affecting geriatric patients is pain. In addition to pain, a
significant problem of old age is dementia and depression, which can hinder the diagnosis …

With older adults already on numerous prescription medications to manage their chronic
conditions, the addition of pain medications could impose an even greater burden due to …