Caring for patients with pain during the COVID‐19 pandemic: consensus recommendations from an international expert panel

H Shanthanna, NH Strand, DA Provenzano… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Chronic pain causes significant suffering, limitation of daily activities and reduced quality of
life. Infection from COVID‐19 is responsible for an ongoing pandemic that causes severe …

Baclofen therapeutics, toxicity, and withdrawal: a narrative review

JW Romito, ER Turner, JA Rosener… - SAGE open …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Baclofen is an effective therapeutic for the treatment of spasticity related to multiple sclerosis,
spinal cord injuries, and other spinal cord pathologies. It has been increasingly used off …

Novel psychoactive substances of interest for psychiatry

F Schifano, L Orsolini, G Duccio Papanti… - World …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Novel psychoactive substances include synthetic cannabinoids, cathinone derivatives,
psychedelic phenethylamines, novel stimulants, synthetic opioids, tryptamine derivatives …

A review of spasticity treatments: pharmacological and interventional approaches

EY Chang, N Ghosh, D Yanni, S Lee… - Critical Reviews™ in …, 2013 - dl.begellhouse.com
Spasticity is a velocity-dependent increase in muscle tone and uncontrolled, repetitive,
involuntary contractions of skeletal muscles. Spasticity presents as upper motor neuron …

An approach to chemotherapy-associated toxicity

Z Livshits, RB Rao, SW Smith - Emergency Medicine Clinics, 2014 - emed.theclinics.com
Cancer is the leading cause of death worldwide and the second leading cause of death in
the United States. 1 Approximately 13.7 million Americans with a cancer history were alive in …

Cerebral palsy: comprehensive review and update

MMS Jan - Annals of Saudi medicine, 2006 - annsaudimed.net
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a common pediatric disorder occurring in about 2 to 2.5 per 1000 live
births. It is a chronic motor disorder resulting from a non-progressive (static) insult to the …

Status dystonicus: a practice guide

NM Allen, JP Lin, T Lynch… - Developmental Medicine & …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Status dystonicus is a rare, but life‐threatening movement disorder emergency. Urgent
assessment is required and management is tailored to patient characteristics and …

A benefit-risk assessment of baclofen in severe spinal spasticity

A Dario, G Tomei - Drug safety, 2004 - Springer
Baclofen is used for treatment of the spasticity of spinal origin that is a common sequela of
spinal cord injury and multiple sclerosis; spasticity occurs in about 50% of patients affected …

Neuroleptic malignant syndrome: an easily overlooked neurologic emergency

R Oruch, IF Pryme, BA Engelsen… - … disease and treatment, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome is an unpredictable iatrogenic neurologic emergency
condition, mainly arising as an idiosyncratic reaction to antipsychotic agent use. It is …

Prevention and management of intrathecal drug delivery and spinal cord stimulation system infections

KA Follett, RL Boortz-Marx, JM Drake… - The Journal of the …, 2004 - pubs.asahq.org
The authors reviewed data pertaining to infections associated with DD and SCS. Sources of
data included published1 and unpublished clinical study data, postmarket and medical …