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[Splenic infarction after warfarin discontinuation during atrial fibrillation].

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We describe a case of patient with splenic infarction, admitted to our department for sudden abdominal pain and fever after discontinuation of anticoagulant therapy for atrial fibrillation, complicating a dilated myocardiopathy and mechanical prosthetic valve. Diagnosis of splenic infarction was

[Splenic infarction].

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A 53-year-old male suffered splenic infarction etiologically related to atrial fibrillation and non-obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. The main clinical manifestations were a one-month history of epigastric and left upper quadrant pain, with tenderness to palpation in the later zone.

The Use of Low-Dose Naltrexone for Chronic Pain.

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The use of low-dose naltrexone for the treatment of chronic pain is novel because it is a nonopioid alternative. Oral naltrexone in a dosage range from 1 mg to 4.5 mg is referred to as low-dose naltrexone. Low-dose naltrexone use is "off label" and has been used successfully to manage

Long-term safety and tolerability of fentanyl buccal tablet for the treatment of breakthrough pain in opioid-tolerant patients with chronic pain: an 18-month study.

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BACKGROUND Breakthrough pain (BTP) is highly prevalent in patients with chronic cancer and noncancer pain, commonly requiring treatment with short-acting or rapid-onset opioids. This is the first report of an analysis of long-term safety from combined clinical trials of a rapid-onset transmucosal

Targeting ALDH2 for Therapeutic Interventions in Chronic Pain-Related Myocardial Ischemic Susceptibility.

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Clinical observations have demonstrated a link between chronic pain and increased ischemic heart disease mortality, but the mechanisms remain elusive. Reactive aldehydes have recently been confirmed as a new player in pain pathologies, while our previous study demonstrated that reactive aldehydes

Acute abdomen due to an infarction of wandering spleen: case report.

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Wandering spleen is a rare condition characterized by the absence or underdevelopment of one or all spleen ligaments that fixate the spleen in the left upper quadrant. Many different terms refer to wandering spleen like dislocated spleen, ectopic spleen and displaced spleen. We report in this case a

Spinal Cord Infarction in Clinical Neurology: A Review of Characteristics and Long-Term Prognosis in Comparison to Cerebral Infarction.

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Spinal cord stroke is rare accounting for 0.3-1% of all strokes and is classified into upper (cervical) and lower (thoracolumbar) strokes. Patients present with severe deficits but later often show good functional improvement. On admission, younger age, male gender, hypertension, diabetes mellitus

The Association Between Chronic Pain and Cardiac Disease: A Cross-sectional Population Study.

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Chronic pain may increase the risk of cardiac disease, but the extent to which confounding variables account for this association has yet to be satisfactorily established. This study aims to examine the possibility of an independent association between these 2 variables. We applied logistic

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in chronic pain: implications of new data for clinical practice.

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COX2-selective and nonselective (ns) nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are widely used for chronic pain management. There are marked differences in the risk of adverse gastrointestinal (GI) and cardiovascular (CV) events among different NSAIDs. In 2017, publication of two randomized

The Effectiveness and Risks of Long-Term Opioid Treatment of Chronic Pain.

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OBJECTIVE Chronic pain is common and use of long-term opioid therapy for chronic pain has increased dramatically. This report reviews the current evidence on effectiveness and harms of opioid therapy for chronic pain, focusing on long-term (≥1 year) outcomes. METHODS A prior systematic review

Opioid Treatments for Chronic Pain

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Chronic pain is common, and opioid therapy is frequently prescribed for this condition. This report updates and expands on a prior Comparative Effectiveness Review on long-term (≥1 year) effectiveness and harms of opioid therapy for chronic pain, including evidence on shorter term (1

Prevalence of chronic pain and its impact on health-related quality of life in stroke survivors.

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OBJECTIVE To document the prevalence of chronic pain and to evaluate the effect of pain on quality of life (QOL) in patients 6 months or more after a stroke. METHODS Cross-sectional survey. METHODS Outpatient clinic of a rehabilitation center. METHODS One hundred seven stroke patients (68 men, 39

Acute methadone treatment reduces myocardial infarct size via the delta-opioid receptor in rats during reperfusion.

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BACKGROUND Methadone is an opioid agonist often given to manage acute and chronic pain. We sought to determine whether methadone compared with morphine dose dependently reduces myocardial infarct size (IS) and whether the mechanism is delta-opioid receptor mediated. Furthermore, we examined whether

The effectiveness and risks of long-term opioid therapy for chronic pain: a systematic review for a National Institutes of Health Pathways to Prevention Workshop.

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BACKGROUND Increases in prescriptions of opioid medications for chronic pain have been accompanied by increases in opioid overdoses, abuse, and other harms and uncertainty about long-term effectiveness. OBJECTIVE To evaluate evidence on the effectiveness and harms of long-term (>3 months) opioid

Medial thalamotomy with the Leksell Gamma Knife for treatment of chronic pain.

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The authors describe 10 patients who underwent stereotactic medial thalamotomy with the Leksell Gamma Knife for treatment of chronic intractable pain. The pain was related to structural spinal disorders (4), postherpetic neuralgia (2), spinal cord injury (1), thalamic syndrome (1), anesthesia

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