Background: The lifetime prevalence of spinal pain has been reported as 54% to 80%, with
as many as 60% of patients continuing to have chronic pain five years or longer after the …

Methods We solicited from physicians practicing in Arizona and California reports of patients
with coccidioidomycosis who were HIV seropositive. Patient data were obtained through …

Results: This review article describes the most common modalities available to an
interventional pain physician along with the most relevant current and past references for the …

Based upon knowledge of the hydrolytic profile of major β-lactamases found in Gram-
negative bacteria, we tested the efficacy of the combination of ceftazidime-avibactam (CAZ …

We prospectively studied the continuous “modified” femoral three-in-one block for
postoperative pain after total knee arthroplasty. Sixty-two patients undergoing elective knee …

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy of epoetin alfa in alleviating
anemia and minimizing ribavirin (RBV) dose reductions in patients with chronic hepatitis C …

Recent developments in health care have focused efforts on both the national and local
levels to reduce unnecessary health care costs and the number of hospital stays while …

Objective. To determine the effectiveness and risks of fluoroscopically guided lumbar
interlaminar epidural steroid injections. Design. Systematic review of the literature with …

Background and Objectives The use of self-report questionnaires to detect characteristics of
altered central pain processing, as seen in centralized pain disorders such as fibromyalgia …

Objective Injections for spinal pain have high failure rates, emphasizing the importance of
patient selection. It is possible that detecting the presence of a fibromyalgia (FM)–like …