Last month, a long-anticipated trial on ED migraine treatment came out evaluating the use of greater occipital nerve blocks (GONB) in the ED for refractory migraines. This edition of Pain Profiles looks at migraines, what we know about migraine treatment, and what nerve blocks bring to the table.
Dilaudid, or Hydromorphone... How can we optimize ED use of this analgesic? This edition of Pain Profiles provides you with pearls, pitfalls, and the recent literature concerning hydromorphone.
This edition of Pain Profiles looks at a new review from Annals of Emergency Medicine on regional anesthesia.
This edition of Pain Profiles looks at the recent GERIKET trial evaluating subdissociative-dose ketamine in geriatric patients.
Today we bring a practice changer in the Pain Profiles series by Dr. David Cisewski. This post looks at using prophylactic anticholinergics in patients receiving antiemetics to reduce extrapyramidal side effects. We follow the normal post with highlights from Twitter and expert commentary from Sergey Motov.
This week, Pain Profiles evaluates morphine and ketorolac in acute renal colic, with a guest commentary by Dr. Sergey Motov.
This week's Pain Profiles post by Dr. David Cisewski evaluates ketamine versus prochlorperazine for headache in the ED, with expert commentary from Dr. Sergey Motov.
Today's post in the Pain Profiles series by Dr. David Cisewski evaluates the intranasal route for analgesia.
