Orthopedics
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Possible mortality risk seen with tramadol in osteoarthritis
Older patients taking tramadol for osteoarthritis had significantly higher mortality risk than did patients taking NSAIDs.
Medicolegal Issues
Today’s Care Must Extend Beyond the Exam Room
In today’s world, health care providers and organizations are expected to take responsibility for a patient’s well-being. If you send a patient...
Radiology Review
A Pain He Can’t Walk Off
An elderly man experiences a “deep aching pain” in his right knee. Walking and weight bearing make it worse. What does the radiograph reveal?
News
TNFi use may not affect joint replacement rates for RA patients
Investigators examined joint replacement rates during 2001-2016 in the British Society for Rheumatology Biologics Register for RA.
News
Antidepressants tied to greater hip fracture incidence in older adults
In the year after initiating antidepressant therapy, a 3.5% incidence rate for hip fractures was found, compared with 1.3% in the control group....
Radiology Review
The Unintended Off-road Experience
When this 70-year-old woman’s vehicle was hit by a tractor-trailer, she went careening off the road and into a guardrail. How did she fare in this...
Endocrine Consult
Osteoporosis: Breaking Down the Treatment Options
One in three women (and one in five men) older than 50 will sustain an osteoporotic fracture. But thanks to advances in medical science, there are...
PURLs
Time to Stop Glucosamine and Chondroitin for Knee OA?
The efficacy of chondroitin and glucosamine for knee osteoarthritis has been questioned for years. Now, the first pharmaceutically sponsored trial...
Radiology Review
There’s No Patellin’ What Happened
The only logical explanation for this man’s knee pain is an injury sustained in the motor vehicle accident that sent him to your emergency...
Renal Consult
The Unsaid Dangers of NSAIDs
Patients undergoing orthopedic procedures often receive powerful NSAIDs, such as ketorolac, to ease their postop pain without the use of narcotics...