Primary Care

Key Highlights Six-month satisfaction data were available for 166 adults undergoing knee surgery.

Interviews with 15 older surgical patients identified psychological and social influences on acute pain, informing a biopsychosocial model.

Interviews explore how older surgical patients perceive their role in postoperative pain management and their preferred level of engagement.

A retrospective study evaluated whether preoperative distress predicts pain clinic referrals after mastectomy with immediate reconstruction.

A randomized controlled trial found lower pain, preoperative anxiety, and rescue analgesic use with biofeedback-guided breathing in laparoscopic cholecystectomy patients.

An institutional analysis examines first-year outpatient suzetrigine prescribing across orthopedic surgical and pain services.

A secondary trial analysis found 21% higher odds of greater delirium severity per unit increase in day 1 pain after elective noncardiac surgery.

In this interview, Arwen Podesta, MD, DFAPA, DFASAM, describes how alcohol use disorder remains a significant burden for patients and the health care system, and that clinicians across specialties should...

An updated evidence-based practice guideline published in Headache outlines when to initiate pharmacologic migraine prevention in adults and how to select, assess, and discontinue treatment.

Laura Melaro, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC, previews practical guidance on recognizing, differentiating, and treating anxiety disorders in primary care, including trauma-related conditions, physical symptom...