Ethical issues in pain and palliation.

Purpose Of Review: Increased public awareness of ethical issues in pain and palliative care, along with patient advocacy groups, put pressure on healthcare systems and professionals to address these concerns.Our aim is to review the ethics dilemmas concerning palliative care in ICU, artificial intelligence applications in pain therapy and palliative care, and the opioids epidemics.

Recent Findings: In this focus review, we highlighted state of the art papers that were published in the last 18 months, on ethical issues in palliative care within the ICU, artificial intelligence trajectories, and how opioids epidemics has impacted pain management practices (see Visual Abstract).

Impella 5.0 repositioning across the aortic valve without a guidewire using rapid ventricular pacing: A case report.

Background: Displacement of Impella 5.0 secondary to patient movement or transportation is a well-known complication. Typically, repositioning of an Impella across the aortic valve is attempted over a guidewire.

Sublingual sufentanil tablet system for postoperative analgesia after gynecological surgery.

Background: Gynecological procedures are among the most frequent surgical interventions, and effective postoperative analgesia is associated with improved patient comfort. Despite the efficacy of neuraxial analgesia, limitations and potential complications have led to seek new strategies for pain relief. A novel, pre-programmed, non-invasive, hand-held system (Sufentanil Sublingual Tablet System [SSTS]) displayed good results in the orthopedic setting.