How low can you go: Achieving postoperative outpatient pain control without opioids.

Background: Postoperative outpatient narcotic overprescription plays a significant role in the opioid epidemic. Outpatient opioid prescription ranges from 150 to 350 oral morphine equivalent (OME) for a laparoscopic cholecystectomy or appendectomy, with 75 OME (10 pills of 5 mg of oxycodone) being the lowest recommendation (National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2018). We hypothesized that the addition of nonopioid medications to the outpatient pain control regimen would decrease the need for narcotics.

Epinephrine-induced posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome: a case report.

Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a rare disorder that is usually associated with hypertensive crises. It is often missed but may be diagnosed by head computed tomographic (CT) scan or magnetic resonance imaging. An adolescent man presented for elective right shoulder arthroscopic bankart repair.

Cryptococcal myositis and vasculitis: an unusual necrotizing soft tissue infection.

Background: Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans is an opportunistic yeast that typically infects immunocompromised patients.

Methods: A case report and review of the pertinent English-language literature are presented.