Industry Payments to Pain Medicine Physicians: An Analysis of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Open Payments Program.

Objective: To analyze industry payments to pain medicine physicians in the United States.

Design: Retrospective cohort study using publicly available databases.

Subjects: The study includes U.

Opioid Prescriptions by Pain Medicine Physicians in the Medicare Part D Program: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Background: Pain medicine physicians (PMP) are a group of physicians with background training in various primary specialties with interest and expertise in managing chronic pain disorders. Our objective is to analyze prescription drug (PD) claims from the Medicare Part D program associated with PMP to gain insights into patterns, associated costs, and potential cost savings areas.

Methods: The primary data source for Part D claims data is the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Chronic Conditions Data Warehouse, which contains Medicare Part D prescription drug events (PDE) records received through the claims submission cutoff date.

Ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve stimulator placement in two soldiers with acute battlefield neuropathic pain.

Acute peripheral neuropathic pain after combat-related polytrauma is a common occurrence in the United States military that is often refractory to current drugs and regional anesthesia. Both spinal cord and peripheral nerve stimulation are successfully used for chronic neuropathic pain states, but are not reported for acute neuropathic pain. We present 2 cases of percutaneous ultrasound-guided sciatic peripheral nerve stimulation placement in soldiers who had conditions precluding them from spinal cord stimulation placement.

Continuous peripheral nerve block for battlefield anesthesia and evacuation.

Peripheral nerve and continuous peripheral nerve block (CPNB) have the potential to be valuable techniques in combat anesthesia. We describe the first successful application of CPNB in the pain management and surgical management of a combat casualty as he was evacuated from the Iraqi battlefield to the United States.