Publications by authors named "W Rivers"
Article Synopsis
- The study examines pediatric opioid prescribing trends from 2005 to 2016, revealing notable changes and disparities across different age and sociodemographic groups.
- Prescription rates initially increased by 35%, then decreased by 14% and 22% in subsequent periods, with significant variations tied to age, ethnicity, and payer type, indicating the complexity of opioid prescribing patterns.
- The findings underscore the need to consider age and sociodemographic factors in understanding opioid prescriptions, highlighting potential inequities in pain management during the opioid epidemic, and suggesting further research post-2016.
Objective: To compare pragmatic real-world 10-kHz high-frequency spinal cord stimulation (HF-SCS) outcomes at a single academic center to the industry-sponsored SENZA-RCT and Stauss et al. study.
Methods: This single-center retrospective study included patients with refractory back or limb pain trialed and/or permanently implanted with the Nevro HF-SCS system from 2016 to 2021.
Objective: The statistical analysis typically used to compare pain before and after interventions assumes that scores are normally distributed. The present study evaluates whether numeric rating scale (NRS) scores, specifically NRS-11 scores, are indeed normally distributed in a clinically relevant cohort of adults with chronic axial spine pain before and after analgesic intervention.
Methods: Retrospective review from 4 academic medical centers of prospectively collected data from a uniform pain diary administered to consecutive patients after they had undergone medial branch blocks.