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Non-Opioid Analgesics Role in Pain Management

As opioid prescriptions decline, non-opioid analgesics are increasingly emphasized in a variety of clinical settings as a preferred, safe, and effective first-line therapy for mild to moderate acute and chronic pain. Examples of Non-Opioid Analgesics Non-opioid analgesics include a variety of agents, indicated for a number of pain [...]

By NEJM Knowledge+ Team|2022-09-14T13:36:29-04:00September 14th, 2022|Learning, NEJM Knowledge+|4 Comments

How Do You Approach a Patient with Suspected Bacterial Meningitis?

In NEJM Knowledge+ Internal Medicine Board Review, we have a number of questions about managing patients with suspected bacterial meningitis, and these tend to generate comments from our learners. How do you balance the need to give antibiotics rapidly with the time needed to obtain required diagnostic studies? [...]

By Ole-Petter Riksfjord Hamnvik, MB BCh BAO, MMSc|2018-07-26T09:00:05-04:00July 26th, 2018|Internal Medicine, NEJM Knowledge+|7 Comments

Asking Pediatric Patients About Drug Use

Editor’s Note: This post was previously published in In Practice which is hosted by the New England Journal of Medicine and NEJM Journal Watch. Emily F. Moore, RN, MSN, CPNP-PC, CCRN practices pediatric cardiovascular care across the Pacific Northwest. I remember the very first time I [...]

By NEJM Knowledge+ Team|2017-03-09T13:18:23-05:00March 9th, 2017|Learning, Pediatrics|Comments Off on Asking Pediatric Patients About Drug Use

NEJM Knowledge+ Clinical Cases: Treating Hep C

Hepatitis C treatment has been changing at a pace almost too rapid for the average physician to keep up with. Until recently, HCV treatment required weekly interferon injections plus oral ribavirin for up to a year and was effective in only about half of patients with genotype 1. [...]

By Catherine Ryan, Managing Editor, NEJM Knowledge+|2015-06-08T14:29:18-04:00June 8th, 2015|NEJM Knowledge+|2 Comments
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