Catherine is a 46-year-old woman with Chronic Low Back Pain (CLBP), obesity, poorly controlled diabetes with peripheral neuropathy, and ankle pain on high dose opioids for past 4 years.
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Courtney: Perioperative Pain Management for Pediatric Patients
This module follows Courtney, a now 19-year-old woman who underwent surgery to correct idiopathic scoliosis at 14. It discusses the appropriate approach to the management of pain with adolescents undergoing surgery for idiopathic scoliosis.
Keywords: Acute, Adolescent, Back, Post-Surgical
Edna: An Older Adult with Chronic Low Back Pain
Edna is a 70-year-old woman with chronic low back pain. After completing the course, you should be able to differentiate the weak link and the treatment targets in older adults with chronic low back pain, articulate realistic treatment expectations for chronic non-cancer pain, and describe a rational stepped care treatment approach for older patients with chronic low back pain.
Keywords: Anxiety, Back, Chronic, Depression, Musculoskeletal, Older Adult
Maria: Pain Treatment in a Patient With OUD
Maria is a 31-year-old Hispanic female with a five year history of lower back pain with intermittent radiculopathy complicated by an approximately two year history of opioid use disorder (OUD). She presents for assistance with her back pain.
Keywords: Back, Chronic, Musculoskeletal, Young Adult
Mrs. Johnson: Geriatric Low Back Pain from the Perspective of the Medical Home Model
Mrs. Johnson is an 80-year-old obese woman with progressively incapacitating
low back pain for 1 year.
Keywords: Anxiety, Back, Chronic, Depression, Musculoskeletal, Older Adult, Sleep and Fatigue
Ms. Mondragon’s Acute and Chronic Injuries After a Fall
Ms. Mondragon is a thin, 71-year-old, widowed Hispanic Spanish-Speaking woman whose son is serving as interpreter in the emergency department. Ms. M. fell this morning in her kitchen. She presents with upper back pain, groin pain, and left hip pain radiating anteriorly to the knee.
Keywords: Acute, Back, Chronic, Musculoskeletal, Older Adult, Pelvic, Trauma
Owen: Opioid Overdose Risk and Naloxone
Owen Jones is a 46-year-old man who presents for followup of low back pain with intermittent radicular symptoms and numbness which started ~ 2 years ago following a lifting related injury. He describes the pain as, "Sharp, pinching, and sore."
Keywords: Adult, Anxiety, Back, Chronic, Depression, Musculoskeletal