Posts Tagged ‘pain management’
Opioid reduction success at Inova Alexandria Hospital
Prescription for Safety Addressing the opioid crisis: Inova’s new mindset for pain management We’ve all seen the grim statistics. Opioids kill more than 140 people every day in the United States. They cost our country tens of billions of dollars in treatment and lost productivity each year. Here in Virginia, 1,400 people died of opioid-related…
Read MoreAnesthesia innovation: Nerve block catheter offers easier recovery
All Gain, No Pain For eight months, Barbara Hubbard had tried numerous therapies to relieve the searing pain in her left foot, but when tendonitis in her arch made it constantly painful to walk, she knew surgery was her only answer. Having endured a painful recovery from a previous surgery, the 61-year-old administrative nurse had…
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