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The Role of Emergency Physicians in Caring for Patients with Chronic Pain

By Jim Ducharme, MD, CM, FRCP | on January 8, 2014 | 2 Comments
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The Role of Emergency Physicians in the Care of Chronic Pain

Jim Ducharme, MD, CM, FRCPJim Ducharme, MD, CM, FRCP, is editor in chief of the Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine, clinical professor of medicine at McMaster University, and chief medical officer of McKesson Canada.

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ACEP Now: Vol 33 – No 01 – January 2014

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Topics: AddictionChronic Pain: Their Pain or Yours?Critical CareEmergency MedicineEmergency PhysicianPainPatient SafetyPractice Management

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Jim Ducharme, MD, CM, FRCP

Jim Ducharme, MD, CM, FRCP, is editor in chief of the Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine, clinical professor of medicine at McMaster University, and chief medical officer of McKesson Canada.

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2 Responses to “The Role of Emergency Physicians in Caring for Patients with Chronic Pain”

  1. January 26, 2014

    jabenm Reply

    Jim

    Very nicely done.
    I never had the chance to thank you for weighing in on the ED pain management algorhythm I sent to Mel last year.
    Mark

  2. February 15, 2014

    eleventy Reply

    “In chronic-pain patients who have been properly screened for addiction risk using the Opioid Risk Tool (see Table 1), the risk of addiction for those who are scored at low risk is less than 0.2 percent”

    That .2% is a great stat! Does anyone know where exactly it comes from?

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