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A JAMA theme issue media briefing: pain management

Presenting new research on pain management

Millennium Broadway Hotel
145 West 44th Street (between Broadway & 6th Avenue)
New York City

9:45 – 10 a.m.
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Moderator: Catherine D. DeAngelis, M.D., M.P.H., Editor, The Journal of the American Medical Association, (JAMA), Chicago.

10 - 10:30 a.m.
Taking Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug Before and After Knee Replacement Surgery Reduces Pain and Increases Range of Motion
Use of the NSAID rofecoxib before and after knee replacement surgery significantly reduces pain, the consumption of pain killers, sleep disturbances and increases the postoperative range of motion of the knee, according to Asokumar Buvanendran, M.D., Department of Anesthesiology, Rush-Presbyterian-St Luke's Medical Center, Chicago.

10:30 – 11 a.m.
Treating Depression in Elderly Helps Reduce Pain From Arthritis and Improves Quality of Life
Elderly patients with depression can reduce their pain and disability from arthritis by receiving treatment for depression, according to Elizabeth H. B. Lin, M.D., M.P.H., Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle.

11 – 11:30 a.m.
Pain is a Common, Disabling Condition in U.S. Workforce
Nearly 13 percent of the U.S. workforce experiences a loss in productive time due to common pain conditions, and this costs U.S. employers an estimated $61 billion per year, according to Walter Stewart, Ph.D., M.P.H., Director, Outcomes Research Institute, Geisinger Health Systems, Danville, Pa.

11:30 – Noon
Improvements Needed For Pain Management In Children
Progress has been made in understanding pain in infants and children, however these youngest patients do not always get the pain management they need, according to R. F. Howard, M.B., F.R.C.A., Department of Anaesthesia, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, NHS Trust, London.

For more information or to register: call 312/464-JAMA (5262) or email: mediarelations@jama-archives.org

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