Musculoskeletal Medicine and Pain
John C. Licciardone, DO, MS, MBA; Elizabeth Brownell, BSEE; Uchechi Nwaichi, BS; Arpan Patel, BSA; and Khanh Do, BS
The objective of this study was to compare longitudinal outcomes of patients with fibromyalgia, chronic widespread pain, or localized chronic low back pain to determine whether fibromyalgia is an extreme manifestation of the chronic widespread pain continuum.
General
Mitchell Fisher, BS; Andrew Simonsen, BS; Christopher Stewart, BS; Salma Alkhatib, BS; Abbigail Niewchas, BS; Alex Otto, DO; Randall Hansen, DO; Kent McIntire, DO; and Suporn Sukpraprut-Braaten, PhD
The purpose of this study is to analyze first-attempt intubation success rates of Klippel–Feil syndrome patients by intubation technique and stratified by location and quantity of cervical fusions and a Mallampati score if reported.
Medical Education
Shipra Bansal, MD, Assistant Professor, and Jay H. Shubrook, DO
The role of lifestyle has taken a renewed importance in disease prevention and chronic disease management. Osteopathic medicine has long focused on comprehensive, holistic care for our patients, and the tenets support the role of lifestyle medicine (LM) in osteopathic clinical care. In this commentary, the authors make the argument for incorporating LM more formally into the clinical curriculum at colleges of osteopathic medicine and will draw parallels with these two programs.
