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Pain Common at End of Life (CME/CE)

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  1. 11-01-2010, 05:22 PM #1
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    (MedPage Today) -- Many patients experience significant and unnecessary pain during the last two years of life, particularly if they have arthritis, a large population-based study found...

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    Default Re: Pain Common at End of Life (CME/CE)

    I hope this does not mean im at the end of my Life........
    C4-5: Mild disc height loss with central annular fissure. Small broad-based left paracentral disc protrusion. Moderate central canal stenosis-the disc protrusion abuts and mildly flattens the left ventral surface of the spinal canal.

    C5-6: Disc desiccation with mild height loss.Diffuse discosteophyte bulge and uncovertebral joint hypertrophy, moderate central canal stenosis- Severe neuroforaminal stenosis bilaterally, right greater than left
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