title: Pain and palliative care pharmacotherapy literature summaries and analyses.
abstract: Timely and important studies are reviewed and commentaries provided by leading palliative care clinicians. Symptoms, interventions, mechanisms of action, and treatment-related adverse events addressed in this issue are: analgesia in the management of the acute abdomen; comparative antibiotic treatment of Clostridium difficile; impact of weather on joint pain; treatment of constipation; and, risk of increased mortality with antipsychotics in dementia patients.
authors.affiliation: Duke University Medical Center, Box 3436, Durham, NC27710, USA. amy.abernethy@duke.edu
authors.forename: Amy P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Abernethy
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000379:methods; D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D016360:Clostridioides difficile / Q000187:drug effects; D003248:Constipation / Q000188:drug therapy; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D059408:Pain Management; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*; D014887:Weather
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents