Mark E. Pasanen
University of Vermont
12 Papers
13 Citations
Mark E. Pasanen is an academic researcher from University of Vermont. The author has contributed to research in topics: Chronic pain & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 10 publications. Previous affiliations of Mark E. Pasanen include University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
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Papers
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use by Primary Care Patients with Chronic Pain
Eric I. Rosenberg,Inginia Genao,Ian Chen,Alex J. Mechaber,Jo Ann Wood,Charles Faselis,James Kurz,Madhu Menon,Jane E O'rorke,Mukta Panda,Mark E. Pasanen,Lisa J. Staton,Diane Calleson,Samuel Cykert +13 more
TL;DR: Complementary and alternative therapies were popular among patients with chronic pain disorders surveyed in academic primary care settings and when asked to choose between traditional therapies or CAM, most patients still preferred traditional therapies for pain relief.
The Influence of Discordance in Pain Assessment on the Functional Status of Patients with Chronic Nonmalignant Pain
Mukta Panda,Mukta Panda,Lisa J. Staton,Ian Chen,James Kurz,Jane E O'rorke,Mark E. Pasanen,Mark E. Pasanen,Madhusudan Menon,Inginia Genao,JoAnn Wood,Alex J. Mechaber,Eric I. Rosenberg,Charles Faselis,Tim Carey,Diane Calleson,Samuel Cykert +16 more
TL;DR: Patients with chronic, nonmalignant pain have poor physical functioning and worse bodily pain, and discordance, obesity, and depression are other modifiable factors.
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Evaluation and treatment of colonic symptoms.
TL;DR: Important considerations for constipation include: 1.
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A New Quality Improvement Toolkit to Improve Opioid Prescribing in Primary Care.
TL;DR: Clinics responded to implementation of opioid-related best practices using QI with improved provider and staff satisfaction, and the goals of regulatory compliance and workflow improvements were met, clinics focused on strategies supporting providers in the lead role of managing chronic pain.