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Paul J. Christo
Researcher at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Publications - 91
Citations - 4725
Paul J. Christo is an academic researcher from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. The author has contributed to research in topics: Chronic pain & Randomized controlled trial. The author has an hindex of 33, co-authored 84 publications receiving 4061 citations. Previous affiliations of Paul J. Christo include Johns Hopkins University & University of Louisville.
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American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) Guidelines for Responsible Opioid Prescribing in Chronic Non-Cancer Pain: Part 2 - Guidance
Laxmaiah Manchikanti,Salahadin Abdi,Sairam Atluri,Carl C. Balog,Ramsin M Benyamin,Mark V. Boswell,Keith R. Brown,Brian Mendoza Bruel,David A. Bryce,Patricia A. Burks,Allen W. Burton,Aaron K. Calodney,David Caraway,Kimberly A Cash,Paul J. Christo,Kim S Damron,Sukdeb Datta,Timothy R. Deer,Sudhir Diwan,Ike Eriator,Frank J E Falco,Bert Fellows,Stephanie Geffert,Christopher Gharibo,Scott E. Glaser,Jay S. Grider,Haroon Hameed,Mariam Hameed,Hans Hansen,Michael E. Harned,Salim M. Hayek,Standiford Helm,Joshua A Hirsch,Jeffrey W. Janata,Alan D. Kaye,Adam M. Kaye,David Kloth,Dhanalakshmi Koyyalagunta,Marion Lee,Yogesh Malla,Kavita N. Manchikanti,Carla D McManus,Vidyasagar Pampati,Allan T. Parr,Ramarao Pasupuleti,Vikram B. Patel,Nalini Sehgal,Sanford M. Silverman,Vijay P. Singh,Howard S. Smith,Lee T. Snook,Daneshvari R. Solanki,Deborah H. Tracy,Ricardo Vallejo,Bradley W. Wargo +54 more
TL;DR: A robust agreement which is followed by all parties is essential in initiating and maintaining opioid therapy as such agreements reduce overuse, misuse, abuse, and diversion.
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An update of comprehensive evidence-based guidelines for interventional techniques in chronic spinal pain. Part II: guidance and recommendations.
Laxmaiah Manchikanti,Salahadin Abdi,Sairam Atluri,Ramsin M Benyamin,Mark V. Boswell,Ricardo M. Buenaventura,David A. Bryce,Patricia A. Burks,David Caraway,Aaron K. Calodney,Kimberly A Cash,Paul J. Christo,Steven P. Cohen,James D. Colson,Ann Conn,Harold Cordner,Sareta Coubarous,Sukdeb Datta,Timothy R. Deer,Sudhir Diwan,Frank J E Falco,Bert Fellows,Stephanie Geffert,Jay S. Grider,Sanjeeva Gupta,Haroon Hameed,Mariam Hameed,Hans Hansen,Standiford Helm,Jeffrey W. Janata,Rafael Justiz,Alan D. Kaye,Marion Lee,Kavita N. Manchikanti,Carla D McManus,Obi Onyewu,Allan T. Parr,Vikram B. Patel,Gabor B. Racz,Nalini Sehgal,Manohar Sharma,Thomas T. Simopoulos,Vijay P. Singh,Howard S. Smith,Lee T. Snook,John R. Swicegood,Ricardo Vallejo,Stephen P Ward,Bradley W. Wargo,Jie Zhu,Joshua A Hirsch +50 more
TL;DR: Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for interventional techniques in the diagnosis and treatment of chronic spinal pain are developed to help patients with or without anticoagulant therapy to discontinue or normalize INR.
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Effectiveness of therapeutic lumbar transforaminal epidural steroid injections in managing lumbar spinal pain.
Laxmaiah Manchikanti,Ricardo M. Buenaventura,Kavita N. Manchikanti,Xiulu Ruan,Sanjeeva Gupta,Howard S. Smith,Paul J. Christo,Stephen P Ward +7 more
TL;DR: The evidence for axial low back pain and post lumbar surgery syndrome is poor, inadequate, limited, or unavailable, whereas the evidence for spinal stenosis is fair for local anesthetic and steroids, and the available evidence for transforaminal epidural injections to prevent surgery is fair.
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American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) guidelines for responsible opioid prescribing in chronic non-cancer pain
Laxmaiah Manchikanti,Salahadin Abdi,Sairam Atluri,Carl C. Balog,Ramsin M Benyamin,Mark V. Boswell,Keith R. Brown,Brian Mendoza Bruel,David A. Bryce,Patricia A. Burks,Allen W. Burton,Aaron K. Calodney,David Caraway,Kimberly A Cash,Paul J. Christo,Kim S Damron,Sukdeb Datta,Timothy R. Deer,Sudhir Diwan,Ike Eriator,Frank J E Falco,Bert Fellows,Stephanie Geffert,Christopher Gharibo,Scott E. Glaser,Jay S. Grider,Haroon Hameed,Mariam Hameed,Hans Hansen,Michael E. Harned,Salim M. Hayek,Standiford Helm,Joshua A Hirsch,Jeffrey W. Janata,Alan D. Kaye,Adam M. Kaye,David Kloth,Dhanalakshmi Koyyalagunta,Marion Lee,Yogesh Malla,Kavita N. Manchikanti,Carla D McManus,Vidyasagar Pampati,Allan T. Parr,Ramarao Pasupuleti,Vikram B. Patel,Nalini Sehgal,Sanford M. Silverman,Vijay P. Singh,Howard S. Smith,Lee T. Snook,Daneshvari R. Solanki,Deborah H. Tracy,Ricardo Vallejo,Bradley W. Wargo +54 more
TL;DR: The focus of these guidelines is to curtail the abuse of opioids without jeopardizing non-cancer pain management with opioids, and to reduce the incidence of abuse and drug diversion.
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Urine drug testing in chronic pain.
Paul J. Christo,Laxmaiah Manchikanti,Xiulu Ruan,Michael M. Bottros,Hans Hansen,Daneshvari R. Solanki,Arthur E. Jordan,James Colson +7 more
TL;DR: This comprehensive review provides the role of UDT in monitoring chronic opioid therapy along with reliability and accuracy, appropriate use, overuse, misuse, and abuse.