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Kara J. Pavone

3 papers in the library · 182 citations · publishing 2016-2025

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Effects of Mindfulness on Postoperative Pain, Anxiety, and Opioid Use: An Integrative Review.

Pain Management Nursing May 13, 2025 Michael A Miller, Lichuan Ye, Maria van Pelt et al. 3 citations

This integrative review describes using mindfulness to reduce pain and anxiety during the perioperative period in surgical patients. As an exploratory aim, the relationship between mindfulness and opioid use after surgery was also explored. CINAHL, PubMed and EMBASE databases were queried to identify articles examining the relationship between mindfulness, postoperative pain and opioid...

Repeat-dose ketamine augmentation for treatment-resistant depression with chronic suicidal ideation: A randomized, double blind, placebo controlled trial.

Journal of Affective Disorders 2019 Dawn F. Ionescu, Kate H Bentley, M. Eikermann et al. 179 citations

BACKGROUND Several studies indicate that ketamine has rapid antidepressant effects in patients with treatment-resistant depression (TRD). The extent to which repeated doses of ketamine (versus placebo) reduce depression in the short and long term among outpatients with TRD and chronic, current suicidal ideation remains unknown. METHODS Twenty-six medicated outpatients with severe major...

Rapid and Sustained Reductions in Current Suicidal Ideation Following Repeated Doses of Intravenous Ketamine: Secondary Analysis of an Open-Label Study.

The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry June 2016 Dawn F. Ionescu, Michaela B Swee, Kara J. Pavone et al.

Ketamine rapidly reduces thoughts of suicide in patients with treatment-resistant depression who are at low risk for suicide. However, the extent to which ketamine reduces thoughts of suicide in depressed patients with current suicidal ideation remains unknown. Between April 2012 and October 2013, 14 outpatients with DSM-IV-diagnosed major depressive disorder were recruited for the presence of...