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Colin L. Fernandes, MD

Dr. Fernandesis the director of Pain Service and Staff anesthesiologist in the Surgery/Anesthesia Section at the East Bay Division of the VA Northern California Health Care System in Martinez, California.

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lumbar surgery, epidural steroid injection, chronic pain, American Pain Society, Numeric Rating Scale, NRS, P5VS, pain as the 5th vital sign, Numerical Pain Treatment Algorithm, NPTA, opioids, constipation, sedation, endocrine dysfunction, addiction, opioid-induced hyperalgesialumbar surgery, epidural steroid injection, chronic pain, American Pain Society, Numeric Rating Scale, NRS, P5VS, pain as the 5th vital sign, Numerical Pain Treatment Algorithm, NPTA, opioids, constipation, sedation, endocrine dysfunction, addiction, opioid-induced hyperalgesia
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Federal Practitioner - 27(12)
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The Fifth Vital Sign
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The Fifth Vital Sign
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lumbar surgery, epidural steroid injection, chronic pain, American Pain Society, Numeric Rating Scale, NRS, P5VS, pain as the 5th vital sign, Numerical Pain Treatment Algorithm, NPTA, opioids, constipation, sedation, endocrine dysfunction, addiction, opioid-induced hyperalgesialumbar surgery, epidural steroid injection, chronic pain, American Pain Society, Numeric Rating Scale, NRS, P5VS, pain as the 5th vital sign, Numerical Pain Treatment Algorithm, NPTA, opioids, constipation, sedation, endocrine dysfunction, addiction, opioid-induced hyperalgesia
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lumbar surgery, epidural steroid injection, chronic pain, American Pain Society, Numeric Rating Scale, NRS, P5VS, pain as the 5th vital sign, Numerical Pain Treatment Algorithm, NPTA, opioids, constipation, sedation, endocrine dysfunction, addiction, opioid-induced hyperalgesialumbar surgery, epidural steroid injection, chronic pain, American Pain Society, Numeric Rating Scale, NRS, P5VS, pain as the 5th vital sign, Numerical Pain Treatment Algorithm, NPTA, opioids, constipation, sedation, endocrine dysfunction, addiction, opioid-induced hyperalgesia
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