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Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) encompasses treatments that are not considered to be a part of typical conventional medical practice. While the evidence for these therapies is generally lacking, patient demand has driven many of them into ubiquity. Practitioners must be aware of the limitations and potential side effects of these therapies and counsel patients regarding the appropriateness of their integration into the overall treatment plan.

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  1. Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Pain Medicine, New York, NY, USA

    Rehan Ali

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Health System, New York, NY, USA

    Jeffrey Ciccone

  3. Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, USA

    Pavan Dalal

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  1. Pain Medicine Fellowship, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA

    Yury Khelemsky

  2. Pain Medicine Fellowship, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA

    Anuj Malhotra

  3. Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship, Department of Anesthesiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA

    Karina Gritsenko

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Ali, R., Ciccone, J., Dalal, P. (2019). Complementary and Alternative Medicine. In: Khelemsky, Y., Malhotra, A., Gritsenko, K. (eds) Academic Pain Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18005-8_26

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