Prevalence of chronic pain in Libya before and after the uprising of 17 February 2011. [PDF]
Two questionnaires were translated into Arabic and culturally adapted to measure chronic pain and neuropathic pain in the general population in Derna, Libya (1, 2), and then in a country-wide survey.
Tashani, OA
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Background. Migraine is a primary headache disorder described by episodic attacks that can progress to chronic migraine. Preventive treatment of anti-calcitonin gene-related peptide monoclonal antibodies (anti-CGRP mAbs) is currently being widely ...
V. Karpavičiūtė +2 more
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Risk factors for incidence and persistence of disability in chronic major depression and alcohol use disorders: longitudinal analyses of a population-based study [PDF]
BackgroundMajor depression and alcohol use disorders are risk factors for incidence of disability. However, it is still unclear whether a chronic course of these health conditions is also prospectively associated with incidence of disability.
Ayuso-Mateos, J. +4 more
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A 63-year-old woman presents with a 1-year history of a chronic dry cough, associated with a sensation of “irritation” in the throat. Prolonged bouts of coughing are associated with stress urinary incontinence and occasionally end with retching and vomiting.
Smith, Jaclyn A., Woodcock, Ashley
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Chronic pain is a major source of suffering. It interferes with daily functioning and often is accompanied by distress. Yet, in the International Classification of Diseases, chronic pain diagnoses are not represented systematically.
R. Treede +22 more
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Mirtazapine for the Treatment of Chronic Pruritus
Background: Chronic pruritus is a debilitating condition associated with a wide range of dermatologic, systemic and psychogenic etiologies. In patients with chronic pruritus that is refractory to conventional therapy, symptoms can significantly decrease ...
Raveena Khanna +4 more
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Prevalence and time course of post-stroke pain: A multicenter prospective hospital-based study [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: Pain prevalence data for patients at various stages after stroke. DESIGN: Repeated cross-sectional, observational epidemiological study. SETTING: Hospital-based multicenter study.
Barbanti, Piero +17 more
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ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure 2012
Authors/Task Force Members: John J.V. McMurray (Chairperson) (UK)*, Stamatis Adamopoulos (Greece), Stefan D. Anker (Germany), Angelo Auricchio (Switzerland), Michael Bohm (Germany), Kenneth Dickstein (Norway), Volkmar Falk (Switzerland), Gerasimos ...
J. McMurray +65 more
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Health-related quality of life as measured with EQ-5D among populations with and without specific chronic conditions: A population-based survey in Shaanxi province, China [PDF]
© 2013 Tan et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited ...
A Alwan +36 more
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Options for basing Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) on chronic disease endpoints: report from a joint US-/Canadian-sponsored working group. [PDF]
Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) are used in Canada and the United States in planning and assessing diets of apparently healthy individuals and population groups.
Ard, Jamy +15 more
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