Flipping the hidden curriculum to transform pain education and culture
Though long-sought, transformation of pain management practice and culture has yet to be realized. We propose both a likely cause—entrenchment in a biomedical model of care that is observed and then replicated by trainees—and a solution: deliberately ...
Aram S. Mardian+10 more
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AAPT Diagnostic Criteria for Chronic Sickle Cell Disease Pain [PDF]
Pain in sickle cell disease (SCD) is associated with increased morbidity, mortality, and high health care costs. Although episodic acute pain is the hallmark of this disorder, there is an increasing awareness that chronic pain is part of the pain ...
Aguilar+89 more
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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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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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Technology for Chronic Pain [PDF]
Technology developed for chronic pain management has been fast evolving and offers new stand-alone prospects for the diagnosis and treatment of pain, rather than simply addressing the limitations of pharmacology-based approaches. There are two central challenges to be tackled: developing objective measures that capture the subjectivity of pain ...
Ben Seymour, Suyi Zhang
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British pain clinic practitioners' recognition and use of the bio-psychosocial pain management model for patients when physical interventions are ineffective or inappropriate : results of a qualitative study [PDF]
Background To explore how chronic musculoskeletal pain is managed in multidisciplinary pain clinics for patients for whom physical interventions are inappropriate or ineffective.
Anisur, Anisur+4 more
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Prevalence of Chronic Pain and High-Impact Chronic Pain Among Adults — United States, 2016
Chronic pain, one of the most common reasons adults seek medical care (1), has been linked to restrictions in mobility and daily activities (2,3), dependence on opioids (4), anxiety and depression (2), and poor perceived health or reduced quality of life
James M. Dahlhamer+9 more
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Exercise challenge alters Default Mode Network dynamics in Gulf War Illness
Background Gulf War Illness (GWI) affects 30% of veterans from the 1991 Gulf War and has no known cause. Everyday symptoms include pain, fatigue, migraines, and dyscognition. A striking syndromic feature is post-exertional malaise (PEM).
Rakib U. Rayhan+6 more
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Substance P aggravates ligature-induced periodontitis in mice
Periodontitis is one of the most common oral diseases in humans, affecting over 40% of adult Americans. Pain-sensing nerves, or nociceptors, sense local environmental changes and often contain neuropeptides. Recent studies have suggested that nociceptors
Yasir Dilshad Siddiqui+8 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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