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Chest Pain Evaluation: Diagnostic Testing. [PDF]

CJC Open, 2023
Chest pain/discomfort (CP) is a common symptom and can be a diagnostic dilemma for many clinicians. The misdiagnosis of an acute or progressive chronic cardiac etiology may carry a significant risk of morbidity and mortality. This review summarizes the different options and modalities for establishing the diagnosis and severity of coronary artery ...
Chow BJW, Galiwango P, Poulin A, Raggi P, Small G, Juneau D, Kazmi M, Ayach B, Beanlands RS, Sanfilippo AJ, Chow CM, Paterson DI, Chetrit M, Jassal DS, Connelly K, Larose E, Bishop H, Kass M, Anderson TJ, Haddad H, Mancini J, Doucet K, Daigle JS, Ahmadi A, Leipsic J, Lim SP, McRae A, Chou AY.   +27 more
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Development of reference intervals for pupillometry in healthy dogs

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022
BackgroundPupillometry, the measurement of pupil size and reactivity to a stimulus, has various uses in both human and veterinary medicine. These reflect autonomic tone, with the potential to assess nociception and emotion.
Erinn P. Mills, Kelli Combs-Ramey, Grace P. S. Kwong, Grace P. S. Kwong, Daniel S. J. Pang, Daniel S. J. Pang   +5 more
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Musculoskeletal Pain Evaluation: McGill Pain Questionnaire Versus Multidimensional Pain Evaluation Scale [PDF]

Acta Medica Transilvanica, 2020
Abstract The first and most important step in pain management is to correctly assess it. Short-form McGill Pain Questionnaire-2(SF-MPQ-2) and Multidimensional Pain Evaluation Scale (MPES) are valid and reliable tools used in clinical practice and research.
Adriana Boţan, Monica Chiş, Sanda-Maria Copotoiu   +2 more
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Multidimensional pain evaluation scale [PDF]

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, 2010
This study developed a pain evaluation scale and validated it for the Portuguese language. Development of the inventory - 308 readily available pain descriptors - were searched in international literature and validated by six judges. One hundred descriptors of acute pain and 100 descriptors of chronic pain were found, which were used in the next stage.
Sousa, Fátima Aparecida Emm Faleiros, Pereira, Lilian Varanda, Cardoso, Roberta, Hortense, Priscilla   +3 more
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Pain in child patients: A review on managements

European Journal of Translational Myology, 2020
Pain has been known as one of the major universal health concerns about ill children, because of its morbidity and potential mortality. Pain suitable evaluation is a challenge in children because the verbalization is difficult.
Seyedeh Mahsa Mahmoudinezhad Dezfouli, Shaqayeq Khosravi   +1 more
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Evaluation of Pain as a Fifth Vital Sign: Nurses' Opinions and Beliefs

Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing, 2020
Objective: After the American Pain Society recognized pain as a fifth vital sign, many countries adopted similar pain screening approaches. The routine evaluation of pain has recently come to the agenda in Turkey, along with the important role played by ...
Sevinç Kutluturkan, Aydan Eda Urvaylıoǧlu   +1 more
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Endocrine Evaluation for Muscle Pain [PDF]

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 2001
In occasional patients with low adrenal cortical or thyroid function, the main symptoms are musculoskeletal1, 2. Indeed, when the features are those of a myopathy, the patient is likely to be seen first by a neurologist rather than an endocrinologist, as happened in the following two cases.
BENVENGA, Salvatore, TOSCANO, Antonio, RODOLICO, Carmelo, VITA, Giuseppe, TRIMARCHI, Francesco   +4 more
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The challenge of perioperative pain management in opioid-tolerant patients [PDF]

, 2017
The increasing number of opioid users among chronic pain patients, and opioid abusers among the general population, makes perioperative pain management challenging for health care professionals.
Bifulco, F, Coluzzi, Flaminia, Corcione, A., Cuomo, A, Dauri, M, Leonardi, C, Melotti, Rm, Natoli, S, Romualdi, P, Savoia, G   +9 more
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Using geographical information systems for management of back-pain data [PDF]

, 2002
This is the post-print version of the Article. The official published version can be accessed from the link below - Copyright @ 2002 MCB UP LtdIn the medical world, statistical visualisation has largely been confined to the realm of relatively simple ...
De Souza, LH, Frank, AO, Ghinea, G, Gill, D   +3 more
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Multicenter assessment of quantitative sensory testing (QST) for the detection of neuropathic-like pain responses using the topical capsaicin model [PDF]

, 2018
Background: The use of quantitative sensory testing (QST) in multicenter studies has been quite limited, due in part to lack of standardized procedures among centers. Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the application of the capsaicin pain model
Bushnell, M. Catherine, Chouchou, Florian, Ferland, Catherine E., Gandhi, Wiebke, Jackson, Philip L., Lavigne, Gilles, Ma, My-Linh, Marchand, Serge, Michon, Pierre-Emmanuel, Parent, Alexandre J., Rainville, Pierre, Schweinhardt, Petra, Villemure, Chantal, Ware, Mark A.   +13 more
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