Objectives. The objective of this study is to compare the safety and effectiveness of the temporary spinal cord stimulation (SCS) versus pulsed radiofrequency (PRF) in treating postherpetic neuralgia (PHN). Methods.
Xiaohong Li +6 more
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Elderly patients with various comorbidities are more likely to suffer from proximal femur fractures. It is also a painful fracture, and poor pain management can have serious physiological and psychological consequences, such as acute delirium.
O. S. M. Abd Elmaksoud +3 more
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A review of evidence about behavioural and psychological aspects of chronic joint pain among people with haemophilia [PDF]
Joint pain related to haemophilia affects large numbers of people and has a significant impact on their quality of life. This article reviews evidence about behavioural and psychological aspects of joint pain in haemophilia, and considers that evidence ...
Acharya +75 more
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Background Pulmonary fibrosis is a progressive and usually lethal pulmonary disease. Despite considerable research efforts, no effective therapeutic strategy for pulmonary fibrosis has been developed.
Li Min +8 more
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Postoperative pain management in children: Guidance from the pain committee of the European Society for Paediatric Anaesthesiology (ESPA Pain Management Ladder Initiative) [PDF]
The main remit of the European Society for Paediatric Anaesthesiology (ESPA) Pain Committee is to improve the quality of pain management in children. The ESPA Pain Management Ladder is a clinical practice advisory based upon expert consensus to help to ...
Adamek +196 more
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20-Week Study of Clinical Outcomes of Over-the-Counter COVID-19 Prophylaxis and Treatment
Objectives and Setting. As the lethal COVID-19 pandemic enters its second year, the need for effective modalities of alleviation remains urgent. This includes modalities that can readily be used by the public to reduce disease spread and severity.
Leon Margolin MD, PhD +4 more
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Core competencies for pain management: results of an interprofessional consensus summit. [PDF]
ObjectiveThe objective of this project was to develop core competencies in pain assessment and management for prelicensure health professional education. Such core pain competencies common to all prelicensure health professionals have not been previously
Bakerjian, Debra +21 more
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A smartphone-based health care chatbot to promote self-management of chronic pain (SELMA) : pilot randomized controlled trial [PDF]
Background: Ongoing pain is one of the most common diseases and has major physical, psychological, social, and economic impacts. A mobile health intervention utilizing a fully automated text-based health care chatbot (TBHC) may offer an innovative way ...
Hauser-Ulrich, Sandra +3 more
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Realistic goals can help manage children’s post-operative pain effectively [PDF]
Effective pain management should be a fundamental right of the child (United Nations 1989) and nurses are best placed to facilitate this (Lim et al 2011). Improving pain management for children has been debated and explored in past decades.
Vasey, Jackie
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Spinal cord stimulation for predominant low back pain in failed back surgery syndrome: study protocol for an international multicenter randomized controlled trial (PROMISE study) [PDF]
Background: Although results of case series support the use of spinal cord stimulation in failed back surgery syndrome patients with predominant low back pain, no confirmatory randomized controlled trial has been undertaken in this patient group to date.
Annemans, Lieven +9 more
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