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 practical guide to acute pain management in children
In the pediatric population, pain is frequently under-recognized and inadequately treated. Improved education and training of health care providers can positively impact the management of pain in children.
Nan Gai +5 more
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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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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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The challenge of perioperative pain management in opioid-tolerant patients [PDF]
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 +9 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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Exercise Increases Pressure Pain Tolerance but Not Pressure and Heat Pain Thresholds in Healthy Young Men [PDF]
Background: Exercise causes an acute decrease in the pain sensitivity known as exercise-induced hypoalgesia (EIH), but the specificity to certain pain modalities remains unknown.
Bartholomew +39 more
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Health professionals’ referral practice and related healthcare utilization for people with low back pain in Singapore: A retrospective study [PDF]
Background: Low back pain is a common musculoskeletal disorder that can incur high financial burden. A significant proportion of this burden may be incurred from referrals to health services and subsequent healthcare usages.
Fong-Ling Loy +3 more
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Postoperative Pain Management in Total Knee Arthroplasty
Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is one of the most common surgeries performed to relieve joint pain in patients with end‐stage osteoarthritis or rheumatic arthritis of the knee. However, TKA is followed by moderate to severe postoperative pain that affects
Jinglong Li, Ye Ma, Liang-Kun Xiao
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TrialDesign. Patients undergoing laminoplasty and laminectomy often experience severe postoperative pain. Local infiltration analgesia during spine surgery significantly reduces postoperative pain, which only upholds for a short time.
Niti Shrestha +4 more
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