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The assessment and management of pain in older people : a systematic review of the literature [PDF]

, 2006
This paper presents the findings of a systematic literature which was carried out to determine the most appropriate strategies that could be carried out for the assessment and management of pain in residents living in care homes. Five hundred and seventy-
Reid, David M., Schofield, Pat
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Ageism in Rheumatology: The Health Care Professional's Perspective

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Ageism (age‐based stereotypes, prejudice, or discrimination) is prevalent and linked to prolonged disability and reduced lifespan in older adults. Little is known about ageism within rheumatology. This study explores the health care professional's (HCP) perception of the care of older adults and how ageist attitudes or perspectives may impact
Aaron P. Smith, Pooja M. Achanta, Jiha Lee, Namrata Singh, Una E. Makris   +4 more
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AAPT Diagnostic Criteria for Chronic Sickle Cell Disease Pain [PDF]

, 2017
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, Ameringer, Ballas, Ballas, Ballas, Barakat, Bediako, Brandow, Brandow, Bruehl, Campbell, Campbell, Carlton Dampier, Carroll, Carroll, Carroll, Crawford, Dampier, Dampier, Dampier, Dampier, Dampier, Dampier, Darbari, Darbari, Darbari, DeBaun, Deepika S. Darbari, Dworkin, Dyson, Edwards, Fillingim, Fillingim, Franck, Gil, Gil, Hassell, Hoff, Houston-Yu, Igbineweka, Jonassaint, Kathryn Hassell, Kato, Kauf, Koshy, Levenson, Lewandowski, Long, Mahadeo, Maixner, Mathur, McClish, Milner, Minniti, Minniti, Myrvik, Niebanck, Palermo, Palermo, Palermo, Paul, Platt, Powars, Raphael, Savitt, Schwartz, Serarslan, Serjeant, Shapiro, Sil, Smith, Smith, Sogutlu, Steinberg, Taylor, Tonya M. Palermo, Tsao, Turk, Valrie, Vance, Vardeh, Walco, Walco, Wallen, Wally Smith, Wilkie, William Zempsky, Wison Schaeffer, Yawn, Zempsky   +89 more
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Recommendations for the Use of Disease‐Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs in Pregnancy and Reproductive Health for Patients With Rheumatic Disease: A Scoping Review

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Autoimmune rheumatic diseases commonly affect individuals of childbearing age, with historically increased adverse pregnancy outcomes in this group. The advent of disease‐modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) has fostered more suitable conditions for pregnancy; however, this is accompanied by challenges in ensuring safe use in reproductive ...
Athena Chin, Alice Terrett, Mihye Kwon, Samuel Whittle, Catherine Hill   +4 more
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Conservative management of low back pain [PDF]

, 2001
Back pain is prevalent worldwide, but back pain disability has reached epidemic proportions in many industrialised societies. Few patients have serious medical pathology or direct neurological involvement requiring surgery.
De Souza, LH, Frank, AO
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Improving Documentation Rates of Contraception and Reproductive Planning in Patients With Rheumatic Disease

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective This study aimed to improve contraception and reproductive planning documentation within rheumatology providers’ notes at a single academic center. Methods Female patients aged 18 to 45 years with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases were identified, and chart review was performed for documentation of contraception and pregnancy ...
Benjamin Moon, Puneet Bajaj, Megan Clowse, James Roberts, Kathryn Dao, Bonnie L. Bermas, Brooke S. Mills   +6 more
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Outcome of low back pain patients referred to orthopeadic outpatient clinic [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Musculoskeletal complaints are the commonest encounters in primary care. Low back pain management is commonly initiated by the family practitioner.
Borg, Joe, Cuschieri, Sarah, Grech, Stephan   +2 more
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Pain and the ethics of pain management [PDF]

Social Science & Medicine, 1984
In this article I clarify the concepts of 'pain', 'suffering', 'pains of body', 'pains of soul'. I explore the relevance of an ethic to the clinical setting which gives patients a strong prima facie right to freedom from unnecessary and unwanted pain and which places upon medical professionals two concomitant moral obligations to patients. First, there
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Moderators and Mediators of Pain and Function Outcomes in a New Service Delivery Model for Management of Knee Osteoarthritis in Primary Care: Secondary Exploratory Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Our objective was to explore moderators and mediators influenced changes in pain and function in people with knee osteoarthritis (OA) receiving a new model of primary care service delivery (Optimizing Primary Care Management of Knee Osteoarthritis [PARTNER]), at 12 months (ACTRN: 12617001595303).
Abdolhay Farivar, Jocelyn L. Bowden, Kim L. Bennell, Andrew M. Briggs, Stephen J. Bunker, Rana S. Hinman, Thorlene Egerton, Simon D. French, Marie Pirotta, Karen Schuck, Venkatesha Venkatesha, Nicholas A. Zwar, David J. Hunter   +12 more
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Management of paediatric procedure-related cancer pain

, 1999
Paediatric malignancy is not always painful in its own right; however, young patients with cancer undergo numerous painful procedures for diagnosis, therapy and supportive care, including lumbar puncture, bone marrow aspiration and biopsy.
Liossi, C.
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