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Surgical pleth index monitoring in perioperative pain management: usefulness and limitations [PDF]

open access: yesKorean Journal of Anesthesiology
Surgical pleth index (SPI) monitoring is a representative, objective nociception-monitoring device that measures nociception using photoplethysmographic signals. It is easy to apply to patients and the numerical calculation formula is intuitively easy to
Seok Kyeong Oh   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Avoidable Hospitalizations in Persons With Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Population‐Based Study Using Administrative Data

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We estimated incidence rates of avoidable hospitalizations by persons with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) relative to the general population. Methods We identified individuals meeting a validated case definition for RA based on International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD‐9‐CM) and ICD‐10‐CA codes in years ...
Dani G. Contreras   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of low-level LASER and neural mobilization on nociceptive threshold in experimental sciatica

open access: yesRevista Dor
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:There are few studies in the literature especially reporting the effects of LASER associated to neural mobilization for sciatica. This study aimed at evaluating the effect of low-level LASER with wavelength of 830 nm and fluency
Jhenifer Karvat   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Physiological Signal-Based Method for Measurement of Pain Intensity

open access: yesFrontiers in Neuroscience, 2017
The standard method for prediction of the absence and presence of pain has long been self-report. However, for patients with major cognitive or communicative impairments, it would be better if clinicians could quantify pain without having to rely on the ...
Yaqi Chu   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Risk of Hepatotoxicity in Patients With Gout Treated With Febuxostat or Benzbromarone: A Propensity Score–Matched Cohort Study

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The objective of this study was to evaluate and compare the risk of hepatotoxicity associated with the use of febuxostat and benzbromarone in patients with gout. Methods New users of febuxostat or benzbromarone with monitoring of liver function at least three times in a year after initiation of the study drugs were identified from an ...
Wenyan Sun   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dor pós-operatória em pacientes submetidos à craniotomia eletiva

open access: yesRevista Dor
JUSTIFICATIVA E OBJETIVOS: A dor é uma experiência subjetiva e multidimensional, comum em pacientes submetidos a operações. Os objetivos do estudo foram identificar a intensidade e verificar o registro da dor em prontuário, de pacientes submetidos à ...
Maria do Carmo de Oliveira Ribeiro   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

How Do We Understand Depression in People with Persistent Pain? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Depression and depressed mood are common in people with persistent (chronic) pain, exacerbating disability and worsening quality of life. Yet the relationship between persistent pain and depression remains unclear, despite its importance for designing or
Schafer, G, Williams, AC
core   +1 more source

Measurement in pain medicine

open access: yes, 2016
### Key points The often complex, multidimensional, and subjective nature of pain makes it very challenging to assess both in terms of intensity and in terms of relief as a response to treatment.
T. Bendinger, N. Plunkett
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Minimally important differences for Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System pain interference for individuals with back pain

open access: yesJournal of Pain Research, 2016
Background The minimally important difference (MID) refers to the smallest change that is sufficiently meaningful to carry implications for patients’ care. MIDs are necessary to guide the interpretation of scores. This study estimated MID for the Patient
D. Amtmann   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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