Doubling your payoff: winning pain relief engages endogenous pain inhibition [PDF]
, 2015 When in pain, pain relief is much sought after, particularly for individuals with chronic pain. In analogy to augmentation of the hedonic experience (“liking”) of a reward by the motivation to obtain a reward (“wanting”), the seeking of pain relief in ...
Ahmed, Alysha-Karima +4 more
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The Experience of Living With Breast Cancer and the Assessment of Needs and Expectations
Journal of Patient Experience, 2021 Living with a chronic disease constitutes a biographical reversal characterized by change and loss. The aims of this study are to conceptualize the meaning of breast cancer, of its burden, to explore the patient's needs and expectations while being ...
Maria Nikoloudi MD +4 more
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To control or not? A motivational perspective on coping with pain [PDF]
, 2012 Pain relief is often the primordial treatment objective in pain patients. However, an exclusive focus upon pain relief may have costs. Evidence is accumulating that persistent attempts to gain control over pain may, paradoxically, hinder successful ...
Crombez, Geert +5 more
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Does Exercise Decrease Pain via Conditioned Pain Modulation in Adolescents? [PDF]
, 2016 Purpose: Pain relief after exercise, exercise-induced hypoalgesia (EIH), is established across the lifespan. Conditioned pain modulation (CPM: pain inhibits pain) may be a mechanism for EIH.
Bement, Marie K. Hoeger, Stolzman, Stacy
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Ventricular fibrillation during carotid endarterectomy and bailout stenting: a case report
JA Clinical Reports, 2022 Background Carotid artery manipulation is not a special technique but reports of intraoperative ventricular fibrillation are rare. The risk of fatal arrhythmias may be hidden behind routine surgical techniques and anesthetic management.
Yuji Ueda +5 more
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Egyptian Journal of Anaesthesia, 2023 Background Cancer patients undergoing major noncardiac surgery are more likely to experience perioperative morbidity and mortality due to myocardial damage.Methods Comparative study enrolled 80 patients with upper abdominal malignancies subjected to ...
Samy Abdelrahman Amr +4 more
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Dose Effect Response of Melatonin Premedication in Oncosurgical Patients: A Randomised Controlled Trial [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2021 Introduction: Cancer patients experience higher levels of pathological anxiety than other patients. Though several studies have reported perioperative use of melatonin in alleviating preoperative anxiety with minimal side effects, research on the ...
HM Ravikiran +2 more
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Fluoroquinolone toxicity symptoms in a patient presenting with low back pain
Clinics and Practice, 2012 Fluoroquinolone medications have been shown to contribute to tendinopathies, cardiotoxicity, and neurotoxicity. Low back pain is a common musculoskeletal condition for which chiropractic treatment is most often sought.
Megan Strauchman, Mark Morningstar
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Addressing the Global Tragedy of Needless Pain: Rethinking the United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs [PDF]
, 2007 The lack of medical availability of effective pain medication is an enduring and expanding global health calamity. Despite important medical advances, pain remains severely under-treated worldwide, particularly in developing countries.
Allyn L. Taylor +11 more
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Short-term efficacy of physical interventions in osteoarthritic knee pain. A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised placebo-controlled trials. [PDF]
, 2007 BACKGROUND: Treatment efficacy of physical agents in osteoarthritis of the knee (OAK) pain has been largely unknown, and this systematic review was aimed at assessing their short-term efficacies for pain relief.
A Andrianakos +86 more
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