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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An individualized digital twin of a patient for transdermal fentanyl therapy for chronic pain management. [PDF]
, 2023 Fentanyl transdermal therapy is a suitable treatment for moderate-to-severe cancer-related pain. The inter-individual variability of the patients leads to different therapy responses.
Bahrami, Flora +3 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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Scientific Reports, 2022 The trauma center of the University Hospital Wuerzburg has developed an advanced trauma pathway based on a dual-room trauma suite with an integrated movable sliding gantry CT-system.
Maximilian Kippnich +6 more
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Analysis of Intra-Operative Physiological Responses Through Complex Higher-Order SVD for Long-Term Post-Operative Pain Prediction [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Long-term pain conditions after surgery and patients' responses to pain relief medications are not yet fully understood. While recent studies developed an index for nociception level of patients under general anesthesia, based on multiple physiological parameters, it remains unclear whether and how dynamics of these parameters indicate long-term post ...
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Predictive value of immediate pain relief after lumbar transforaminal epidural injection with local anesthetics and steroids for single level radiculopathy [PDF]
, 2022 Objective: To assess the predictive value of immediate pain-relief after CT-guided transforaminal epidural steroid injection (TFESI) including local anesthetics for longer-term pain relief and patients' global impression of change (PGIC) after 4 weeks.
Germann, Christoph +2 more
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Egyptian Journal of Anaesthesia, 2017 Background: Previous studies have shown that dexmedetomidine has proven effectiveness as sedative in many outpatient settings and several reports are now available documenting its success for sedation of both non-invasive and invasive procedures ...
Ayat Abdelfattah Hassan +5 more
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Pain Relief in Older Adults Following Static Contractions is not Task-Dependent [PDF]
, 2012 Pain complaints increase with age. Exercise is frequently utilized for pain relief but the optimal exercise prescription to relieve pain is not clear.
Lemley, Kathy J. +4 more
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Influence of Surgical Nurses’ Information Behaviour on Surgical Patients’ Pain Relief in Teaching Hospitals in Port Harcourt, Nigeria [PDF]
, 2021 Surgical patients need prompt and adequate pain relief after surgery. This required surgical nurses’ need to acquire and use information to facilitate pain relief.
Babalola, Yemisi Temilola +2 more
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Statistical Applications in Pain Management: A Review [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 Chronic pain is a widespread and debilitating condition that affects millions of individuals worldwide. Recent research has unveiled a connection between chronic pain and epigenetic processes, shedding light on the complex interplay between genetics, environment, and pain perception.
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