Efficacy of Sciatic Nerve Block for Pain Management in below Knee Orthopaedic Surgery [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016 Introduction: Perioperative pain management is an integral part of anaesthesia and patients are most satisfied if there is minimal or no pain after surgery.
Subhadra Arun Sinha +2 more
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Endoscope-Assisted Trichophytic Anterior Hairline Brow Lift [PDF]
Archives of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 2016 Background The brow lift plays an essential role in upper face rejuvenation. The authors designed a new brow lift technique, the endoscope-assisted trichophytic anterior hairline brow lift.
Ji Min Kim, Jeong-Geun Hong
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Micronized palmitoylethanolamide/trans-polydatin treatment of endometriosis-related pain: a meta-analysis [PDF]
, 2017 Aim. To demonstrate clinical effectiveness of micronized palmitoylethanolamide-transpolydatin combination in reducing endometriotic chronic pelvic pain. Other endometriotic- pains were also assessed. Methods.
Indraccolo, Ugo +2 more
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A comparative study of aesthetic perceptions of malocclusion among general practice dentists, orthodontists and the public using a visual analogue scale (VAS) and the IOTN-AC [PDF]
, 2016 Perception of malocclusion varies among individuals and among patients and practitioners. Although several indices that tend to coincide in many aspects and unify criteria, no single index has been recognised as the most suitable for assessing ...
Almerich Silla, José Manuel +4 more
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A Prospective, Randomised, Double-blind Comparative Study for Efficacy of Paravertebral Block by Ropivacaine in Postoperative Analgesia after Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2017 Introduction: Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy (PCNL) is a painful procedure that involves placement of large bore access sheath in the flank through which stones are fragmented and then removed.
Pankaj N Maheshwari +4 more
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Can a One-Item Mood Scale Do the Trick? Predicting Relapse over 5.5-Years in Recurrent Depression [PDF]
, 2012 To examine whether a simple Visual Analogue Mood Scale (VAMS) is able to predict time to relapse over 5.5-years.187 remitted recurrently depressed out-patients were interviewed using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders (SCID-I ...
Berking, Matthias +4 more
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Use of Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) as Visual Analogue Scale (VAS): Is this Clinically Significant?
Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2023 Objective: To analyze statistically significant differences between the Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) and Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) in low back pain (LBP) patients. Study Design: Prospective longitudinal Study.
lbrahim Farooq Pasha +5 more
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Journal of Pain, 2019 The Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), Numeric Rating Scale (NRS), and Pain Severity subscale of the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI-PS) are the most frequently used instruments to measure pain intensity in low back pain.
Alessandro Chiarotto +5 more
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Behavior Research Methods, 2018 Traditionally, the visual analogue scale (VAS) has been proposed to overcome the limitations of ordinal measures from Likert-type scales. However, the function of VASs to overcome the limitations of response styles to Likert-type scales has not yet been ...
Y. Sung, Jeng-Shin Wu
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Assessing acute itch intensity : general labelled magnitude scale is more reliable than classic visual analogue scale [PDF]
, 2016 The reliable measurement of itch intensity is crucial, both in research as well as clinical contexts. For example, when the reliability of a measurement scale is unknown, it is impossible to determine whether a patient has changed sufficiently to be ...
Holle, Henning +3 more
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