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Showing 1 to 20 of 60 for “"acute pain"”.
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How WEIRD are the South African acute pain guidelines? An analysis of the 2015 South African acute pain guidelines
… in the context of formulating the South African Acute Pain Guidelines, 2015 as published by the South African Society of Anaesthesiologists (the extant protocol at the time of writing). Methods: An established, peer-reviewed and published WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, …
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Assess Effectiveness of Opioid Prescription Policies for Acute Pain Management
… narcotics serves to improve patient safety and pain management. METHODS: Prescription data and associated patient demographic data was pulled directly from the UTSW electronic medical record (EMR) for one year prior to and following the rescheduling of HCPs. Additional data was pulled for the …
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Acute pain management in methadone maintenance treatment / by Mark Doverty.
… of a general concensus that in the treatment of pain, patients with a prior history of substance abuse (particulary opioid dependence) appear to be at increased risk for pain mismanagement problems, this thesis aims to produce data that will eventually help in the formulation of prescribing …
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Acute Pain Prediction in Oral Cavity and Oropharyngeal Cancer Patients Receiving Radiation Therapy
… therapy (RT) is crucial in OC/OPC management. Pain is a common and challenging symptom for most patients during therapy, as nearly all patients undergoing locoregional RT in OC/OPC require analgesia for acute iatrogenic pain. Moreover, about 45% of long-term survivors report chronic pain, with …
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A Brief Mindfulness Intervention on Acute Pain Experience: An Examination of Individual Difference
… of a 15-minute mindfulness intervention on acute pain experience. The study employed a three-group, repeated measures experimental design with two active control conditions (sham mindfulness and attention control) and an analogue pain induction procedure (cold-pressor test). The sample …
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The Effects of Hypnosis on Acute Pain Among Adolescents Undergoing Surgical Pectus Excavatum Repair
… every year. Unfortunately, severe post-surgical pain is common. Children are at risk for the development of chronic postsurgical pain and the deterioration of their health-related quality of life when moderate to severe postsurgical pain exists one month after a surgical procedure. Despite the …
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Pain and social context: social, contextual and environmental factors in the perception of acute pain
… of individual differences in responses to acute pain (e. g. sex, personality traits and cultural affiliation). These factors constitute relatively stable, long-term characteristics of an individual. However, there is also significant within-individual variation in response to acute pain, …
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The Comorbidity of Emotional Distress with Two Common Acute Pain Populations: Jaw and Low Back
… to evaluate emotional distress in two common acute pain populations: jaw pain (JAW; n = 135) and low back pain (LB; n=71). Prevalence of psychopathology in each group was evaluated, using the Structured Clinical Interview of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual IV - I and II, and compared to …
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The effects of videotaped modeling and imagined analgesia on acute pain: a signal detection analysis
… analgesia instructions as treatments for acute pain in the context of a signal detection paradigm. A signal detection analysis was used because it allows differentiation between sensory-discriminative and motivational-affective components of pain. The treatment conditions used were: 1) …
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Developing an in-depth understanding of acute pain assessment and management in the prehospital setting in the Western Cape, South Africa, the factors influencing practice and what improvement measures could advance prehospital acute pain management
Introduction: Acute pain is a common reason for seeking emergency care in the prehospital and emergency centre settings where pain prevalence ranges widely. Pain is a significant global health problem which often goes unnoticed and is undermanaged. To this end, a project consisting of a series of …
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Development of Cardiovascular Indices of Acute Pain Responding in Infants: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Cardiovascular indices of pain are pervasive in the hospital setting. However, no research has examined the development of cardiac responses to acutely painful procedures in the first year of life. Our main goal was to synthesize evidence regarding the development of cardiovascular responses to …
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Acceptance Versus Distraction As Coping Strategies for Acute Pain and Pain-induced Alcohol Urge and Approach Inclinations
… death and disproportionately affects people with pain. Experimental research has identified pain as a determinant of alcohol use proxies that has its influence via negative affect (i.e. mediation effect). Although experimental research has shown that acceptance coping reduces pain-related negative …
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A study of acute pain after cesarean section - incidence and associated factors, at the university teaching hospital, Lusaka, Zambia.
… 2015 to September 2016. A 2007 study cited pain was as one of the complications. However, the incidence and possible associated factors to pain after a caesarean section was not evaluated further in that study. The incidence of pain after caesarean section is reported high elsewhere. …
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A study of acute pain after cesarean section - incidence and associated factors, at the university teaching hospital, Lusaka, Zambia.
… 2015 to September 2016. A 2007 study cited pain was as one of the complications. However, the incidence and possible associated factors to pain after a caesarean section was not evaluated further in that study. The incidence of pain after caesarean section is reported high elsewhere. …
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A New Model for Acute Pain Management in Children: Examining Patient Characteristics and Potential Implications for Research and Practice
AbstractCurrent literature suggests that acute pain management in hospitalized children remains substandard, resulting in adverse physical, cognitive, and emotional effects for many children. Improvements to pediatric acute pain management require an updated conceptual model and validation of …
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The design process applied to the development of orthopedic transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulations (TENS) devices for the treatement of acute pain
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1999.
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The effect of experimental pain on neural function and motor learning
This thesis investigated whether acute experimental pain interacts with motor learning acquisition to create adaptive and maladaptive changes in neural function. The first study consisted of two experiments where we determined the interactive effects of acute pain versus control (Experiment 1) and …
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The impact of modifying attentional bias on vulnerability to pain
… bias” - is thought to confer vulnerability to pain. The current thesis tested this putative mechanism by modifying the bias using the visual-probe task (attentional bias modification; ABM) and examining effects of this experimental manipulation on attentional bias and critical pain outcomes. …
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Mechanisms Underlying Chronic Pain
Based on duration, pain is categorized as acute and chronic pain. Acute pain is a short-term phenomenon that resolves after the noxious stimulus is removed or the injury is healed. On the other hand, chronic pain is a long-lasting debilitating condition. In a substantial number of cases, acute pain …
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Lived Experience after Surgery among Hispanic Adults
… discharge and over 80% of patients experienced acute pain after surgery. When acute pain persists for two or more months after surgery, chronic pain develops, costing the United States up to $635 billion annually. Hispanics, in particular, disproportionately experience disparities in pain …
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