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The aim of this study was to investigate this issue by comparing levels of postsurgical pain reduction measured by a numeric rating scale (NRS) with the patients’ verbal descriptions of how meaningful they consider their pain reduction to be.
techniques. The desired results range from pain relief and the treatment of illnesses to therapeutic benefits. Acute pain – An intensely unpleasant sensation associated with a serious medical condition caused by issues such as infections or injuries. Pain is perceived when receptor nerve cells near the skin or organs where the condition has
We aimed to establish in patients with acute pain, the clinical meaning of a decrement in the NRS and a percentage reduction in pain intensity. We defined a ‘meaningful’ decrease in pain intensity as that associated with patient-reported pain relief characterized as ‘much’ or ‘very much’ improvement.
An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with, or resembling that associated with, actual or potential tissue damage. Six key notes and etymology: Pain is always a personal experience that is influenced to varying degrees by biological, psychological, and social factors.
1 UCSF Pain Clinical Research Center, UCSF Departments of Neurology and Anesthesia, 1701 Divisadero Street, Suite 480, San Francisco, CA, USA 94115. PMID: 11690725. DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959 (01)00371-2.
15 lis 2020 · A decreased efficacy of pain inhibition can be measured by conditioned pain modulation (CPM). The use of the CPM paradigm in scientific research has boosted over the last few years and is recognized for its high clinical relevance in chronic pain patients.
Reimagining acute pain management means considering pain in context, evaluating novel agents and nonpharmacologic treatments, and being more cognizant of the prevalence of untreated or under-treated acute pain.
