Pain - Prevention & control
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

The effect of a thoracic spinal block on fos expression in the lumbar spinal cord of the rat induced by a noxious electrical stimulus at the hindpaw.

30 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Fos expression in the lumbar spinal cord, resulting from a noxious electrical stimulus at the hindpaw, is hypothesized to originate from three sources: direct sensory input of the noxious stimulus, local interactions in the spinal cord, ... Read more...

Management of injecting drug users admitted to hospital.

8 Oct 2009 General hospital clinicians frequently deal with injecting drug users because substance use has diverse medical and psychiatric complications. Non-specialist clinicians often initiate management when specialist consultation is not available or ... Read more...

Effects of preoperative ibuprofen on pain after separator placement.

29 Sep 2009 INTRODUCTION: Many patients experience pain with orthodontics, but there is no widely accepted standard of care for controlling orthodontic pain. Previous studies were inconclusive as to the most effective way to manage orthodontic pain. The purpose ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Pain - Prevention & control'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The effect of a thoracic spinal block on fos expression in the lumbar spinal cord of the rat induced by a noxious electrical stimulus at the hindpaw. 30 Oct 2009
• Periprostatic nerve block (PNB) alone vs PNB combined with an anaesthetic-myorelaxant agent cream for prostate biopsy: a prospective, randomized double-arm study. 30 Oct 2009
• Pain management and sedation for children in the emergency department. 28 Oct 2009
• Management of injecting drug users admitted to hospital. 8 Oct 2009
• Proposed FDA rules on painkillers in U.S. Rile cancer community. 29 Sep 2009
• StatBite: cancer pain. 29 Sep 2009
• Effects of preoperative ibuprofen on pain after separator placement. 29 Sep 2009
• Adults with cerebral palsy: a workshop to define the challenges of treating and preventing secondary musculoskeletal and neuromuscular complications in this rapidly growing population. 29 Sep 2009
• The synergistic interaction between morphine and maprotiline after intrathecal injection in rats. 29 Sep 2009
• The impact of zoledronic acid therapy in survival of lung cancer patients with bone metastasis. 29 Sep 2009
• Visually induced analgesia: seeing the body reduces pain. 28 Sep 2009
• Economic evaluation of arthritis self management in primary care. 20 Sep 2009
• [Painful diabetic polyneuropathy: preventing the vicious circle of pain, anxiety and sleep disorders] 8 Sep 2009
• The effects of excluding patients from the analysis in randomised controlled trials: meta-epidemiological study. 5 Sep 2009
• Does a view of nature promote relief from acute pain? 30 Aug 2009
• [Missions of nurses in rheumatology] 30 Aug 2009
• [The improvement in care of patients with severe burns] 30 Aug 2009
• "An evil heritage": interview study of pain and autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. 30 Aug 2009
• "Everyone should buttonhole": a novel technique for a regional Australian renal service. 30 Aug 2009
• A split-face comparison of a new hyaluronic acid facial filler containing pre-incorporated lidocaine versus a standard hyaluronic acid facial filler in the treatment of naso-labial folds. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Pain'

Definition: An unpleasant sensation induced by noxious stimuli which are detected by NERVE ENDINGS of NOCICEPTIVE NEURONS.

Descriptor UI: D010146

Alternative terms: Pain; Pain, Burning; Burning Pain; Burning Pains; Pains, Burning; Suffering, Physical; Physical Suffering; Physical Sufferings; Sufferings, Physical; Pain, Migratory; Migratory Pain; Migratory Pains; Pains, Migratory; Pain, Radiating; Pains, Radiating; Radiating Pain; Radiating Pains; Pain, Splitting; Pains, Splitting; Splitting Pain; Splitting Pains; Ache; Aches; Pain, Crushing; Crushing Pain; Crushing Pains; Pains, Crushing;

Related Mesh Headings: Analgesia; Pain Insensitivity, Congenital; Analgesics; Hyperalgesia; Palliative Care;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C10.597.617; C23.888.592.612; C23.888.646; F02.830.816.444; G11.561.600.810.444;

Technical Notes: general; prefer specific precoordinated locational pain terms, like ABDOMINAL PAIN; CHEST PAIN, etc.; / diag: consider also PAIN MEASUREMENT but PAIN / diag is probably PAIN / etiol; / ther: consider also PALLIATIVE CARE ( = pain relief without cure); / physiopathol: PAIN THRESHOLD is also available; chronic pain = PAIN (IM) + CHRONIC DISEASE (NIM): do not equate with PAIN, INTRACTABLE; congenital absence of pain = PAIN INSENSITIVITY, CONGENITAL