Pain, Intractable
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Validity of electrical stimulus magnitude matching in chronic pain.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To examine the validity of the PainMatcher in chronic pain. DESIGN: Comparison of parallel pain estimates from visual analogue scales with electrical stimulus magnitude matching. PATIENTS: Thirty-one patients with chronic musculoskeletal ... Read more...

Validated LC coupled to ESI-MS/MS analysis for fentanyl in human plasma and UV analysis in applied reservoir transdermal patches using a simple and rapid procedure.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Fentanyl has been used for cancer pain in transdermal formulation. The aim of the present study was to establish an analytical method for fentanyl in human plasma and in an applied transdermal reservoir patch ... Read more...

Critical organ preservation in reirradiation brachytherapy by injectable spacer.

29 Sep 2009 PURPOSE: This case series study evaluated the feasibility and effectiveness of an interstitial high-dose rate brachytherapy (HDR-BT) procedure combined with an at-risk organ-sparing procedure. METHODS AND MATERIALS: Thirty patients who were ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Pain, Intractable'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Validity of electrical stimulus magnitude matching in chronic pain. 30 Oct 2009
• Validated LC coupled to ESI-MS/MS analysis for fentanyl in human plasma and UV analysis in applied reservoir transdermal patches using a simple and rapid procedure. 29 Sep 2009
• Critical organ preservation in reirradiation brachytherapy by injectable spacer. 29 Sep 2009
• Struck from behind: maintaining quality of life with chronic low back pain. 30 Aug 2009
• Development and preliminary testing of a computerized adaptive assessment of chronic pain. 30 Aug 2009
• Central post-stroke pain: clinical characteristics, pathophysiology, and management. 30 Aug 2009
• [An appropriate opioid rotation method for treatment of cancer pain--nationwide usage survey of opioid analgesics] 30 Aug 2009
• [Cancer pain management using opioid together with NSAIDs at Sakai Kinki University Hospital] 30 Jul 2009
• [A case of unresectable advanced pancreatic cancer treated by gemcitabine-based chemotherapy following cancer pain alleviation by low-dose matrix-type transdermal fentanyl] 30 Jul 2009
• Efficiency of posterior tibial nerve stimulation in category IIIB chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain: a Sham-Controlled Comparative Study. 25 Jul 2009
• Structure of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in pain and pain-free patients scheduled for major surgery. 22 Jul 2009
• Feasibility study of direct fentanyl patch introduction without prior opioid titration. 9 Jul 2009
• Comprehensive evidence-based guidelines for interventional techniques in the management of chronic spinal pain. 29 Jun 2009
• Clinical investigation of patients who develop neuropathic tooth pain after endodontic procedures. 29 Jun 2009
• Clinical presentation of asbestosis with intractable pleural pain in the adult child of a taconite miner and radiographic demonstration of the probable pathology causing the pain. 29 Jun 2009
• Dorsal root entry zone lesions for phantom limb pain with brachial plexus avulsion: a study of pain and phantom limb sensation. 24 Jun 2009
• [Approach to chronic pain by hypnosis: a general practitioner's experience] 15 Jun 2009
• ["You have nothing wrong. It is all in your head." Chronic pain: how to contribute to the development of pain perception?] 15 Jun 2009
• [Cognitive and behavioral group therapy in chronic pain: expectations and satisfactions] 15 Jun 2009
• [Chronic pain and depression] 15 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Pain, Intractable'

Definition: Persistent pain that is refractory to some or all forms of treatment.

Descriptor UI: D010148

Alternative terms: Pain, Intractable; Intractable Pain; Intractable Pains; Pains, Intractable; Refractory Pain; Pain, Refractory; Pains, Refractory; Refractory Pains;

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: C10.597.617.788; C23.888.592.612.776; C23.888.646.515;

History Note: 1974

Technical Notes: IM; usually chronic so do not coord with CHRONIC DISEASE but chronic pain = PAIN (IM) + CHRONIC DISEASE (NIM)