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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Subcutaneous anti-D treatment of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura in children.

13 Dec 2009 We investigated the effect of subcutaneous anti-D IgG as platelet enhancing therapy in children with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). Twenty-three children were treated with subcutaneous anti-D 50 microg/kg. The median platelet count ... Read more...

Low-dose oral midazolam reduces fear and distress during needle procedures in children with cancer.

13 Dec 2009 BACKGROUND: Children with cancer often mention needle procedures as the most frightening, distressing, and sometimes painful aspect of the disease and treatment. The aim was to investigate whether children experience less fear, distress, and/or pain ... Read more...

Is pegfilgrastim safe and effective in congenital neutropenia? An analysis of the French Severe Chronic Neutropenia registry.

29 Nov 2009 AIMS: To examine the efficacy and safety of pegfilgrastim in patients with congenital neutropenia (CN). METHODS: Seventeen patients enrolled in the French Severe CN Register received pegfilgrastim. RESULTS: Median age at pegfilgrastim introduction ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Pain'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Subcutaneous anti-D treatment of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura in children. 13 Dec 2009
• Low-dose oral midazolam reduces fear and distress during needle procedures in children with cancer. 13 Dec 2009
• Is pegfilgrastim safe and effective in congenital neutropenia? An analysis of the French Severe Chronic Neutropenia registry. 29 Nov 2009
• Slipped capital femoral epiphysis. 4 Nov 2009
• Images in clinical medicine. Peripartum diastasis of the symphysis pubis. 3 Nov 2009
• Enduring reversal of neuropathic pain by a single intrathecal injection of adenosine 2A receptor agonists: a novel therapy for neuropathic pain. 2 Nov 2009
• Brain gray matter decrease in chronic pain is the consequence and not the cause of pain. 2 Nov 2009
• Management of osteoblastoma and osteoid osteoma of the spine in childhood. 30 Oct 2009
• Perineural dexmedetomidine added to ropivacaine causes a dose-dependent increase in the duration of thermal antinociception in sciatic nerve block in rat. 30 Oct 2009
• Association of depression and pain interference with disease-management self-efficacy in community-dwelling individuals with spinal cord injury. 30 Oct 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
• Temporomandibular joint pain and synovial fluid analysis: a review of the literature. 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
• Validity of electrical stimulus magnitude matching in chronic pain. 30 Oct 2009
• Pain management and sedation for children in the emergency department. 28 Oct 2009
• Exaggerated response of a vasopressin-enhanced green fluorescent protein transgene to nociceptive stimulation in the rat. 19 Oct 2009
• Characteristics of children enrolled in treatment trials for NF1-related plexiform neurofibromas. 18 Oct 2009
• Cellular and molecular mechanisms of pain. 14 Oct 2009
• Direct evidence for spinal cord involvement in placebo analgesia. 14 Oct 2009
• Foot pain: is current or past shoewear a factor? 13 Oct 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