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Pregabalin reduces postoperative opioid consumption and pain for 1 week after hospital discharge, but does not affect function at 6 weeks or 3 months after total hip arthroplasty
(Oxford University Press, 2015-12)
BACKGROUND:
This study examined whether a perioperative regimen of pregabalin added to celecoxib improved pain scores and functional outcomes postdischarge up to 3 months after total hip arthroplasty (primary outcome) and ...
Data mining of a remote behavioral tracking system for Type 2 Diabetes patients: A prospective, cohort study
(JMIR Publications, 2016-01)
Background: Complications from type 2 diabetes mellitus can be prevented when patients perform health behaviors such as vigorous exercise and glucose-regulated diet. The use of smartphones for tracking such behaviors has ...
Preventive analgesia and novel strategies for the prevention of chronic post-surgical pain
(Springer International Publishing, 2015-03)
Chronic post-surgical pain (CPSP) is a serious complication of major surgery that can impair a patient’s quality of life. The development of CPSP is a complex process which involves biologic, psychosocial, and environmental ...
Continuous regional anaesthesia provides effective pain management and reduces opioid requirement following major lower limb amputation
(Elsevier, 2014-11)
Objectives: Postoperative stump pain after major lower limb amputation is a significant impediment to the recovery of amputees. The vast majority of patients require opioid analgesics following surgery, which are associated ...
Genetics of chronic post-surgical pain: A crucial step toward personal pain medicine
(Springer International Publishing AG, 2015-03)
Purpose
Most patients who undergo surgery or experience a traumatic injury suffer from acute pain that subsides once tissues heal. Nevertheless, the pain remains in 15-30% of patients, sometimes for life, and this chronic ...
PTSD and the Experience of Pain: Research and Clinical Implications of Shared Vulnerability and Mutual Maintenance Models
(SAGE Publications, 2002-12)
It is common for individuals with symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to present with cooccurring pain problems, and vice versa. However, the relation between these conditions often goes unrecognized in clinical ...
Distinguishing problematic from nonproblematic postsurgical pain: A pain trajectory analysis after total knee arthroplasty
(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2015-03)
The goal of this study was to follow a cohort of patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty over time to: (1) identify and describe the various pain trajectories beginning preoperatively and for up to 12 months after ...
Keeping an eye on pain: investigating visual attention biases in individuals with chronic pain using eye-tracking methodology
(Dovepress, 10/08/2016)
Attentional biases to painful stimuli are evident in individuals with chronic pain, although the directional tendency of these biases (ie, toward or away from threat-related stimuli) remains unclear. This study used ...
Research designs considerations for chronic pain prevention clinical trials: IMMPACT recommendations
(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2015-07)
Although certain risk factors can identify individuals who aremost likely to develop chronic pain, few interventions to prevent chronic pain have been identified. To facilitate the identification of preventive interventions, ...
Chronic pain, psychopathology, and DSM-5 somatic symptom disorder
(SAGE Publications, 2015-04)
Unlike acute pain that warns us of injury or disease, chronic or persistent pain serves no adaptive purpose. Though there is no agreed on definition of chronic pain, it is commonly referred to as pain that is without ...