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Surgically-placed abdominal wall catheters on postoperative analgesia and outcomes after living liver donation
(Wiley, 2015-04)
Living donor liver resections are associated with significant postoperative pain. Epidural analgesia is the gold standard for postoperative pain management, although it is often refused or contraindicated. Surgically placed ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Maternal family history of hypertension attenuates neonatal pain response
(Elsevier, 2009)
Reduced sensitivity to naturally occurring and laboratory pain stimuli has been observed in individuals with hypertension, high-normal blood pressure, and a family history of hypertension. The present study sought to extend ...
The Stability of a Ketamine-Morphine Solution
(Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, 2002)
Recent advances in acute pain mechanisms and management have implicated the N-methyl D-aspartate receptor-ion channel complex in the development of postoperative hyperalgesia and acute opioid tolerance. N-methyl D-aspartate ...
Systematic review of yoga for pregnant women: current status and future directions.
(Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2012-08)
Objectives. Yoga is used for a variety of immunological, neuromuscular, psychological, and pain conditions. Recent studies indicate that it may be effective in improving pregnancy, labour, and birth outcomes. The purpose ...
Posttraumatic stress symptoms and the diathesis-stress model of chronic pain and disability in patients undergoing major surgery
(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2010-07)
Objectives: To (1) use structural equation modeling (SEM) to examine relationships proposed in Turk’s diathesis-stress model of chronic pain and disability as well as (2) investigate what role, if any, posttraumatic stress ...
Factors associated with refusal to enter a clinical trial: epidural anesthesia is a deterrent to participation
(Springer Verlag, 2002-06)
Purpose
To compare patients who participate in a clinical trial for pain management involving epidural anesthesia to those who refuse and document their reasons for refusing.
Methods
Demographic and health history ...