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Preventive Analgesia: Quo Vadimus?
(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2011-11)
The classic definition of preemptive analgesia requires 2 groups of patients to receive identical treatment before or after incision or surgery. The only difference between the 2 groups is the timing of administration of ...
The Impact of Emotional Abuse on Psychological Distress among Child Protective Services-Involved Adolescents with Borderline-to-Mild Intellectual Disability
(Taylor & Francis, 2011)
Childhood maltreatment is a robust contributing factor to mental health problems in adolescents. The current study examines the impact of childhood emotional abuse on adolescent psychological distress in 48 youths with ...
Non-pharmacological management of infant and young child procedural pain: An abridged Cochrane review
(Pain and Research Management, 2011)
BACKGROUND:
Acute pain and distress during medical procedures are commonplace for young children.
OBJECTIVE:
To assess the efficacy of nonpharmacological interventions for acute procedural pain in children up to three ...
The influence of culture on maternal soothing behaviours and infant pain expression in the immunization context.
(Pain and Research Management, 2011)
ObJecTiVe: To investigate how maternal culture (ie, individualist versus
collectivist) influences soothing techniques and infant distress.
MeThOdS: Archival data were analyzed using a subsample of 80 motherinfant
dyads ...
Biomedical and Psychosocial Factors Associated with Disability After Peripheral Nerve Injury
(Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc, 2011-05)
Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the biomedical and psychosocial factors associated with disability at a minimum of six months following upper-extremity nerve injury. Methods: This cross-sectional study ...
Child maltreatment, adolescent attachment style, and dating violence: Considerations in youths with borderline-to-mild intellectual disability
(Springer, 2011)
One of the most salient developmental tasks of adolescence is the entry into romantic relationship, which often involves developing attachments to partners. Adolescents with a history of maltreatment have been found to ...
Individuals with intellectual disabilities who live with family and experience psychiatric crisis: Who uses the emergency department and who stays home?
(Taylor & Francis, 2011)
Many individuals with intellectual disabilities who live with their families experience mental health problems and ensuing psychiatric emergencies. During periods of crisis, families may require additional services, including ...
The Brief Family Distress Scale: A Measure of Crisis in Caregivers of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders
(Springer, 2011)
Parents of individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) often experience stressors associated with caring for their child. These stressors can cause considerable distress for families, which at times can develop into ...
Epidural Analgesia Provides Better Pain Management After Live Liver Donation: A Retrospective Study
(Wiley, 2011-03)
Despite the increase in surgical volumes of live liver donation, there has been very little documentation of the postoperative pain experience. The primary aim of this study was to examine the difference in acute postoperative ...
Reliability and validity of the Child Pain Anxiety Symptoms Scale (CPASS) in a clinical sample of children and adolescents with acute postsurgical pain
(Elsevier, 2011)
Pain anxiety refers to the cognitive, emotional, physiological, and behavioural reactions to the experience or anticipation of pain. The Child Pain Anxiety Symptoms Scale (CPASS) has recently been developed and validated ...