Articles: pain-management-methods.
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Advances in therapy · Jun 2019
Comparative StudyOutcomes Associated with Treatment of Chronic Pain with Tapentadol Compared with Morphine and Oxycodone: A UK Primary Care Observational Study.
This study compared adverse outcomes and resource use for patients with a diagnosis of pain treated with tapentadol prolonged-release (PR) versus those treated with morphine controlled-release (CR) and oxycodone CR. ⋯ Grünenthal Ltd.
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Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) · Jun 2019
Observational StudyPossible Dose-Response Relationship in Palliative Radiotherapy for Non-bone Painful Lesions.
Total radiation dose does not predict pain response in conventionally fractionated radiotherapy for bone metastases. By contrast, in radiotherapy for solid painful tumours other than bone metastases, it is unknown whether there is a dose-response relationship. We sought to determine whether a higher total radiation dose predicted a higher pain response rate in palliative radiotherapy for non-bone painful lesions. ⋯ Higher total radiation dose seemed to be associated with a higher rate of pain response in patients with non-bone painful lesions. However, this finding was not robust to sensitivity analysis. Dose-response relationship should be investigated in clinical trials enrolling patients with these kinds of painful tumour.
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Minerva anestesiologica · Jun 2019
Letter Case ReportsUlnar nerve pulsed radiofrequency pain treatment in a patient with sarcoma surgically treated.
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Einstein (Sao Paulo) · May 2019
Is virtual reality useful for pain management in patients who undergo medical procedures?
Pain management is a complex medical issue, and many efforts have been done to develop new non-pharmacological therapies. Virtual reality is a technology apparatus that make an interaction between human and virtual environment through an hardware (usually a headset) linked to a computer or a mobile, by using a software. ⋯ Thus, it is plausible that the software used should be personalized depending on patient's experiences and expectations. The use of virtual reality as a medical tool for pain relief or decrease analgesics use by promoting a cognitive distraction is a low cost and promising instrument for pain management in patients who undergo medical procedures.