Articles: chronic.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Pressure pain and isometric strength of neck flexors are related in chronic tension-type headache.
In patients with chronic tension-type headache (CTTH) changes in pressure pain in the cervical region are associated with peripheral or central sensitization. It is hypothesized that an increase of isometric strength of neck flexors would lead to a decrease of pressure pain in CTTH, as an expression of reduced peripheral or central sensitization ⋯ Decrease in PPS correlates with increases in isometric strength of neck flexors in patients with CTTH in short- and long-term.
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Memory of chronic, acute and experimental pain may be inaccurate, but the research findings are inconsistent. The main aim of the study was to compare the memory of three types of pain and their associated affect. ⋯ The results of the current study suggest that memory of pain and affect is influenced by the meaning and affective value of the pain experience. This may help us to understand why the previous research on the memory of pain were so diverse.
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Intensive care medicine · Mar 2015
Comparative StudyComparison of different equations to assess glomerular filtration in critically ill patients.
To evaluate equations for estimation of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and measured urinary creatinine clearance, compared to measured GFR in critically ill patients. ⋯ In this cohort of patients, estimates of GFR had low accuracy and precision. Cystatin C based formulas, especially CKD-EPIcr-cys, showed limited bias; however, the accuracy and precision of these estimates were still insufficient. Measured urinary creatinine clearance overestimates GFR, but may provide a cheap alternative, when this is taken into account.