Pub Date : 2009-12-01DOI: 10.1016/J.ACPAIN.2009.10.012
J. Miner
{"title":"Randomized double-blind placebo controlled crossover study of acetaminophen, ibuprofen, acetaminophen/hydrocodone, and placebo for the relief of pain from a standard painful stimulus","authors":"J. Miner","doi":"10.1016/J.ACPAIN.2009.10.012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/J.ACPAIN.2009.10.012","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100023,"journal":{"name":"Acute Pain","volume":"70 1","pages":"148-149"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84105913","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2009-12-01DOI: 10.1016/J.ACPAIN.2009.09.003
N. Moore
{"title":"In search of an ideal analgesic for common acute pain","authors":"N. Moore","doi":"10.1016/J.ACPAIN.2009.09.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/J.ACPAIN.2009.09.003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100023,"journal":{"name":"Acute Pain","volume":"2 1","pages":"129-137"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79409580","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2009-12-01DOI: 10.1016/j.acpain.2009.07.002
Eric E. Brodie , Fiona M.A. Kane , Karel Gijsbers , Catherine A. Niven
Background
Many studies investigating the attenuation of pain by psychological means have confounded cognitive factors with motoric factors. Two experiments were performed to investigate the extent to which intentional movements alone can attenuate experimental pain.
Methods
In experiment 1, tolerance and intensity of cold pressor pain administered to the non-dominant hand was measured for two movement conditions, reciprocal eye movements and reciprocal finger movements of the dominant hand. In experiment 2, tolerance and intensity was measured for two reciprocal finger movement conditions, when visual attention was directed to the dominant hand and when visual attention was directed to the location of the noxiously stimulated non-dominant hand.
Results
Reciprocal finger movements of the limb contralateral to a noxiously stimulated limb were found to result in significantly longer tolerance times and significantly lower pain intensity ratings when visual attention was directed to and away from the spatial location of the noxious stimulation.
Conclusion
These results confirm that movement of the limb contralateral to a noxiously stimulated limb attenuates experimental pain. Further research is required to ascertain whether movement alone attenuates non-experimental pain.
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Pub Date : 2009-12-01DOI: 10.1016/j.acpain.2009.10.014
A.K. Chang, P.E. Bijur, A. Napolitano, J. Lupow, E.J. Gallagher
{"title":"Two milligrams i.v. hydromorphone is efficacious for treating pain but is associated with oxygen desaturation","authors":"A.K. Chang, P.E. Bijur, A. Napolitano, J. Lupow, E.J. Gallagher","doi":"10.1016/j.acpain.2009.10.014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acpain.2009.10.014","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100023,"journal":{"name":"Acute Pain","volume":"11 3","pages":"Page 149"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.acpain.2009.10.014","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90027965","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2009-12-01DOI: 10.1016/j.acpain.2009.10.001
H. Kager , R. Likar , H. Jabarzadeh , R. Sittl , C. Breschan , J. Szeles
Background
We examined whether P-STIM, administered pre- and postoperatively after tonsillectomies, resulted in a lower consumption of analgesics and an improvement of pain scores compared to sham acupuncture.
Methods
This study was carried out in a randomised, double-blind, controlled fashion. Thirty-three patients were randomised into 2 groups. All patients had P-STIM applied to them beginning 30 min preoperatively. The stimulation was applied over the following 96 h. The P-STIM-Verum group received sub-threshold stimulation. No stimulation was applied in the P-STIM-Placebo group.
Premedication and anaesthesia were applied in a standardised fashion. The efficacy of P-STIM application was evaluated postoperatively using numeric and visual analogue scales at rest and with exertion and by measuring postoperative analgesic consumption.
Results
At almost all the measured time points the median pain score was less in the P-STIM-Verum group than in the P-STIM-Placebo group. The VAS scores at rest and with exertion were also significantly less in the P-STIM-Verum group at certain time points. Analgesic consumption in the P-STIM-Verum group was also less than in the P-STIM-Placebo group; however the difference did not reach statistical significance.
Conclusions
We were able to demonstrate in our study, that P-STIM applied pre- and postoperatively following tonsillectomies, is a simple method that seems to be effective and has few side-effects.
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Pub Date : 2009-12-01DOI: 10.1016/J.ACPAIN.2009.10.021
A. Chang, P. Bijur, M. Davitt, E. Gallagher
{"title":"Randomized clinical trial comparing a patient-driven titration protocol of intravenous hydromorphone with traditional physician-driven management of emergency department patients with acute severe pain","authors":"A. Chang, P. Bijur, M. Davitt, E. Gallagher","doi":"10.1016/J.ACPAIN.2009.10.021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/J.ACPAIN.2009.10.021","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100023,"journal":{"name":"Acute Pain","volume":"1 1","pages":"152-153"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88144537","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2009-12-01DOI: 10.1016/j.acpain.2009.10.017
W.S. Shaw, G. Pransky, T. Winters, T.H. Tveito, S.M. Larson, D.L. Roter
{"title":"Does the presence of psychosocial “yellow flags” alter patient–provider communication for work-related, acute low back pain?","authors":"W.S. Shaw, G. Pransky, T. Winters, T.H. Tveito, S.M. Larson, D.L. Roter","doi":"10.1016/j.acpain.2009.10.017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acpain.2009.10.017","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100023,"journal":{"name":"Acute Pain","volume":"11 3","pages":"Page 151"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.acpain.2009.10.017","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89995485","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2009-12-01DOI: 10.1016/j.acpain.2009.10.011
J.K. Randall, A. Goede, P. Morgan-Warren, S.B. Middleton
{"title":"Randomised clinical trial of the influence of local subcutaneous infiltration versus subcutaneous and deep infiltration of local anaesthetic on pain after appendicectomy","authors":"J.K. Randall, A. Goede, P. Morgan-Warren, S.B. Middleton","doi":"10.1016/j.acpain.2009.10.011","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.acpain.2009.10.011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100023,"journal":{"name":"Acute Pain","volume":"11 3","pages":"Page 148"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.acpain.2009.10.011","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"95981622","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}