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Filter by:The purpose of this study is to determine if the Airseal System will reduce post-operative pain and reduce the need for narcotics in laparoscopic living kidney donor surgeries.
In this study, the detection of the feigning weakness in grip strength is measured using different grip strength testing instruments. Patients with injury of the upper limb are compared to patients with injury of the lower limb as well as healthy controls.
Can perioperative administration of intra-peritoneal local anaesthetics further reduce postoperative pain, inflammation and outcome in patients undergoing major abdominal surgery (cytoreductive surgery) and managed with thoracic epidural analgesia? - Multicenter study.
There are actually no standardized quality assurance procedures included in pain treatment processes. In this observational, feasibility study the use of tablet-Personal Computer (PC) is tested in pain therapy centres using the validated questionnaire "Activity Index". The acceptance of electronic data capturing is tested in patients and therapy teams (doctors and nurses).
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and pharmacokinetics of EXPAREL in subjects who undergo femoral nerve block with bupivacaine HCl for unilateral total knee arthroplasty (TKA).
In clinical practice with young children, gold standard rating scales used to evaluate the pain are VAS (Visual Analogue Scale) and FPS-R (Faces Pain Scale - Revised), which are self-assessment tools. These scales present however certain limitations: the VAS is not applicable if the child does not know how to estimate the distances, as young children, or children with mental retardation. As for FPS-R, it can be frightening for children by the aspect of faces looking like impersonal masks. For children under 4 years, only hetero-evaluation based on typical behavioral scales as Face Legs Activity Cry Consolability (FLACC) can be used, according to the current recommendations. We thus wanted to create a new faces scale with teddy bear faces, which are cross-cultural and timeless. Our objective is to validate the new teddy scale in its paper shape on a wide sample of children. We made the hypothesis that the teddy scale would enable to evaluate the pain in the same way that the FPS-R, being better accepted and preferred by children. The first phase of this study will be to develop the teddy scale with a sample of 30 healthy children from 4 to 11 year-old, having already experienced pain. This stage allows the validation of the images chosen for the scale, to make sure of their relevance and their optimal recognition by the children. The scale will then be validated with a sample of 218 hospitalized children from 2 to 11 years old, to whom pain is usually evaluated in a systematic way. Children from 4 to 11 years old will have simultaneously the teddy scale, the VAS and the FPS-R. They will be asked to determine which scale they preferred. Children from 2 to 4 years old will have the teddy scale; the FLACC will be filled in by parents. Tested hypothesis: The discriminating characteristic of the teddy scale is superior to that of the FPS-R scale The validation of the teddy scale will enable to objectify children's pain, to facilitate the decision-making in the choice of the analgesic to prescribe, and to check the efficiency of these decisions. This teddy scale could be used in current practice as a replacement of the FPS-R. Following this study, we planned to set up a second project in which the teddy scale will be adapted to electronic form (touchpads), to test its adaptability with the children.
The aims of this study are to determine the effectiveness of myofascial massage specific to the breast/chest/shoulder area in reducing self-reported pain and increasing mobility among patients who have undergone a mastectomy or other breast surgery compared to a control group receiving global relaxation massages.
The purpose of this study is to investigate the attachment of a transparent hood ("cap") on the sigmoidoscope. The investigators hypothesis is that this will reduce pain, reduce investigation time, and increases the success rate of the sigmoidoscopy. The study focus on the less-experienced endoscopist.
To compare the effects of pain of the two dressings, Mepitel® One and UrgoTul® in acute wound management.
The purpose of this research study is to evaluate the effectiveness of short refresher sessions. "Pain Practice Change Boosters" given at regular intervals to sustain improved pain process (assessment and management) and clinical outcomes (pain intensity) achieved during a 15 month knowledge translation intervention, Evidence-based Practice for Improving Quality (EPIQ), in 8 children's hospitals in Canada; and to determine the factors that affect that sustainability. The CIHR Team in Children's Pain (2006-2011) evaluated the effectiveness of the EPIQ intervention in 32 hospital units (4 units at each hospital site). 16 hospital units were allocated to the intervention group and 16 units continued with standard care. The current study focuses on the 16 hospital units that implemented the EPIQ intervention only.