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Filter by:Introduction: Pain is one of the main complications in the immediate postoperative period that can harm the patient and can be managed through pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods. Complementary Integrative Health Practices are non-pharmacological methods that use therapeutic resources based on traditional knowledge to treat symptoms. Among them, aromatherapy stands out, which consists of the use of essential oils through inhalation or topical application for therapeutic purposes and which can be used as a nursing intervention, especially in the context of perioperative care. Objective: To evaluate the effect of aromatherapy on postoperative pain in adult patients in the immediate postoperative period. Method: This is a randomized controlled clinical trial that will be carried out in a teaching hospital. The project was submitted to the Research Ethics Committees of the School of Nursing of the University of Sao Paulo and the University of Sao Paulo Hospital. Adult patients undergoing elective surgical procedures of any surgical specialty under anesthesia of any type will be included. Individuals diagnosed with dementia, cognitive impairment or chronic pain will be excluded; individuals with a history of asthma, allergic bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, contact dermatitis or allergy to cosmetics with lavender fragrance, or hypersensitivity to the compounds used in the intervention; procedure for reoperation for any reason. The intervention will consist of the application of aromatherapy with 2% lavender essential oil through the skin and inhalation by a nurse, associated with usual care, in the immediate postoperative period; the placebo group will only receive the application of grape seed vegetable oil associated with usual care. A numerical verbal scale will be applied to assess pain and vital parameters will be measured upon patient admission, every fifteen minutes in the first hour and every thirty minutes in the second hour or after 15, 30, 45, 60 minutes, 1h30 minutes and 2 hours after applying the intervention, in the post-anesthesia recovery room. Possible associations between variables will be verified using Pearson's Chi-square or Fisher's exact tests. Comparison between means or medians will be made using the Student's t or Mann-Whitney tests, depending on the normality determined according to the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. The significance level adopted will be 5%.
Femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) is a clinical problem in which abnormal contact occurs between the thighbone and the hip socket. In intensive, mostly still young, male athletes, this problem seems to be related to a bony deformity on the head of this thighbone, a so-called CAM. FAI itself gives rise to pain symptoms, but in time can even lead to premature osteoarthritis. However, the cause of a CAM deformity itself, nor how FAI then arises, is insufficiently known. In view of FAI prevention and its better treatment, this project thus tries to better understand the underlying mechanisms. For this purpose, we will combine detailed biomechanical evaluations of specific movement patterns with advanced medical imaging and state of the art clinical evaluations to longitudinally follow up a group with a known high risk of developing a CAM deformity, being young male elite soccer players. Findings within this study will be additionally compared with similar analyses performed in patients with FAI. This research aims to thus form a basis to define novel (sports-specific) training schemes for the prevention of FAI, but also to define the actual treatment and rehabilitation plans in more patient-specific and a better-informed way.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether acupuncture or moxibustion therapies are effective in the treatment of active Crohn's disease. meanwhile, we are aim to observe the content of Inflammatory factors and Neurotransmitter before and after acupuncture and moxibustion therapy.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether acupuncture or moxibustion therapies are effective in the treatment of Crohn's disease. Meanwhile, the investigators aim to evaluate the efficacy by functional magnetic resonance imaging.