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The purpose of this study is to determine whether bilateral infraorbital and infratrochlear nerve block in patients undergoing septorhinoplasty are effective in preventing emergence agitation.
The proposed study is a pilot prospective, single-blinded, randomized controlled trial evaluating the effects of two routine, standard-of-care, anesthetic techniques on natural killer cell population size and cytotoxicity in patients undergoing exploratory abdominal laparotomies.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of genetic testing on healthcare decisions and patient outcomes for patients suffering from pain, cardiovascular problems, Arthritis, Type II Diabetes, and/or Mental Health disorders. Results of genetic testing will also be compared with the clinical outcome measures collected to discover novel genetic factors that may influence patient care.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of genetic testing on healthcare decisions and patient outcomes in interventional pain management clinical care. Results of genetic testing will also be compared with the clinical outcome measures collected to discover novel genetic factors that may influence patient care.
The purpose of this study is to (a) evaluate the treatment approaches and changes in treatment regimens utilized by clinicians when genetic testing is performed in the clinic; and (b) create a patient data registry to identify genetic factors that influence treatment outcomes in pain management.
Electrical stimulation therapy for pain reduction was performed already 2000 years ago. In recent years many studies had proved the effectiveness of electrical stimulation in pain management, tissue healing and muscle strengthening. Today there are devices with many types of currents. Each current comes with different statements for its effectiveness and its penetration depth yet there is no consensus on the most effective current in the dimension of penetration depth.
The prevalence of chronic pain has been estimated at 30% in the US and these values may under report the true prevalence of people who experience long term pain as additional research has shown that 73% will have a reoccurrence of symptoms within 12 months of the original injury indicating that while the pain and symptoms may resolve, additional impairments or issues may underlie the symptoms. Biopsychosocial factors such as depression, post traumatic stress, anxiety, pain catastrophizing, and negative emotions have been closely linked to pain and can influence a patient's pain perceptions. Along these lines, the memory of past experiences and trauma potentially play a large role in these biopsychosocial responses. Research is evolving and a strong correlation has been established between chronic pain and prior history of trauma or abuse and also non-traumatic incidents such as motor vehicle accidents and injuries/surgical procedures. This has led to speculation and research that explores how a variety of life events may become stimulants for long-term alterations in the processing and manifestation of pain and how they may have an enduring impact on physical health outcomes. The proposed research will add to the body of knowledge underlying the association between pain, memory, autonomic system, and neuromuscular function. The goal of this project is to study the relationship between pain memory systems, specifically acute pain, short-term memory of pain, and long term pain memory, and their effects upon neuromuscular and autonomic system responses in the body.
The purpose of this study is to demonstrate improved pain control and outcomes in wrist operations with the use of a long-acting local anesthetic, EXPAREL, when compared to the use of the standard local anesthetic, Marcaine.
The study purpose is to compare usual hospice care and PAINRelieveIt groups for effects on: (1) patient outcomes (analgesic adherence; worst pain intensity, satisfaction, and misconceptions) and lay caregiver outcome (pain misconceptions) in a diverse sample of 250 cancer patient-caregiver dyads receiving hospice care; and (2) nurse outcomes (obtained appropriate analgesics for patient) in a sample of hospice nurses. The investigators hypothesize that at posttest, controlling for pretest data and compared to the usual care group, the PAINRelieveIt group will: a) report decreased scores for worst pain intensity and pain misconceptions; b) have increased analgesic adherence (primary outcome); and c) have a larger proportion who report satisfaction with pain intensity and whose nurses obtained appropriate analgesics for the patients' pain.