ON AFTER-PAINS.

On the Systematic Prevention of after Pains

Muscle pains after intramuscular suxamethonium chloride.

The use of suxamethonium chloride by intramuscular injection as a short acting muscle relaxant for endotracheal intubation is described. The incidence and severity of postoperative muscle pains in this group of 94 patients is compared with the results of another group (of 112 patients) in which the drug was given intravenously. The incidence of pains was similar in the two groups (26.6 and 28.6...

Personality traits associated with different chest pains after myocardial infarction.

Most patients who have had an acute myocardial infarction later experience pain in the chest of one sort or another. Angina pectoris is the commonest pain, and one in or including the left anterior chest is the next commonest single entity. The factors which determine post-infarction pain are complex. Clinical observation suggests that they include mental ones. Angina pectoris is often induced ...

Growing Pains

CONTEXT The term growing pains describes a common, benign syndrome of recurrent discomfort that occurs in young children. First described in the 1800s, the etiology of this condition remains unclear. The peak incidence does not correspond to a time of rapid growth. Children typically report bilateral pain in the lower extremities that occurs late in the day or at night. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION T...

Orofacial Pains

1Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute for Cognitive Science Studies, Tehran, Iran 2Department of Dental Anatomy, Faculty of Dentistry, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran 3Programme in Experimental Medicine and Therapy, Doctoral School in Life and Health Sciences, Maxillofacial Surgery Section, Surgical Sciences Department, S. Giovanni Battista Hospital, University of Turin, Turin,...