Pain Management Research*

عنوان: Improvement of Post-surgery Pain Management in Children: A Participatory Action Research

چکیده: Background: Pain management in children is one of their rights and a treatment priority. This issue is considered as one of the accreditation standards in hospitals. Therefore, it is necessary to anticipate enhancement of pain management quality in hospital plans. This participatory action research (PAR) aimed to improve pain management in children under surgery. Methods: This qualitativ...

PAIN MANAGEMENT RESEARCH CENTRE and AUSTRALIAN CENTRE FOR HEALTH RESEARCH LTD RESEARCH PROGRAM PERSISTENT PAIN AFTER BREAST CANCER SURGERY

Drug Management of Visceral Pain: Concepts from Basic Research

Visceral pain is experienced by 40% of the population, and 28% of cancer patients suffer from pain arising from intra- abdominal metastasis or from treatment. Neuroanatomy of visceral nociception and neurotransmitters, receptors, and ion channels that modulate visceral pain are qualitatively or quantitatively different from those that modulate somatic and neuropathic pain. Visceral pain should ...

Research on pain and pain management in Veterans Health Administration: promoting improved pain care for veterans through science and scholarship.

Robert D. Kerns, PhD In late 1998, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), one of the largest healthcare delivery systems in the United States, enacted its National Pain Management Strategy designed to provide a systemwide standard of care to reduce suffering from preventable pain. This overarching goal of the Strategy has elevated pain management to a top priority within the VHA and sparked ...

Pain management.

Successful management of pain can be accomplished in nearly all terminally ill patients. Pain must be assessed in terms of its physical, psychological and social components. Spiritual care and control of environmental factors are just as important as drug therapies. Once the cause of the pain is identified, an individualized plan of treatment can be developed. Nondrug therapies are tried first....