Objectives: This study reports the effectiveness of acupuncture and moxibustion for Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy concurrent with Chemotherapy-Induced Neuropathy.Case presentation: A 58-year-old male was admitted hand numbness foot pain after his sixth chemotherapy. He treated 18 days. Symptoms were evaluated a numeric rating scale (NRS). After days treatment, improved from NRS 4 to 2. His dis...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of myofascial-meridian release acupuncture (MMRA) in the treatment of chronic neck pain compared with sham acupuncture. METHODS/DESIGN A protocol for a randomized, patient- and assessor-blinded, sham controlled parallel trial is presented. Seventy-four participants with a ≥3 month history of neck pain and a score of ≥...

Globus sensation is a continuous, intermittent, non-painful of lumps or foreign substances in the throat. It was reported that 13.7% patients developed globus sensations after COVID-19 infection. A 73-year-old male patient with infection admitted to ◯◯ Oriental Medicine Hospital and treated herbal medicine (<i>Banhahubak-tang, Sosiho-tang</i>). Subjective symptoms were measured Nume...

Background The effect of volatile anesthetics on emergence agitation in adults remains unclear. We compared the degree of emergence agitation between desflurane and sevoflurane anesthesia in adults undergoing thyroid surgery. Findings One hundred and sixteen patients with American Society of Anesthesiologists status 1 or 2 were randomized into two groups: the desflurane group (group D) and th...

OBJECTIVES To identify the incidence and the risk factors of emergence agitation in adults undergoing general anesthesia for nasal surgery. METHODS We retrospectively examined 792 patients aged ≥18 years who underwent general anesthesia for elective nasal surgery between July 2012 and August 2013. Patients in the postanesthesia care unit with a Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale≥+1 at any time...

BACKGROUND Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is an autoimmune disorder characterized by inflammation of the spine and large joints. Fatigue is a common symptom that many AS patients find significantly impacts their health-related quality of life. The Worst Fatigue - Numeric Rating Scale (WF-NRS) assesses the severity of this symptom during the previous 24-hour period. The objective of this study was ...

BACKGROUND Pain is often inadequately evaluated and treated in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). OBJECTIVE We sought to assess pain levels and pain treatment in 400 hospitalized patients at a national referral hospital in western Kenya, and to identify factors associated with pain and pain treatment. DESIGN Using face-validated Kiswahili versions of two single-item pain assessment tools, the Numeri...

The visual analogue scale (VAS) and ordered categorical scales, i.e. numeric rating scales (NRS), are commonly used in the assessment of pain. However, these scales are bounded by fixed endpoints and thus the range of measurement is limited. The disparity in repeated assessments of perceived pain intensity with the VAS, NRS, and electrical stimulation applied as a matching stimulus was studied ...

abstract introduction : chronic radicular pain is often treated by epidural steroid infiltration (esi). in 2014, food and drug administration (fda) issued a letter warning that esi may result in rare but serious adverse events, including “loss of vision, stroke, paralysis, and death”. in this retrospective study, we compare retrolaminar paravertebral infiltration (pvi) of a non-steroid-mixture ...

Seventy-two veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), or both participated in assessment procedures to evaluate between group differences. Half the sample was randomly selected for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Neurologic examinations were conducted using the Neurologic Rating Scale (NRS). Neuropsychological measures included the Paced Auditory Serial...