BACKGROUND The purpose of the present paper was to assess efficiency of treatment and long-term functional outcome of complex regional pain syndromes (CRPS) in children who were treated in the chronic pain clinic at a major tertiary hospital in Israel. METHODS The files of 14 children with CRPS were analyzed retrospectively. Demographic data, initiating event, referring source, time needed fo...

OBJECTIVE To measure the impact of a structured opioid renewal program for chronic pain run by a nurse practitioner (NP) and clinical pharmacist in a primary care setting. PATIENTS AND SETTING Patients with chronic noncancer pain managed with opioid therapy in a primary care clinic staffed by 19 providers serving 50,000 patients at an urban academic Veterans hospital. DESIGN Naturalistic pr...

A 38-year-old with ankylosing spondylitis presented to a sports medicine clinic following traumatic cycling accident. Physical exam found pain, swelling and ecchymosis overlying the proximal thigh. Point of care ultrasound revealed an underlying large hematoma causing closed degloving tissue or Morel-Lavallée lesions. MRI confirmed size lesion diagnosis made previously. The patient was treated ...

background: in isfahan, the second metropolitan in iran, there are 1448 dentistry treatment centers that most of them are inefficient. today, efficiency is the most important issue in health care centers as well as dentistry clinics. the goal of this research is to investigate the affordability and efficiency of dentistry clinics in isfahan province, iran. methods: the current work is a quantit...

BACKGROUND Alcohol sclerosing therapy has been reported as a safe and effective means of treating interdigital neuromas, both with or without ultrasound. The use of ultrasound introduces beside the ultrasound device, increased cost, and the need for skilled technicians and may reduce usability, especially in the outpatient clinic. We report a series of patients with interdigital neuroma treated...

Psychological and social factors have been shown, separately, to predict outcome in individuals with chronic low back pain. Few previous studies, however, have integrated both psychological and social factors, using prospective study of clinic populations of low back pain patients, to identify which are the most important targets for treatment. One hundred and eight patients with chronic low ba...

Pain typically accompanies acute herpes zoster and persists well beyond rash healing. Different types of pain are reported by patients with herpes zoster. Current studies show that these types of pain vary with respect to their presence, location, duration, intensity and quality, hence pain needs to be analyzed more thoroughly. The aim of the study was to assess different components of pain in ...

background: low back pain is a common health problem that has many consequences, including disability and absence from work.this study aimed to determine the prevalence of low back pain among women referred to quds clinic in tehran, iran.  material and methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted on women referred to quds clinic, in east of tehran. a total of 100 patients were studied over...