Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a chronic complex disorder that significantly affects the quality of life people suffering from it. This extremities after trauma or nerve injury. Hyperalgesia and allodynia often accompany this condition. Diagnosing treating disease very complex. The Budapest criteria are currently most widely accepted diagnostic criteria. Early diagnosis treatment esse...

This study evaluated predictors of outcome in counseling with Canadian Aboriginal peoples. Participants in the study included 373 Canadian Aboriginal clients receiving outpatient counseling at Calgary Counselling Centre in Alberta, Canada between October 2004 and November 2011. Outcome in this study was measured using the Outcome Questionnaire 45 (OQ-45) and predictor variables consisted of cli...

Results from 23 studies examining associations between therapeutic relationship variables and treatment outcomes in child and adolescent therapy were reviewed with meta-analytic procedures. Results indicated that the overall strength of the relationship-outcome associations was modest and quite similar to results obtained with adults. This modest association was moderated by 1 substantive facto...

background and purpose : there has been no report in which preoperative evaluation of adc for prediction of post therapeutic outcome was presented. the aim of our study was to retrospectively evaluation the use of the apparent diffusion coefficient (adc) for the prediction of malignancy and the outcome of malignant astrocytic tumors. methods: we reviewed mri of 26 male and 14 female patients wi...

OBJECTIVE This study examined the temporal relation between therapeutic alliance and outcome in two treatments for bulimia nervosa (BN). METHOD Eighty adults with BN symptoms were randomized to 21 sessions of integrative cognitive-affective therapy (ICAT) or enhanced cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT-E). Bulimic symptoms (i.e., frequency of binge eating and purging) were assessed at each sess...

OBJECTIVES An estimated 55-90% of patients with rheumatoid arthritis have foot problems. Therapeutic footwear is frequently prescribed as part of usual care, but data on its use and effect is incomplete. This study aimed to investigate the use and effects of therapeutic footwear. METHODS Patients with rheumatoid arthritis receiving custom-made therapeutic footwear for the first time formed an...

conclusions the findings showed a positive effect of therapeutic relationship based on peplau's model on reducing anxiety of patients undergoing cabg. therefore, health care teams, including nurses, should take advantage of appropriate communication with patients in their care procedures. in that regard, peplau's communication model is recommended as a simple, low-cost, and efficient method. re...

background: low molecular weight heparin (lmwh) is used for the treatment and prevention of coagulative disorders. few patients receiving therapeutic doses of lmwh develop major hemorrhage. currently there are few reports in the literature on acute overdose on adults.  in this study, clinical profile, treatment and outcome of 21 patients who acutely overdosed enoxaparin are described. methods: ...

background & aim: warm water immersion during labor is associated with relaxation and pain reduction for pregnant women. this method is not extensively used in iran, given the fear of infection and other maternal/neonatal complications. alternative methods are required to increase the safety of normal vaginal delivery. the purpose of this study was to compare maternal and neonatal outcomes, ass...