The McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ) consists primarily of 3 major classes of word descriptors -sensory, affective and evaluative that are used by patients to specify subjective pain experience. It also contains an intensity scale and other items to determine the properties of pain experience. The questionnaire was designed to provide quantitative measures of clinical pain that can be treated st...

objective: to identify the non-obstetric causes and presentation of acute abdomen among pregnant women. materials and methods: this was a cross sectional hospital-based study among 128 pregnant women by face to face interview using a semi-structured questionnaire. this study was conducted at the gynecology & obstetric ward of 250 bed general hospital, noakhali, bangladesh, from january to augus...

in the present study, the effects of the acute and chronic oral administrations (po) of curcumin in the absence and presence of morphine and naloxone was investigated on the sensation of acute corneal pain in rats. acute corneal pain was induced by the local application of hypertonic saline (5 m nacl) on the corneal surface, and the number of eye wipes was then counted for 30 s. subcutaneous (s...

objective: to compare the efficacy of desmopressin (ddavp), tramadol and indomethacin on pain intensity of patients with acute renal colic caused by urolithiasis. m et h o d s : this prospective, randomized clinical trial was conducted between july 2005 and july 2006 including 120 patients (70 men and 50 women, mean age 38.2±5.8 years) referring to emergency room of shahid faghihi hospital with...

background: the purpose of this research was to determine the relation between negative or positive qualitative troponin i test and the short term prognosis of patients presenting to emergency department with chest pain or angina equivalent symptoms. methods: we assessed the qualitative rapid troponin i in patients with chest pain or angina equivalent symptoms after at least 4 hours and then we...

In the present study, the effects of the acute and chronic oral administrations (po) of curcumin in the absence and presence of morphine and naloxone was investigated on the sensation of acute corneal pain in rats. Acute corneal pain was induced by the local application of hypertonic saline (5 M NaCl) on the corneal surface, and the number of eye wipes was then counted for 30 s. Subcutaneous (s...

pain is one of the most important and sometimes difficult problems, that patients and physicians are encountered. it may be clinically acute or chronic, acute pain has usually definite cause and favourable response to treatment. on the other hand there are difficulties in diagnosis and management of chronic pain. peripheral and cranial nerves convey pain impulses toward central nervous system, ...

clinical studies suggest that essential oil of eugenia caryophyllata (clove) buds (eoec) is efficacious in the treatment of dental pain. in the present study, we investigated the analgesic and local anesthetic effects of eoec and its possible mechanisms of action in acute corneal pain in rats. eoec was extracted by hydro-distillation in a clevenger type apparatus from clove buds. the acute corn...