background: propofol is a widely used intravenous anesthetic drug. one of its side effects is pain during injection. we investigate the effects of intravenous ondansetron, lidocaine, and their combination on pain reduction of intravenous propofol. methods: eighty eight women with asa class (american society of anesthesiologists) classification i-ii patients undergoing elective gynecologic surge...

the effect of manual pressure on intramuscular injection pain severity     nasiry h [1] , rahmani anaraki h [2] , asayesh h [3] *, hesam m [4] , shariati ar [5] , bathai sa [6]     received: 10 dec , 2012 accepted: 21 feb , 2013     abstract:   background & aims : pain is one of the common experiences with intramuscular (im) injection. pain relieving technique is very important in promotion of ...

background: considering the dramatic increasing rate of diabetes and consequently its related complications, most importantly diabetic peripheral neuropathy (dpn), challenges regarding proper treatment of dpn and its effect on the quality-of-life and care of diabetic patients, the aim of this current study is to evaluate the effect of intradermal botulinum toxin type a (btx-a) injections on pai...

introduction: tonsillectomy is one of the most common surgeries in the world and the most common problem is post-tonsillectomy pain and bleeding. the relief of postoperative pain helps increase early food intake and prevent secondary dehydration. one method for relieving pain is peritonsillar injection of epinephrine along with an anesthetic, which has been shown to produce variable results in ...

aim and background:   knee osteoarthritis (oa) is a prevalent and disabling disease. periarticular corticosteroid injection has been traditionally used for the pain control in these patients. recently low power laser has been introduced as a therapeutic option. this study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of low power laser added to periarticular steroid injection for long-term treatment o...

backgroundthe absence of pain relief in infants can lead to harmful effects; so, this study aimed to investigate the effect of local heat on the pain of vitamin k injection in the infants.materials and methodsthis randomized clinical trial was conducted on 80 healthy infants. for the control group, 1 mg vitamin k was injected into the vastus lateralis muscle by a nurse. in the 3 intervention gr...