background : pain is a common phenomenon after surgery. cardiac surgeries are no exception and patients generally experience acute pain after these surgeries. inadequate pain management after cardiac surgery predisposes patients to many complications. therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the effects of listening to preferred music on pain intensity after open heart surgery. methods...

purpose: to compare post-operative pain with cooling photorefractive keratectomy (prk) versus conventional prk. methods: a prospective clinical trial was performed on 94 eyes from 47 patients scheduled for prk. patients were randomly assigned to either cooling or conventional prk. pain was evaluated 6, 12, 24 and 48 hours post-operation using a visual analogue scale (vas). corneal haze, conjunc...

introduction : although many protocols are available in the field of the prehospital medical care (pmc), there is still a notable gap between protocol based directions and applied clinical practice. this study measures the rate of protocol adherence in pmc provided for patients with chest pain and loss of consciousness (loc). method : in this cross-sectional study, 10 educated research assistan...

background: non-cardiac chest pain (nccp) presents as a frequent diagnostic challenge, with patients tending to use a disproportionate level of health care resources. gastroesophageal reflux disease (gerd) is the most frequent cause of nccp. thus the typical symptoms of reflux like heartburn and regurgitation, when present as predominant symptoms are quite specific for diagnosing gerd patients ...

introduction: post-operative pains may lead to various side effects and patient ’ s dissatisfaction, and its control is essentially effective in the recovery process after the surgery, length of hospitalization and the amount of patients' satisfaction. the goal of this study is to investigate the amount of patients ' satisfaction from pain soothing after the surgery in kerman hospitals during 2...

 Introduction: Several mehods have been proposed to alleviate pain after hysterectomy. Pre-emptive analgesia has been used to relieve pain following abdominal hysterectomy with conflicting results. This study was performed to evaluate the efficacy of pre-incision skin infiltration of Lidocaine in relieving postoperative pain in patients undergoing abdominal hysterectomy.  Methods: 60 patient...

introduction : severepain is a major problem in patients with unresectable pancreatic cancer. the goal of this study is to evaluate the effects of thoracoscopic splanchnicectomy (ts) on pain control in these patients suffering from unresectable pancreatic cancer. methods:between years 2000 to 2011, 20 patients suffering from unresectable pancreatic cancer underwent ts due to severe pain. they w...

introduction: many patients suffer from mild, moderate or severe pain during or after root canal therapy. theoretically, post-operative pain control can be achieved by using long-acting local anesthetics. the aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a long acting anesthesia, bupivacaine, on preventing post-operative pain associated with endodontic treatment, and to compare it with lido...