objective: pain control in dentistry especially endodontics is particularly important. endodontic pain following root canal therapy (rct) of vital teeth is closely correlated with inflammatory reactions. increased level of prostaglandins has been reported in acute inflammatory reactions. thus, cyclooxygenase-inhibiting drugs have a significant effect on reducing pain and inflammation. cox enzym...

MATERIALS AND METHODS. The study of the preliminary results and retrospective chart review of collected clinical and radiographic outcomes in 12 patients who underwent Direct Lateral Interbody Fusion L1-L5 as a treatment for degenerative disc disease, degenerative scoliosis and/or degenerative spondylolisthesis. Clinical outcomes measured include Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and Radiographic outcome.

OBJECTIVE Evaluation and improvement of pain management in our emergency department (ED). DESIGN This was a "before-after" study. For each subject, the nurse, the physician, and the patient were asked to rate the initial intensity of the pain on a Visual Analogue Score (VAS). The timing and the type of analgesics administered were then recorded and follow-up VAS was performed. SETTING A tea...

OBJECTIVE To report the long-term efficacy of a modified extracorporeal septoplasty technique in the treatment of anterocaudal septal deviations. STUDY DESIGN Case series with chart review. SETTING Academic tertiary care medical center. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Data were obtained by a retrospective review of patients treated by a single surgeon (S.P.M.) from December 2010 to April 2014. A tot...

BACKGROUND Chronic postherniorrhaphy groin pain (CPGP) is a debilitating condition, which is often refractory to conservative medical management. To our knowledge, there have been no studies directly comparing landmarked-based and ultrasound-guided approaches in this population. OBJECTIVE To compare the effectiveness of landmark-based and ultrasound-guided ilioinguinal/iliohypogastric nerve b...

UNLABELLED Objective. To evaluate the association between nasal obstruction and (1) demographic factors, (2) medical history, (3) physical tests, and (4) nasal exam findings. Study Design. CASE SERIES Methods. Chart review at a tertiary medical center. Results. Two hundred-forty consecutive patients (52.1 ± 17.5 years old, with a Nasal Obstruction Symptom Evaluation (NOSE) score of 32.0 ± 24....

Objective To evaluate influences of various factors on the types and intensity of postoperative pain following gynecologic laparoscopic surgery. Study Design Cross-sectional questionnaire and chart review. Results A total of 84 questionnaires were distributed and returned. The types of postlaparoscopic pain are different in multiparous women and nulliparous ones (71.43% surgical wound pain ...

INTRODUCTION Visual acuity screening (VAS) is less reliable in preschoolers than in school-aged children as a means of detecting significant refractive error. We wished to compare the effectiveness of VAS with the effectiveness of an objective method, noncycloplegic autorefraction screening (NCARS), in detecting the presence of significant astigmatism warranting spectacle correction. METHODS ...

background: taking visual acuity is an important part of an eye routine examination. this study was conducted to compare visual acuity measured using an iranian digital tumbling e chart with visual acuity measured using an italian digital tumbling e chart as a familiar foreign chart. materials and methods: this study was carried out on 200 participants (400 eyes; healthy n=40, glaucoma n=40, re...

multivariate control charts such as hotelling`s t^ 2 and x^ 2 are commonly used for monitoring several related quality characteristics. these control charts use correlation structure that exists between quality characteristics in an attempt to improve monitoring. the purpose of this article is to discuss some issues related to the g chart proposed by levinson et al. [9] for detecting shifts in ...