Search Tag: Pain
Study: Massage and Guided Imagery Can Reduce Pain and Anxiety
2017 01 Feb
Clinical massage and guided imagery may improve patients’ comfort at a very low cost, according to a study published in Critical Care Nurse (CCN), the journal of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses.Researchers with Beaumont Health System in Royal Oak, Michigan, USA, found that patients in a progressive (intermediate) care unit reported... Read more
Pain Assessment and Management for Intensive Care Unit Patients: Seeking Best Practices
2016 30 Nov
This review article focuses on research-based advances in pain assessment practices in intensive care units (ICUs), and stresses clinician consideration of multimodal analgesic techniques for pain management in ICUs. Over the past 30 years, attention devoted to pain experienced by intensive care unit (ICU) patients has evolved from recognising pain... Read more
How Doctors Can Address Suffering
2015 22 Dec
Doctors can play a pivotal role in addressing suffering if they can expand how they work with patients, according to an opinion piece published in JAMA by University of Rochester Professor Ronald M. Epstein, MD, and oncologist Anthony L. Back, University of Washington. “Patients suffer. Yet clinical care has moved away from addressing suffering”, they... Read more
Interventional Radiology: Osteoporosis Pain Treatment
2015 08 Sep
Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty appear to be equally effective in substantially reducing pain and disability in osteoporosis patients with vertebral fractures, according to new findings from Baylor’s interventional radiology department. Currently, nearly three in four osteoporosis patients with vertebral fractures undergo kyphoplasty, a minimally-invasive... Read more
Trial: Patient-Controlled Analgesia in the ED is Effective for Non-Traumatic Abdominal Pain
2015 23 Jun
Two randomised controlled trials of patient-administered patient relief in the emergency department have found that they are effective in reducing pain.Currently, patients arriving in emergency departments may be administered morphine intravenously by a nurse. Whilst this is safe and works, it takes up nursing time.Two randomised controlled trials carried... Read more
How to Manage Pain in the ER
2015 16 Jun
A simple yes/no question could be an effective tool to help patients decide for themselves whether their pain is adequately controlled, according to researchers conducting a study to evaluate the efficacy of a new evidence-based protocol to treat acute, severe pain in emergency department patients. Simply asking the question, "Do you want more pain... Read more
Patient Confusion about Opioid Addiction in the ED
2015 14 Apr
Emergency department (ED) patients have misperceptions about opioid dependence and want more information about their pain management options, according to researchers from Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Patients seen in the ED for acute pain, the researchers note, expressed a desire for better communication from physicians... Read more
Patient Mattress Minimises Contact Pressure Damage
2014 01 Nov
A new patient support system developed by Joerns Healthcare (Pershore, UK) simulates the effects of a body floating in fluid, redistributing pressure and weight to prevent damage to skin and other tissues. The result is that the patient is in a simulated fluid environment and suspended in a nearly neutral buoyant state, as if floating on the mattress,... Read more
Reducing Movement Pain in Intensive Care
2013 22 Apr
Monitoring pain and providing analgesics to patients in intensive care units (ICUs) during non-surgical procedures, such as turning and washing, can not only reduce the amount of pain but also reduce the number of serious adverse events including cardiac arrest, according to research published online in BioMed Central’s open access journal Critical... Read more