The Clinical journal of pain
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Randomized Controlled Trial
A randomized controlled trial of vapocoolant for pediatric immunization distress relief.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of vapocoolant for preschoolers' immunization injection pain relief. ⋯ This study revealed that vapocoolant is not an effective pain management intervention for children's intramuscular injections.
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Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) is a syndrome involving 1 or more pain generating organs in the pelvis, which includes pain from the lower anterior abdominal wall. This entity has been termed myofascial pain syndrome (MFPS), but its characteristics, definition, and quantification have not been well described. In this study, pain pressure threshold (PPT) testing of the lower anterior abdominal wall in CPP patients was performed to determine the range and distribution of values at each site, and the clinical utility of using PPT in a definition of MFPS. ⋯ PPT testing can be used to evaluate MFPS in CPP patients. One suggested definition would exclude patients with low scores in the upper abdomen while including patients with low scores in the lower abdomen.