The Clinical journal of pain
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To assess pain burden in neonates during their hospitalization in China and thus provide evidence for the necessity of neonatal pain management. ⋯ Neonates, particularly preterm neonates, were exposed to numerous invasive painful procedures without appropriate analgesia in hospitals in China. The potential long-term impacts of poorly treated pain in neonates call for a change in pediatric practice in China and in countries with similar practices.
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To identify predictive factors for the occurrence of postherpetic neuralgia (PHN). ⋯ Our study indicates that advanced age and deep pain at the initial visit are significant predictors for PHN. Our results are considered likely to contribute to the establishment of evidence-based medicine in the optimal treatment of PHN.
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The objective of the study was to assess diffuse noxious inhibitory control (DNIC) function in women with provoked vestibulodynia (PVD) compared with healthy controls through the use of 2 different methodologies. Furthermore, the study aimed to assess whether pain characteristics correlate with DNIC in women with PVD. ⋯ Results support previous findings of intact DNIC function in women with PVD, using both an ascending method of limits and a temporal summation paradigm. Pain-related variables were not correlated with DNIC function in women with PVD, perhaps this unexpected finding is due to the possibility that central processes other than DNIC, such as descending facilitation, provoke or maintain this chronic pain condition.