Articles: acute-pain.
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Multicenter Study
Is all pain is treated equally? A multicenter evaluation of acute pain care by age.
Pain is highly prevalent in health care settings; however, disparities continue to exist in pain care treatment. Few studies have investigated if differences exist based on patient-related characteristics associated with aging. The objective of this study was to determine if there are differences in acute pain care for older vs younger patients. ⋯ When evaluating pain treatment and final pain scores, differences appeared to be based on type of pain. Older patients with abdominal pain were less likely to receive pain medications, while older patients with fracture were more likely to receive analgesics and opioids compared to younger patients. Differences in pain care for older patients appear to be driven by the type of presenting pain.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Acute postoperative pain relief with immediate-release tapentadol: randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study conducted in South Korea.
To broaden the ethnic groups in which tapentadol IR is evaluated for treating acute postoperative pain to include Asians. ⋯ NCT01516008.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Efficacy of paracetamol for acute low-back pain: a double-blind, randomised controlled trial.
Regular paracetamol is the recommended first-line analgesic for acute low-back pain; however, no high-quality evidence supports this recommendation. We aimed to assess the efficacy of paracetamol taken regularly or as-needed to improve time to recovery from pain, compared with placebo, in patients with low-back pain. ⋯ National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia and GlaxoSmithKline Australia.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Prevalence, characteristics and outcome of non-cardiac chest pain and elevated copeptin levels.
Copeptin, a quantitative marker of endogenous stress, seems to provide incremental value in addition to cardiac troponin in the early rule-out of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Prevalence, characteristics and outcome of acute chest pain patients with causes other than AMI and elevated copeptin are poorly understood. ⋯ Elevated levels of copeptin are present in about one in five patients with non-cardiac chest pain and are associated with aging, cardiac and non-cardiac comorbidities as well as mortality.
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Multicenter Study Observational Study
Prospective External Validation of a Predictive Score for Postoperative Pulmonary Complications.
The 'Assess Respiratory Risk in Surgical Patients in Catalonia' risk score can predict post-operative pulmonary complications with adequate utility.
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