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Pain management is a major issue in caring of cancer patients. Because pain management cancer patient of does not control effectively. it is important to educate reporting pain and using...
Abdominal pain is one of the common complaints among children who visit pediatric emergency departments (PEDs), but aggressive management has been proven insufficient. Physicians working at PEDs must know the...
Opioids are the cornerstone for treating moderate to severe pain and are commonly used for anesthesia and pain management. However, large inter-individual variability exists in the analgesic and adverse effects....
Thirty-two cancer patients were treated with various pain control methods. In those who had localized pain or more than 1 year life expectancy. The author preferred neurolytic blockade for whom...
PURPOSE: The purposes of this study were to explore knowledge, barriers, and self-efficacy in relation to pain management practice, and to identify factors influencing pain management practice in pediatric nurses.
METHODS:...
PURPOSE: The purposes of this study were to identify nurses' empathy, attitude and pain management for patients with dementia and the factors associated with their performance of pain management.
METHODS: The...
The author investigated pain experiences of 90 cancer patients and adequacy of pain treatment they have received during their stay at a large medical center in T city between October...
PURPOSE: This study was done to describe level of knowledge and performance of pain management by nurses in general hospitals.
METHODS: The study was conducted from August 1 to 28, 2014...
Steroids have been widely used in many fields, including pain management. However, they have both beneficial and detrimental effects. The aim of this article was to review the characteristics of...
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify pain intensity according to activities over postoperative days and to identify factors of patient satisfaction with pain management after abdominal surgery.
METHODS:...
Pain is the most persistent and incapacitating symptom of recurrent or metastatic cancer. About 60~90% of patients with metastatic cancer have pain long before the terminal stage of their illness....
Uncontrolled or inadequately controlled postoperative pain may lead to delayed recovery from surgery, pulmonary complications, and restriction of mobility leading to increased risk of thromboembolism. Standardized regimens for pain management...
BACKGROUND: Validity of WHO guideline of cancer pain management has been proven and many trials
have been done to derive solutions for inadequate cancer pain management. We assessed the
severity of pain...
BACKGROUND: Pain is among the most prevalent symptoms experienced by patients with cancer. Severe pain is incompatible with quality of life. Although cancer pain can be effectively treated in 70-90%...