A new instrument for pain assessment in the immediate postoperative period

A new instrument for pain assessment in vulvar vestibulitis syndrome.

Vulvar vestibulitis syndrome (VVS) is a common form of dyspareunia in premenopausal women. The standard test for diagnosing VVS is the cotton-swab test, during which a cotton-swab is applied to various locations of the vulvar vestibule. However, there is much variation in the implementation of this test relating to the precise vestibular locations palpated, the order of palpation, and the force...

Base deficit in the immediate postoperative period of open-heart surgery and patient outcome

 Abstarct Background: Base deficit is a non-respiratory indicator of acid base status that evaluates the severity of shock at the cellular level. Base deficit results from cellular metabolism of pyruvate under anaerobic conditions. In this situation, base deficit is a sensitive marker of the magnitude of anaerobic metabolism and tissue oxygen deficit [1]. Several studies have shown a strong pos...

[Pain scale: implementation for patients in the immediate postoperative period of cardiac surgery].

A clinical intervention study was developed in a hospital specialized in cardiology in Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, with the objective of evaluating the implementation of the pain scale in post-operative cardiac surgery patients. It was developed in four steps: pre-test on pain, training lecture for nursing staff, and, reapplication of the pre-test at 30 and 60 days. The test consisted of ten ques...

assessment of the effect of honey as a topical therapy for intra oral wound healing in rat.

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