BACKGROUND People with dementia admitted to the acute hospital often receive poor quality care particularly with regards to management of behavioural and psychiatric symptoms of dementia (BPSD) and of pain. There have been no UK studies on the prevalence and type of pain or BPSD in people with dementia in this setting, or on how these may impact on patients, carers, staff and costs of care. M...

Knee pain is a condition recognized for its high functional impact in the older population. Knowledge about characteristics of these demands Primary Health Care (PHC) scarce, which makes it difficult to plan lines care aimed at management this The objective study was investigate knee among adults users primary health care, according sociodemographic aspects. A cross-sectional carried out with 2...

BACKGROUND Pain after total knee arthroplasty is severe and impacts functional recovery. OBJECTIVES We performed a retrospective study, comparing conventional patient control analgesia (PCA) modalities versus continuous femoral nerve blockade (CFNB) for 1582 post-TKA (total knee arthroplasty) patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS Using our electronic acute pain service (APS) database, we reviewed ...