The COVID pandemic created a dramatic and sudden change in access to healthcare forcing greater emphasis on telehealth. According Demeke et al., 2020Demeke H.B. Pao L.Z. Clark H. Romero L. Neri A. Shah R. McDow K.B. Tindall E. Iqbal N.J. Hatfield-Timajchy K. Bolton J. Le X. Hair B. Campbell S. Bui C. Sandhu P. Nwaise I. Armstrong P.A. Rose M.A. Telehealth practice among health centers during th...

This study was conducted in order to evaluate the results of leech application treatment chronic pain patients. The patients were subjected therapy on day their visit most painful area. In study, observations both before and after therapy, Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) scores recorded assess levels. VAS ranged from 0 10, with indicating no 10 representing highest level possible. Duration effect r...

OBJECTIVE To present information on pain management strategies for children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). METHODS The second author developed a manual to present pain management strategies to children. The use of the manual was pilot-tested with a group of children with JIA. Telephone interviews were used to gather information on implementation of pain management strategies. RES...

Despite the importance of pain management to each patient's overall experience with a total knee replacement, opportunities to improve pain care exist. The authors target an unnecessarily fragmented pain management trajectory as one cause of variability in pain outcomes. They propose that a technology-enhanced patient-centered pain management continuum running from the preoperative through the ...