remifentanil is an ultra short acting opioid that is suitable for many operations and is wildly used for induction and maintenance of anesthesia. in this article we have reported the incidence of abdominal pain after cataract surgery in patients with remifentanil based anesthesia. this study is a randomized single blind clinical trial on 300 patients who were candidates for elective cataract su...

background pain control in children is still a therapeutic dilemma. preschool patients are affected from undesirable effects of postoperative pain more than adults. tonsillectomy is associated with a high incidence of postoperative pain, not only complicating the recovery, but also delaying patients discharge. objectives despite employing different surgical and anesthetic strategies in post-ton...

background : pain is a global health problem which exists from birth to the last stages of our life. it has been proven that infants are able to feel the painful stimulus. infants routinely experience the pain in the hospitals especially during the vaccination procedure. therefore, finding a non pharmacological pain relieving method is necessary. the aim of this study was to compare the pain re...

introduction: it has been reported that atypical chest pain could have some relationship with panic disorders, anxiety and some other psychological problems. the present case control study is performed to evaluate general health state of patients with atypical chest pain and to study the most usual accompanying symptoms. methods: patients with less than 35 years old were included in the study. ...

arterial blood gas (abg) sampling is a painful procedure with no perfect technique for quelling the discomfort. an ideal local anesthesia should be rapid, easy to learn, inexpensive, and noninvasive. this study was aimed to compare pain levels from abg sampling performed with vapocoolant spray in comparison to placebo. we hypothesized that pretreatment with the vapocoolant would reduce the pain...