BACKGROUND: Accurate identifying and assessment of the degree of pain that the animal is suffering can be a challenge, and, control of painful condition is becoming an increasingly important part of veterinary medicine. OBJECTIVES: This study was carried out to compare different tools for postoperative pain assessment in bitches. METHODS: Ten adult mixed breed bitches were selected and randomly...

UNLABELLED The current study tested whether a therapeutic assessment improved pain and well-being in couples facing chronic pain. Couples (N = 47) in which 1 spouse had chronic pain completed surveys about pain, mood, marital satisfaction, and empathy, followed by an interview and an assessment session to which they were randomly assigned: a tailored assessment of their marriage and pain coping...

Optimal assessment of neuropathic pain is crucial for the design and conduct of clinical trials. In recent years, the assessment of neuropathic pain in clinical trials has evolved from crude evaluations of overall pain intensity to a more specific assessment of pain quality and sensory function. Such specific assessment may be relevant to determine sensory profiles of responders to drug or nond...

BACKGROUND Patients undergoing hemodialysis frequently report pain with multifactorial causes, not limited to that experienced directly from hemodialysis treatment. Their pain may be nociceptive, neuropathic, somatic or visceral in nature. Despite this, pain in this population remains under-recognized and under-treated. Although several tools have been used to measure pain in patients undergoin...

The treatment of painful chronic pancreatitis remains controversial. The available evidence from two randomized controlled trials favor surgical intervention, whereas an endotherapy-first approach is widely practiced. Chronic pancreatitis is complex disease with different genetic and environmental factors, different pain mechanisms and different treatment modalities including medical, endoscopi...

Systematic pain assessment in critically ill patients might reduce the number of days with mechanical ventilation as well as the length of hospital stay. Clinical practice guidelines recommend the use of standardized instruments as part of a structured pain assessment strategy for mechanically ventilated patients in intensive care units. Since it is unknown whether clinicians adhere to the reco...

Behavioural assessment methods have been used to signal the need for intervention and to evaluate treatment effectiveness. Direct observation and rating scales have been used to assess pain and distress associated with acute medical procedures, postoperative pain, critical care, analogue pain induction procedures and other sources. Two recent scholarly reviews of behavioural assessment methods ...