UNLABELLED Aim In a prospective study, we tested the feasibility of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implantation under local anaesthesia (LA) with minimal sedation (MS) vs. short general anaesthesia (SGA) for defibrillation test (DT). METHODS AND RESULTS We implanted ICDs in 118 patients between October 2002 and November 2003. Surgery was performed under LA with MS. Depending on ...

Objective: This study was carried out to determine the effects of massage and hot-pack applications in first stage labor on perceptions pain duration delivery.
 Methods: randomized controlled experimental trial conducted an obstetrics pediatrics hospital. The research sample comprised 120 pregnant women, 40 whom were group, application control group. Patient identification forms, process m...

STUDY DESIGN A prospective study. PURPOSE To determine the success rate and duration of relief of radiofrequency neurotomy for lumbar facet joint pain. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE There is a lack of effective treatment for chronic low back pain. Radiofrequency denervation appears to be an emerging technology, with substantial variations in use. METHODS Fifty-eight patients underwent radiofrequ...

AIM The aim of this study was to assess quality of life (QoL) and degree of satisfaction among outpatients subjected to surgical extraction of all four third molars under conscious sedation. A second objective was to describe the evolution of self-reported pain measured in a visual analogue scale (VAS) in the 7 days after extraction. STUDY DESIGN Fifty patients received a questionnaire assess...

PURPOSE We evaluated the association between shock wave lithotripsy (SWL)-related pain and patient positioning during SWL. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 162 patients who underwent their first SWL session for single renal stones from May 2010 to August 2011. One hundred thirteen patients underwent SWL in the supine position and 49 did so in the latera...

Introduction: Tension-type headache is the most common type of headache across the world. Saliva as a non-invasive medium is used to detect a wide range of diseases. Salivary Alpha-Amylase (SAA) levels has been suggested as a potential indirect marker for detecting Sympathoadrenal Medullary (SAM) activity, which is activated by pain. Significant correlation was found between SAA levels and pain...

carpal tunnel syndrome (cts) is a neuropathy due to the compression of the median nerve. it is shown that gabapentin in high doses is effective in treatment of cts patients. in this study we evaluated the efficacy of low doses of gabapentin in treatment of cts patients. ninety patients with cts were randomly assigned to groups a, b and c. gabapentin was administered to group a with dose of 100 ...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the differential perceived exertion measured using a new set of Visual Analogue Scales (VAS) during pedaling and running. The subjects were eleven healthy males. They performed an incremental maximal test and then three 4-min stages of exercise, for both pedaling and running. During the tests, VO2, V(CO2), V(E), f, and HR were monitored continuously. Bl...