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PubMed2004

Healthcare professionals' perceptions of pain in infants at risk for neurological impairment.

BACKGROUND: To determine whether healthcare professionals perceive the pain of infants differently due to their understanding of that infant's level of risk for neurological impairment. METHOD: Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU's) at two tertiary pediatric centers. Ninety-five healthcare professionals who practice in the NICU (50 nurses, 19 physicians, 17 respiratory therapists, 9 other) participated. They rated the pain (0-10 scale and 0-6 Faces Pain Scale), distress (0-10), effectiveness of cuddling to relieve pain (0-10) and time to calm without intervention (seconds) for nine video clips of neonates receiving a heel stick. Prior to each rating, they were provided with descriptions that suggested the infant had mild, moderate or severe risk for neurological impairment. Ratings were examined as a function of the level of risk described. RESULTS: Professionals' ratings of pain, distress, and time to calm did not vary significantly with level of risk, but ratings of the effectiveness of cuddling were significantly lower as risk increased [F (2,93) = 4.4, p = .02]. No differences in ratings were found due to participants' age, gender or site of study. Physicians' ratings were significantly lower than nurses' across ratings. CONCLUSION: Professionals provided with visual information regarding an infants' pain during a procedure did not display the belief that infants' level of risk for neurological impairment affected their pain experience. Professionals' estimates of the effectiveness of a nonpharmacological intervention did differ due to level of risk.

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Enhancing nurses' reliance on patients' perceptions of pain during pain assessment: a comparison of two educational methods.

The purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to determine if an educational program on pain assessment that includes both knowledge and attitude domains is more effective than a didactic educational offering in encouraging nurses' reliance on patients' self-reports of pain during assessment for pain. Twenty-two registered nurses and seven licensed practical nurses at the Tucson Veterans Affairs Medical Center participated. Group A received a lecture and watched a videotape. Group B received a lecture, watched a videotape, and participated in a group discussion on attitudes. Participants in both groups completed the Pain Management Questionnaire developed by Ferrell, Eberts, McCaffery & Grant (1991). No significant differences were found between groups with respect to results on the pain management questionnaire.

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Perception of pain management in a hospital in Thailand.

After winning the American Medical International Nurse Scholarship Award in 1990, the author went to the Chulalongkorn University Hospital in Bangkok to study how the nurses in the surgical intensive care unit manage patients in acute pain.

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PubMed2004

Visceral pain.

Visceral pain, which originates from organ tissues of the thorax, abdomen or pelvis, is generally perceived as a deep, dull and vague sensation; in most cases it cannot even be clearly described, being a sense of discomfort, malaise or oppression rather than real pain. Crushing, cutting and burning generally have no algogenic effect in the viscera whereas mechanical stimulation, ischemia and chemical stimulation, separately or in combinations, may cause pain. With these characteristics, visceral pain differs from somatic pain. The characteristics of visceral pain, perception and transmission of painful visceral stimuli are explained, some common visceral pain syndromes are presented and sympathetic neurodestructive approaches as a treatment option are described in this review.

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The evidence on perceptions of pain in older people.

There have been a considerable number of studies looking at the evidence on how older people experience pain. Some clinicians believe that older people feel less pain than younger people and older people themselves can assume that ageing is associated with both a loss of ability to perceive pain and an increase in non-specific pain-related suffering. This can lead to inadequate pain management for older people. This literature review examines the hypothesis that older people feel less pain than younger people and refutes it.

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PubMed1988

Intensity and duration of amnesia from intravenous midazolam given for sedation.

A clinical study was performed investigating the ability of intravenous midazolam to cause amnesia for visual, auditory and painful stimuli presented during surgical removal of third molars. Various stimuli were presented prior to and after administration of a sufficient quantity of midazolam to produce profound sedation. Recall was then tested immediately after, one day, and one week following the surgery. The study found that midazolam produces at least 20 minutes of profound amnesia for all stimuli in 93 +/- 6% of individuals. However, little correlation was found between the dose of midazolam and the duration of amnesia. Anesthesia literally means the loss of sensation. In the clinical dental situation, the principle sensation lost, when using either regional or general anesthesia, is pain perception. Although prevention of pain sensation is the primary reason patients request local anesthesia prior to invasive dental care, for many patients, control of pain only partially prepares them to receive dental care. These patients request the adjunctive use of sedation or general anesthesia, not for further pain control, but rather requiring periodontal or oral/maxillofacial surgery in which such factors as the sight and taste of blood, the noise of bone-cutting equipment, or the pressure placed on the jaws is not eliminated by local anesthetics. Although effective anxiolytic oral, inhalational, or parenteral agents have been available for several decades, patients still usually retain their memory of events occurring during their dental care, particularly anxiety-provoking events. This memory of the uncomfortable portions of dental care stimulates additional anxiety so that patients may procrastinate when dental care is necessary.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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Perceptions of pain.

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