Safety Assessment and Pain Relief Properties of Saffron from Taliouine Region (Morocco) by Maroua Ait Tastift, Rachida Makbal, Thouria Bourhim, Zineb Omari, Hiroko Isoda, Chemseddoha Gadhi

“…In addition to its culinary utilization, this spice is used for medicinal purposes such as in pain management. In this study, the analgesic activity of <i>Crocus sativus</i> stigma extract (CSSE) was evaluated in rodents and its possible physiological mechanism was elucidated. …”
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Efficacy of regional analgesia in prevention of chronic postsurgical pain in children on the PEDSQL General Well-Being Scale and Pediatric Pain Questionnaire by Ya.V. Semkovych

“…In pediatrics, regional anesthesia is one of the most valuable and safest means of perioperative pain management and chronic pain prevention. Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory 3.0 General Well-Being Scale and Pediatric Pain Questionnaire allow for assessing the impact of pain on children and their families via studying changes in Quality of Life scores for the scales of Present Pain and Worst Pain, General Well-Being and General Health. …”
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Photobiomodulation for Lowering Pain after Tonsillectomy: Low Efficacy and a Possible Unexpected Adverse Effect by Fulvio Celsi, Paola Staffa, Martino Lamba, Veronica Castro, Maddalena Chermetz, Eva Orzan, Raffaella Sagredini, Egidio Barbi

“…Available drugs for pain management, while efficacious, present some drawbacks, and a novel strategy would be welcome. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Pulsed Radiofrequency in Herpes Zoster Related Trigeminal Neuralgia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Wang C, Dou Z, Yan M, Wang B

“…Chenhui Wang,1 Zhi Dou,2 Mengwei Yan,3 Baoguo Wang1 1Department of Anesthesiology, Sanbo Brain Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Pain Management, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Center of Respiratory Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Baoguo Wang, Department of Anesthesiology, Sanbo Brain Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 50 Yikesong Street, Haidian District, Beijing, 100095, People’s Republic of China, Tel/Fax +86 10 6285 6766, Email wangbg@ccmu.edu.cnPurpose: Pulsed radiofrequency (PRF) is a neuromodulation technique for neuropathic pain. …”
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Status of Analgesic Drugs and Quality of Life Results for Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy in China by Jingxuan Lian, Haijun Wang, Rongrong Cui, Chaoxia Zhang, Jianfang Fu

“…In addition, there are still a considerable number of patients who have not used analgesics due to financial burdens and other reasons, suggesting that China still has insufficient pain management in DPN patients.…”
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Best Practices from the American Society of Pain and Neuroscience (ASPN) for Clinical Research During a Pandemic or Emergency by Petersen EA, Deer TR, Bojanic S, Sankary LR, Strand NH, Al Kaisy A, Huygen F, Sayed D, Steegers M, Verrills P, Schatman ME

“…Erika A Petersen,1,* Timothy R Deer,2,* Stana Bojanic,3 Lauren R Sankary,4 Natalie H Strand,5 Adnan Al Kaisy,6 Frank Huygen,7 Dawood Sayed,8 Monique Steegers,9&nbsp;Paul Verrills,10 Michael E Schatman11,12 1Department of Neurosurgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA; 2Spine and Nerve Center of the Virginias, Charleston, WV, USA; 3Department of Neurosurgery, John Radcliffe University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK; 4Neuroethics Program, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA; 5Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, USA; 6The Pain Management and Neuromodulation Centre, Guy&rsquo;s &amp; St. …”
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Tolerability of NGX-4010, a capsaicin 8% patch for peripheral neuropathic pain by Peppin JF, Majors K, Webster LR, Simpson DM, Tobias JK, Vanhove GF

“…This article characterizes the tolerability of NGX-4010 and will help to guide any pain management.Methods: This integrated analysis of tolerability data collected from the NGX-4010 clinical study program included 1696 patients with PNP. …”
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Empowered management for pelvic pain: The experiences of women with persistent pelvic pain participating in an online self-directed self-management program while they wait for inte... by Emeralda Burke, Tania Di Renna, Nida Mustafa, Carleen Ginter, Wendy Carter, Celeste Corkery, Sarah Sheffe, Rosemary Wilson, Nucelio Lemos, Rachael Bosma

“…The lack of interprofessional persistent pelvic pain management programs that address the complex interplay of biopsychosocial factors result in lengthy wait times and negative health outcomes. …”
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Comparison of the Novel Digital Multi-dimension Botong Score with the Brief Pain Inventory for Evaluating Cancer-Related Pain: A Randomized Crossover Trial by Rong Yan, Bifa Fan, Suxia Luo, Kun Wang, Guanglun Xie, Yong Wang, Jiejun Wang

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The Effect of Palm Pollen and Black Seed Pollen on Male Sex Hormones and Sperm Quality: A Single-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial Study by Ali Hajb, Zeynab Salehpour, Roghayyeh Aghaei, Aida Najafian, Masoumeh Mahmoodi, Masoomeh Latifi, Soghra Fallahi

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Effect of Exercise Interventions on Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Fibromyalgia Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis by Zhang KD, Wang LY, Zhang ZH, Zhang DX, Lin XW, Meng T, Qi F

“…Kang-Da Zhang,1 Lin-Yu Wang,1 Zhi-Hua Zhang,1 Dan-Xu Zhang,1 Xiao-Wen Lin,2 Tao Meng,1 Feng Qi1 1Department of Anesthesiology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Pain Management, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Tao Meng; Feng Qi, Department of Anesthesiology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, No.107 Wenhua Xilu, Jinan, Shandong, 250012, People’s Republic of China, Email mengtao@sdu.edu.cn; 198962001111@sdu.edu.cnObjective: Several guidelines highlight the beneficial impact of exercise on the management of symptoms and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). …”
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Development of a Corpus Annotated With Mentions of Pain in Mental Health Records: Natural Language Processing Approach by Jaya Chaturvedi, Natalia Chance, Luwaiza Mirza, Veshalee Vernugopan, Sumithra Velupillai, Robert Stewart, Angus Roberts

“…Relevant mentions were also annotated with additional attributes such as anatomical location affected by pain, pain character, and pain management measures, if mentioned. ResultsA total of 5644 annotations were collected from 1985 documents (723 patients). …”
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Oxidative stress in prostate cancer patients: A systematic review of case control studies by Byeongsang Oh, Gemma Figtree, Daniel Costa, Thomas Eade, George Hruby, Stephanie Lim, Aymen Elfiky, Neil Martine, David Rosenthal, Stephen Clarke, Michael Back

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Pentazocine Alone Versus Pentazocine Plus Diclofenac for Pain Relief in the First 24 Hours after Caesarean Section: A Randomized Controlled Study by John Okafor Egede, Leonard Ogbonna Ajah, Odidika Ugochukwu Umeora, Benjamin Chukwuma Ozumba, Robinson Chukwudi Onoh, Johnson Akuma Obuna, Napoleon Ekem

“…Materials and Methods: This was a double blind randomized control study of post caesarean section pain management of 140 participants between April and December, 2015 at the Federal Teaching hospital, Abakaliki. …”
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‘A glimmer of hope’: perceptions, barriers, and drivers for medicinal cannabis use amongst Australian and New Zealand people with endometriosis – a qualitative study by Justin Sinclair, Jason Abbott, Antonina Mikocka-Walus, Cecilia Ng, Jerome Sarris, Subhadra Evans, Mike Armour

“…Discussion topics included strategies employed to manage symptoms, exploration of current medications, previous use of cannabis for pain management, and interest in using medicinal cannabis as a management strategy. …”
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Incidence change of postoperative delirium after implementation of processed electroencephalography monitoring during surgery: a retrospective evaluation study by Yi-Chen Chen, I-Yin Hung, Kuo-Chuan Hung, Ying-Jen Chang, Chin-Chen Chu, Jen-Yin Chen, Chung-Han Ho, Chia-Hung Yu

“…Patients were screened twice daily for POD within 3 days after surgery by staff in the pain management team. In the first part of this study, we compared the incidence of POD and its trend from 2013 January–2015 July with 2015 July–2017 December. …”
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Quantitative sensory testing as an assessment tool to predict the response to standard pain treatment in knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Kristian Kjær-Staal Petersen, Kübra Kilic, Emma Hertel, Trine Hyttel Sejersgaard-Jacobsen, Marlene Kanstrup Jørgensen, Anders Troelsen, Lars Arendt-Nielsen, Dennis Boye Larsen

“…This systematic review and meta-analysis focus on the predictive value of QST for pain management of knee osteoarthritis (OA). MEDLINE and EMBASE were systematically searched for all studies from year 2000 to 2023 on pretreatment QST and treatment of OA including surgical, pharmaceutical, and nonsurgical and nonpharmaceutical therapies. …”
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A Gel/Fiber composite formulation achieves sequential delivery based on multimodal analgesia reducing chronic pain by Yumiao He, Fengrun Sun, Mohan Li, Tianjiao Ji, Yehong Fang, Gang Tan, Chao Ma, Yuguang Huang

“…Pain management plays an essential role in medical care. …”
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Convolutional Neural Networks to Assess Steno-Occlusive Disease Using Cerebrovascular Reactivity by Yashesh Dasari, James Duffin, Ece Su Sayin, Harrison T. Levine, Julien Poublanc, Andrea E. Para, David J. Mikulis, Joseph A. Fisher, Olivia Sobczyk, Mir Behrad Khamesee

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Pain Assessment Using the Analgesia Nociception Index (ANI) in Patients Undergoing General Anesthesia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Min Kyoung Kim, Geun Joo Choi, Kyung Seo Oh, Sang Phil Lee, Hyun Kang

“…It reduces the use of intra-operative opioids and aids in pain management throughout the perioperative period.…”
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