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Busca pelo tratamento da crise álgica na doença falciforme: concepções das genitoras

Objetivo: Conhecer os aspectos envolvidos na busca por tratamento da crise álgica na doença falciforme, a partir das concepções das genitoras/responsáveis. Métodos: Pesquisa descritiva, de abordagem qualitativa, realizada entre os meses de julho a novembro de 2017, no Centro de Atendimento à Pess...

Qualidade de vida e condições ergonômicas em trabalhadores de um laboratório de saúde pública

Objetivo: Avaliar a qualidade de vida, a presença de dor e as condições ergonômicas dos profissionais de um laboratório de saúde pública. Métodos: Estudo transversal e descritivo que avaliou 49 (90,7%) profissionais de um laboratório de saúde pública, entre julho de 2014 e setembro de 2015, po...

Association between pain, anxiety, and alpha2 frontal activity in women with fibromyalgia

Acta sci., Health sci; 43 (), 2021
Fibromyalgia is a disorder of the central nervous system, with the presence of chronic generalized pain, fatigue, morning stiffness, anxiety and depression symptoms. Higher amplitudes of the frequency band alpha2 have been associated with higher relaxationin this population. In the present s...

Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation on ischemic rest pain in inpatients: randomised trial

SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: To investigate the efficacy of a short-term application of Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation to relieve rest pain in patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia. METHODS: In patients ³18 years old, with chronic limb-threatening ischemia and rest pain ³3 in the Visual An...

Rare Presentation of Schwannoma in the Ankle: A Case Report

Abstract Schwannomas are benign slow-growing tumors that constitute 8% of all soft-tissue tumors. The clinical signs and symptoms are often misinterpreted because of the low incidence, and these tumors are often misdiagnosed. A 39-year-old male patient presented with non-traumatic solitary swelling in th...

Degenerative Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

Abstract Degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis is the most frequent cause of low back pain and/or sciatica in the elderly patient. Epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations and testing are reviewed in a wide current bibliographic investigation. The importance of the relationship between clinic...

Comparative Study of the Function and Quality of Life of Patients Submitted to Total Knee Arthroplasty with Fixed and Mobile Tibial Platforms

Abstract Objective To compare the function and quality of life of patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA) with fixed tibial platform and mobile tibial platform. Methods We evaluated 240 patients with knee osteoarthritis, randomized into two groups - Group A consisted of 120 patients who under...

Guía clínica multidisciplinaria para el uso de analgesia y sedación; prevención de delirium y abstinencia

Metro cienc; 29 (1 (2021): Enero- Marzo), 2021
El ingreso a la UCIP somete al niño a una serie de estímulos y procedimientos estresantes y dolorosos. El uso de analgesia y sedación es un componente central en los cuidados del niño críticamente enfermo para asegurar su confort y seguridad. Es importante durante la prescripción de analgosedación...

Effect of medication withdrawal on pain in Parkinson's disease patients - an observational study based on a sample of patients without antiparkinsonian medications

SUMMARY OBJECTIVES: To assess the effect of withdrawal of the antiparkinsonian drug regimen administration on patients with PD and its relation to pain. METHODS: The sample included 22 men and 12 women who were candidates for neurosurgery to control motor signs and symptoms treated with L-dopa as a dru...