Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Details on pain recall may be necessary to supplement the numerical rating and VAS for pain assessment in ...

I have been in pain every day since I was 20 years old because of what I now know to be a genetic disorder of my connective tissue. As a result, I’ve been asked approximately one zillion times by ...

Sometimes, a study on one topic can reveal important issues in another. Case in point: A recent Lancet study explored what a person’s life was like before they developed chronic pain — the diseases ...

Attempt to obtain the patient's self-report, the single most reliable indicator of pain. Do not assume that a patient cannot report pain; many cognitively impaired patients are able to use a ...

A newly-published Cochrane review reveals significant gaps in the clinical rating scales used to assess pain in newborn babies, highlighting the urgent need for improved tools and global collaboration ...

Researchers sought to identify pain trajectories that could help clinicians individualize post-VATS pain management strategies for patients with pulmonary nodules.

Pain assessment in medicine often relies on imprecise visual rating scales featuring smiling or crying faces, frustrating patients and physicians alike. Children's National Hospital researchers aim to ...

The effect of continuous exposure to serotonin receptor antagonism on delayed emesis: An analysis of 1,535 patients in two randomized clinical trials with granisetron (G), APF530, and palonosetron ...

Investigators recently assessed and compared the lifetime prevalence of performance-related pain in professional musicians and in music students, and reported their findings in Pain Medicine. 1 The ...