The writing committee says collaborative efforts and patient-level perspective can improve management of pain in this ...

One patient was withdrawn due to pre-existing pain at the wound site ... Clinical Resolution of Infection Scale and/or the Bates Jensen Wound Assessment tool. The study’s investigators used ...

A Cleveland Clinic expert explains the signs that indicate a dementia patient is nearing the end of their life.

January may already be in the rear-view mirror, but it’s never too late to get ahead of the eDiscovery curve as we accelerate ...

Results of theses studies are conflicting. In a study of 95 Jordanian children, 6 three pain assessment tools (the Poker Chip, the Faces, and the Word Description Scales) were found to have sufficient ...

When studies reported more than one scale to measure pain or physical function ... 27 Risk of bias of included studies was assessed using the Cochrane Collaboration’s tool.18 If at least one of the ...

In a third control cohort the PMR-AS correlated highly with patient’s global assessment, patient satisfaction, and ESR (p<0.001). Conclusion: The PMR-AS provides an easily applicable and valid tool ...

The lesions of psoriasis are distinct from these other entities and are classically very well circumscribed, circular, red papules or plaques with a grey or silvery-white, dry scale ... assessment of ...

The following is a summary of “Development and Validation of a Short Version (PAIC6) of the Pain Assessment in Impaired ...

A shorter MPFI designed specifically for patients with chronic pain proved generally valid and reliable on a group level, according to a recent study.

Purpose: To examine the issue of pain assessment in infants by acquiring all available published pain assessment tools and evaluating their reported reliability, validity, clinical utility, and ...