The WHO in 1986 established a stepladder approach for the treatment of patients with cancer pain. Clearly, the WHO method has been of enormous benefit for the treatment of cancer pain worldwide.

nwhcn.org.au) Objective—To determine whether minimum clinically significant difference in visual analogue scale (VAS) pain score varies according to the severity of pain reported. Method—Prospective ...

“Pain is not all the same! There are a number ways that pain can differ; each may have an important impact on treatment decisions,” writes Lee. My understanding of pain and its management has ...

Activity-based forms of treatment yield results that are at least as good as arthroscopic surgery for degenerative knee pain and ought to be the first choice. Atraumatic knee pain is frequently ...

The primary end point of the study was the change in pain intensity as measured using the visual analogue scale (VAS) from baseline to 5, 10, 15 and 20 min after the start of study drug inhalation.

Thanks to bromelain, pineapple has anti-inflammatory properties that may help relieve joint pain, arthritis symptoms, and post-exercise inflammation.

The patient contacted emergency services with chest pain, muscle weakness and breathing difficulties ... She was no longer responsive and scored 6–7 on the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS). ECG revealed ...

The British Thoracic Society (BTS) Home Oxygen Guideline provides detailed evidence-based guidance for the use of home oxygen for patients out of hospital. Although the majority of evidence comes from ...