Active clinical trials for "Acute Pain"

The purpose of this pilot study is to provide a preliminary assessment of the feasibility and efficacy of intravenous ketamine in controlling pain in patients with sickle cell disease (who are admitted to the hospital with severe, acute pain crisis, and who have been resistant to intravenous narcotics).

The purpose of this study is to compare intravenous (IV) and oral acetaminophen for the treatment of acute moderate to severe pain in combination with standard patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) in adult subjects following total knee replacement.

The erector spinae plane (ESP) block has been studied for analgesia in shoulder surgery as a phrenic nerve-sparing alternative. However, successful ESP catheter placement appears multifactorial, with failure mechanisms including lamination, plane collapse, or catheter overcoiling. Electrical stimulation (ES) is a common technique used in regional anesthesia to detect possible intraneural placement. ES of the erector spinae muscle complex may objectively guide proper interfascial catheter placement and improve local anesthetic spread. The primary goal of this study is to establish if ESP catheter placement with the addition of ES to ultrasound (US) guidance facilitates accurate catheter placement. This study will further characterize postoperative analgesia and the incidence of brachial plexus stimulation for patients who receive ES-assisted ESP catheter placement.

This study will compare ketamine and hydromorphone as alternative patient-controlled interventions for trauma-related pain. Patients receiving ketamine PCA are expected to require less total and breakthrough opioid and to have similar or improved objective pain scores. Patients receiving ketamine are also expected to have shorter duration of supplemental oxygen requirement, fewer episodes of oxygen desaturation, improved pulmonary toilet, lower use of antiemetics, and shorter times to first bowel movement. Ketamine is further expected to be associated with decreased intensive care unit and hospital lengths of stay, faster time to maximum allowable ambulation, decreased opioid dosage at discharge, and lower report of chronic pain syndromes.

In this proposal, the investigators will determine if a single dose of oral lorazepam reduces distress, pain severity, and need for opiate analgesics both in the ED and in the acute recovery period after discharge. The investigators will compare the lorazepam arm to a placebo arm.

Magnetocardiography (MCG) is a promising noninvasive and accurate method for detecting myocardial infarction. Although progress has been made in this area, there is a lack of studies using up-to-date examination instruments for the calibration of MCG analysis. This is a prospective single-center study aiming to build accurate analytical models of MCG to detect myocardial infarction. Myocardial infarction are diagnosed by electrocardiogram, biomarkers (high-sensitivity cardiac troponin, etc), or non-invasive imaging (cardiac magnetic resonance or single-photon-emission tomography). Myocardial infarction is also quantified by cardiac magnetic resonance or single-photon-emission tomography. Healthy volunteers and chest pain patients who will receive electrocardiogram, biomarkers (high-sensitivity cardiac troponin, etc), or non-invasive imaging (cardiac magnetic resonance or single-photon-emission tomography) examination will be enrolled in this study.

Background: There is scarce literature investigating how patients dispose of unused opioid supplies after their cesarean postoperative pain has faded. The Office of the Surgeon General has identified research on the prevention of opioid use disorder area as well as research on the management of pain as a "Surgeon General Priority" that needs urgent investigation. Hypothesis: At least 33% of postpartum women discharged home with an opioid prescription and a drug deactivation pouch will use the pouch to dispose of remaining opioids within 30 days of delivery. Methods: This is a prospective single arm interventional pilot study.

Acute and chronic non-cancer pain is a common healthcare problem locally and globally, leading to many inpatient admissions for poorly controlled pain. The World Health Organisation has declared that access to adequate pain control is a fundamental human right. Yet in our current practice, both acute and chronic non-cancer pain remain poorly controlled. There is passive over-reliance on pharmacological agents and interventional procedures in the management of pain. The opioid epidemic with issues of dependence, misuse, and overdose is especially concerning. Therefore, there is a pertinent clinical need to find sustainable non-pharmacological adjuncts in the complex management of pain. Virtual reality (VR) involves the use of technology to create a three-dimensional multisensory artificial environment replacing real-world sensory inputs. Initially created solely for entertainment purposes, VR applications have since expanded and made its way into healthcare. In Pain Medicine, the application of VR has been promising. There is currently no VR study done in our local population who suffer from pain issues. In our study, we aim to test the feasibility of applying the use of VR in patients admitted inpatient due to pain issues. We believe that VR can be used as an adjunctive tool improve pain management and patient satisfaction.

Apical patency is a technique in which the apical portion of the canal is maintained free of soft tissue remnants and dentinal debris by recapitulation with a small #10k file through the apical foramen. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the association between apical patency and postoperative pain in teeth with asymptomatic necrotic pulp among patients attending the Peshawar Dental College and Hospital. This single center, double blinded prospective RCT study will be conducted in Peshawar Dental College and Hospital. The inclusion criteria will be mature maxillary and mandibular molars and premolars diagnosed with asymptomatic necrotic pulp and apical periodontitis among 18-60 aged male and female patients, whereas pregnant patients, individuals with previously accessed teeth, and those having positive history of analgesic use within past 3 days will be excluded from the study. A total of 60 patients, after an informed consent will be randomly allocated one of the two groups i.e., apical patency (AP)(n = 30) and the non-apical patency (NAP) (n = 30) in a ratio (1:1).After administering localanaesthesia, root canal preparation will be completed using ProTaper rotary instruments.A size 10 K-filewas carried 1 mm beyond the working length in the patency groupused as a patency file.Patients will be asked to mark their pain intensity on 0-10 scale (NRS)for 7 days. Data will be analyzed using ChiSquare test, Student t-test, Kolmogorov-Smirnov test.

Immersive virtual reality (VR) as a non-pharmaceutical technology may deliver effective behavioral therapies for postsurgical patients with acute pain. To determine the analgesic effects of VR on patients after thoracoscopic surgery. The investigators conducted a randomized clinical trial to determine the postoperative effect of VR on pain relief in patients undergoing thoracoscopic surgery.