Medical Xpress: PHYSorg news tagged with: pain assessment http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. New website helps parents manage children's pain after surgery (Medical Xpress)—When a young child has surgery, parents rely on doctors and nurses for advice on how to prepare and support children during the procedure and immediately afterwards. But once that child gets home, parents are left with little guidance on how to best help their children cope with pain. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-website-parents-children-pain-surgery.html Health Thu, 21 Feb 2013 06:30:44 EST news280650629 Post-operative intravenous acetaminophen may help reduce use of morphine in infants Among infants undergoing major surgery, postoperative use of intermittent intravenous paracetamol (acetaminophen) for the management of pain resulted in a lower cumulative morphine dose over 48 hours, according to a study appearing in the January 9 issue of JAMA. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-post-operative-intravenous-acetaminophen-morphine-infants.html Surgery Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:00:01 EST news276864462 Patients with severe back pain who quit smoking report less pain than patients who continue to smoke For years, research has shown a link between smoking and an increased risk for low back pain, intervertebral (spine) disc disease, and inferior patient outcomes following surgery. A new study, published in the December 2012 Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS), also found that smokers suffering from spinal disorders and related back pain, reported greater discomfort than spinal disorder patients who stopped smoking during an eight-month treatment period. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-patients-severe-pain.html Health Wed, 05 Dec 2012 13:30:01 EST news273930070 Many hospitalized children experience severe pain: report (HealthDay)—A significant number of hospitalized children have moderate to severe pain, a new study finds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-hospitalized-children-severe-pain.html Health Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:30:05 EST news269107769 Adolescents' weight linked to severe knee pain (Medical Xpress)—Adolescents with a body mass index (BMI) rating of obese experience knee pain more often and to a greater severity than adolescents with a healthy weight, a new study shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-adolescents-weight-linked-severe-knee.html Overweight and Obesity Wed, 05 Sep 2012 09:02:17 EST news266054530 New method of infant pain assessment Recently, the accuracy of current methods of pain assessment in babies have been called into question. New research from London-area hospitals and the University of Oxford measures brain activity in infants to better understand their pain response. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-method-infant-pain.html Other Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:42:17 EST news243686527