Assessment of pain in women randomly allocated to speculum or digital insertion of the Foley catheter for induction of labor.
Jonsson M, Hellgren C, Wiberg-Itzel E, Akerud H.SourceDepartment of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. maria.jonsson@kbh.uu.se
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica.Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand.2011 Sep;90(9):997-1004. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0412.2011.01197.x. Epub 2011 Jun 27.
OBJECTIVE: The primary aim was to assess pain subjectively and objectively in women during insertion of a Foley catheter for induction of labor. A secondary aim was to assess pain during cervical ripening and to evaluate maternal satisfaction.DESIGN: Randomized controlled trial.SETTING: University h
Evaluation of pain levels after Nd: YAG laser and scalpel incisions: an experimental study in rats.
Kara C, Süleyman H, Tezel A, Orbak R, Cadirci E, Polat B, Kara I.SourceDepartment of Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey. mcankat@hotmail.com
Photomedicine and laser surgery.Photomed Laser Surg.2010 Oct;28(5):635-8.
BACKGROUND: Postoperative pain is a recognized sequel of periodontal surgery. The pain experience has been shown to peak in the first 24 hours following the procedure, and to decrease rapidly in subsequent days. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the pain levels following scalpel- and lase
… A new dolorimeter, type NYT-5 (manufactured by Kudo Electric Co., Ltd), which is a modernized model of Hardy-Wolf-Goodell algesimeter modified by Nakahama, was evaluated physiologically and statistically on men upon the standpoints of its efficiency, discriminability, stability, repitability and safety, including some applications to clinical use.1) Pain threshold was proven to be almost identical though there was still found a slight significant difference between individuals. …